Please note that January’s Book of the Month is E.F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful and the Track of the Month is Babylon Makes the Rules by Steel Pulse.

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

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

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Jan 02, 2019, 20:37

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Jan 02, 2019, 20:37

Jan 02, 2019, 20:37

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #ecology #environment #climate_change #brazil

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-amazon-rainforest-protections

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Jan 02, 2019, 20:29

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Jan 02, 2019, 20:29

Jan 02, 2019, 20:29

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #democracy #human_rights #china #greece #symi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/01/human-dignity-danger-ai-weiwei

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Jan 02, 2019, 19:16

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Jan 02, 2019, 19:16

Jan 02, 2019, 19:16

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #brexit #eu #uk #democracy

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**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 31, 2018, 13:51

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 31, 2018, 13:51

Dec 31, 2018, 13:51

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#news #media #politics #eu #uk #symi

Last 'Food for Thought' for 2018

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

**Ian Kenway** · Dec 30, 2018, 16:29

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**Lynnesbian** @lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space · Dec 30, 2018, 16:29

Dec 30, 2018, 16:29

Lynnesbian @lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space

this might come as a shock, but google, a company whose primary revenue source is advertising, might be collecting your data

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**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 30, 2018, 20:32

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 30, 2018, 20:32

Dec 30, 2018, 20:32

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#politics #brexit #eu #uk #democracy

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**Ian Kenway** · Dec 30, 2018, 18:37

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**Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅** @bob@soc.freedombone.net · Dec 30, 2018, 18:37

Dec 30, 2018, 18:37

Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅ @bob@soc.freedombone.net

@garbados @Elizafox The real evil industries are so extensively compartmentalized that engineers or researchers have little idea what they're contributing to, and bosses just lie to them about who the customers are. Outsourcing is rarely about efficiency or cost reduction, it's about controlling the workforce.

**Ian Kenway** · Dec 30, 2018, 10:53

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**Limits to Growth** @limits2growth@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 30, 2018, 10:53

Dec 30, 2018, 10:53

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This Is, Indeed, the Statistic of 2018: 90.5 Percent of Plastic Is Not Recycled https://t.co/yy7nuXqOBG. 1/2 Nice to see my article on the role of energy in production getting some extra-academic coverage ... https://twitter.com/ProfSteveKeen/status/1075856872291385350

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 29, 2018, 21:33

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 29, 2018, 21:33

Dec 29, 2018, 21:33

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #brexit #eu #uk #democracy

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**Ian Kenway** · Dec 29, 2018, 03:01

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**Kermode** @gemlog@mastodonten.de · Dec 29, 2018, 03:01

Dec 29, 2018, 03:01

Kermode @gemlog@mastodonten.de

Amazon is selling stolen art, fake products and is infringing copyrights (facebook.com)

As seen on HN. No, I'm not going to link it and didn't bother to read it myself either.

Talk about the kettle calling the pan black... FB complaining Amazon misrepresents and distorts things...

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 27, 2018, 23:58

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 27, 2018, 23:58

Dec 27, 2018, 23:58

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #brexit #eu #uk #democracy

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**Ian Kenway** · Dec 26, 2018, 21:02

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**Kermode** @gemlog@mastodonten.de · Dec 26, 2018, 21:02

Dec 26, 2018, 21:02

Kermode @gemlog@mastodonten.de

Today we know Charles Darwin as the father of the theory of evolution, but Darwin's wasn't the first theory of evolution. Before Darwin, a man named Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had a different idea about how life evolved.

His theory, like Darwin's, explained the variation of plants and animals around the world, but the mechanism was completely different.

Article, transcript, interview and/or 16min of audio at CBC Radio One 'Quirks and Quarks'
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/dec-22-2018-quirks-holiday-book-show-science-of-the-voice-talking-about-the-weather-and-more-1.4940803/a-revolution-in-evolution-is-turning-back-the-clock-more-than-200-years-says-new-book-1.4940808
book: https://www.amazon.com/Lamarcks-Revenge-Epigenetics-Revolutionizing-Understanding/dp/1632866153

**Ian Kenway** · Dec 26, 2018, 22:51

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**Dr. Dan Killam** @dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz · Dec 26, 2018, 22:51

Dec 26, 2018, 22:51

Dr. Dan Killam @dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz

The most iconic form of aragonite is mother of pearl, otherwise known as nacre. This brilliantly iridescent form of aragonite has an intricate microstructure consisting of layers of aragonite crystal tablets sandwiched with organic layers. This produces the complex coloration which makes pearls so valuable.
The clam doesn't really care that it's pretty, but that layered (lamellar) microstructure also makes it extremely strong against the crushing forces of predators or wave energy. #clamfacts

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**Ian Kenway** · Dec 27, 2018, 07:11

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**Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥** @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 27, 2018, 07:11

Dec 27, 2018, 07:11

Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

RT @waxpancake@twitter.com
Best joke I heard this week was from my 11-year-old nephew: “Gender was invented by bathroom companies to sell more bathrooms.”

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 22, 2018, 23:39

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 22, 2018, 23:39

Dec 22, 2018, 23:39

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #brexit #eu #uk #democracy

I voted for Jeremy Corbyn twice in the Labour party Leadership Elections in 2015 and 2016 (paying good money in the process) because of his anti-austerity platform (something not offered by the other candidates).

Friends warned me of my naivety but I didn't listen! Damn it. I didn't listen.

My friends were right. Jeremy Corbyn is a man of the past, not a person of the future. As this moment, the Labour Party is just as 'fucked' as the Tories. Unbelievable!

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 19, 2018, 22:28

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 19, 2018, 22:28

Dec 19, 2018, 22:28

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #brexit #eu #uk #democracy

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**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 19, 2018, 22:20

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 19, 2018, 22:20

Dec 19, 2018, 22:20

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #uk #democracy

Brexit Britain

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-man-dead-parliament-house-of-commons-mps-westminster-gyula-remes-a8691661.html

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 19, 2018, 22:07

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Dec 19, 2018, 22:07

Dec 19, 2018, 22:07

Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#politics #brexit #eu #uk #democracy #media

I have huge problems with Jeremy Corbyn's attitude towards Brexit. However, in fairness, I've analysed the relevant footage of today's PMQs using Igrigorik's Video Speed Controller Chrome plugin which, together with my basic understanding of phonetics, leads me to believe with 85-87% certainty that Jeremy Corbyn did NOT utter sotto voce "Stupid Woman". In short I smell a rat!