From: thule@thule.invalid   
      
   On 10/18/25 7:53 PM, rudis wrote:   
   >   
   > anon@urmom.com posted:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:07:45 GMT, Colin Macleod wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Sorry to break it to you, but Newsgrouper which you posted through   
   >>> is also proxied through Cloudflare, as a layer of protection against   
   >>> some kinds of attacks.  I also have to geoblock the UK, since it's not   
   >>> practical for me to jump through all the hoops required by the UK's   
   >>> Online Safety Act, and it would be risky to ignore it since I'm UK-   
   >> based.   
   >>   
   >> It really is a terrible position they have put you in.   
   >> It will be interesting to see what kind of backlash this brings about.   
   >> I never though I'd see something like an Anglo Spring because of internet   
   >> censorship, but it sure looks like it will end up that way.   
   >   
   > Current UK regime pushed through "votes at 16" (from 2029) the exact same   
   time they hammered users with age verification.   
   >   
   > There are 12-year-olds out there who won't be voting they way they want them   
   to in 4 years time.   
      
   it's going to be an interesting election given that the conservatives   
   (the oldest political party in the world) and labour (who together have   
   been running the yookay for a century) could get zero seats.   
      
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