Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

#pandemic #coronavirus #covid #politicians #medicine #science #global #future

#johnson #cronyism #chums #books #awards #refrigeration #eu #uk #politics #democracy

Toot Redux (first published 12th November 2020)

#food #citizenship #farming #fishing #sustainability #global #future

Celebrating the #FoodCitizenship movement!

(Food Ethics Council)

https://mailchi.mp/foodethicscouncil.org/our-november-newsletter-7228837?e=8aa21c2392

#eunuchs #serfs #clowns #escape #ESC #politics #democracy #uk #global

#IT #social_media #facebook #oversight_board #zuckerberg #clegg #zhang #global

Facebook has beefed up its ‘oversight board’, but any new powers are illusory

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/14/facebook-has-beefed-up-its-oversight-board-but-any-new-powers-are-illusory

#IT #software #microsoft #usedsoft #valuelicensing #EU

Microsoft accused of stifling secondhand software market

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499039/Microsoft-accused-of-stifling-secondhand-software-market

#biodiversity #ecology #environment #wildlife #BIS #powys #brecon_beacons #cymru #wales #global

BIS BULLETIN - April 2021

https://mailchi.mp/cf1781ab9546/biodiversity-information-service-news-events-information-5156322?e=d550a80ad5

#IT #work #employees #right_to_disconnect #homeworking #burnout #ireland #global

New 'right to disconnect' rules could help fend off employee burnout

https://www.itproportal.com/news/new-right-to-disconnect-rules-could-help-fend-off-employee-burnout/

#STEM #science #rationalism #enlightenment #coronavirus #pandemic #conspiracy_theories #social_media #disinformation #misinformation #global #future

Among the Covid sceptics: ‘We are being manipulated, without a shadow of a doubt’

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/08/among-covid-sceptics-we-are-being-manipulated-anti-lockdown

#IT #privacy #google #android #AAID #france #global

Google accused of “illegally” tracking Android users

https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/privacy/359128/google-accused-of-illegally-tracking-android-users-with-advertising-codes

#easter #christian #catholic #statues #women #pandemic #police #MET #cressida_dick #poland #uk

#IT #silicon_valley #privacy #power #women #criticism #inclusivity #ergonomics #global

Why Silicon Valley's most astute critics are all women

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/03/why-silicon-valley-most-astute-critics-women-tech-gender

#IT #data #privacy #palantir #alex_karp #silcon_valley #data #pandemic #greece #germany #netherlands #europol #eu #global

Seeing stones: pandemic reveals Palantir's troubling reach in Europe

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/seeing-stones-pandemic-reveals-palantirs-troubling-reach-in-europe

#irony #slavery #liberty #race #history #education #CRED #culture_wars #tories #johnson #politics #uk #global #future

Toot Redux (first published 19th December 2018)

#IT #surveillance #privacy #encryption #backdoor #facebook #messenger #whatsapp #instagram #IPA #GCHQ #patel #uk #global

UK may force Facebook services to allow backdoor police access

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/01/uk-may-force-facebook-services-to-allow-backdoor-police-access

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

The Book of the Month for March is La Nausée by Jean-Paul Sartre and the Track of the Month is the Third Movement of the String Quartet No. 16 in F major by Ludwig van Beethoven.

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

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

Also, all the videos on the PHIDOC website have now been digitally enhanced using online cutting-edge AI. Subjectively, the improvement seems to be in the order of 35-55% depending on the source material.

#physical_constants #light #superluminal #warp_barrier #solitons #Einstein #Plank

Breaking the warp barrier: hyper-fast solitons in Einstein–Maxwell-plasma theory

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6382/abe692

#STEM #science #technology #equality #universities #graduates #jobs #royal_society #UK #global

Black graduates 'shut out' of academic science and technology careers

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/26/black-graduates-shut-out-of-academic-science-and-technology-careers

#BIS #biodiversity #wildlife #nature #environment #ecology #cymru #wales #global

BIS BULLETIN - mid March 2021

https://mailchi.mp/a60bf58becb3/biodiversity-information-service-news-events-information-5151890?e=d550a80ad5

#IT #privacy #google #chrome #gmail #global

Why You Suddenly Need To Stop Using Google Chrome

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/03/20/stop-using-google-chrome-on-apple-iphone-12-pro-max-ipad-and-macbook-pro/?sh=2055e5a44d08