@nprofile1q... I was thinking they might consider ITVs public service obligations to make regional news onerous, although this has already been downsized to such an extent it might not turn out to be that big a deal (already ITV are getting half their footage/content from social media, and all sorts of other cheaper sources rather than putting "boots on the ground" in the local areas)

(30-40 years ago ITV had 16 seperate regional companies, all of whom made their own unique programming. Ironically a lot of the repeats from these are what are considered "Classic British TV" even today)

@nprofile1q... its in Epping Forest area, just between London and Chelmsford, it used to be the most Easterly point on London Underground (although services there were stopped in 1994), and remains the zero point from which TfL measure all distances on the Underground..

@nprofile1q... In recent times I've only ever had lower end Ebay sellers use Evri and some have had to refund me because the item in the parcel got nicked (due to being in a Porsche jewellery case, the actual item was a 1990s microcassette recorder of much lower value)

Every other company (especially those for car detailing supplies and service parts) is using other couriers..

@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... the wider issue here (mentioned in the article, and linked from sources) is a group of private individuals set themselves up as moral enforcers to track down priests who /aren't/ preying on kids (a criminal offence which should be reported to authorities and dealt with), but simply happen to be gay and are socialising with other men in consenting environments, and they did so using the adtech data Grindr had collected on their users in order to make a profit.

This cannot be a good situation for anyone..

@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... inn this case though presumably everyone on Grindr (I've not used it myself nor do I intend to) is of legal age and consenting (or they wouldn't be on there!)

Its against the rules for being a priest who has taken an order of celibacy, but not a criminal offence (even in USA)

I'm seeing claims that #RoyalMail uses this method to hide the dates (machine or hand cancels with stamps usually have a date on them) so folk can't tell how long its taking to deliver the mail, but that would require switching off the part of the automatic machine on the conveyor belt that does the cancellation - its normally only unusually shaped envelopes or anything that can't be auto processed that gets a hand cancel..

@nprofile1q... I've seen with my own eyes urban foxes in England adapt to using pedestrian crossings for humans, would have thought even if initial usage isn't that larger more and more possums will be smart enough to make use of them..

@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... even UK Foundation licence (the lowest level) has quite a few questions on basic electrical safety precautions.

One problem here with this comparison is you (understandably) need a licence to use most radio frequencies as these are a finite resource and direct harm can be caused to others by interference, but no such licence is needed to use social media and implementing one would be problematic (who would enforce it?) -

TBH if it were even possible UK would have already done it by now (even the dog licence was abolished a few years back)