@blue-water-earth.bsky.social
All Valley Champion, Climber of the 39 steps, I’m on Rogue one, on The Road to 1984, with chocolate and cats hoping for a (better) Brave New World.
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Well, first a little paper clip with googly eyes appears on the screen and says “It looks like you are trying to run a country. Would you like help with that?”.
January 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Well, first a little paper clip with googly eyes appears on the screen and says “It looks like you are trying to run a country. Would you like help with that?”.
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Calum Miller, "I would say that Elon Musk is a threat to the UK" #BBCQT @calummillerld.bsky.social
"Oligarchs like Elon Musk who have huge power, the ability to control information as well as money"
"We need real powers that prevent foreign interference in our politics"
"Oligarchs like Elon Musk who have huge power, the ability to control information as well as money"
"We need real powers that prevent foreign interference in our politics"
January 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Calum Miller, "I would say that Elon Musk is a threat to the UK" #BBCQT @calummillerld.bsky.social
"Oligarchs like Elon Musk who have huge power, the ability to control information as well as money"
"We need real powers that prevent foreign interference in our politics"
"Oligarchs like Elon Musk who have huge power, the ability to control information as well as money"
"We need real powers that prevent foreign interference in our politics"
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feels like at this point the entire Trump administration could carve swastikas into their foreheads and the media would be all 'let's not rush to judgement'
January 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
feels like at this point the entire Trump administration could carve swastikas into their foreheads and the media would be all 'let's not rush to judgement'
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It's great to see actuaries entering the COVID conversation in greater numbers. Public health and IPC leaders are losing the ability to keep cooking the books on the cost of their incompetence to a data source they don't have the authority to choke off.
www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/m...
www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/m...
Mortality in First Eight Months of 2024 2% Higher Than Predicted - Actuaries Digital
In their latest article, the Mortality Working Group shares excess mortality analysis for the first eight months of 2024. In summary For the first eight months of 2024, against a baseline that include...
www.actuaries.digital
December 27, 2024 at 3:58 AM
It's great to see actuaries entering the COVID conversation in greater numbers. Public health and IPC leaders are losing the ability to keep cooking the books on the cost of their incompetence to a data source they don't have the authority to choke off.
www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/m...
www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/m...
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Elon Musk is a living and breathing argument for a 90% top tax bracket
December 27, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Elon Musk is a living and breathing argument for a 90% top tax bracket
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Day 24 of #ArtAdventCalendar: Another Great Grey Owl from my adventures yesterday. Merry Christmas to all and may your holidays be filled with whatever it is that fills your soul. #wildlife #birds
December 24, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Day 24 of #ArtAdventCalendar: Another Great Grey Owl from my adventures yesterday. Merry Christmas to all and may your holidays be filled with whatever it is that fills your soul. #wildlife #birds
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This is your daily reminder that this really did happen.
November 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM
This is your daily reminder that this really did happen.
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Whatever happened to the ‘rule of law’ in the UK?
Most people can't afford legal advice or pay for lawyers. Only the rich/corporations can afford to go to the courts.
There can be no equality before the law unless there is equality in access to the law.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Most people can't afford legal advice or pay for lawyers. Only the rich/corporations can afford to go to the courts.
There can be no equality before the law unless there is equality in access to the law.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Whatever happened to the ‘rule of law’ in the UK?
Even if people can get access to the courts, at best they will get an interpretation of law, not justice.
leftfootforward.org
November 29, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Whatever happened to the ‘rule of law’ in the UK?
Most people can't afford legal advice or pay for lawyers. Only the rich/corporations can afford to go to the courts.
There can be no equality before the law unless there is equality in access to the law.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Most people can't afford legal advice or pay for lawyers. Only the rich/corporations can afford to go to the courts.
There can be no equality before the law unless there is equality in access to the law.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
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Everything's awful but at least we have a word for it. Cory Doctorow coined Enshittification in 2022.
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Everything's awful but at least we have a word for it. Cory Doctorow coined Enshittification in 2022.
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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Excellent piece from @independentsage.bsky.social and Anthony Costello reflecting on UK approach to the COVID19 pandemic and comparing with the approaches used in SKorea, Australia, Japan etc. we need to acknowledge mistakes and be prepared when and if this happens again 🧪
The failures of 2020: why didn’t the UK ‘Act Fast and Isolate’?
An examination of the UK 2020 pandemic response by Prof Anthony Costello
open.substack.com
April 5, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Excellent piece from @independentsage.bsky.social and Anthony Costello reflecting on UK approach to the COVID19 pandemic and comparing with the approaches used in SKorea, Australia, Japan etc. we need to acknowledge mistakes and be prepared when and if this happens again 🧪
