We don't talk much about it anymore, but the fact that SMS/iMessage/WhatsApp/FB Messages/Signal/Instagram DMs/etc/etc/etc don't work together is a real accessibility issue for #adhd people. I struggle to keep in touch with people closest to me. Tracking people and conversations across at least 10 different systems is basically impossible for me and many other similarly disabled folks.

It would appear that the British government isn't very good at threat modeling. Which is to say, the plans for a "technological solution" to the Irish border problem are criminally negligent, unless negligence is the express intent. Having read the proposal, …380gtk22pbxgw-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/upl…, the focus is on moving the inspection and clearance of goods and livestock at the point of origin (or, generally, away from the border). This is fine, and in a genuine the-house-is-not-burning-down way.

Hey. British. People. Read. This. Thread.

Seriously.

While no doubt the US is incredibly broken, many there are speaking out and condemning the rampant racism; it's an active issue.

Here in the UK, too many people are content to be apathetic and tolerant of racism.

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I'm not going to shut up about this, until the day I leave the UK because the latent xenophobia becomes just too much to bear.

GDPR scares me. Not because it isn't a good idea. It's the implementation.

Problem #1: They're doing it in a 'waterfall' style, deciding how everything will be after the law drops, with no clear mechanism or timelines to fix broken things.

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Problem #2: The above proposal, which describes sweeping, if minor, changes to how WHOIS information is shared, is published as a PDF, and takes 14 pages to describe three simple options. Inaccessibility through bureaucracy.