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Dr Richard Gomer

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Lecturer in CS at UoSouthampton. HCI, interaction design, values, Civic AI. Lib Dem. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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It's safe to assume everything on the surveillance glasses is streamed up and stored, and also handed to the state. Just as they have always done with audio from spy appliances.

05.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Crowds in the Iranian town of Galleh Dar toppled a monument dedicated to the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, as flames rose from the roundabout and onlookers cheered.

The death of Khamenei has exposed a deep fault line in a country: reut.rs/4r4GYYK

01.03.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 5

One has to hope that the door will hit him on the way out.

08.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rate bit of good news here for Labour.

08.02.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 816 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 25
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Please, my magic bean, it is very sick

05.02.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 6005 πŸ” 793 πŸ’¬ 211 πŸ“Œ 135
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No, they found a plane eventually! Flying back today, so fingers crossed for a more timely experience this time!

31.01.2026 11:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are back in the airport. πŸ™„

25.01.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If BA were a horse, it would have been euthanised for its own welfare. πŸ˜”

25.01.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They found a plane, and got the engineers to sign it off. But now it doesn't work, so the engineers probably shouldn't have signed it off. Back to the stand 😩

25.01.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

My flight is delayed because basically BA forgot to take the aircraft out of the hangar πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

25.01.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Minneapolis is under siege from our authoritarian regime. Another person was murdered this morning.

Everyone who isn't speaking out, every lawmaker and leader who isn't throwing their body into the gears to stop ICE...

Which side are you on?

24.01.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.

24.01.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 9885 πŸ” 3700 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 142

Every single person doing ICE watch in Minnesota is doing it knowing that they’re putting their bodies and lives on the line and every ICE agent and cop would shoot at their shadow if it startled them. That’s not professionalism, that’s being a coward.

24.01.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 1226 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

"The work expands to fill the time available."

Never f***ing compresses, though, does it?!

#workProblems

22.01.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, absolutely. Strategic planning policy in Southampton supports student accommodation because it allows growth in student numbers (economic benefit) without adding to housing scarcity, and because it frees up other stock for families and residents.

20.01.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Loss of parkland" might be vaguely worth mentioning if avenue campus weren't **literally adjacent** to the 365-acres of parkland that is Southampton Common. 🀯

20.01.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Southampton Greens are campaigning against student accommodation at Avenue campus: "[they] are not going to enhance the area at all because they already have a lot of students living in the area."

Southampton urgently needs homes unlocked. We've had enough of this nimby-induced housing crisis.

20.01.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yawn. More proof that Reform is the same old Tory shit, just coming from an event bigger arsehole.

18.01.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Embarrassment? They should be cringing themselves inside out with shame.

18.01.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump tariff threat over Greenland 'unacceptable', European leaders say The US president says several European allies opposed to his plans to buy Greenland will face 10% tariffs from February.

As if it weren't clear already: the US will not honour its commitments; deals with US are worth nothing; and the US does not share our interests. UK gov should be going full tilt to increase trade and defence links with Europe, and putting this "ally" at arms length. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

18.01.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Could have highlighted how he removed cartoons from the walls of places they locked up kids because they made it too welcoming but no, Labour are attacking Jenrick for letting in too many migrants

16.01.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4
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Sometimes people use "respect" to mean "treating someone like a person" and sometimes they use
"respect" to mean "treating someone like an authority"
and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say "if you won't respect me I won't respect you" and they mean "if you won't treat me like an authority I won't treat you like a person"
and they think they're being fair but they aren't, and it's not okay.

Post by stimmyabby Sometimes people use "respect" to mean "treating someone like a person" and sometimes they use "respect" to mean "treating someone like an authority" and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say "if you won't respect me I won't respect you" and they mean "if you won't treat me like an authority I won't treat you like a person" and they think they're being fair but they aren't, and it's not okay.

The ICE discussions around perceived lack of deference to authority somehow justifying violence are reminding me of this.

12.01.2026 10:28 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One thing that unites these people, above all else, is there never ending, self-pitying WHINING.

The "very painful things" they wrote were facts that you avoided tax, had to pay millions in fines, hid it whilst Chancellor then threatened legal action against anyone who reported it.

12.01.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 210 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7
Screenshot from the Telegraph:
What's the point of the Liberal Democrats?
Annabel Denham, Senior Political Commentator
06 January 2026 3.07pm GMT
Ed Davey has predictably condemned the US extraction of Venezuela's leader

Screenshot from the Telegraph: What's the point of the Liberal Democrats? Annabel Denham, Senior Political Commentator 06 January 2026 3.07pm GMT Ed Davey has predictably condemned the US extraction of Venezuela's leader

If the Telegraph’s running a hit piece because we’re calling out Trump's law-breaking, we must be doing something right.

Join us - www.libdems.org.uk/join

07.01.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

Had to fix a few bugs at various points, and work around bugs in some of the services (mostly the GivEnergy API...) as they came up. But mostly it has worked quite reliably!

02.01.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The actual saving versus Agile without optimisation is higher than this, because daytime unit cost (and especially evening peak) is higher.

02.01.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

An update! My average unit cost for grid electricity last year (excluding standing charge and ignoring solar) was about 15.5p. That's a *lot* better than any flat rate tariff, and about 4p/kWh better than the unweighted average for Octopus Agile*. Not bad!

02.01.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is exactly why I strongly opposed the move to strip Shamima Begum of her citizenship. Plenty of Brits have dual citizenship, often through a parent, or have access to another citizenship whether they intend to take it up or not, including all Jewish people & most people born in Northern Ireland

30.12.2025 12:03 πŸ‘ 608 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 10
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I bought a 2-in-1 thinkpad to use as a smart home dashboard, and wowwww they are nice devices! You mean, laptops don't have the creak and flex when you pick them up?! 🀯

#workOnlyGivesMeADell

30.12.2025 12:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember when the initial stuff blew up with Moore, and Paris Lees wrote the most delicate and patient and loving column explaining why her words were hurtful. And now look where we are.

30.12.2025 09:05 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0