Dave Fernig @DaveFernig@qoto.org

@britishtechguru @auscovid19 @freemo @DenisCOVIDinfoguy So far there’s nothing to indicate that SARSCOV2 is going to go away. Unfortunately. Its propensity to mutate to avoid immunity suggests the opposite.

Yersinia Pestis never went away. It was the conditions that helped it propagate that improved. Even then the multiple waves of the plague went well beyond a few years.

I always find it idiotic when people argue "Democrats are right wing by european standards"... lol there is no relative standard for center, it is an absolute... what they should say is "democrats are farther right compared to the average in europe". But to suggests they are right of center has little basis in reality. Their policies may not be as extreme left as politicians in europe, but they very clearly are left of neutral/center

As of 12 minutes ago it is now officially my birthday!

The UK government intends to crush our ability to find out what personal data organisations hold about us, which is critical for us to use rights effectively.

The #DataGrabBill makes it easier for organisations to refuse to respond to a subject access request, including if it’s ‘too onerous for them’, and allows them to introduce fees.

Rights must be robust and enforceable. Otherwise we’re exposed to State and commercial whims.

#HandsOffOurData #GDPR #dataprotection #privacy #ukpolitics

OTD in 2004 Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said of Prez “I thoroughly convinced that Russian president wants to transform Russia into a democracy & that he is doing so out of deeply held conviction".

A statement that has stood the test of both time & “special military operation”.

Japan plans to provide €160 million to support Ukraine's economic recovery projects. A large Japanese delegation is in Kyiv. This is reported by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

On space and billionaire fantasies:

"The nagging problem is this: Space sucks."

https://atmos.earth/sorry-billionaires-space-wont-be-our-climate-haven/

(h/t to @pluralistic)

The reform of the use of ISA funds could result in the saving of at least £3.7 billion of tax subsidies a year https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/11/20/the-reform-of-the-use-of-isa-funds-could-result-in-the-saving-of-at-least-3-7-billion-of-tax-subsidies-a-year/. At present, UK ISA savings are either dead money within the economy or are money given to the City of London to speculate with. This is a disastrous use of £700 billion of savings. Changing SA rules could make these savings the foundation of the reinvestment in our future that our economy so desperately needs.

@RodneyPetersonTalent @DaveFernig @mike805

I highly doubt he was suggesting their perspective is a good one.

I'm almost annoyed by how clever this is

"With more data at hand than theoretical projection, the evidence is overwhelming: Universal #BasicIncome is working nearly universally."

"In city after city and cohort after cohort — old, young, single parents, ex-convicts — universal basic income has improved health outcomes, raised employment, and bolstered childcare opportunities (and recipients have had consistently better outcomes than control groups)."

UBI works. We know that. It will reduce other costs.

https://www.businessinsider.com/universal-basic-income-works-red-state-blue-state-2023-10

"My mom was sleeping here. The slab fell on her." - Natalia from Kherson shared about the nighttime shelling of a residential building.

"I don't know how I would have gotten out [of the apartment] if the door hadn't blown out. I would have burned to death there, too. I called my mom, I couldn't even go in, and the wall fell on her right away... my mother was 91 years old," the woman said. They lived on the 9th floor.

Russia shells Kherson every day.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia

Paint Drying, rated U, is a 2016 film that was produced, directed and shot by Charlie Shackleton, to protest film censorship in the UK and the cost to independent filmmakers. The film contains 10 hours & 7 minutes of white paint drying on a brick wall, forcing the BBFC to watch all ten hours to give the film an age rating classification. He initially shot 14 hours of 4K footage and opened a Kickstarter to pay the BBFC's per-minute rate for as long as possible. It raised £5,936 from 686 backers.