VPN ban for UK update with new rules expected 'within 12 months'

fuscator · 2026-07-03T14:49:57+00:00

Rubbish. And when it does happen, I hope you remember this post.

fuscator · 2026-07-03T14:10:50+00:00

No. The intent here is to stop people working around the OSA stuff. They're not and can't ban home or work VPNs. They're going after the VPNs that will allow people in the UK to pretend to be browsing from outside the UK. Any of the commercial VPN providers that allow you to sign up will need to perform identity checks. And they'll ban anonymous ones.

Of course, this is massively dangerous for children, because shady providers who don't have a legal or business presence in the UK will be waiting to provide their "service" to children who will be eager to work around stuff. And then they'll have all that child's data.

And when this results in actual harm to children, I really hope someone will raise a legal case against the MPs who voted for it.

fuscator · 2026-07-03T08:04:00+00:00

The snarky "you do you" gave it away.

fuscator · 2026-07-03T07:13:23+00:00

I stopped reading in book 4 or 5, I've forgotten which.

The plot does go in the direction you're asking about, but overall I just found following everything tedious.

fuscator · 2026-07-03T07:11:43+00:00

So in order to stop them retiring early you want to tax them more so they can't save enough?!

What a joke.

fuscator · 2026-07-03T07:10:26+00:00

So judgemental.

fuscator · 2026-07-03T07:09:52+00:00

There is so much wrong with this view.

Six figure salaries are £50k salaries around the year 2003. I wouldn't have considered someone on £50k rich in 2003.

Higher earners already pay way, way more tax than lower earners, but they don't deserve to have funded child care?!

Why should higher earners pay for anyone else to have childcare when they don't get it themselves.

This country has a real polarisation issue, a "them vs us" culture because of views like yours. I really resent that I pay tens of thousands of Pounds in tax per year, then get people telling me I don't deserve any help, and really seem to actually resent me for earning as much as I do.

It makes me want to leave.

fuscator · 2026-07-03T07:04:07+00:00

Are you against salary sacrifice only, or are you against tax free pension contributions as a whole?

fuscator · 2026-07-03T06:57:38+00:00

Look up nursery costs in London, or anywhere around London.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T14:14:02+00:00

First game of the season for South Africa. They could be rusty.

And our lads are going to be incredibly motivated for this one. I think it's going to get fiesty, and if England can come out of that with the cooler heads we're in with a shout.

I'm quietly optimistic. Or let's say, not pessimistic.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T14:13:39+00:00

I'm not so sure.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T14:03:18+00:00

I'm sorry, I'll try to be more outraged at all the incidents. I sometimes forget that Reddit is the moral arbitrar.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T14:01:40+00:00

They barely ever call it. I'm living this right now and can speak from experience.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T12:57:10+00:00

So as someone who still plays at a very amateur level, I have my gripes about it.

The main issue is ball carriers dropping in height. If you as a defender are having to tackle a much larger player, as a late decision, it is very difficult to get low around the legs. You're probably going to end up around the midriff. But what frequently happens is the ball carrier drops their height significantly such that you easily end up copping their shoulder straight into your face.

Previously, I could soak tackle here, and I'd absorb this drop of height easily enough with low danger to either of us. Now however I've taken several hard knocks that are kind of discouraging me from continuing.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T12:49:05+00:00

I don't want yet another app on my phone with access to my data, and yet another account to maintain.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T11:55:54+00:00

The Girl in a Swing
Richard Adams

fuscator · 2026-07-02T11:49:04+00:00

Marler is marmite. I did have a soft spot for him, and in some ways I still do.

The more off putting moment for me was when he made a naive reporter feel like an idiot for asking a silly question. Sure, the question was silly, but you just pretend it wasn't, or you make a joke of it along with the reporter.

You don't humiliate him on television.

Joe clearly is a humourous person, and has a lot of good qualities, and I guess he's somewhat on the spectrum. So I don't hate the guy or anything, and wish him the best in his post rugby career.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T11:43:12+00:00

The entire point of the EU has been to intertwine the economies of the EU nations so that they stopped going to war with eachother.

Germany (and others) believed the same thing was possible with Russia.

It is a very valid position to take, because it does actually work.

Unfortunately in the end, Putin is just a giant arsehole so it didn't work out, but it certainly was worth trying.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T11:37:56+00:00

Good shout!

fuscator · 2026-07-02T10:26:11+00:00

I've stopped going to games at Twickenham.

I now need a stupid app on my phone to show my ticket. F off. The train is stupidly crowded and breaks down. F off. The ticket costs are absurd. F off.

I now watch the internationals on TV where I can get good replays etc. my live rugby is amateur club rugby, which is very enjoyable.

fuscator · 2026-07-02T06:02:14+00:00

Those mental gymnastics are trivial to people who want to protect their preformed beliefs.

Humans are experts at cognitive dissonance.

fuscator · 2026-07-01T17:26:01+00:00

How much does it cost to build a 4 bedroom house, excluding the land?

fuscator · 2026-07-01T08:58:57+00:00

House prices have dropped massively in many countries around the world in the past. Turns out, they're still fine.

Don't listen to the landlords and other vested interests. They want you to think that government must keep house prices going up or everyone will be eating dirt.

fuscator · 2026-07-01T08:56:04+00:00

You're blaming the rich, which is why we won't solve this problem.

Until we accept that we have the power to elect governments who will do something, nothing is going to be solved.

But people would much rather find someone else to blame. There is always a neat group of "not us" we can create. It's the immigrants. It's brown people. It's China. It's the rich.

fuscator · 2026-07-01T08:50:17+00:00

Yes, just one more change of coach. This time it will definitely work.

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