14 wingnut Tory MPs (4% of the whole lot, presumably spread across various bits of UK) have been lobbying the govt to get cycle lanes removed and a halt on new ones and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods - in spite of these causing 0 problems in practice when you are driving, there are at least 2 near me but they are on narrow roads in residential areas that aren't pleasant to drive along anyway, other routes exist...
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/mps-letter-removal-cycle-lanes-19256352
#johnson #tories #sleaze #holiday #investigation #standards #caribbean #uk #politics #democracy
Toot Redux (first published 29th December 2019)
Christ at the Sea of Galilee
1575 / 1570
Jacopo Tintoretto
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tintoretto,_Jacopo_-_Christ_at_the_Sea_of_Galilee.jpg
#STEM #AI #machine_learning #robotics #automation #optimism #misunderstanding #anthropomorphism #body #commonsense #global
Why AI is Harder Than We Think
Melanie Mitchell
Amazon had sales income of €44bn in Europe in 2020 but paid no corporation tax
https://inkl.com/a/QNylnptLqXL
Our tiny not-for-profit based in Ireland pays tax at the full rate. Meanwhile, Bezos doesn’t know what to do with his money and we don’t know if we can pay the rent next year.
Election is ‘constructive’ for ‘different politics in Wales’, says former Plaid leader https://nation.cymru/news/election-is-constructive-for-different-politics-in-wales-says-former-plaid-leader/
Using #HydrogenFuel risks locking in reliance on #FossilFuels, researchers warn | #HydrogenPower | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/06/hydrogen-fuel-risks-reliance-on-fossil-fuels
#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'
Thinking of India 😭
Welsh music festival gets the green light to welcome back fans next weekend. https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-music-festival-gets-the-green-light-to-welcome-back-fans-next-weekend/
Early #cancer #diagnoses plummeted in #England during #Covid-19 #pandemic | Cancer | The Guardian
This is inevitable if #hospitals are overwhelmed by #patients. These are indirect excess deaths and misery caused by the #coronavirus.
#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
The Welsh people in the 21st Century probably have more diverse backgrounds, a wider range of lives and lifestyles than ever before. Wales is a place of histories, of cultures, of languages.
#Amazon had sales income of €44bn in #Europe in #2020 but paid no #CorporationTax | Amazon | The Guardian
Why am I not surprised?
Former Labour candidate calls on Aberconwy voters to vote for Plaid Cymru. https://nation.cymru/news/former-labour-candidate-calls-on-aberconwy-voters-to-vote-for-plaid-cymru/
Majority of Welsh workers want economic powers devolved, according to new poll. https://nation.cymru/news/majority-of-welsh-workers-want-economic-powers-devolved-according-to-new-poll/
#IT #information #information_commissioner #governance #regulation #tories #politics #democracy #UK #global
MPs accuse government of unduly interfering in information commissioner appointment
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
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#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology