Rob Cain @cain_rob@qoto.org
A Periodic Table of Swearing, Science Tidbits & Middle Class Picnic Chit Chat. Computing & Cybernetics. also: https://twitter.com/cain_rob
Joined Nov 2022
RT @withorpe
Priti Patel lobbied Gove during the pandemic on behalf of her friend Samir Jassal to recommend a £20m contract for pharma firm PDL who Jassal was representing. Weeks later they were given a £102.6m no bid contract. Patel's behaviour was condemned. Why was she never investigated?
RT @erlesen
A growing threat to human health’: we are ill-equipped for the dangers of fungal infections
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/10/a-growing-threat-to-human-health-we-are-ill-equipped-for-the-dangers-of-fungal-infections
About 2 million people die a year as a result of a core group of fungi, more than either TB or malaria – and the number is growing
@_atanas_
RT @snb19692
Revealed: secret cross-party summit held to confront failings of Brexit https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/11/revealed-secret-cross-party-summit-held-to-confront-failings-of-brexit?CMP=share_btn_tw
RT @jeremycorbyn
The horrific far-right riot in Knowsley is what happens when the government warns of an “invasion” & demonises refugees.
And it’s what happens when this rhetoric is not challenged for the vile hatred that it is.
My thoughts are with those terrified souls just trying to survive.
RT @dianefrancis1
NATO fight fire with fire, escalate to push out Putin https://dianefrancis.substack.com/p/nato-fight-fire-with-fire
RT @premnsikka
Debenhams, Bernard Matthews, Maplin, Toys R Us, HMV, Poundworld, Cath Kidston, Comet, Flybe, Monarch Airlines, Payless Shoes, all destroyed by private equity.
Town centres turned into economic deserts.
Yet UK govt is giving more power to footloose money
https://leftfootforward.org/2023/02/the-growth-of-the-finance-industry-is-strangling-the-uk-economy/
RT @Otto_English
Almost everyone would plead not guilty. In many cases juries, wouldn't want to risk sending someone to the gallows - just in case they were condemning an innocent man or woman to death. So guilty people would likely walk free in large numbers. Nobody ever seems to point this out
RT @theipaper
Unsafe meat is being allowed into the UK because of a lack of post-Brexit border checks, say industry insiders, who fear African Swine Fever and other diseases will be introduced
🔴 Exclusive from @SteveRobson04 https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit-unsafe-meat-african-swine-fever-border-checks-stop-2119410?ito=social_itw_theipaper&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1676103282
RT @skdh
In this week's video I break with my resolution to not talk about particle physics and explain how we got into the current situation.
RT @Gerashchenko_en
Russia is draining water from Kakhovka reservoir on temporarily occupied territories
This puts in danger the cooling system at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, irrigation for nearly half-a-million acres of farmland and drinking water for many people
RT @pen_is_mighty
Four dead seals test positive for bird flu in Scotland | Bird flu | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/10/four-dead-seals-test-positive-bird-flu-scotland-aoe
RT @ConversationUK
The offer of third doses to everyone over 16 will be withdrawn after February 12, with no indication it will be reinstated.
One-quarter of the English population remains unvaccinated.
Expert explains.
RT @wikileaks
'New York Times, European news outlets call on US to drop charges against Assange' | @thehill https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3752644-new-york-times-european-news-outlets-call-on-us-to-drop-charges-against-assange/
RT @SimonPease1
Begin with the understanding that Jeremy Hunt's definition of "prosperous" applies only to the richest 1% of the country https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1623960504170323968
RT @techdirt
UK Government Still Looking For Ways To Criminalize Encryption https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/10/uk-government-still-looking-for-ways-to-criminalize-encryption/
RT @ftworldnews
Ukraine pleads for ammunition ‘immediately’ as Russia steps up attack https://on.ft.com/3jOUTpq
RT @talk2joepublic
@withorpe He’s so slimy and corrupt. Can’t wait for them all to be prosecuted and jailed for fraud.
RT @Samfr
Looks like the DfE have submitted our plan for universal childcare to the DfE which is good news. Doubt the Treasury will go for it but there's clearly momentum for it - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/10/treasury-considering-huge-expansion-free-childcare-england
RT @JPMajor
This is ESO 420-G013, a luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG) 157 million light-years away. This is a color-composite comprising data acquired in July 2022 with the WFC3/UVIS instrument on @HubbleTelescope for Aaron S. Evans.
I don't have more info on this but I liked how it came out.
A Periodic Table of Swearing, Science Tidbits & Middle Class Picnic Chit Chat. Computing & Cybernetics. also: https://twitter.com/cain_rob
Joined Nov 2022
