I mainly use Mastodon but I am also on #BlueSky to follow & interact with people who are not here. Having said that, I am pissed that due to the #UK government age verification laws I have to prove my ID/age via an 3rd party company to use the site for direct messaging. Thank you but no.
I could use a VPN to get around this but I found more elegant solutions on github. Adding the suggested script into UBlock Origin on #Firefox worked a treat. #privacy https://gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e27b24a83838202908808ad528b3318
Bob Downie
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2026-10-01 20:33:26 UTC
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