Mastodawn

Liz Morrish Sep 27, 2023

I'd imagine academics would recognise surveillance at work.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/28/uk-workers-are-you-surveilled-by-your-employer-during-working-hours?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

UK workers: are you surveilled by your employer during working hours?

From dashcams to mouse tracking, we’re interested in speaking to workers in the UK who have experienced workplace surveillance

The Guardian

Liz Morrish Jul 2, 2023

Aral Balkan Jul 1, 2023

Late-stage capitalism? That was last week. Welcome to extinction-stage capitalism.

Liz Morrish Jul 2, 2023

Robert Reich Jul 1, 2023

Stop worshipping billionaires.

Elon Musk threw away tens of billions of dollars to buy Twitter, and has spent the last year running it into the ground.

When billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech.

It’s a win for oligarchy.

Liz Morrish Apr 15, 2023

Oli Mould Apr 15, 2023

Pay changes since 2010:

Doctors: -7.4%
Nurses: -2.4%
University Staff: - 20%
Environment Agency Staff: - 20%

MPs: +34%
CEOs: +250%

But it's the striking staff who are at fault....

#UKpolitics #ToriesOut

Liz Morrish Apr 15, 2023

It's Pronounced DEETS Apr 12, 2023

Things just keep getting more absurd.

Liz Morrish Mar 22, 2023

Tring to control Covid under Trump.
‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the C.D.C. as the Pandemic Erupted https://nyti.ms/3Tu3Y4q

‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the CDC as the Covid Pandemic Erupted

Current and former employees recall rising desperation as Trump administration officials squelched research into the new coronavirus.

The New York Times

Liz Morrish Mar 11, 2023

Axelino🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦Mar 11, 2023

Emily Maitlis, the former Newsnight presenter referenced a monologue delivered by Lineker at the start of the BBC’s coverage of the Qatar World Cup in which he highlighted lack of rights for migrant workers, women and gay people in the country. “Curious that Lineker was free to raise questions about Qatar’s human rights record–with the blessing of the BBC–over the World Cup, but can’t raise questions of human rights in this country if it involves criticism of government policy” #GaryLinekar

Liz Morrish Mar 8, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/08/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-was-a-personal-trainer-then-my-teenage-cousin-pushed-me-to-go-to-university?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

A moment that changed me: I was a personal trainer – then my teenage cousin pushed me to go to university

The tutor on my exercise science course pointed me towards literature, and I began to read voraciously. It was the start of a love affair that led to my first novel

The Guardian

Liz Morrish Mar 8, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/08/tell-me-about-it-stud-the-rapturous-return-of-the-butch-lesbian-scene?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Tell me about it, stud: the rapturous return of the butch lesbian scene

With sold-out club nights from Bristol to Birmingham, a long-marginalised subculture is enjoying a brilliant post-pandemic resurgence

The Guardian

Liz Morrish Mar 1, 2023

Johnny Rich Mar 1, 2023

Excellent question-raising about #LifelongLoanEntitlement by @mike_rat with an enjoyably over-entente metaphor. https://wonkhe.com/blogs/is-the-lle-your-ticket-to-ride/ via @Wonkhe

Is the LLE your ticket to ride? | Wonkhe

Is the lifelong loan entitlement actually a flexible travel card, or is it more like a weekend service on Transpennine? Mike Ratcliffe has a copy of the National Routing Guide

Wonkhe