Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

#STEM #mathematics #iteration #fractals #mandelbrot #chimeras #synchronization #barcelona #spain #global

A new bridge between the geometry of fractals and the dynamics of partial synchronization

https://phys.org/news/2021-05-bridge-geometry-fractals-dynamics-partial.html

#pandemic #brexit #government #opposition #tories #labour #johnson #starmer #media #electorate #politics #democracy #uk #eu #vacant_chair #global #future

#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 #social_media #personal_data #information_sharing #surveillance #pandemic #democracy #taiwan #global #future

Let’s make sure our personal data works for us – not against us – after the pandemic

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/21/data-working-for-us-covid-pandemic-information-sharing-rights

#STEM #biology #plants #vegetation #fungi #symbiosis #CRISPR

A plant-fungi partnership at the origin of terrestrial vegetation

http://www.cnrs.fr/en/plant-fungi-partnership-origin-terrestrial-vegetation

#history #irony #perspective #politics #uk

Such innocent times!

Toot Redux (first published 18th August 2018)

#IT #AI #Kahneman #psychology #change #noise #bias #judgment #science #religion #politics #global #future

Daniel Kahneman: ‘Clearly AI is going to win. How people are going to adjust is a fascinating problem’

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/16/daniel-kahneman-clearly-ai-is-going-to-win-how-people-are-going-to-adjust-is-a-fascinating-problem-thinking-fast-and-slow#comments

#IT #privacy #activism #alphabet #facebook #apple #platforms #solutionism #monetization #creativity #institutions #democracy

Privacy activists are winning fights with tech giants. Why does victory feel hollow?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/15/privacy-activists-fight-big-tech

#johnson #tories #sleaze #holiday #investigation #standards #caribbean #uk #politics #democracy

Toot Redux (first published 29th December 2019)

#music #songs #live #performance #voice #guitar #quartet #love #flower #desert #greece #symi

(Personally Recommended to Me! - Long, but Stay the Course.)

Θοδωρής Κοτονιάς

“Ο Ανθός της Ερήμου”

(The Flower of the Desert)

"the thorny path of love"

Live Performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmoyCQwYkx4

#STEM #AI #machine_learning #robotics #automation #optimism #misunderstanding #anthropomorphism #body #commonsense #global

Why AI is Harder Than We Think

Melanie Mitchell

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.12871.pdf

#future #global #international #declaration #checklist #symi #ecology #environment #economics #politics #democracy

*SYMI DECLARATION*

Future-of-the-World Check List

https://www.phidoc.net/misc/symi_declaration_future_of_the_world_check_list.pdf

#biodiversity #botany #flora #houseplants #indoors #seed #lockdown #future

‘Melon seedlings make good pets’: how lockdown made us love houseplants'

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/06/melon-seedlings-make-good-pets-how-lockdown-made-us-love-houseplants#comments

#elections #starmer #labour #labourism #politics #eu #uk #politics #democracy #constitution #future

Toot Redux (first published 2nd August 2020)

#isolation #mental_health #accommodation #social_housing #tower_block #birmingham #politics #uk #global

Last resident of tower block ‘overwhelmed’ by public support

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/04/last-resident-of-tower-block-overwhelmed-by-public-support

#IT #information #information_commissioner #governance #regulation #tories #politics #democracy #UK #global

MPs accuse government of unduly interfering in information commissioner appointment

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500049/MPs-accuse-government-of-unduly-interfering-in-information-commissioner-appointment

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

The Book of the Month for April is Wolf Solent by John Cowper Powys and the Track of the Month is 'Song for Sharon' by Joni Mitchell.

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

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

#self_determination #independence #scotland #wales #NI #eu #uk #democracy #global #future

The EU must welcome an independent Scotland

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/29/the-eu-must-welcome-an-independent-scotland

I was born in England, lived in Wales for sixteen years, and now live in Greece. I whole-heartedly support the peoples of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in achieving self-determination.

#cummings #johnson #tories #corruption #sleaze #covid #bones #burial #media #uk

Toot Redux (first published 14th November 2020)

#pandemic #coronavirus #covid #long_covid #johnson #casualties #deaths #bereavement #inquiry #NHS #care #politics #uk

Toot Redux (first published 26th April 2020)