leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

In 2010 satisfaction with the #NHS was a record high of 70%; last year (2022), when the British Social Attitudes survey asked again, it was down to 29%.

A very start reminder that the NHS is not safe in #Tory hands & that defunding is a strategic plan to 'incentivise' people into the hands of private #healthcare.

The data suggest 50% respondents see underfunding as the key issue, while the majority continue to support the social mission of the #NHS.

This is #healthcrisis engineered by No.10

INTERNET RATIONALIST: Consider the following thought experiment. Imagine a hyperintelligent artificial intelligence–

ME: No

INTERNET RATIONALIST: What

ME: I am declining to imagine the hyperintelligent artificial intelligence.

INTERNET RATIONALIST:

ME: I'm thinking about birds right now

INTERNET RATIONALIST:

ME: Dozens of crows, perched atop great standing stones

It's 1987. The Metropolitan Police are waging an intimidation campaign against London's LBTQ+ community.

Wearing rubber gloves to "protect from AIDS" they raid the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

"Well well," says Lily Savage (Paul O'Grady) from the stage as the police pile into the venue. "It looks like we’ve got help with the washing up" /1

An interesting challenge here from James O'Malley, on linking broad progressive demands with climate action:

"Look at what galvanised political efforts to legalise on-shore wind
and commit to more nuclear power. It wasn’t banging on about “climate justice”, or appeals to the impact climate change will have on the developing world. It was the war in Ukraine, which overnight made the issue one of energy security – an issue that Tories and right-wingers can get behind"

https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/activists-should-make-fighting-climate?fbclid=IwAR1rs3AGyqgOvdYflAlvA2mJath8ISqjkBMJXqqfjSUUe_jS8xngneBW-5U

The #Tories seem to have rethought #netzero ahead of a major presentation in #Aberdeen this week;

now emphasising #energysecurity, the new plans have the fingerprints of the #fossilfuel lobby all over them, with a down-grading of #greenenergy investment & support alongside likely clearance for a major new #NorthSea oil filed & a step back from incentives for solar panels & other micro-generation green solutions;

Its almost like the #Tories had been taken to lunch (a lot) by #BigOil executives

When someone says "The fact is..." or similar, I know what's about to come out of their mouth is unsubstantiated speculation or just plain old bigotry

Yes, all of these things are urgent and we should do them ASAP, but rather than viewing them as "OMG we must do this to stave off disaster" (true), let's see it as "Hooray, let's get enthusiastic about ways to make everything better as quickly as possiible and really make it happen".

"Eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of climate change"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/21/methane-to-food-waste-eight-ways-to-attempt-to-stay-within-15c?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I cannot believe this suit to try and shut down the Internet Archive (brought by publishers under the guise of trying to pay authors) is proceeding.

Yes, authors deserve to be paid for their work. But no, abolishing this library is not the way to go about it.

https://mastodon.world/@AthenaHelivoy/110051487619973118

Why are literal Nazi's at every anti-trans rally?

Every time someone makes a stink about identifying #trans people properly all I can think about is this episode of #ds9 and like, motherfucker, Klingons figured it out. I think you can manage.

Hundreds of NHS hospitals have been ordered to share people’s confidential medical records with the American spy-tech company, Palantir. Read the investigation from openDemocracy. #dataprotection #privacy #NHS https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-peter-thiel-nhs-england-foundry-faster-data-flows/

“I was a paid-up member of the male–female brain brigade. It took me several years and a long struggle to realize that I was just not finding the kinds of differences I expected.”

Cognitive neuroscientist Gina Rippon explains that there was never a scientific basis to the myth that male and female brains are biologically different — instead, a major reason why even young children behave differently depending on their gender is because they are “tiny social sponges”.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00738-2

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As a token of appreciation open source organizations are invited to subscribe to the paid version in the next month, or their data will be deleted.

Just watching my little mastodon friends doing stuff.

And it hasn't too post this for a while, but just a thought on content warning, which has become a lot less prevalent in the last six months:

CW on Masto isn't about censorship. Its about not retraumatising people who have suffered abuse.

That's it. The Twitter algorithm wants you continually raw with trauma, because it's good for engagement.

For a personal example: I have a couple of major triggers. If I see those triggers CW'd? On a bad day, I'll scroll past.

And that's what it's for.

OK, so the Alt-Right regime at the BBC has cancelled a 96 year old national treasure. THE national treasure. Lifelong naturalist and broadcaster, who introduced most of the country to a love for the natural world in their childhoods. For the capital crime of a nature program covering damage to ecosystems. In the final series of his lifetime of service

Remind me, which side of the political spectrum does cancel culture? 🤬

#IStandWithDavidAttenborough

So #SuellaBraverman's defence is that while an email to #Tory supporters appeared under her name, she neither wrote it or sanctioned it.... so let me get this right the Home Secretary is now prepared to argue that signed statements are not indicative of the opinions or claims of the signatory - I'm not sure the #RuleofLaw can survive such a position; I'm looking forward to see how the detachment of signatories from the documents they sign plays out, not least in #contractlaw!

Slightly different to the definition from my economics class - but seems infinitely more accurate and captures how it drives climate change

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #environment #democracy #uk #scotland #usa #canada #australia #politics #nature #vegan #Birds #animals #science #ukpolitics

Remember, you now need photo ID to vote in England (local elections are less than 2 months away!).

If you don't already have official photo ID, you can apply for a free "Voter Authority Certificate" - make sure you arrange this well in advance!

https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate