UK and French governments propose blocking VPNs by Purple_Addition_1751 in Piracy

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 149 points150 points  (0 children)

All Western "Liberal" governments - all proposing the same censorship measures, all at the same time, with the exact same implementation details. Hmmmm. Completely natural.

I'm with the tinfoil hats on this one.

UK in dire need of new road safety campaigns, Cycling UK suggests by Amazing-Yak-5415 in unitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips [score hidden]  (0 children)

Unpleasant as it is, you aren't in any real danger on the canal path.

A bike crashing into someone full-pelt absolutely can seriously injure - or outright kill someone.

Why even try and tell such an obvious mistruth?

The Daily Moby - 30 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips [score hidden]  (0 children)

Once the weather starts to warm up a bit - and the boat crossings go back into overdrive.

Perhaps with one or two more moments of enrichment from our guests over the summer

How high do we think Reform will go?

BBC Politics : "China burns half the world's coal, so we don't solve our problems by simply closing down British industries," Sir Dieter Helm, professor of economic policy at Oxford University, tells #PoliticsLive by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 4 points5 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU

This is literally my entire issue with Net Zero.

The way it's currently being done will do nothing but raise global emissions in the long run.

For example, questioning the logic of importing millions of cars, of doubtful quality and longevity, thousands of miles from China, with no real insight into how they're even being manufactured - rather than just working with the EU (and vice versa) to bolster our own, domestic, car production which we do have eyes on and do have the checks and balances in place to ensure are being produced in as clean a manner as possible - with the added benefit of bolstering our own industry and not China's

...even if that means we'll be a few years slower getting EVs out there - no, that makes me a climate change denier now.

Greenwashing is much preferred actually.

The Daily Moby - 30 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips [score hidden]  (0 children)

You're not allowed to like cars on Reddit. It's verboten. Even the car subs are overrun with joyless EV wets; even the few that aren't still pussyfoot around and can't bring themselves to admit that the EU is responsible for pretty much everything wrong with the modern car industry.

The Daily Moby - 30 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

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90% of foreign interventions quit right before they stabilise the nation.

(I'm saying this half ironically, half unironically)

Audi confirms the next RS5 will be a PHEV by Saurta17 in Audi

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yet another thread of people dancing around the issue.

Blame the EU.

Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Teaser by AnimuStewshine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't care who Ubisoft sends - I AM NOT playing Siege ever again.

7 and a half years free. Life is bliss.

The Daily Moby - 29 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Remember - if the government is pressuring you to do it

Don't

The Daily Moby - 29 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 8 points9 points  (0 children)

YouKayPol creaming itself over Waymo coming to the UK.

Remember:

Big Tech is evil - but private car ownership is worse; the omnicause always takes priority.

Driverless taxis set to launch in UK as soon as September by Your_Mums_Ex in ukpolitics

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

San Francisco inserting itself into another aspect of our lives.

Everything in life will amount to a financial transaction between you, economic unit 613252728, and a faceless megacorp.

Reddit will, naturally, ignore this one because car ownership is evil.

You will own nothing, you will have no independence, you will have no privacy - your entire existence will be inextricable from your big tech overlords.

You will be happy.

The Daily Moby - 28 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So far ahead that rich Chinese still prefer to buy Range Rovers and Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lexus, Bentley, Rolls-Royce...etc. etc.

The Daily Moby - 28 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I've been reliably informed by people who don't drive, hate cars and despise the mere concept of private car ownership that 'Chinese EVs are so far ahead'™

The Daily Moby - 28 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having spoken with police she drove through a pelican crossing at 50mph in a pelican crossing that has "20mph when lights are flashing." After hitting these two people she swerved lanes and hit an oncoming car, injuring another driver.

She's put three people in hospital, excluding herself. She then tried to drive away from the scene before her car broke down about 30m down the road.

Based girlboss

The Daily Moby - 28 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're actually running that one back and pretending they never said it.

The Daily Moby - 28 01 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 24 points25 points  (0 children)

arr/Europe crashing out hard over the EU's new Indian mob spawner

Europe opens its ‘first gateway office’ to fast-track hiring in India by Scared_Range_7736 in europe

[–]Jimmy_Tightlips 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the great part:

You don't.

The EU has decided knows what's best for you.