Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@qoto.org

The solstice - it's not all about sunrise. At neolithic Maeshowe in Orkney it's the setting sun which illuminates the back wall of the chamber.
#Solstice #Orkney
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2022/12/21/video-maeshowe-solstice/

Oh. my. god.

Madison Square Garden used facial recognition to identify and stop a mom from attending a Christmas show with her kid because she's an attorney at a firm who is engaged in litigation with them.

This is why it's not enough to just ban government and law enforcement use of #facialrecognition. There are so many ways private companies and even individuals can abuse #biometric #surveillance tech.

#BanFacialRecognition entirely. Yesterday.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/msgs-facial-recognition-stops-mom-from-attending-christmas-show-with-child/4004471/

We need a change of govt sooner rather than later.

If the Tory leopard won't change it's spots (unlikely), then we must get rid of them.

Can the NHS survive another 2 years like this? It doesn't sound like it, given the testimony of The Secret Consultant.

I'm at a loss on how we can get a General Election before the end of 2024. Tory MPs must know that they'll be kicked out. How do we make their life in parliament so unpleasant that they go early?
#nhs #nhsstrikes
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/20/ive-never-seen-the-nhs-pushed-so-hard-its-not-the-system-thats-breaking-now-its-the-people?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Happy solstice everyone, north and south, winter and summer, round we go again

How much public space we've surrendered to cars (Swedish artist Karl Jilg)

The big news is not that a committee of Congress has made a criminal referral urging that the DOJ prosecute a former president. The big news is that the committee has compiled overwhelming evidence that the former president has committed serious crimes. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-news-about-the-january-6?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=91755428&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

#jokeoftheday

I've been diagnosed with a chronic fear of giants..

Feefiphobia.......

Mastodon gets un-suspended and then goes for the posterizing dunk right out of the gate #tech #socialmedia

@taylorlorenz @BlueWaver22

Le Monde not pulling punches in their editorial about the state of the UK.

"As the United Kingdom, now the most unequal country in Western Europe, sinks into recession, 3 million Britons are struggling to pay their energy bills and food banks are multiplying. The government in London seems to be stuck on an ideology that advocates for a minimal state, tending to place the blame on the disadvantaged for their fate and favoring the wealthy."

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2022/12/17/the-united-kingdom-is-at-a-a-stalemate_6008103_23.html #UK #UKPol #Brexit #Strikes

Tell me these aren't dinosaurs!

a Green Heron (Butorides virescens) chick.

@chrischirp th🙏🏽 for great info as always, to Bob too🙏🏽, this weeks work, paeds nhs, mad, all working non stop, great working together👏🏾quite a few off sick, colleagues in other hospitals same, all at work hours after end of day, every day, to provide good care, one text from colleague this week “what are we doing to ourselves” ,many workaholics anyway, unsustainable, luckily we 💕 kids &YP 🤩 & 💕 our job 💙