Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#brexit #opposition #labour #keir_starmer #eu #uk #politics #democracy

#brexit #trump #global #uk #usa
#politics #democracy

The Ceribusque Collection (Reprised)

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

#news #politics #global #eu #uk #democracy

Can't see the wood for the trees?

Curated News

- Each and Every Week

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

#IT #privacy #encryption #global #uk #politics #democracy

Let me be absolutely clear here.

I am utterly against child pornography. Period!

However, while the Children's Commissioner for England may have good data and a genuine concern for sexual abuse, she is utterly clueless about the wider issues.

For many years the UK Government has used child pornography and safeguarding issues to erode privacy and out-China China in terms of state surveillance.

Encrypted messaging putting children at risk of abuse, says watchdog

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/dec/08/encrypted-messaging-putting-children-at-risk-of-abuse-says-watchdog

#loneliness #christmas #festivals #elderly #carers #students #COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #global #uk

Poll reveals scale of ‘home alone’ Christmas in the UK this year

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/dec/05/poll-reveals-scale-of-home-alone-christmas-in-the-uk-this-year

#stonehenge #ecology #sacred #archaeology #transport #protest #global #uk #politics #democracy

Tunnel protesters sing and drum their way into Stonehenge

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/05/anti-roads-protesters-sing-drum-stonehenge-mass-trespass

#IT #AI #machine_listening #machine_learning #data #algorithms #corporations #disclosures #SEC

Companies are now writing reports tailored for AI readers – and it should worry us

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/05/companies-are-now-writing-reports-tailored-for-ai-readers-and-it-should-worry-us

#brexit #labour #opposition #keir_starmer #keir #starmer #decision_making #voting #global #eu #uk #politics

#sturgeon #SNP #scotland #global #eu #uk #politics #democracy

Passionate, analytical, realistic...

One of the best political speeches I have ever heard.

Nicola Sturgeon is an adult!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Uu-pBTgNk

#covid #coronavirus #pandemic #brexit #christmas #xmas #winter #carols #competition #eu #uk #politics

#brexit #ownership #labour #labourism #keir_starmer #opposition #uk #politics #democracy

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

Please note that November's Book of the Month is the Penguin edition of the poetry of Li Po and Tu Fu and the Track of the Month is 'Lamento d'Olimpia' by Claudio Monteverdi.

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

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

#print_media #social_media #Google #YouTube #Facebook #Twitter #compensation #regulation #france #australia

For the sake of democracy, social media giants must pay newspapers

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/28/for-the-sake-of-democracy-social-media-giants-must-pay-newspapers

#IT #regulation #antitrust #innovation #google #facebook #global #uk

New UK tech regulator to limit power of Google and Facebook

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/27/new-uk-tech-regulator-to-limit-power-of-google-and-facebook]

#poverty #women #contraception #AIDS #COVID19 #climate #deforestation #sanitation #global #uk #sunak #politics

#IT #privacy #consent #spyware #facial_recognition #human_rights #eu #global

EU puts human rights at the heart of tougher tech export rules

https://www.itpro.co.uk/technology/357726/eu-puts-human-rights-at-the-heart-of-tougher-tech-export-rules

#COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #science #johnson #global #uk #politics

Toot Redux (first published 26th April 2020)

#COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic
#science #johnson #global #uk #politics

#ecology #biodiversity #global #uk #wales

BIS BULLETIN - November 2020

https://mailchi.mp/7ce9d6a451a3/biodiversity-information-service-news-events-information-5108006?e=d550a80ad5

#migrants #winter #eu #greece #lesbos #lesvos

Refugees on Lesbos face winter in makeshift facility after camp razed

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/nov/19/refugees-on-lesbos-face-winter-in-makeshift-camp-after-september-fires