en-uk https://tombrandis.uk/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:08:16 +0000 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:08:16 +0000 1440 Jekyll v4.3.4 2026 Tom Brandis <p>In yesterdays Gorton and Denton by-election, that Hannah Spencer of the Green Party won spectacularly, there was a claim by Democracy Volunteers that something called “family voting” was a major concern.</p> ... Sat, 28 February 2026 10:00 GMT https://tombrandis.uk/posts/Family-voting-in-the-Gorton-and-Denton-by-election.html https://tombrandis.uk/posts/Family-voting-in-the-Gorton-and-Denton-by-election.html UK election politics <p>You (yes, you) can now download an archive of this site using torrent and if you make an archive too, I want to download it. Then maybe if this site goes down, my words will live on.</p> ... Thu, 19 February 2026 10:06 GMT https://tombrandis.uk/posts/Website-archive-using-torrent.html https://tombrandis.uk/posts/Website-archive-using-torrent.html archive torrent this_website <p>The <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909/stages/20215/amendments/10031850" class="web-link">proposed children’s social media ban</a> requires all “regulated user-to-user services”, as defined in the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/section/4" class="web-link">Online Safety Act (2023)</a> (the OSA), to “use highly- effective age assurance measures” to stop under 16s becoming users.</p> ... Sat, 31 January 2026 11:21 GMT https://tombrandis.uk/posts/Will-Wikipedia-be-age-restricted.html https://tombrandis.uk/posts/Will-Wikipedia-be-age-restricted.html social_media politics Wikipedia UK <p>Wouldn’t it be cool if everyone had a domain name that they could use for emails, websites and more without being locked into a specific provider?</p> ... Mon, 26 January 2026 10:56 GMT https://tombrandis.uk/posts/Should-the-government-give-everyone-a-domain.html https://tombrandis.uk/posts/Should-the-government-give-everyone-a-domain.html DNS domain_name government personal_websites <p>You may or may not have noticed that this website has been offline for a while (1 or 2 months, I’m not sure).</p> ... Sun, 14 December 2025 10:23 GMT https://tombrandis.uk/posts/My-website-is-back.html https://tombrandis.uk/posts/My-website-is-back.html