18th October, 2025.
It’s got to be said, I’ve seen silly
gonks come and go.
Troll dolls, Cabbage Patch Kids, Furbies, what have you.
The latest … ?
One … ?
I’m grateful my nephew’s not a niece: we’d possibly never hear the last of them.
Two?
And three?
Tim Cook, the Chief Executive Officer of Apple, has been
given a custom Labubu.
What is the world coming to … ??
~≈🪆≈~
You possibly very aware that Britain’s PM, Keir Starmer, has proposed a digital ID scheme for those of us receiving state benefits.
I object: mostly on the grounds of cost.
There’s more news on a similar theme.
There’s plans to
consult on a version of digital IDs: for thirteen to sixteen year-olds.
That also strikes me as potentially bad.
That age groups could well be more vulnerable to all sorts of things: and, again, seems to include no planned, physical, alternative.
Nor any funding.
If a thirteen year old can’t afford a smart phone, who’s going to buy one for them?
It won’t be the Job Centre!
There’s a similar story doing the rounds.
It seems the Government have
introduced a digital ID card for military veterans.
The big difference between it, and the one Keir Starmer’s proposing?
One: the digital card runs along side a physical Veterans ID card.
Two: the digital ID is optional.
Were the digital ID Sir Keir is proposing, optional?
Were there a (cheap) physical card one could use instead?
People would be a lot happier.
