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 ๐ŸŽจ

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 ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

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 companyโ€™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. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

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.

๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”—: https://twitter.com/GermanyinUSA/status/1608811444656607236

German Embassy on Twitter

โ€œGermany 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.โ€

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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
@autisticompulsive ... such a lovely story