Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@qoto.org

Is £74bn enough to give nurses a pay rise?

It seems "larger war / WWIII" rhetoric is coming back.

I have a question for those who think that russia will start a larger war.

Exactly what army and weapons will they start this larger war with? With the soldiers from Bakhmut, the guns from North Korea, the drones from Iran?

Elon Musk is growing a social network. Just not the one he expected.

New sign-ups have spiked several times on Twitter alternative Mastodon since Musk bought Twitter in October.

https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/twitter-owner-elon-musk-driving-user-growth-mastodon-rcna62832

Help yourself to a dose of festive cheer with my article about Shropshire's Christmas Folklore! There's some absolutely lovely stuff featured- I hope you enjoy it!

https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-very-shropshire-christmas.html

#Folklore #Christmas #Folktales #Shropshire #christmasfolklore #FolkloreNerd #folkloreFriday

Amazing isn't it? Millions of people in Texas are without power and all their MAGA hatting governor can think of to do is to trick 100 migrants into taking a 22 hour bus ride to be dropped off outside Kamala Harris's house in freezing weather wearing T-Shirts.

If you think this is smart politics or owning the libs or good in any sort of way, then you are dead inside. I don't want to know you professionally or personally.

Trump has turned the GOP nomination race into a contest in which the candidates all try to show how evil they are.

"If they come"??? 👇

https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/109565484194228711
neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk - I am unconvinced that quote-posts are desirable here. But if they come - and I see yet more calls for them - perhaps make it a choice on the part of the poster being quoted, such that they can, either by default or on a per-post basis, decide if they want a post to be quote-post-able?

How does the PM think having a financial "midlife MOT" is going to tempt folk back into work?

Threats and scare stories? Is that all they've got.

"We've farked the economy so badly you'll have to work until you drop just to live on bread and scrape." isn't a great look for the natural party of government.

When we first took this case to the High Court in June 2021, Gove was found to have acted unlawfully and with apparent bias in the awarding of this contract.

https://glplive.org/of8

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)