It's not surprising that due to massive advertising that VPN companies do that people such as MPs think that VPNs are a necessity for general web browsing etc. I think more people need to be aware that, (unless they are wanting to access US Netflix from UK/BBC iPlayer from the US, etc) VPNs in 2025 are completely unnecessary and arguably worse for your privacy.
Feeling very nostalgic about getting interested in XML and XSLT circa 2000-2001 and all that Semantic Web stuff. Amazed to see that people were still taking it seriously nearly 10 years later https://www.flickr.com/groups/xmlsummerschool2010 and that they're still going! I hope they have a lovely time!