Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
Personal website:
My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
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I disagree. Free speech by definition only protects one's expression of opinion. It does not, however, protect how you express that opinion, nor does it protect non-opinion assertions.
For example it does not protect lies.
It does not protect hate speech
It does not protect calls to action
It does not protect inciting violence.
@J@gameliberty.club @jasonl8446
#covid19 #coronavirus #pinkfloyd #pompeii #italy #uk
Coronavirus: Self-isolation
Seems that Pink Floyd was ahead of the curve!
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I hope everyone is doing well. If your job gave you the ability to work from home, use this as an opportunity to show them how much more productive you can be without having to come into an office. Don't prove their fears that people they can't see aren't working. Silver lining might be more remote working positions... :)
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And you, by contrast, are always so very quiet down there pal! :-)
@freemo Thanks. Hope your sister's making progress, Best!
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@iankenway The UK is in a tough position. They have been struggling with a horrific economy for some time. Pre-brexit seeing wage mobility no better than america and mean wages 25% - 40% less than america. Now post brexit who knows, but it was a response, largely, to the suffering economy and a desperate act to recover the economy (whether it will achieve that or not is a matter of debate).
Now we have COVID-19 something that is causing a huge hit to the economy, something the UK really couldnt afford right now. Its no surprise they are in a bit of denial thinking that if they keep things running, even if that means people get sick quicker, at least it wont hurt the economy. Not saying that a proper response, but I'm just saying the way the UK is responding is not surprising given the pressures they are facing.
@gemlog @trevdev@mastodon.technology
Always enjoy reading your posts. Keeo up the good work!
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How english was spoken 500 years ago:
https://encurious.com/post/126332300103/this-is-what-english-actually-sounded-like-500
#covid19 #covidgr #coroavirus #greece #symi
I've just received the third Emergency Broadcast on my mobile here in Greece. I have some issues with the current administration, but on Covid-19 the Government under its new female president has been up-to-speed and pro-active.
The UK is still behind the curve in terms of schools, transport and self-isolation.
#covid19 #coronavirus #greece #symi
Here's the latest update about the current situation in Greece.
#neuroscience #culture #science #politics
Civilisation v The Same Mistake Again. The Same Mistake Again. The Same Mistake Again....
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Some really nice eye candy showing various quarantining and social distancing techniques and how it effects the spread of a virus.
Worth checking this out even if its just for the animations:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/
Coronavirus: ‘In Italy, it’s apocalypse. You’d be fools to get burnt like us’
The intensive care chief of a hospital at the centre of Italy’s ‘red zone’ has a grim warning: clamp down before it’s too late
Roberta Bonometti and Peter Conradi
Saturday March 14 2020, 6.00pm GMT, The Sunday Times
Italians stuck at home because of the virus have been playing music and singing from their balconies
NAPOLIPRESS/PA/ALAMY/ALBERTO LINGRIA/REUTERS
Giuseppe Natalini, head of intensive care at the Fondazione Poliambulanza hospital in the northern Italian city of Brescia, one of the places hit hardest by the coronavirus, does not mince his words.
“The situation is catastrophic, unimaginable,” he said. “If someone had told me on February 21 [when the first cluster of cases was diagnosed in Italy] that today we would be in this situation, I would not have believed it.
“Two or three weeks ago I would have considered the strict measures that have been in place in Italy disproportionate and alarmist. Now, absolutely not.”
Italy had 17,660 coronavirus cases and 1,266 deaths by Friday. Natalini urged Britain and other European countries, feared to be two weeks or so behind Italy, to step up…
@freemo Really sorry to hear that. Hope she makes a strong and thorough recovery.
#covid19 #coronavirus #pandemic #science #medicine
Why does the coronavirus spread so easily between people?
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I wanted to welcome Harry Chen PhD to #QOTO his account is @HarryChenPhD
He lives in China, and from what I can tell is currently living in Wuhan, the epicenter of the #coronavirus where he posts videos updating us all on the situation. He labels himself as a "renegade journalist".
He was recently banned from twitter because, well, China doesnt really like renegades or journalists. So we are proud to act as a platform to help him host his videos and get the word out on how things develop. Consider following him.
You can read a bit about how twitter oppressed his freedom of speech and what ultimately brought him to the fediverse at these two links:
https://reclaimthenet.org/twitter-suspends-harry-chen-phd-cornavirus/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/f938j3/twitter_suspends_harry_chen_phd_known_for/
#Wuhan #CoronaVirus #FF #FollowFriday #China #Journalism #Journalist
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Holy mac. Something is seriously wrong in Scotland re drugs.
EU average drug deaths per million is 23. Scotland is... 213!
USA is 185.
England and Wales is 95.
Canada is very high too at 200. I know my province of BC is really bad.
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Google: You know we said that Chrome tracker contained no personally identifiable info? Forget we ever said that • The Register
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/11/google_personally_identifiable_info/
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
Personal website:
My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
