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Politics or Evidence? UK government’s case for banning under-16s from social media

The Blogger — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:40:36 +0000

I don’t understand why the UK government has decided to press ahead with a ban on social media for under-16s when the government’s own research briefing appears far more cautious. In the House of Commons Library briefing, Proposals to ban social media for children (pages 17–19), the evidence presented does not appear to support a ... Read more

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In Britain, the technology we depend on is mostly owned by other countries. Why are we not talking about this?

The Blogger — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:46:19 +0000

Most people understand why Britain imports food, energy, and manufactured goods. We cannot produce everything ourselves. But there is another form of dependence that receives far less attention. Increasingly, the technologies that power our economy, our communications, our defence, our scientific research, and even our government services are owned and controlled by companies based in ... Read more

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Beyond Ethnicity: Judging people by their contribution, not their ancestry

The Blogger — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:59:00 +0000

In recent years, ethnicity and heritage have become increasingly prominent in public discourse. Questions of identity, belonging, and ancestry dominate political debates, social media arguments, and even discussions within families. While understanding our heritage can be valuable, there is a growing danger in placing too much emphasis on ethnicity as a defining feature of who ... Read more

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Some messages are too important to lose: a better way to collect and preserve memories

The Blogger — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:52:41 +0000

Some of the most meaningful gifts are not things at all. They are the words people share with us during life’s most important moments. A heartfelt message from a friend. A cherished memory from a family member. Words of encouragement from someone who believes in us. Unfortunately, these messages are often scattered across text messages, ... Read more

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Is reading Twitter (X) the same as reading a book?

The Blogger — Tue, 26 May 2026 11:46:42 +0000

There is an assumption buried deep inside modern culture: Books are serious. Twitter is noise. One is considered intellectual nutrition. The other is considered distraction. One sits in libraries. The other sits in your pocket vibrating every six minutes with someone arguing about oat milk. But what if the distinction is weaker than we pretend? ... Read more

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A WordPress plugin born out of X’s frustrating social card behaviour

The Blogger — Sun, 24 May 2026 18:17:50 +0000

I am a heavy X (Twitter) user. I share links to my blog posts there regularly, and for a long time that worked reasonably well. But at some point, X quietly changed how it presents external links. Today, when you share a link on X, the platform strips the article title and the full URL ... Read more

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Hide/Disable PHP DEPRECATED and WARNING notices in WordPress (without touching wp-config.php)

The Blogger — Fri, 22 May 2026 08:30:44 +0000

If you have ever opened your WordPress error logs only to find them flooded with thousands of E_DEPRECATED and E_WARNING notices, most of them coming from plugins you don’t control, this post is for you. What you need is a must-use plugin that installs a custom error handler. It suppresses those noisy notices while allowing ... Read more

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Are AI systems beginning to think alike?

The Blogger — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:12:10 +0000

We are building many artificial intelligences. But are we, in effect, building variations of the same one? Today’s leading systems, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Llama, & Grok, are often framed as competitors: different companies, different architectures, different philosophies. The surface story is one of diversity. Look closer, and a quieter pattern emerges: convergence. Not total convergence, ... Read more

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Who owns the past? AI, history, and the case for collective responsibility

The Blogger — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:46:11 +0000

History has never been entirely neutral. It has always been shaped by those who recorded it, those who funded the recording, and those who decided what was worth preserving. We know this. Scholars have debated it for centuries. But something is shifting, and it is shifting quickly. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is giving us extraordinary new ... Read more

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Before you ask if AI is working, define what it is

The Blogger — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:22:42 +0000

A persistent issue in the AI discourse is the quiet assumption that organisations must adopt AI. It’s rarely stated outright, but it sits underneath strategy decks, boardroom conversations, and vendor pitches. “AI” becomes an inevitability rather than a choice. The problem is that, in many cases, this assumption arrives before a clear understanding of what ... Read more

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