Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #IT #privacy #censorship #pornography

Just another example of why politics in the UK is broken. Most politicians in Westminster have not the slightest clue about the 'real world'. In particular the word 'scrutiny' seems missing from their vocabulary.

UK PORN BAN TO COME INTO EFFECT IN JULY

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/uk-porn-ban-july-deadline-when-date-online-websites-adult-age-verification-a8874181.html

#politics #environment #ecology #green #climate_change #uk #london #extinction_rebellion #democracy

Extinction Rebellion keep control of major London sites into a third day

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/16/extinction-rebellion-climate-protesters-disrupt-london-rail-tube-lines-blockade-landmarks

#politics #music #israel #palestine #madonna #rogerwaters #pinkfloyd

If you believe in human rights, Madonna, don’t play Tel Aviv

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/17/madonna-human-rights-tel-aviv-israel-palestine

#politics #philosophy #liberalism #democracy

Slavoj Zizek says ‘the dream of universal liberal democracy is over’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/slavoj-zizek-interview-trump-brexit-metoo-jordan-peterson-debate-a8866516.html

#politics #brexit #environment #ecology #education #climate_change #eu #sweden

Greta Thunberg's emotional speech to EU leaders – video

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2019/apr/16/greta-thunbergs-emotional-speech-to-eu-leaders-video

#politics #history #southamerica #uk #guyana #scotland

How Scotland erased Guyana from its past

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/apr/16/scotland-guyana-past-abolitionists-slavery-caribbean

#politics #environment #ecology #climate_change #brexit #eu #uk #democracy

Forget Brexit and focus on climate change, Greta Thunberg tells EU

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/16/greta-thunberg-urges-eu-leaders-wake-up-climate-change-school-strike-movement

#news #media #france #eu #notredame

Notre Dame cathedral fire: Blaze is proof that truly great architecture holds hallucinatory power

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-architecture-history-paris-france-a8872696.html

#aesthetics #archaeology #history #environment #greece #symi

The Aesthetics of Ruins

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

#news #media #france #eu #notredame

Why are we mourning Notre Dame? Because in a world of disposable things, historic, sacred spaces are all we have

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-paris-france-history-churches-a8872146.html

#news #media #eu #france #democracy

Please give generously for the restoration of Notre Dame.

#news #media #france #eu #notredame

Absolutely calamitous news for France and indeed the whole world.

Notre Dame fire: Paris cathedral devastated by ferocious blaze

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/15/notre-dame-fire-paris-france-cathedral

#politics #IT #privacy #microsoft #hotmail #msn #outlook #democracy

HOTMAIL, MSN AND OUTLOOK EMAILS EXPOSED TO HACKERS FOR MONTHS, MICROSOFT REVEALS

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/microsoft-outlook-emails-hacked-hotmail-msn-live-hackers-a8870566.html

#politics #environment #ecology #climate_change #democracy

A SHOCKING FIND SHOWS JUST HOW FAR WIND CAN CARRY MICROPLASTICS

https://www.wired.com/story/wind-microplastics/

#politics #environment #ecology #climate_change #democracy

Extinction Rebellion protest: Shell HQ windows smashed as thousands of climate change activists shut down major London streets

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/extinction-rebellion-protest-london-oxford-circus-waterloo-climate-change-a8870691.html

#politics #brexit #eu #uk #greece #symi #democracy

Greek president demands UK return Parthenon marbles from ‘murky prison’ of British Museum

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greece-uk-parthenon-marbles-elgin-british-museum-prokopis-pavlopoulos-a8870971.html