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			<title><![CDATA[Digital Identification]]></title>
			<link>https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Digital-Identification</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:38:04 +0200</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://metalgearforums.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=1">Dirty Duck</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[So it was just announced that in the UK children under 16 will be banned from social media. This includes TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. This means that to access these services we in the UK will have to upload our identification to prove we are over 16. Last year the government did something similar with pornographic websites, requiring anyone in the UK to upload their ID to spankbang. The whole thing is very clearly just a slow rollout of making digital identification all but compulsory, thinly veiled as an attempt to protect kids. Regardless of what you think about kid's social media usage this has to be <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">one of</span> the most totalitarian moves the UK government has made in our lifetime (I but "one of" in brackets as it is certainly not the only one of late). Whether these sites will implement such measures like the government requests or just flat-out ban traffic from the country like imgur did remains to be seen.<br />
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They are also trying to force phone companies to implement the ability to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-stop-children-taking-sharing-or-viewing-nude-images" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">scan every photo, video, and message on our phones</a> without us having any control over it. What can we even do about that? Do we still have any rights as citizens because this certainly just feels like a wheel they are determined to keep spinning.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So it was just announced that in the UK children under 16 will be banned from social media. This includes TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. This means that to access these services we in the UK will have to upload our identification to prove we are over 16. Last year the government did something similar with pornographic websites, requiring anyone in the UK to upload their ID to spankbang. The whole thing is very clearly just a slow rollout of making digital identification all but compulsory, thinly veiled as an attempt to protect kids. Regardless of what you think about kid's social media usage this has to be <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">one of</span> the most totalitarian moves the UK government has made in our lifetime (I but "one of" in brackets as it is certainly not the only one of late). Whether these sites will implement such measures like the government requests or just flat-out ban traffic from the country like imgur did remains to be seen.<br />
<br />
They are also trying to force phone companies to implement the ability to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-stop-children-taking-sharing-or-viewing-nude-images" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">scan every photo, video, and message on our phones</a> without us having any control over it. What can we even do about that? Do we still have any rights as citizens because this certainly just feels like a wheel they are determined to keep spinning.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Sheer Exhaustion of Winning]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:28:26 +0200</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://metalgearforums.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=245">SK8R LUNG</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[i think when trump got re-elected the main thing that was troubling me was like, i'm worried that maga tribal thinking is gonna keep spilling over the border<br />
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i failed to consider that the major project of american government was going to be dangling nuclear armageddon for the slim hope of achieving political NET LOSS and global recession rather than global depression. and that is honestly on me <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[i think when trump got re-elected the main thing that was troubling me was like, i'm worried that maga tribal thinking is gonna keep spilling over the border<br />
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i failed to consider that the major project of american government was going to be dangling nuclear armageddon for the slim hope of achieving political NET LOSS and global recession rather than global depression. and that is honestly on me <br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Chuck Norris has died.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:38:01 +0100</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://metalgearforums.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=1">Dirty Duck</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite>Action movie star Chuck Norris has died aged 86, his family says<br />
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"To the world, he was a martial artist, actor, and a symbol of strength. To us, he was a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather, an incredible brother, and the heart of our family" - read his family's statement in full<br />
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Born in Oklahoma in 1940, he served in the United States Air Force before rising to fame as a star of martial arts<br />
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He rose to fame as an actor in 1972, after he appeared in Way of the Dragon, but is perhaps best known for playing Cordell "Cord" Walker in the long-running television series Walker, Texas Ranger</blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwynpwydp0xt" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwynpwydp0xt</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite>Action movie star Chuck Norris has died aged 86, his family says<br />
<br />
"To the world, he was a martial artist, actor, and a symbol of strength. To us, he was a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather, an incredible brother, and the heart of our family" - read his family's statement in full<br />
<br />
Born in Oklahoma in 1940, he served in the United States Air Force before rising to fame as a star of martial arts<br />
<br />
He rose to fame as an actor in 1972, after he appeared in Way of the Dragon, but is perhaps best known for playing Cordell "Cord" Walker in the long-running television series Walker, Texas Ranger</blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwynpwydp0xt" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwynpwydp0xt</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Global Politics - General Chat]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:25:40 +0200</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://metalgearforums.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=18">Jassassino</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here's the thread where we pretend it's about global politics but, like most things, we will discuss exclusively the USA (unfortunately).<br />
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So how about <span style="text-decoration: line-through;" class="mycode_s">that houmous</span> them trade tariffs?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's the thread where we pretend it's about global politics but, like most things, we will discuss exclusively the USA (unfortunately).<br />
<br />
So how about <span style="text-decoration: line-through;" class="mycode_s">that houmous</span> them trade tariffs?]]></content:encoded>
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