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 … ?
Are the Labubus!
One … ?
I’m grateful my nephew’s not a niece: we’d possibly never hear the last of them.
Two?
Heavyweight tech blogger, Justine Ezarik, is obsessed by the things.
And three?
Tim Cook, the Chief Executive Officer of Apple, has been given a custom Labubu.
What is the world coming to … ??
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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.
Others have objected, as well.
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.
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