Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

#teleperformance #home-working #monitoring #surveillance #privacy #intrusion #human_rights #uk #global

Call centre used by UK firms accused of intrusively monitoring home workers

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/08/call-centre-uk-firms-accused-intrusively-monitoring-home-workers-teleperformance

#putrefaction #decay #tories #labour #johnson #starmer #politics #democracy #uk #global #future

#change #crisis #time_frame #acceleration #calculus #climate_change #biodiversity #ecology #environment #politics #economics #media #coping #caring #death #global #future

Toot Redux (first published 2nd August 2021)

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

Toot Redux (first published 26th April 2020)

#change #crisis #time_frame #acceleration #calculus #climate_change #biodiversity #ecology, #environment #politics #economics #media #coping #caring #death #global #future

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

The Book of the Month for July is Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann and the Track of the Month is 'Has He Got a Friend for Me ' by Richard and Linda Thompson.

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

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

#RNLI #sea #rescue #humanitarianism #charity #farage #xenophobia #uk #global

"For those in peril on the sea."

The RNLI is a great charity doing excellent work. It always has done. I chipped in 25 euros (not boasting) to swell its coffers. Thumbing my nose at Nigel Farage was simply an added bonus!

Donations to RNLI rise 3,000% after Farage’s migrant criticism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/29/rnli-donations-soar-in-response-to-farages-migrant-criticism

#BIS #news #biodiversity #ecology #environment #brecon_beacons #brecon #radnorshire #cymru #wales #uk #global

BIS BULLETIN - Events

https://mailchi.mp/2212dd45c7db/biodiversity-information-service-news-events-information-13390938?e=d550a80ad5

#STEM #mathematics #imaginary_numbers #quantum_mechanics #Schrödinger #Vértesi #McKague #Moretti #hungary #australia #italy #global

Imaginary Numbers May Be Essential for Describing Reality

https://www.wired.com/story/imaginary-numbers-may-be-essential-for-describing-reality/

#IT #programming #malware #cybercrime #Blackberry #Go #D #Nim #Rust

Malicious actors turn to obscure programming languages

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252504470/Malicious-actors-turn-to-obscure-programming-languages

#crime #anti_social_behaviour #hi_vis #chain_gang #johnson #patel #tories #politics #uk #global

#summer #holidays #packing #suitcases #tories #labour #MSM #politics #democracy #uk #global

#labour #labourism #starmer #blair #mandelson #opposition #UK #global

Toot Redux (first published 13th March 2021)

#STEM #HUMSS #arts #humanities #universities #education #tories #williamson #economics #politics #uk #global #future

(Me? Just another example of bog-standard, pro forma 'divide-and-rule' tactics of the Tories.)

Funding cuts to go ahead for university arts courses in England despite opposition

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jul/20/funding-cuts-to-go-ahead-for-university-arts-courses-in-england-despite-opposition

#IT #data #privacy #privacy_shield #EU #US #USA #global #history #future

What is EU-US Privacy Shield?

https://www.itpro.co.uk/safe-harbour/34529/what-is-eu-us-privacy-shield

#colonisation #colonies #politics #democracy #human_rights #centralisation #devolution #UK #EU #global #future

#pandemic #covid #aid #overseas_aid #charities #NGOs #tories #johnson #sunak #charity #morality #ethics #economics #politics #democracy #idiocy #future #eu #uk #yemen #planet #global #future

#IT #AI #ethics #transparency #trust #urgency #EU #global #future

Ethical AI Is Easier Said Than Done, But We've Got to Start Somewhere

https://www.cmswire.com/information-management/ethical-ai-is-easier-said-than-done-but-weve-got-to-start-somewhere/

#chemistry #drugs #addiction #caffeine #coffee #tea #concentration #sleep #history #islam

The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jul/06/caffeine-coffee-tea-invisible-addiction-is-it-time-to-give-up

#covid #brexit #tories #incompetence #deceit #cruelty #poverty #death #politics #democracy #uk #global #future