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

#labour #keir_starmer #keir #starmer #covid #brexit #masks #flags #eu #uk #politics

#population #birth_rate #sustainability #economics #culture #greece #global

Europe’s 'baby bust': can paying for pregnancies save Greece? - video

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHpw8xwDNhU9gdohEcJu4aA

#IT #email #pixels #spying #intrusion #privacy #global

'Spy pixels in emails have become endemic'

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56071437

#IT #Gaia-X #cloud_computing #data_protection #eu #global

What is Gaia-X? A guide to the EU’s unified cloud ecosystem

https://www.itpro.co.uk/cloud/public-cloud/357185/what-is-gaia-x-a-guide-to-the-eus-unified-cloud-ecosystem

#snow #athens #acropolis #greece

Yesterday

#STEM #biodiversity #ecology #environment #wildlife #cymru #wales #powys #brecon #national_parks #brecon_beacons #global #future

BIS BULLETIN - February 2021

https://mailchi.mp/bd455d87ea03/biodiversity-information-service-news-events-information-5131874?e=d550a80ad5

#IT #silicon_valley #google #covid #hybrid_working #corporate_culture #creativity

Google is having second thoughts about the hybrid working revolution

"Hybrid working could damage corporate culture, creativity and teamwork."

[ Me? I can't wait. Creativity is the product of either individual 'genius' (even if on the back of giants) or intense, P2P engagement. In stark contrast, much corporate culture is just about badging, leeching and predation! ]

https://www.itproportal.com/news/google-is-having-second-thoughts-about-the-hybrid-working-revolution/

#social_media #quit #twitter #instagram #life_balance #stress #health

'I get better sleep': the people who quit social media

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/feb/10/people-who-quit-social-media

#facebook #zuckerberg #social_media #data_sharing #law #global #england #wales

Facebook sued for data-sharing practices with third parties

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496091/Facebook-sued-for-data-sharing-practices-with-third-parties

#covid #pandemic #ppe #chumocracy #uk #global #politics

Care homes failed by lack of PPE during UK Covid first wave, say MPs

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/10/care-homes-failed-by-lack-of-ppe-during-uk-covid-first-wave-say-mps

#trade #exports #brexit #covid #eu #uk #gove #politics

Fury at Gove as exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/06/fury-at-gove-as-exports-to-eu-slashed-by-68-since-brexit

#irony #labour #starmer #tories #strategy #electorate #voters #politics #global #uk

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

Please note that January’s Book of the Month is 'Autism and the Edges of the Known World: Sensitivities, Language and Constructed Reality' by Olga Bogdashina and the Track of the Month is ‘Prometheus: The Poem of Fire' by Alexander Scriabin.

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

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

#facebook #zuckerberg #clegg #supreme_court #PR #social_media #openness #democracy #future

Forget the furore over Trump - Facebook is interested only in maintaining its monopoly

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/30/forget-the-furore-over-trump-facebook-is-interested-only-in-maintaining-its-monopoly

#keir_starmer #labour #voiceless #deaf #brexit #eu #uk #union #politics #democracy

#brexit #trade #business #eu #uk #politics

Not so sweet irony!

Move to EU to avoid Brexit costs, firms told

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/23/brexit-hit-firms-advised-government-officials-set-up-shop-in-eu

#IT #data_analytics #machine_learning #social_media #ecommerce #shipping #parcels

Three ways data analytics and machine learning will enhance ecommerce parcel shipping in 2021 and beyond

https://www.itproportal.com/features/three-ways-data-analytics-and-machine-learning-will-enhance-ecommerce-parcel-shipping-in-2021-and-beyond/

#IT #ethics #power #social_media #silicon_valley #law #politics #democracy

The silencing of Trump has highlighted the authoritarian power of tech giants

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/16/the-silencing-of-trump-has-highlighted-the-authoritarian-power-of-tech-giants

#IT #broadband #inclusivity #pandemic #education #poverty #exclusion #global #uk

Chair of UK Business Committee Pushes Social Tariff for Broadband

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/01/chair-of-uk-business-committee-pushes-social-tariff-for-broadband.html