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"Black History Wales engages, educates and empowers individuals, community groups and Wales-wide communities in acknowledging and recognising the contribution that the African Diaspora has made in the history of Wales’ economic and cultural development."

blackhistorywales.org.uk/

#BlackHistoryMonth UK 2022

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🧵These ‘innovations’ are driven by companies, profiting from governments’ race towards total surveillance.
In August, the Guardian reported the @ukhomeoffice awarded the same company @wearebuddi a £6m contract to produce facial rec watches, tracking migrants' GPS location 24/7. nitter.net/NicolaKelly/status/

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We reviewed a Home Office data protection impact assessment on the technology. The scheme will involve “daily monitoring of individuals subject to immigration control”, with the requirement to wear an ankle tag or a smartwatch with up to 5 face scans a day
theguardian.com/politics/2022/

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*attempts, for the umpteenth time, to update address with my bank*
“Sorry, the service is still temporarily unable to service your request, just like it was temporarily unable weeks ago, you clown.”

*attempts to contact customer support using the secure message system*
“Sorry, the secure message system is temporarily unavailable, you fool, you absolute dipshit.”

Anyway, they only made 3.something billion dollars last quarter, I’m sure they’re having trouble paying staff to fix this shit.

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More money is being made available to help farmers meet the new water quality regulations and a further consultation will be held on increasing nitrogen limits nation.cymru/news/more-support

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RT @Andrew_Adonis@twitter.com

2 huge stories tonight

- Kwarteng went for victory drinks with hedge fund managers after his budget, promising to “double down”

- Truss has banned Charles from speaking on climate change, & he’s briefing against her. Relations between them have broken down after just 2 weeks

🐦🔗: twitter.com/Andrew_Adonis/stat

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RT @Gabriel_Pogrund@twitter.com

EXCL: Two more of Liz Truss's most senior advisers entered No10 on loan from chief of staff's lobbying company in "unprecedented" deal

Last week Downing St failed to say Fullbrook Strategies — lobbyist for rogue Libyan PM, PPE firm — had others inside thetimes.co.uk/article/two-sen

🐦🔗: twitter.com/Gabriel_Pogrund/st

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"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."

-- Richard Feynman

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