In Denmark, The Ministry of Digitalization now removes all Microsoft software from ministry computers and switches to open source in a strategy that has been agreed with all five regions of Denmark.
The more Trump threatens Europe, the more US companies will get the Tesla treatment.
I will not be surprised if the Parliament member iPhones are next.
We live in interesting times. Friend of mine is a scientist in France. He just got briefing on what to do when traveling to the US. He was told to use an empty, freshly installed laptop with nothing but his presentation on it. Uninstall all messengers and social media. If he has to surrender any of his devices even for a minute, he shall get it checked by the French secret service for back-doors and Trojans.
I guess I rather stay home than going to a conference in the US.
#science #usa
Obama has nothing to say about what Trump is doing, but he did post his NCAA bracket.
Biden has nothing to say about what Trump is doing, but he found time to post about St. Patrick's Day.
Harris has nothing to say about what Trump is doing, but she tweeted to celebrate International Women's Day.
It's not just Schumer. Dems have no idea how to mount a meaningful resistance. It's just BAU with them while the US descends into a Constitutional crisis. Hand the keys of the party to AOC, please!
Folks wrung their hands a lot this year about reading. "No one buys books," Elle Griffin argued this spring, although apparently Bible sales are surging, as – according to The Washington Times at least, "Gen Z is sick and tired of predecessors' self-centered godlike hubris." Joke's on The Times, of course,
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Over 170,000 people die every single day.
Everyone you know is going to die.
But if some rich or famous person dies everyone talks about it.
Let's talk about the homeless man that died alone in the cold about a mile from my house. Let's talk about the children dying in wars. Let's talk about people dying from preventable or treatable diseases. Let's talk about the people dying from despair.
95% of immigrants are actively recruited to the UK by British employers. So aren't taking any risk to get here. The problem is when they arrive. As one social care worker said to me, they come to Africa and bring us to Europe where we have to work for the boss who can treat us badly because they know if we lose the job we risk having to go back and that would all but destroy our lives. Europe has a tradition of going to Africa and bringing back workers to work in terrible conditions and do the jobs that no-one wants to do here, we'll not for the low pay.
It is very common for migrant workers to be told which shifts to work, they get no sick pay and no statutory sick pay, they often are not paid overtime or holiday pay, and racist abuse us a regular part of their work.
A very small number come here as refugees. Virtually all are from countries with very bad human rights records and the UK take a very small number compared to other countries. So they are not illegal and are not breaking any laws indeed the law says refugees can arrive this way.
Sorry for being pedantic but I think there is a lot of deliberate misinformation here and we need to challenge all assumptions.
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