Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

@jon Looks a bit like a Soviet version of the hotel lobby in The Shining.

@Jennifer @stevesilberman
How about 1690?

"[The letter] states that these 13-year-old girls will only be allowed to return to school if they agree to confess in front of the Wells church, school and community that they were worshiping the devil when they took part in the Sunrise Dance. They must promise never to do it again."

@NanoRaptor Someone on Etsy is making stickers along those lines: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1376165840/lgbtq-stem-ee-pride-flag-electrical

@phil_stevens @bascule This was my take, then and now. And since the time he "fled persecution", those who actually did the leaks, did time in prison for specific charges relating to espionage. And they stand by their actions.

Here's two who were involved in exposing abuses by US and AUS military forces. https://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-justice/david-mcbride

@xkcd It *almost* feels like it could be useful... but I can't think how.

@solderandchaos

"Computing without Computers" - not sure how current the content is but some of it is very fundamental, offline.
https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/resources/inspiring-unplugged-classroom-activities/the-intelligent-piece-of-paper-activity/

We also had our UG students develop and write some teaching material as part of their courses. (useful for getting them to really think about the fundamentals and their own learning) https://www.codingcurriculum.com

And
https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/#!/worksheets

@ZachWeinersmith You've piqued my interest, never picked him up but in my youth I did enjoy the TV series with Fry & Laurie.

@steely_glint @LaF0rge Peter Kirstein, mentioned in there was great like that at negotiating and expanding access. A more recent history of that time (and early UK internet in 1973) is in his memoirs:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/computer-science/about/about-peter-kirstein

The left jumped on Assange's case but weren't aware or interested in these tensions. And at the same time have embraced the surveillance Googloligarchy.
https://cryptome.org/2014/08/google-wikileaks-note.htm

That for me is the disappointing part - whatever else has happened in the last decade or so, whatever happened on that couch in Sweden, that's the shot that Assange missed.
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(way out of my swim lane here but these are narratives that I'm not seeing here much)

One element that stood out for me was the safety and security of individuals like Chelsea Manning, who were acting in good conscience.

From the above conversation:
"WikiLeaks reveals, but it is not primarily a tool of
revelation. There are many avenues on the internet for revelation. What does not exist is a social movement to that makes acting ethically by leaking a virtue. What does not exist is a comfortable way for everyone to leak safely and easily."
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Thinking back to discussions from 15 or more years ago, when Assange was just becoming a celebrity and Wikileaks was being courted by news organisations, targeted by security services.

Even back to 2006, Others in the infosec / privacy sphere were highly concerned about how WL operated:
1) the concept of priveleged paid access to "spicy leaks" vs publicly available information
2) the intent of the anonymous leakers
3) transparency of the organisation, especially who was funding it and who was benefiting from the priveleged access

https://cryptome.org/wikileaks/wikileaks-leak.htm
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@ajlanes @davidallengreen Yes, good point. I was getting ahead of myself.
I still think it was that disjointed approach to various aspects of constitutionalism which allowed those systems of control and regulation to lose sight.

@davidallengreen Are they talking generally about the UK constitution, or is this revisiting the idea of a single codified document? When huge changes to the civic fabric are made without consideration of an overall framework, more things break and can be corrupted. I'm thinking specifically of regional assemblies, changes to Lords, and obviously Brexit, which have made it even more complicated to think about a Constitution.

Gorgeous fun videos too Chapel Roan's "Casual":
https://youtu.be/AfSjnsYiY_A?si=hXhLRGJGmbTkq-nZ

Sabrina Carpenter's "Feather":
https://youtu.be/kLbn61Z4LDI