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Get rid of your smartphone before it gets rid of you...

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I no longer want to use my mobile phone, if you want to contact me to chat or arrange plans I will still be available on my email and SMS (whatsapp as well but not as responsive). Having the internet constantly tethered to everything has had a parasitic effect on me and I'd imagine it's been the same for others as well. On a systemic level, this reliance on mobile phones poses the biggest threat to our freedoms in the 21st century. Also there is nothing gimpier than scanning a QR code to order to your spoons table or paying with your apple watch thinking you're living in an episode of Tomorrow's World, you actual melt. In 2004 my parents took part in the NO2ID protests to fight for our privacy, 21 years later I found myself trying to paypal a galloways over wigan eats cos I left my card at home. They've put our transport, our entertainment, our work timetables, our currency, our notepads and our conversations all on devices that record audio, video and location data...
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IDLESMUSTDIE!!!!!!!!!

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Hello!  First I would like to clarify that the blog title is not a call to arms for the annihilation of Radio 6's favourite Blairites but instead a spin on the title of infamous myspace band "BoNO muSt dIE". I decided after enough time I'd sit down and start a blog for a number of reasons: Unless you can fit it on a side of A6, social media just isn't made for writing. Over time, my convoluted rambles have gotten longer and longer to the point that I felt details were being lost down to the limited format. The populist libertarian right are currently conspiring with the bitter divorcees of Silicon Valley to combat the "woke agenda" which in turn is making the internet a lot less fun for the people the populist right are scared of (minority groups and critical thinkers). In the near future I am planning to start a bit of a cheeky zine, so making a blog acts as a great first step and gets the ball rolling for other bits of writing. In this blog I will writ...
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