DJP (Darren John Pope)

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Educator (Visual Arts), #Artist, #Left, #History, #PhD Candidate (deferred until 2024) researching #Romanticism & Contemporary #Art

From time to time I may post my own art 🎨

Love #Literature, #photography, #gardening & food

I have a strong nostalgia streak & gravitate to historical dramas on film

Creator of Kaye Sera on the #Melbourne #Cabaret stage

#auspol #Springst friendly 🏳️‍🌈 🇦🇺

Profile pic credit:
Jean Cocteau (detail), Amedeo Modigliani (1916)
Princeton University Art Museum

How the moderation decisions of #Twitter's new fascist-enabling owner are turning Twitter into a churning toilet of hate speech and violence worldwide.

Advertisers beware!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/14/twitter-moderation-cutbacks-impact/

Twitter hate speech up in large foreign markets after Musk takeover

More than 75 percent of the company’s 280 million daily users live outside North America. The cuts in Twitter's moderation efforts have hit them hardest.

The Washington Post
Meanwhile in Edinburgh
Opening my work laptop like a sealed sarcophagus filled with an ancient evil.

Wall Street banks are set to hit a trillion dollars in profit over the past decade.

Meanwhile, the net worth of middle-class families continues to decline.

Folks, this is unsustainable.

Wall Street has consolidated into 5 giant banks.

Airlines have merged from 12 carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

A handful of drug companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

Four giants control over 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Awesome. 🇩🇪

RT @[email protected]

Germany has ended its dependence on Russian energy. Since August 11th, no coal has been imported. Natural gas imports have been reduced from 55% at the beginning of 2022 to zero. Oil imports dropped from 40% to under 20%, and will be phased out by the end of this year.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GermanyinUSA/status/1608811444656607236

German Embassy on Twitter

“Germany has ended its dependence on Russian energy. Since August 11th, no coal has been imported. Natural gas imports have been reduced from 55% at the beginning of 2022 to zero. Oil imports dropped from 40% to under 20%, and will be phased out by the end of this year.”

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Happy New Year from #Sydney our world is wonderful!
Enjoying the evening in Little Egypt, Queens, New York
Old Timer
He's seen a few things in his day
In the East Village, NYC
#pic #picoftheday #blackandwhite #bnw #photo #photography #ny #nyc #newyork
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