Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

@rysiek In the UK there has been decades of people believing that CCTV keeps people safe. There's a kind of cultural belief in benevolent authority, bolstered by the BBC and tabloid newspapers. In times past people campaigned to have more CCTV installed in public places, and there has even been "talking CCTV" where government officials literally bark orders at people in the street.

Also there is the drip feed effect of gradually more detailed surveillance over time. If this type of technology had turned up a couple of decades ago then there would have been much more public opposition.

Don’t pity May. Her immigration obsession helped get us into this mess | Gary Younge | Opinion | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/13/dont-pity-theresa-may-immigration-mess #rr #brexit

The British Academy here has an excellent briefing paper about "Associate Status" for the UK in European research: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/europe-futures-association-european-union-framework-research-innovation - gives a clear explanation, then describes what the UK would do to get into that position. #brexit #research

RT @RCorbettMEP@twitter.com

YouGov latest polling data on #Brexit (@PeterKellner1@twitter.com letter in Times)

(%,excl Don’tKnows)

If choice is Remain v May’s deal: Remain wins 62-38.

If choice is Remain v no-deal: Remain wins 57-43

In a 3-way choice:
Remain 54
leaving with no deal 28
leaving with May’s deal 18

RT @PoliticoRyan@twitter.com

#Brexit #thread
1/ If you don’t follow Brexit every day, here’s some advice. Let go of any illusions that this drama is about trade protocols, residency rights or the status of the Irish border. Brexit is the story of a proud former imperial power undergoing a mid-life crisis

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PoliticoRyan/status/1073226614773829632

An Advanced SWR meter I built about a month ago. It calculates phase shift so can compute a complex impedance and complex SWR, something most meters cant do. Schematics included.

https://github.com/Syncleus/roes
https://github.com/Syncleus/roes-hardware

#hamradio #AmateurRadio #electronics #Radio #ham

#Fracking paused in #Blackpool after biggest #tremor to date | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/11/fracking-blackpool-tremor-cuadrilla

#UK #England

Any advice on dealing with climate despair? 'cause it looks like we're all kinda doomed. I found some articles with headlines about not giving up, but they all end with vague insistences that governments and corporations need to change course and we all know they're not going to.

It’s a sad reality: a troubling trend sees a 97% decline in monarch butterflies. “For every little thing that changes there’s not just one consequence – it’s a whole chain reaction.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/07/its-a-sad-reality-a-troubling-trend-sees-a-97-decline-in-monarch-butterflies?