George

@RandomlyGeorge
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Randomly around, randomly George, possibly a bit scatterbrained.
GeorgeSep 13, 2023
Richard MurphySep 13, 2023
We are heading for a mortgage crisis of the Bank of England’s making https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/09/13/we-are-heading-for-a-mortgage-crisis-of-the-bank-of-englands-making/. Mortgage arrears are rising rapidly, with the likelihood that they will go much higher, and the Bank of England seems to be wholly indifferent to the crisis that will create for many, as well as the economy as a whole.
The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

Funding the Future
GeorgeSep 12, 2023
petersuberSep 12, 2023

To share with friends who moved from #Twitter to #Threads:

"#Meta acknowledged…to The Washington Post that Threads is intentionally blocking the search terms ["covid" and "long covid"] and said that other terms are being blocked, but the company declined to provide a list of them. A search by The Post discovered that the words…“coronavirus,” “vaccines” and “vaccination” are also among blocked words."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/11/threads-covid-coronavirus-searches-blocked/
(#paywalled)

#Covid #Pandemic #Vaccines

Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise

Meta acknowledged that Threads is intentionally blocking the search terms.

The Washington Post
GeorgeSep 12, 2023
Open Science ✅Sep 12, 2023
#climate #climatechange
GeorgeSep 11, 2023
Kay ElúvianSep 11, 2023

Want to know why the #NHS rules and why Brits love it and will defend it to the death?

I take:

Sertraline ($76 USD per month)
Atarvostatin ($148 /m)
Propranolol ($42 /m)
Estragel ($158 /m)
Decapeptyl (~$100 /m)

$524 every month.

I pay £110 per year / ~$12 per month.

Also I was out of sertraline so the pharmacist said "come in, I'll give you some".

And while I was at the pharmacy, I got a free flu shot (cos I'm a fat squidge).

No wallet biopsy. No insurance.

TREASURE THE NHS.

GeorgeSep 11, 2023
internetarchiveSep 11, 2023
Today, the Internet Archive submitted its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive. As we stated when the decision was handed down in March, we believe the lower court made errors in facts and law, so we are fighting on in the face of great challenges. https://blog.archive.org/2023/09/11/internet-archive-files-appeal-in-publishers-lawsuit-against-libraries/
Internet Archive Files Appeal in Publishers’ Lawsuit Against Libraries | Internet Archive Blogs

GeorgeSep 10, 2023

Alas holidays always seem to pass by so quickly

View from very very close to the summit of Mt Snowdon, Wales.

GeorgeSep 10, 2023
Jerome GSep 10, 2023
Another portrait of one of my favorite ravens. I’m always trying to convey the curiosity and empathy in their eyes. Sorry if I’ve posted this one before.
GeorgeSep 10, 2023
Low Quality FactsFeb 6, 2023

Feeling inadequate because everyone on Mastodon appears to be a professor or a doctor or a rocket scientist?

Follow me and feel better about yourself, for I have the intellect of a clever potato.

GeorgeSep 9, 2023
Kent BrewsterSep 9, 2023

Infosec friends are unanimous: if you're using Chrome, you want to visit chrome://settings/adPrivacy and turn off Ad Topics, Site-Suggested Ads, and Ad Measurement.

IMPORTANT: you must do this for each of your Chrome profiles, since it's not a global setting.

#chrome #privacy #enshittification

GeorgeSep 8, 2023
daniel:// stenberg://Sep 8, 2023

"Did any user in the world want a user tracking and ad platform baked directly into their browser? Probably not, but this is Google, and they control Chrome, and this probably still won't make people switch to Firefox."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/

I stick to #Firefox

Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a “topic” list it shares with advertisers.

Ars Technica