Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
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#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
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Another joyless discovery: a tracker on an ordinary news site that shares your data to “carry out creditworthiness and risk assessment, for debt collection purposes.” FUN
Sorry, this work really stresses me out.
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"Repurpose Your Laptop’s Unused Optical Drive Bay for Your Raspberry Pi": https://blog.hackster.io/repurpose-your-laptops-unused-optical-drive-bay-for-your-raspberry-pi-2477734c4dbd
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A 24-year-old has invented a new way to break down plastic waste and prevent it from landing in the ocean - https://www.businessinsider.my/how-to-stop-plastic-from-getting-into-ocean-2018-11/
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@bob @gemlog @iankenway
Regardless what happens PM May is toast. She hasn't been challenged (Thatcher style) so far, because they want her to take the blame for Brexit (whichever mess it becomes) and they get a clean slate. Mr May is very wealthy & former PMs never become destitute. Don't worry they'll be OK.
I wouldn't discount a no-deal situation happening, but I do think it is being used to "put the frighteners on".
The whole Brexit situation is spin, nothing solid to base predictions on.
#politics #brexit #eu #uk #greece
Brexit. A total, fucking, car-crash disaster. (If ever there was a time to use the ‘f word’ this is it!) The people of the UK have been fucked royally by the people who are supposed to represent them. Tip for Remainers: Withhold paying your taxes from now on! Tip for everyone: Britain needs a proper, written constitution. Enough is enough!
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Full steam ahead! The number of window air conditioning units in use could more than triple by 2050, a new report suggests. That could have big impact on climate.
https://t.co/CHkyDnlVw6 https://twitter.com/insideclimate/status/1062311615150911488
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RT @fermatslibrary@twitter.com
Dijkstra Shortest Path algorithm, which finds the shortest path between 2 nodes in a graph, was developed in 1956 in 20 minutes while Dijkstra was relaxing on a café in Amsterdam with his fiancée. His algorithm is still widely used today.
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@gemlog @iankenway @fitheach
Well, if the expected happens then there will be no deal. That will immediately create lots of problems and Theresa May won't be able to escape the blame. She'll either resign voluntarily like Cameron did or there will be a Thatcher-like coup.
Of course she would retire in luxury, mostly isolated from the consequences of her premiership. She could even emigrate if things got really bad.
Well, if the expected happens then there will be no deal. That will immediately create lots of problems and Theresa May won't be able to escape the blame. She'll either resign voluntarily like Cameron did or there will be a Thatcher-like coup.
Of course she would retire in luxury, mostly isolated from the consequences of her premiership. She could even emigrate if things got really bad.
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@bob @fitheach @iankenway
That's nice for her - she's not far from joining the choir invisible, as am I, but what about the rest?
And I'm not just speaking as a citizen of the UK - Canada just took forever pounding out a trade deal with the EU. Now we have to do the same all over again for just the UK? That'll be a long time coming an all.
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@fitheach @iankenway I think that last point is the most likely outcome some time before March. They'll just keep asking for extensions while a deal is worked out.
If Theresa May does go for a no deal Brexit then I expect that will be a career ending event for her.
If Theresa May does go for a no deal Brexit then I expect that will be a career ending event for her.
#politics #brexit #eu #uk #democracy
I voted for Corbyn twice to be Leader of the Opposition in the UK because of his anti-austerity platform. Biggest mistake of my life. The man is absolutely clueless.
Globally we're on a precipice - environmentally, politically, existentially. Maybe aliens should take over planet Earth as one hundred years after the end of WW1 humans seem to have learnt absolutely zilch.
Doomwatch? I think we have about 20 seconds left before midnight (five minutes in the sixties)
Trump, May, Corbyn and many other political duds and charlatans should be forcibly transported to a remote island where they can amuse each other with their peculiar fantasies and obsessions. How, on Earth, did we let these sad, ridiculous guys have any say in our lives?
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US better off addressing crises it has engineered in our region - Iran’s message to American sanctions https://quitter.im/attachment/1518544
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From Condom Dave to Theresa the clown: the caustic world of #SteveBell | #Politics | The Guardian
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#AntibioticResistant #superbugs ‘will kill 90,000 Britons by 2050’ | Society | The Guardian
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
