ML2 @mathlover@qoto.org

This is what disappears on 1st Jan 2024:

— equal pay for women
— holiday pay
— agency worker rights
— data protection rights
— protections of TUPE
— consultation when redundancies are proposed
— paid maternity and parental leave
— part-time and fixed-term protections
— rest breaks
— max working hours
— night worker protections
— rights on the insolvency of an employer and more

You won’t even have the right to a written statement of job terms and conditions

We have to #GTTO before then!

There is no war on Christmas. But there is a fucking war on a round Earth, a war on science and a war on facts.

Did you know that Biden signed 65 pieces of legislation into law this week? If you didn’t, it’s worth asking why the media you listen to didn’t tell you that. #politics #media #bidenwins

Rare sighting of Tadpole Shrimp, a prehistoric creature that existed on earth for 550 million years

Ukraine seeks to restore its internationally-recognized sovereign borders. This is not a "hard-line position." In fact, nothing could be more reasonable. Stop the bothsidesism

"The forests of Tama Hills are our home. So you can't keep destroying them all! This plea is from every living creature in the forest."

🚜🚜🚜

Anime: Pom Poko (1994).

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #pompoko #metaphor

Mörkopoly [Early Access] by NeonoN

"MÖRKOPOLY is the first ever attempt at a MÖRK BORG borrgame, set in the indie darling's own unique setting - the Dying World. Players will assume the roles of its unfortunate denizens, travelling through the grim and perilous land, not to buy property or erect housing projects, but to simply survive the longest."

#MorkBorg #Monopoly what's not to love/ loathe entirely?

The cute lil goblin is staring into my soul!

#TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #Itchio #NeonoN

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“The road forward will be paved with sociopaths and sociopathy. It could be decades before this cancer is removed from the body politic. In the now, we will face more death, destruction and terrorism because of this shameless servitude to [getting and] keeping power, democracy be dammed.” https://america.substack.com/p/the-sociopathy-of-greg-abbott-redux

Sahra Wagenknecht: heroine of German left could become ally of far right - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/29/sahra-wagenknecht-german-left-die-linke-breakaway-far-right-afd to no one's surprise

Throwing criminal politicians in prison isn't the sign of an unstable democracy. Letting criminal politicians run free is how you become a former democracy.

Literature escaping the clutches of copyright should be celebrated more often. Better yet, let’s shorten the length of copyright. It’s honestly absurdly and unjustifiably long.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/28/23528003/sherlock-holmes-metropolis-to-the-lighthouse-public-domain-day-2023