Gerald Alan ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

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Retired IT Consultant. Keen cyclist interested in politics and eating out. Member of the Liberal Democrats.

A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as E/V Nautilus encounters the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0eyl7-XQA

#ocean #nature #science

A Burst of Deep Sea Fireworks: Halitrephes Jelly | Nautilus Live

YouTube

The speed of light visualized on a cosmic scale.

Credit: @Physicsj

New addition to my 'Odd Bikes' series: The trickle-down bike.

You can see a larger version and explore more of this sort of thing here: https://davewalker.com/the-trickle-down-bike/

#cycling #oddbikes

The trickle-down bike - Dave Walker

Cartoon by cycling cartoonist Dave Walker. From the Odd Bikes series. Find more everyday life and sustainable transport diagrams here.

Dave Walker

#Russiaโ€™s widespread and repeated targeting of #Ukraineโ€™s energy infrastructure appears primarily designed to instill terror.

Yet another Russian violation of the laws of warโ€ฆ

Human Rights Watch's analysis: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/06/ukraine-russian-attacks-energy-grid-threaten-civilians

Ukraine: Russian Attacks on Energy Grid Threaten Civilians

Russian forcesโ€™ widespread and repeated targeting of Ukraineโ€™s energy infrastructure appears primarily designed to instill terror among the population in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today.

Human Rights Watch
If you enjoy someone's post on #Mastodon go ahead and click the star. If someone tells you that's meaningless because there's no #algorithm, ignore them. Sure, boost the post too if you want others to also see the post, but don't think telling someone you like what they posted is somehow unimportant. In real life I don't tell someone, "good job," or "well said," or "I love that," for the sake of some algorithm, I do it because I'm human and they are too. It's fundamental to being truly social.

Oh look. Chinese bots are flooding Twitter in an attempt to obscure news about protests. Too bad there's no alternatives to Twitter.

Or is there? ๐Ÿค”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/28/chinese-bots-flood-twitter-in-attempt-to-obscure-covid-protests

Chinese bots flood Twitter in attempt to obscure Covid protests

Activity indicates โ€˜first major failureโ€™ to stop government interference under ownership of Elon Musk

The Guardian
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Is Keir Starmer LISTENING to us?
I donโ€™t think so
Time to email him your views on Labourโ€™s #brexit policy
If you are NOT a constituent: his email address is [email protected]
#BrexitHasFailed #BrexitLies #BrexitAusterity #RejoinTheEU #ToryBrexitDisaster

RT @[email protected]

Sausage maker Cranswick spent more than ยฃ10,000 each to bring 400 skilled butchers to the UK from the Philippines.

CEO Adam Couch paid the ยฃ4m bill to keep โ€œfood on the platesโ€

Pre-Brexit, EU workers made up 65% of his staff. Many have now gone home. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-25/uk-pork-producer-pays-4-million-to-hire-filipino-butchers

UK Pork Producer Pays ยฃ4 Million to Hire Filipino Butchers

One of the UKโ€™s biggest pork producers has spent ยฃ4 million ($4.8 million) hiring butchers from the Philippines, after a staffing crisis threatened to hamper production.

Bloomberg

This is bombshell reporting into what must now be a raging national scandal.

For govt buddies to take many millions from the public purse for unusable equipment during a pandemic when people are dying - and then lie about itโ€ฆ

โ€ฆis sick and unforgivable.

#MichelleMone #PPE
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/23/michelle-mones-ppe-denials-v-what-we-know

Michelle Moneโ€™s PPE denials v what we know

Tory peer and husband have repeatedly distanced themselves from company given ยฃ200m in government Covid contracts

The Guardian