Mastodawn

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

Fornax Jul 16, 2023

When sunlight hits the ground, it heats up the soil.

When sunlight hits the leaf of a tree, the leaf uses the energy to break CO2 molecules apart, releasing the oxygen and using the carbon to produce wood. The reaction consumes the energy, preventing it from becoming heat.

Trees are nature's air conditioning.

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

Adam Bienkov Jul 16, 2023

🔴The False Hope vs No Hope Election

After 13 years of despair, the public is crying out for some actual hope from the opposition

https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-false-hope-vs-no-hope-election

The False Hope vs No Hope Election

After 13 years of despair, the public is crying out for some actual hope from the opposition

Folded with Adam Bienkov

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

Frank Pasquale Jul 16, 2023

“The data rebellion that we’re seeing across the country is society’s way of pushing back against this idea that Big Tech is simply entitled to take any and all information from any source whatsoever, and make it their own”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/technology/not-for-machines-to-harvest-data-revolts-break-out-against-ai.html

Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.

Fed up with A.I. companies consuming online content without consent, fan fiction writers, actors, social media companies and news organizations are among those rebelling.

The New York Times

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

Richard Murphy Jul 15, 2023

Why the OBR’s view of the economy is so wrong https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/07/15/why-the-obrs-view-of-the-economy-is-so-wrong/ This morning's Twitter thread all in one place.

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

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

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Don Whiteside Jul 13, 2023

@carnage4life @lisamelton I feel like the last decade has made it pretty clear there's a sizable number of people who can see the evidence over and over and still be certain that theirs is the one face that the leopard would never eat.

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

David Emmett Jul 17, 2023

New on MotoMatters.com:
MotoGP Schedule Tweaked: Friday Morning Practice Now Untimed
https://motomatters.com/news_item/2023/07/17/motogp_schedule_tweaked_friday_morning.html
#MotoGP #MotoMatters

MotoGP Schedule Tweaked: Friday Morning Practice Now Untimed | MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

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𝓓 𝓑 𝓒𝓸𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 Jul 17, 2023

@magdelenehall

Talking of ‘rip-off’ degrees:

David Cameron: Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Theresa May: Geography.

Boris Johnson: Classics, ancient languages, literature, history, and philosophy.

Liz Truss: Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

James Cleverly: Hospitality Management

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

Richard Murphy Jul 18, 2023

The goverment’s accounts are massively overdue – and that’s not good enough https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/07/18/the-goverments-accounts-are-massively-overdue-and-thats-not-good-enough/. The government has still not published its accounts for 2020-21, and that's totally unacceptable.

The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

Funding the Future

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

Alex Wild Jul 18, 2023

The challenge faced by science in the United States isn’t that scientists are awkward and bad at communication. It’s that we’re beset by propaganda and mass media channels funded by corrupt billionaires to sow confusion.

We need big, generously funded communications channels dedicated to verifiable reality. Scientists who are slightly better at talking isn’t going to cut it.

Jez Johnson Jul 18, 2023

Mooster Jul 18, 2023

UK relaxes visa rules for foreign builders amid Brexit shortages

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/18/uk-visa-rules-foreign-brexit-shortages-construction?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

More Brexit winning.

#brexit #RejoinEU #brexshit

UK relaxes visa rules for foreign builders amid Brexit shortages

Bricklayers and other construction jobs added to list alongside care workers and engineers

The Guardian