Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

👇🇬🇧"Britain weathered political turmoil in 2022. But Brexit remains the elephant in the room" #Brexit
#Tories #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitHasFailed
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/europe/brexit-2023-intl-analysis-cmd-gbr

#ClimateImpact #labels could help people eat less #RedMeat | #Food | The Guardian

The amount of #meat consumed is too high both for the planet and for our #health. We need to cut down drastically.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/27/climate-impact-labels-could-help-people-eat-less-red-meat

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Farming #Agriculture #GreenhousGases #Emissions

Some inconvenient facts about immigrants that MAGAs hope you ignore:

•Seeking asylum is a legal & human RIGHT, protected by the US Constitution and the UN Convention on Refugees (to which the USA is a signatory)

•Both documented AND undocumented immigrants have LOWER crime rates than US Citizens (and usually higher vaccination rates too)

•Undocumented immigrants pay MORE in taxes ($12B annually) than Trump ever has or will (and get none of the tax benefits)

RT if you learned something new!

UK IP Office Tries To Claim #Netflix Password Sharing Is Illegal - https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/26/uk-ip-office-tries-to-claim-netflix-password-sharing-is-illegal/

Merry Christmas, #neurodivergent celebrants! So many autistic people *want* to be around people today but find it difficult, so have chosen to be on their own. Others are with family & friends right now, but are quickly overstimulated, and need to some quiet downtime to recuperate a bit. Either way, I'm on the #JoinIn hashtag, if you want a chat.
#ASD #autism #ND #Aspergers #AuDHD

PM RISHI SUNAK: Do you work in business
DEAN: No, I’m homeless. I’m a homeless person
PM RISHI SUNAK: Is banking or finance something you’d like to get into?
DEAN: I’d just like to get through Christmas

When you’re Prime Minister, you don’t volunteer in a soup kitchen or a food bank for a photo op, you legislate to ensure they aren’t necessary in the 6th richest country on the planet.
Link: https://youtube.com/watch?v=goHHpWTpIzM&feature=share

Ar fore dydd Nadolig #NadoligLlawen

Elon Musk wants to control your brain. He’s seizing the digital public square in an effort to tilt the discourse toward ultra-conservative politics. What can we do about it? https://georgelakoff.substack.com/p/twitter-ceo-elon-musk-wants-to-control

Merry Christmas to all of #qoto - still my favorite local timeline merry Christmas to @freemo still my favorite pachyderm admin merry Christmas to whomever sees it and happy Hanukkah for folks that celebrate it (like we do here!) and happy holidays to everyone that’s working front line jobs and happy holidays to those that aren’t working front line jobs but have to work these days anyway ❤️

#introductions #introduction

I never joined Twitter or really posted on Facebook. I'm somewhat of a private person, not wanting to expose myself to too much online. But Mastodon reminds me of "old internet" by being a bit clunky and complicated to use, which I hope selects for the people that I tend like.

I used to work as a software engineer in Silicon Valley, but moved back to Europe and wanted to do something different. Currently I'm studying physics and math, hoping to complete a master's degree by 2024.

I'm here looking for insightful or helpful interactions around topics
of #physics, #math and #programming. I'm also looking for a place to toot my horn a little about personal projects and things I've learned, since many of my interests are too esoteric for my real-life friends.

Ok it’s just getting started here in southern Ontario #winterstorm rain this morning froze, now blowing snow and wind gusts getting up to about 90 km/h temp -11 c windchill -18 only few cm of accumulation but starting to drift #weather Glad I finished getting groceries

Remind me again why we should all be using a password manager?
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/lastpass-hack-was-even-worse-than-originally-reported-should-you-delete-your-account

Been in the Uk for a few days. The extent to which the place is coming apart at the seams is alarming. Trains don’t work. Ambulances don’t work. Post doesn’t work. Electricity is a luxury good. It feels like a fairly advanced stage of terminal decline.

The answer is a return to social democracy and EU membership, but no political parties are advocating either because trying to halt this decline is, itself, seen as toxic.

💰Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits.

Wishing you all a truly lovely, healthy, happy Christmas! Thank you for being so very friendly, engaging and supportive.

Sending strength to those struggling in any way; here’s to real hope for a brighter future

#Christmas #Family #Friends #Winter #iPhonePhotography #Photography

To everyone working today or tomorrow in essential services - including gas, food/supplies retail, emergency services, medical, and ride hailing or delivery:

Thank you.

@fencoul @fbpe

How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe
Britain chose finance over industry, austerity over investment, and a closed economy over openness to the world.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/10/uk-economy-disaster-degrowth-brexit/671847/?s=09

@bitterwhiteguy @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social

My priorities are reproductive rights, fighting climate change, ending poverty & reforming immigration & gun laws. I was elected 3 times to the Midland City Council and while Mayor Pro Tem served as President of the Texas Municipal League representing 1,000 Texas cities and towns standing up for their ability to solve problems locally and without undue interference from the Texas Legislature.

Who Cares About #Copyright? Everyone Should, Because It Impacts So Many Aspects Of Modern Life - https://business.express/who-cares-about-copyright-everyone-should-because-it-impacts-so-many-aspects-of-modern-life/ and that's really bad news; here's why - https://walledculture.org/the-book/ #ebook #free