Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

#IT #data #privacy #surveillance #facebook #cambridgeanalytica #zuckerberg #global #usa #uk #politics #democracy

Behind Cambridge Analytica lay a bigger threat to our democracy: Facebook

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2020/oct/15/cambridge-analytica-threat-democracy-facebook-big-tech

#food #standards #health #chlorine #chicken #brexit #eu #uk #politics

Brexit: Anger as ministers use obscure rule to deny MPs a vote on blocking chlorinated chicken imports

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-chlorinated-chicken-eu-mps-boris-johnson-b914047.html

(Below. Toot Redux - first published 29th December 2018)

#migration #asylum #pritipatel #war #economics #brexit #eu #uk #politics

#IT #digital #amazon #google #facenook #apple #antitrust #monopoly #global #usa

At long last - some light, bedtime reading!

Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/house-antitrust-report-on-big-tech/b2ec22cf340e1af1/full.pdf

#STEM #biology #fungi #mycology #sheldrake #future

Why the hidden world of fungi is essential to life on Earth

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/10/hidden-world-fungi-life-earth#comments

#YouTube #audio #music #hifi #mp3 #aac #flac

Why Converting YouTube to 320kbps MP3 is a Waste of Time

https://appuals.com/why-converting-youtube-to-320kbps-mp3-is-a-waste-of-time/

#IT #security #defence #5G #regulaton #eu #uk

5G regulation failures are a threat to UK’s national security

#brexit #pandemic #history #future #selfharm #global #eu #uk #politics #economics #democracy

Toot Redux (first published 12th October 2016)

#IT #digital #amazon #google #facenook #apple #antitrust #monopoly #global #usa

Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Investigation Reveals Digital Economy Highly Concentrated, Impacted By Monopoly Power

https://judiciary.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3429

#COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #cummings #kluge #WHO #social #philosophy #history #theology #global #europe #EU #germany #UK

#news #politics #global #eu #uk #democracy

Can't see the wood for the trees?

Curated News

- Each and Every Week

https://www.phidoc.net/food_for_thought.html

#IT #COVID19 #logistics #supplychain #redundancy #management #economics #future

How the supply chain is handling Covid-19

https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/How-the-supply-chain-is-handling-Covid-19

#johnson #weirdos #wackos #eu #uk #brexit #pandemic #politics #democracy

#IT #data #datasharing #brexit #eu #uk #law #politics

Future UK-EU data sharing put at risk by Brexit legislation

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490021/Future-UK-EU-data-sharing-put-at-risk-by-Brexit-legislation

#meltdown #global #usa #eu #uk #political #social #economic #democracy

Tweet Redux (first published 18th September 2020)

The bets are still off!

#immigration #asylumseekers #pritipatel #uk #australia #eu #humanrights

Pretty Awful!

UK tested Channel ‘blockade’ to deter migrants, leak reveals

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/01/uk-tested-channel-blockade-to-deter-migrants-leak-reveals

#IT #digital #governance #ethics #COVID19

Digital governance is the ‘new normal’ — here’s how we can keep it ethical

https://thenextweb.com/readme/2020/09/30/digital-governance-is-the-new-normal-heres-how-we-can-keep-it-ethical/

#media #broadcasting #regulation #bbc #eu #uk #politics

BBC under attack and in a dangerous place, says Andrew Marr

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/30/bbc-under-attack-and-in-a-dangerous-place-says-andrew-marr

#johnson #cronyism #sleaze #eu #uk #brexit #pandemic #politics #democracy

Toot Redux (first published 31st July 2018)

True then. Much truer now!

#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi

Please note that September's Book of the Month is The End of the Affair by Graham Greene and the Track of the Month is Pastorale from the Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp by Claude Debussy.

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html