Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

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Can't see the wood for the trees?

Curated News

- Each and Every Week

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

#COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #johnson #cummings #global #uk #politics

Understanding how this catastrophe occurred is of critical importance

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/our-incompetent-leaders-played-down-coronavirus-to-protect-the-economy

#privacy #nyu #facebook #law #politics

Facebook has good reasons for blocking research into political ad targeting

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/31/facebook-has-good-reasons-for-blocking-research-into-political-ad-targeting#comments

#johnson #cummings #COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #brexit #eu #uk #politics #democracy

Toot Redux (first published 29th June 2020)

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

Please note that October's Book of the Month is 'Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone' by James Baldwin and the Track of the Month is 'Starmoonsun' by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.

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

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

#children #poverty #food #starvation #money #justice #politics

#johnson #chaos #panic #trust #COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #brexit #eu #uk #politics #democracy

A Historic Toot first published 17th November 2016)

#IT #internet #censorship #vpns #belarus #politics #democracy

Belarus protests: VPNs prove their worth once again

https://www.itproportal.com/features/belarus-protests-vpns-prove-their-worth-once-again/

#COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #test_and_trace #teenagers #harding #serco #outsourcing #politics

How teenagers ended up operating crucial parts of England’s test and trace system

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/28/england-coronavirus-covid-test-and-trace-teenagers

#COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #lockdown #poverty #children #FSM #rashford #politics

#new #other #diaspora #fediverse

My new other place!

https://diasp.eu/i/266596412593

#cybercrime #hacking #apps #StrandHogg.#trump #biden #usa

Trump and Biden campaign apps easy targets for cyber criminals

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490868/Trump-and-Biden-campaign-apps-easy-targets-for-cyber-criminals

#environment #climate #arctic #siberia #global

Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/22/alarm-as-arctic-sea-ice-not-yet-freezing-at-latest-date-on-record

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#immigration #asylum #rough_sleeping #hostile_environment #brexit #eu #uk #politics

Foreign rough sleepers face deportation from UK post-Brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/21/foreign-rough-sleepers-face-deportation-from-uk-post-brexit

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Symi Music School - Appeal

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/symimusicschool?utm_id=108&utm_term=qPnbpD3qe&fbclid=IwAR2bh37Ci4y4qr0dm7VDa1ndqqODCWZIuUtbBdauomuoFAAYGxUwj9KKmWY

Please help if you can and spread the word!

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Toot Redux (first published 30th August 2020)

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You've heard of tax havens. After Brexit, the UK could become a 'data haven'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/17/uk-tax-brexit-data-haven-britain

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#music #rock #acoustic #radiohead #democracy #politics #environment #global #usa #uk #greece #symi

Music for these times? Not half!

Radiohead - The Numbers: Jonny, Thom & a CR78

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti6qhk3tX2s