Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
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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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@fitheach
This is the basic problem in asking the People a yes no question (#brexit) in a highly complex case. As it was a nearly 50/50 result, now the chance that after some facts / consequences are getting clear, each party of the two extrems, is not comfortable with any of the yes / no options is near 80%... that the 'dont change anything' to mind the risks of #brexit or the deal with EU is rising popularity in the population is obvious... But parliament has own interests ;-)
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BREAKING NEWS : ISRAEL DEFENSE :100_gay: MINISTER RESIGNED! PROTEST IN STREETS BY ISRAEL CITIZENS DEMANDING NETANYAHU RESIGNATION 
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‘We are on life support’: Doctor makes desperate plea from Yemeni city of Hodeidah as humanitarian crisis worsens
An additional five million people across Yemen will starve if fighting along the Red Sea coast continues to push up food prices
I'll leave it as an exercise as which 3 countries perpetuate this nightmare. Hint: other than the saudis, the other two are the usual suspects :-(
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Empower a girl.
Change the world.
This year we’ve rebuilt 280 schools in Mosul, #Iraq, allowing over 12,000 students to return to the classroom. https://t.co/NNff2GhP43 https://twitter.com/UNICEF/status/1063359807078436866
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Policies of #China, #Russia and #Canada threaten #5C #climatechange, study finds | #Environment | The Guardian
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Students from across Europe have sent letters imploring top United Nations and European Union officials to "stop hiding science about global collapse" and finally come clean about the perils of out-of-control human consumption and emissions. - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/15/students-across-europe-excoriate-world-leaders-hiding-scientific-reality-pending
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#UK #austerity has inflicted ‘great misery’ on citizens, #UN says | #Society | The Guardian
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Google and Facebook are to our human rights and to democracy what Philip Morris is to our health and what Exxon Mobil is to the environment. Until we grasp this fundamental truth we haven’t a snowflake’s chance in hell of either effectively regulating them or funding alternatives.
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@freemo I didn't understand your attachment to fountain pens. Then I encountered "how the ballpoint pen killed cursive" -- along with comparisons to fountain pens.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-the-ballpoint-pen-killed-cursive-1025018394
"A lifetime writing with the ballpoint and minor variations on the concept (gel pens, rollerballs) left me unprepared for how completely different a fountain pen would feel."
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Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/16/climate-change-champions-still-pursuing-devastating-policies-new-study-reveals
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New branch on the tree of life
Canadian researchers have discovered a new kind of organism that's so different from other living things that it doesn't fit into the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom, or any other kingdom used to classify known organisms.
Two species of the microscopic organisms, called hemimastigotes, were found in dirt collected on a whim during a hike in Nova Scotia by Dalhousie University graduate student Yana Eglit.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hemimastigotes-supra-kingdom-1.4715823
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The Amazon Rainforest Was Profoundly Changed by Ancient Humans
The region’s ecology is a product of 8,000 years of indigenous agriculture.
The Supposedly Pristine, Untouched Amazon Rainforest Was Actually Shaped By Humans
Over thousands of years, native people played a strong role in molding the ecology of this vast wilderness
Amazon forest 'shaped by pre-Columbian indigenous peoples'
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Habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warned. Biodiversity experts say mass extinction of wildlife is as big a danger as climate change - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/17/habitat-loss-biodiversity-wildlife-climate-change
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Facing uncertain future, farmers taking their own lives - https://www.newschannel5.com/news/facing-uncertain-future-farmers-taking-their-own-lives
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The Ghost of IG Farben: Can Monsanto Reform Bayer?
Berlin. The marriage of Monsanto with Bayer breaks records not only due to its size but because of its evil smell, and not only due to Monsanto’s reputatio 
https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/16/the-ghost-of-ig-farben-can-monsanto-reform-bayer/
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In 2014, when Sierra Leone was hit by the Ebola outbreak, three local software developers kept the country's infrastructure working by rewriting it to #FLOSS. They saved hundreds of thousands lives when companies like Google and IBM backed off, calling the project too risky.
And their own recollection of the events with some technical descriptions:
https://medium.com/idtlabs/how-open-source-software-helped-in-the-fight-against-ebola-788bb3ca2bf0
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We surprised a Korean grandma living on $2 a day
Half of everyone over 65 in South Korea lives in poverty. I guess I was a victim of a stereotype about asian cultures in general.
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
