Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@qoto.org

Just a reminder that there isn't any need to go further into Hancock's nonsense than to say that a comet or whatever big enough to erase a global civilization did not strike the earth in 13000BC. It simply did not happen. There is zero geological evidence for it. Everything he then says is based on a lie. The End. #AncientApocalypse #archaeology #pseudoarchaeology https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.362.6416.738

The #OBR report contains some very ugly charts. These for example show just how brutal the terms of trade shock is for households.

Hello UK! I’m tired but excited to get ready for my London stage debut in Allegiance, which is based on my real life story and experience in U.S. internment camps during World War II. #NeverForget

Really, really, really old pots, and what they were used for. #archaeology #pottery #ceramics #archaeopot https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_897243_en.html

"Hunt's tax rises are the only way to fix the economy."

Says newspaper which told us that Truss's tax cuts were "the only way to fix the economy."

Client journalism at its most blatant...

The Space Station returns to UK evening skies this week

See times here https://www.meteorwatch.org/iss-international-space-station-times-uk-november-december-2022/

Follow @Virtualastro@twitter.com for alerts on Twitter, Mastodon and Facebook

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Mike Pence is an example of toxic Christianity. We should have freedom of religion, yes, but we must also ensure freedom *from* religion. Your religious freedoms don’t give you the right to deny freedoms or civic participation to others. Period.

Here's one of my favourite pieces by Jo. It's a long-eared owl - made with needle and thread.
#Owl #IrishArt #Fabric #Needlework #EnglishArt #NatureArt #Embroidery

More of Jo's work is here:
https://www.instagram.com/floatingthreads/

A boost would be greatly appreciated!

I just dipped into Twitter to read the fantastic news that the Snowdonia National Park Authority has voted to use the original Welsh names Yr Wyddfa #YrWyddfa and #Eryri rather than the imposed English #Snowdon and #Snowdonia. It's a massive win for reclaiming our #Welsh cultural heritage. I honestly can't believe the amount of hatred, abuse and racism in the Twitter comments from English people. I've no idea why they are so angry that another country wants to use its own language. #Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This is going to be one of those times they tell us
"We're all in the same boat" just like in the pandemic.

In reality we're all facing the same storm, but some of us are in dingies and some of them are in super-yachts.

Damning and depressing verdict from bank of England chief and other experts on why UK economy doing so much worse than peers.

Major factors are long term ill health and brexit.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/16/brexit-and-drop-in-workforce-harming-britain-economic-recovery-says-bank-governor?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Asked this morning whether Brexit has in any way contributed to the UK's economic downturn, Rishi Sunak blames "global factors" such as "the legacy of Covid" and "what Putin is doing."

In reality, while all G7 countries have been hit by these, only the UK economy remains smaller than before the pandemic.

🤔 Did you notice how, once it was exposed as hollow, talk of a 'fiscal black hole' disappeared?

😔 This country can't take another round of austerity

💪🏽 We need to tax the super rich and the polluters and pay public service workers to match inflation

#AutumnStatement

Brexit ‘Permanently Damaged’ UK Economy, says former Bank of England policy maker.

“If we hadn’t had Brexit, we probably wouldn’t be talking about an austerity budget this week. The need for tax rises, spending cuts wouldn’t be there.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-14/michael-saunders-says-brexit-permanently-damaged-uk-economy?cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-bloomberguk&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=bloomberguk&leadSource=uverify%20wall#xj4y7vzkg

‘Invasion’

Chris Bryant - I have a real sense of anger when people say mistakes have been made.. it's a weasel term.. the Tories should apologise & say Britain is broke... £37b was wasted on test & trace.. £9b wasted on PPE that couldn't be used & £4b on PPE that ended up being burnt..

#PoliticsLive

So far, 27 years of COP meetings have been a complete failure; you can't argue with physics. Anyone saying otherwise has fossil fuels or books to sell. #EmergencyMode

@lavenderlens

Agreed. The back story is long and crazy. But in short the LGBTQ and others in the community at the time were being mass banned simply for following bad actors, even when they didnt boost, promote, or in any way show sympathetic leaning towards those bad actors.

The reason they were following them was to watch their account for violent threats and then disseminate that throughout their community for safety. But many instance admins didnt care and blocked/banned anyway.

As a result the LGBTQ community in masse migrated here for their safety.

We added a feature for them called subscribe. It lets you follow a person without them knowing you are following them. BUT it only lets you access the posts that person gives you permission to view (basically public posts, you cant see follower-only posts on a subscription). We did this so members of our community could follow these bad actors without alerting them and putting themselves at risk of violence or retaliation.

People again twisted this feature into being privacy violating despite the fact that it honors the privacy rules set by the poster.

Needless to say a lot of people were very mad that their blocking and banning abuses were coming back to bite them in the ass and ultimately distorted and lied the truth about QOTO and our feature to try to make it sound like something evil when it wasnt... those lies persist to this day.

@trinsec @War_Kittens