Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

@somegirlprivacy@geekdom.social

Indeed, lets hope it does not spread too much over there now.

@HeidiArjes

I am not in the BioScience / Life Science area. However Scismic are a talent matching company who work in lifesciences, they do some really good webinars on finding jobs in this and related sectors.

https://scismic.com/

In the meantime will boost for reach, hope you find the right person.

@elliebgomersall

So far the argument in Westminster is this bill will interfere with the equality laws, but that is it. So very little attempt to back that up with examples, evidence etc.

The equality act is dated 2010, surely it is time for that to be updated to reflect live in 2023. 13 years is a LONG time.

@Mrfunkedude

I don't but others seem to be. I prefer to be able to listen to the sounds of my environment, the sound of birds is great for example.

@hauntedhideaway

I like the wording here "allegedly sexually explicit books from shelves?" so that implies the policy to remove books is not actually based on actual evidence, just someome saying these books are sexually explicit without actually providing evidence to back that up, or evidence that can be challenged with counter viewpoints again backed by evidence.

As a library you are a place where people can read, learn and develop, you can't make judgements without looking at different narratives and forming a conclusion. That conclusion doesn't have to take one side or the other, you conclusion can be depends on the situation and context for example.

@omniumgatherum

Not all policies work in every area, I feel the solution to that is to find out where a policy works and focus on the areas where it will work, then look at what may work in other areas and do the same.

@the_Effekt

This will just keep happening, as politicians are never the ones whos kids are slaughtered.

@paninid @UptownGirl

There was an article in the Daily mirror years ago, I think the front page was how the police / authorities had lost track of over 1000 paedophiles. Going through the paper there was a picture from Kirachi (sorry about spelling) a man knelt down, with a soldier, pointing a gun at the top of his head. The man had raped an 11 year old boy.

One way of ensuring there is no reoffending that.

I did an electrical course at college years ago, we were told to put faulty electrical kit of of action properly, even if this meant smashing it with a hammer, once smashed there is no way it can be plugged in and electrocute someone.

@drmaddkap
In Torbay Devon, during the pandemic, like everyone else we had to stay 2 meters apart from people (social distancing) or 1x Basil Fawlty.