Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/02/un-poverty-envoy-tells-britain-this-is-worst-time-for-more-austerity?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Speaking to the Guardian, the UN-appointed official, who has recently been investigating extreme poverty in Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon and Nepal, said: “This is the worst time to impose such cuts. You do not impose austerity measures when the whole population is facing a cost of living crisis. What you do is you raise taxes on the rich, you raise taxes on corporations.”

Time for my #introduction!

Hello, Mastodon! My name is Alan Johnson. I have a deep interest in many topics, including tech, management, business, politics, music, history, econ, education, etc. I expect I'll probably use Mastodon in a similar way as I use Twitter -- a place to put thoughts from my very scattered brain out into the world, so that I can learn from the feedback I get. Hopefully I occasionally inspire people with some of my better thoughts, too.

My current profession is running the Data department for an insurance company, and I'm more broadly interested in tech strategy.

The fact that there's even a culture of #introductions here is pretty cool, and different from Twitter.

If the #IT #security concept in your company looks like this, then burn it down and run!

RT @AuroraBlogspot@twitter.com

Many people are angry at Musk. I agree with them. But the biggest problem is that the insane, unregulated form of capitalism that dominates America is the breeding ground of narcissists like Musk.

If you don't limit their power, they undermine your society for selfish reasons.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AuroraBlogspot/status/1587400276234870784

So the bad thing happened to Twitter. Hopefully enough of my mutuals move over here

Cardiff University contributed more than £3.6bn to the UK economy in one year https://nation.cymru/news/cardiff-university-contributed-more-than-3-6bn-to-the-uk-economy-in-one-year/

🎵 A new digital platform launching today will give every child and young person in Wales free access to bilingual music tuition. https://nation.cymru/culture/every-young-person-in-wales-given-free-access-to-bilingual-music-tuition-platform/

Basque language expert says Welsh-medium education for all children is possible https://nation.cymru/news/basque-language-expert-says-welsh-medium-education-for-all-children-is-possible-2/

#Mondrian #painting has been hanging #UpsideDown for 75 years | #PietMondrian | The Guardian

#SchoolboyError!

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/28/mondrian-painting-has-been-hanging-upside-down-for-75-years

#Art

#RayOfJoy: #Nasa captures image of the #sun #smiling | Nasa | The Guardian

The Sun smiling

#Space #Smiley #Quirky

Blimey, its finally dawning on the sharp elbowed that social funding of healthcare is much more equitable than allowing profiteers like BUPA to gouge them at the first sign of ill health.

Good to see NHS trusts closing the door on BUPA too.

https://apple.news/AskR4FC9-TW28Bv66SweDPA

@TheBeastOfBaglan Cymru needs independence from the UK in my opinion. #IndyWales #YesCymru

Hi everyone! Shwmae pawb? Here's my #introduction.

I'm Daf. A welshman living in the English Midlands. I'm an #engineer in automotive, #design, and #OpenUniversity student in #Renewables and energy engineering.

Big #rugby fan, #football fan, #curling fan, most sports really.

I'm an avid supporter of #WelshIndependence, and a member of #YesCymru. I'm also a #cymraeg learner.

Finally, I'm a big fan of having 500 characters to play with!

#introductions #dliyn

@anniemo71 @Siencyn #shwmae bawb! We are certainly an alternative to Twitter and as you can probably tell there's quite the #TwitterMigration happening right now.

This service is provided by Toot Wales Inc., a registered non-profit. It uses a global social networking standard called #ActivityPub, which is an open Web standard for communicating across various services (unlike proprietary corporate systems)

I am writing this using the #Mastodon software service.

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EARN IT - Anti-Encryption Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

Sad day + I have no candy for the kids... shame on me ...

https://gizmodo.com/earn-it-anti-encryption-bill-passes-senate-committee-1848515670

@VictorVenema @micefearboggis @Ruth_Mottram @wolfgangcramer @tasvo @saravicca @arthurgessler @steve

That's fantastic! I would love to see more academics convert from non-free social media to Fediverse. This independence and decentralisation are suited to the notion of open science.

So far, there are only a handful of us from #biomedicine / translational research field, but hopefully that will change.

Hello, all. I've been around for a few days but haven't yet made an #introduction post. So here we go.

I'm a #bioinformatics consultant with [The Bioinformatics CRO](https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/) working on a variety of small and large projects ranging from fundamental genomics to clinical decision support. Before that, for several years I was a postdoc and ORISE fellow specializing in high-altitude medicine and physiology at the University of Colorado Altitude Research Center. My academic background is a nearly even mix of #biostatistics, machine learning, and biology.

The ARC* has been sadly moribund for a few years, but thanks to collaborations with other groups, we're [starting to get more active again](https://harcsummit.org/). Hopefully I will have more to say about that in the future. Meanwhile, feel free to ask me anything about #altitude medicine---I think I still remember most of it.

Years before _that_, I was an Air Force #medic (after a brief stint as an Army infantryman) followed by a couple of years as a civilian EMT. My time in patient care informs my approach to science: the numbers I crunch represent human lives.

Otherwise, I'm an armchair #paleontologist hoping to be able to call myself an _amateur_ paleontologist again one of these days---by which I mean actually spending some time in the field and/or the prep lab---a too-occasional science fiction writer, and chronically sleep deprived. Also, my life is the internet: it's cats all the way down.

*Fellow #Primeval fans may recognize the jacket in the picture. My wonderful fiancée found it for me when I was hired at the ARC, for exactly the reason you think.

Migrant crisis (the Tories created): Alarm at Braverman’s racist immigration rhetoric

#EnoughIsEnough
#GeneralElectionNow!

https://apple.news/A5znt7pChQImsQAanMpZZJQ

#BenJennings on #JairBolsonaro’s defeat in #Brazil – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/oct/31/ben-jennings-on-jair-bolsonaros-defeat-in-brazil-cartoon

#Politics #Satire