Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Two universities - QMUL and Wolverhampton - have threatened to dock the pay of striking academics indefinitely unless they undermine the strike by rescheduling teaching activities https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/27/universities-condemned-over-threat-to-dock-all-pay-of-striking-staff

Not only are such moves outrageous, they may also violate the right to strike, which is recognised as part of the right to freedom of association under Article 11 ECHR - as this post by Alan Bogg and Michael Ford KC shows https://uklabourlawblog.com/2022/10/06/striking-pay-deductions-and-reasonable-orders-a-legal-analysis-by-alan-bogg-and-michael-ford-kc/

#UCUStrikes #UCURising #HumanRights

I read in nation.cymru that the First Minister says it's always been hard to have good North-South transport links. At one level, that's obviously correct but we have had a far more extensive rail network in the past than we have now. There's little chance of much change on that while rail infrastructure isn't devolved but it would be good to see fixing that become much more of a priority. The old GWR route map reminds us what it could look like...

Hello, Mastodon!
#Introduction
#Beatles
#Photography
#Catsanddogs 🙂
#Music
#Humor
Did I mention #Beatles ???

Don’t ever, ever forget: The Tories killed thousands of #NHS Staff with their greed, corruption and callous negligence during a 100% avoidable pandemic (the clue is we’re an *island*):

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52145140

#Brexit has worsened #shortage of #NHS #doctors, analysis shows | NHS | The Guardian

More from the curse that keeps on cursing.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/27/brexit-worsened-shortage-nhs-doctors-eu

#UK #Politics

If you enjoy someone's post on #Mastodon go ahead and click the star. If someone tells you that's meaningless because there's no #algorithm, ignore them. Sure, boost the post too if you want others to also see the post, but don't think telling someone you like what they posted is somehow unimportant. In real life I don't tell someone, "good job," or "well said," or "I love that," for the sake of some algorithm, I do it because I'm human and they are too. It's fundamental to being truly social.

“To the extent that people remain active on Twitter, they preserve the viability of Musk’s gambit. The illusory sense of community that still lingers on the platform is one of Musk’s most significant assets. No matter which side prevails, the true victor in any war is the person selling weapons to both sides.”

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-i-quit-elon-musks-twitter

Here's a link to the Mabinogion, if you're looking for a way to pass a rainy day. 📖
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5160/5160-h/5160-h.htm

#Mabinogion
#cymru

@metalhead84 Well, we're told that EU passports must be burgundy coloured, but it seems that nobody told Croatia (who persist in issuing theirs in dark blue).
Seems to me that the EU don't make passport colour a deal-breaker for membership...🤷‍♂️
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_passport

#Brexit

The first black child ever allowed to attend a white school is only 68 years old now.
White parents pulled their children from school. White teachers refused to teach her.
Ruby Bridges now works as an activist & public speaker
This wasn’t a million years ago. /1

So, because the Wales v Australia match was not on TV, I decided to tidy up my messy book shelves.
(They look worse now!😳)

I couldn't resist reading bits of a lot of them. 😁

I am sharing just one! I rarely read novels but this is an absolute favourite, which went on to become a play.

The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nightime
by Mark Haddon

#Books
#Reading

@ypc_bunsen just to add: in the end I am staying on QOTO for the tech features I value. Works for me. And thanks to @freemo for the supporting admin and devel work.

Call to action: Write to your Cardiff Councillor NOW to Save St David’s Hall!
https://www.cardiffcivicsociety.org/blog/call-to-action-write-to-your-cardiff-councillor-now-to-save-st-davids-hall

@deborahmeaden

More frustrating than anything else because it means no one with power, prospective or actual, is proposing a solution other than "make Brexit work".

Why has Starmer painted himself into a corner, rejecting rejoin, single market, and customs union? How is he going to get out of that?

For growth, the customs union is an easy win isn't it?

Just updated my #profile in case anyone wants to search for any visual media I've posted in the past.

Deactivate my account on the bird app today.
Appreciate the community on here @freemo and the @QOTO instance.

QOTTO has been ttaken off the malware list we were mistakenly added to... yay!

https://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.qoto.org

#PhotoMonday

Ruins of gas chamber and crematorium II at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Fragments of the chimney.

We need to remember that those buildings did not fall from the sky. They were designed by educated people who accepted the Nazi ideology and used their knowledge and experience to design efficient infrastructure of murder.

#Auschwitz #Memorial #history #ruins #Birkenau

A word of warning to anyone considering rending a high rise apartment with a balcony... I hope you like bird poop, mountains and mountains of bird poop