Random Round Up

We are back after missing last weeks episode, Pixie was sick but she feels much better now. Tumblr bought again (0:36) If you remember we covered when Tumblr decided it didn't like smut on it's platform any more and has been systematically removing it. The large community that has grown around Tumblr thanks to it's open policies has left in droves thanks to it's decision to "clean up" it's platform. Turns out the plan hasn't worked out so well and this week it was sold to the company that owns WordPress. It sold for $3 Million. Down from it's valuation a few years ago of $11 billion. Find out more Hacking buttplugs is easier thank you think (4:10) This week there was a great talk at DefCon about how easy it is to hack a connected buttplug. Not only hacking the plug itself but every aspect of the product from the client that ran on the computer, to the network it used to talk to other people, to even being able to update the hardware in the plug itself and install other software. Watch the video Songs of praise to show its first gay wedding (19:26) Songs of Praise. A show running in the UK for 58 years shows it's first gay wedding. Find out more The baker who refused to make a cake for a gay man going to European Court of Justice (21:45) A baker who refused to make a cake for a gay man becuase he disagreed with the message on the cake is going to the European Court of Justice after a UK court rulled it wasn't discrimination to deny the man the cake. Find out more

Trigger warning: This weeks episode is talking about rape and the laws around it. Please don't listen if you are affected by such things. Theranos goes on trial next year [0:30] As we have previously talked about the Theranos court case starts next year and it is going to be very interesting to see how that plays out. Chatholic church paying victims with conditions [2:30] The Chatholic church is helping out victims of abuse even when their cases are out the normal window for being taken to court. Sounds wonderful only it is being used to save the church hundreds of millions in damages and as a way to silence its victims. Find out more Sex toys will be allowed at next years CES [7:56] As we have previously talked about there was a blow up when one of the winners from this years CES was disqualified because it was a sex toy. CES seems to have seen the error of their ways and will be allowing sex toys as a category at next years event. Find out more Forced penetration isn't classed as rape in the UK [9:01] Did you know what in the UK a man being forced to have sex with a woman isn't classed as rape? A new study highlights the real problem that affects hundreds of men in the UK and the shocking revelation that it isn't classed as rape. Find out more

We missed last week simply because we did the interview then I forgot to record an intro. Work got in the way then before you know it it's the weekend again. Discussion with Sluts & Scholars Sluts & Scholars is a sex education podcast where they talk to amazing people from all over the spectrum about sex and life. They have some amazing interviews and you need to check them out. Find them: Twitter Apple podcasts Podcast feed Patreon We talk about how they got de-platformed from Apple. For anyone who doesn't know Apple is the main index for all podcasts. If you are not on there chances are no one is going to find you. Getting de-platformed means they won't appear on peoples devices so how will they find new listeners? After a fight they were eventually able to talk to someone and it turned out Apple didn't like that they had used rude words in their titles and descriptions. After making changes to all their posts and trying multiple times to get someone to look at it again they were finally able to get back onto the platform. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. This is happening all the time and companies like Apple are able to effectively silence things they don't like for any reason they want.

We missed last week because we were at Pride, but this week we are back. Puppy Pride [0:17] We missed last weeks episode because we were at Pride with Puppy Pride and Pups Out. They invited us along to their event so we could run the mini-flogger workshop for the pups. Loads made their own mini-flogger and I think they ended up being used for crowd control. It was a lot of fun. New Zealand charing an entry fee [7:12] Who does New Zealand think it is charging an entry fee to come into the country.. outragious. Find out more Ice creme truck against "Influncers" An Ice Creme truck has started charging inflencers double for their Ice Creme. They are sick of these so called "Influencers" asking for free ice creme they have decided to take a stand. Find out more Should you erase the past? [11:17] This week it was reveled that one of the post credit scenes from Toy Story 2 has been removed from the film. The scene features one of the characters talking to a pair of Barby dolls and suggesting that if they come back to his trailer he can get them a part in the next film. So this has sparked a discussion, is it OK to earse parts of the past you now find offensive? James Bond is a prime candidate I have been watching a lot of the old Rodger Moore ear James Bond and there is a lot there that is very hard to watch now. So should those parts be cut out or are they a look into the views of the time? Woddy Allan and Roman Polanski Two highly controveral figures who no matter what you think of them in real life have made ground breaking and important films. Should those films be scrubbed from history because the people who made them are problematic?

This week it is hot here in the UK, we are baking and if we can complain about it we can. Pork bellies about to go up [1:10] Want to get us to talk about something all you have to do is ask. This morning @DomSigns asked us to talk about pork bellies so happy to oblige. Turns out there are serious cases of swine flu in China and it looks like port prices are going to rise 40% soon and continue well into 2020. Get your money in now if ou are an investor, if you love bacon.. sorry but it is going to get much more expensive. Find out more Drag Queen Bingo [2:06] The amazing Sparkling Queens of Drag are being attacked by a Christian group for holding fund raising bingo events in the US. The group which holds charity fund raising events at local community run fire houses has raised huge amounts of cash. But the Christian group doesn't like Find out more End of End-to-end encryption? [7:33] The US is considering outlawing end-to-end encryption applications like WhatsApp and iMessage because they are proving too hard for police forces to deal with. The move would be a huge blow for public privacy. Find out more Stonewall Riots and Pride [12:36] What do you know about how pride started? A great article on the BBC has made us think about how pride got started and the effect it has had on the world. Most recently there has been questions about how large companies have started to co-opt the event to advertise themselves while not actually giving back anything to the community. Find out more We will be at London Pride supporting the Puppies [20:19] We are going to be at London Pride by supporting the Pride Pup Party. Book your tickets to what is going to be a super fun event at Draft House, Chancery in London. We will be running our mini-flogger workshop from 9am - 1:30pm. Totally free, anyone can come along and make their own mini flogger. Then stick around and play with the pups. Book your tickets now Find out more about us Check out the website http://kinkcraft.co Follow us on Twitter @KinkCraft Find us on on Pinterest @KinkCraft Talk to us on Facebook http://facebook.com/MyKinkCraft Follow us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/kink_craft/ Send us an email podcast [at] kinkcraft.co

Everything in the UK seems to be falling apart so we are going to do our best to fix that... well, talk about it at least. UK to delay Age Verification on Porn sites [1:37] The UK has delayed it's roll out of age verification checks for an unknown amount of time. There has been no word on what is actually going on, only that it is going to be delayed for some time. Who knows how much. If they can't sort this out how the hell are they going to deal with Brexit. 76% of people in the UK still don't know it could even happen. Find out more Did you know your ISP in the UK records every site you go to and reports it to the government? [5:30] Since 2016 your ISP is collecting every website you go to and storing it to be reported back to the government if they ask for it. Doesn't matter what you have done they collect it. If you are not using a VPN to protect your web browsing you are Internetting wrong in the 21st century. UK MP assaults peaceful climate change protestor [10:00] MP Mark Field is shown in a video assaulting a peaceful protestor. Pushing against an pillar then grabbing her by the neck and frog marching her out of the room. There was no cause to do this and he should be fired from his job. Find out more Birmingham Catholic Church covered up child abuse An inquiry into the cover up of pedophile priests by the Catholic church has found that they did it systematically for years with their only concern being how they would be seen by the public. Find out more Sex toy company sues over refusal to run ads Sex toy company Dame is suing the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) over it's refusal to run ads on the network. The company claims the MTA's view are victorian. Digging a little deeper reveals the MTA doesn't allow any company to run ads for sex toys and never has. It will only run ads for FDA approved medicines and medial devices. Find out more Find out more about us Check out the website http://kinkcraft.co Follow us on Twitter @KinkCraft Find us on on Pinterest @KinkCraft Talk to us on Facebook http://facebook.com/MyKinkCraft Follow us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/kink_craft/ Send us an email podcast [at] kinkcraft.co

LovingBDSM back on the air [0:30] The great podcast LovingBDSM are back on the air and well worth listening too. They have some great kink puns. This weeks episode was all about playing when you have no privacy. LovingBDSM Podcast US embassy's banned from flying the pride flag [2:20] US embassy's have been banned from flying the pride flag this year. But it isn't as effective as the Trump government wanted. Roman catholic bishop says catholics shouldn't support pride [6:40] A roman catholic bishop says catholics shouldn't support pride because it is harmful to children. Ecuador legalises same sex marriage [8:30] Nottinghamshire police offers abuse victims blunt knives [11:10] New Zealand Air change rules to allow staff to show tattoos [16:50]  

Notes to follow

There is a lot to talk about this week, notes coming.

A random assortment of things around around the week this week from deep fakes being used for good to awful UK politicians