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Automatic fear updates

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Quite a while back I bemoaned the fact that MI5 weren’t kind enough to provide an RSS feed of the current UK threat level so I wrote a little script so I could know in real time if I should be more or less afraid, and so make sure that my fear and paranoia were at government approved levels at all times. Well it seems that they’ve finally* got round to providing an official RSS feed which is very nice of them and far more reliable than my efforts. You can find it here: https://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/threat-level-rss.html Note it’s available over both … Continue reading →

Census 2011 – again

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Since I last muttered about Archbishops Cranmers campaign to tell the census takers to “Mind their own business” , he’s been asked quite a few questions about the census generally and his campaign which he answers here. The main point of which is really that if we don’t start telling them “no” at some point then they’ll never stop, or as he puts it: “it is about protesting a limit to the intrusion of the database state. Only by telling the Government to MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS can that protest be made. Leaving the question blank is passive assent to … Continue reading →

A solstice trio

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Three posts from other people: Woman on a Raft and Leg Iron both have excellent posts for the solstice (which was about 15 minutes ago it seems). And in utterly unrelated news Anna Raccoon has excellent news about Steven Nearys battle with the Court of protection. Enjoy. 00