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Some more good news this morning – UK children will be taught "how to spot fake news and disinformation, including AI-generated content" in new curriculum. This kind of media literacy education is so badly needed. I've written multiple letters to our MP asking for this over the years. It's good to see something finally happening.

Ed Sheeran praises reform to arts education in schools

Ministers are making changes to the curriculum in England after a review of what is taught in schools.

The issue with digital identity is that people don’t have a single, unified identity. Identity, like many things, is a social construct, not part of some natural order. As a dual national, I'm acutely aware that when and how I assert an identity credential, or characteristic, depends on context. Therefore, digital systems that help us assert these identities must be responsive to people’s contextual needs and under their control. Otherwise, we’re just building more surveillance tools.

Me: "Email marketing doesn't work." Also me, after a local pub sends me an email featuring an image of a really nice looking cocktail: "Hmmmm we really should go back to that place."

Third party cookies need to go.

Third Party Cookies Must Be Removed

Lord save me from "how did we do?" emails? I bought a loaf of bread. It was good. There's nothing more I would like to share. There is no need for additional data collection, measurement, sentiment analysis, or follow-up. It was bread. It performed its one job admirably. Please let me eat in peace without contributing to your OKRs.

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” Frank Herbert, Dune

A web browser should *NEVER* be able to look inside your clipboard without an explicit user action (such as ctrl-v). Honestly, this should not be a controversial statement. Microsoft Edge is one of the browsers that ships this dangerous capability. Here is the dialog you need to hunt for to turn this API off.

Starting off #fosdem day 2 in the “open source and the European Legislative Landscape” dev room. Fun way to spend a Sunday morning? Yes!

The #fediverse is my main.

As an immigrant, I'm a firm supporter of more global mobility. I want barriers to free movement, including employment, to be lowered everywhere, for everyone.