Digital Services Librarian at Cardiff Metropolitan. Drinks too much tea.
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Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
So I have been having a little look at the people who run some of the Welsh anti-20mph Facebook groups.
It seems that many of them a run by Tory politicians.... who live in England....and support 20mph where they live....
Let's go on a journey (at a very safe speed).
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Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
Today, some of the books that shaped my lifeβand the lives of so many othersβare being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone.
Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
It's
6yrs since we started seeing mass proliferation of scam ads
5yrs since I sued Facebook.
4yrs since they settled (for Β£3m to charity).
4yrs since the online harms white paper (still not law)
18mth since they agreed to inc scams in it.
1 day since first deep fake scam ad I've seen
Yet we've still
NO proper laws
NO proper regulation
NO proper fines for big tech who get paid to publish these criminal ads
NO mention of when things will improve
NO sign of the promised online advertising programme to help
It isn't good enough. Vulnerable people are being scammed, lifes are being ruined, and people are totally unprotected.
Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
I'm not sure why 'labour' supporters seem unable to grasp this: The private sector does nothing for free. It requires profit. When a public service engages the private sector to do its work, large amounts of public funding go to private profit rather than service provision 1/2
Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
From FB π’
Post from a Beekeeper π
βIts late, and maybe in the morning I'll delete this post, but I've just got home and for now I need to write this down.
Earlier this evening I received a message from a home owner to say they had a swarm of bees in their hedge, but they were worried about them because children had been throwing water at them.
By the time my fellow beekeeper and I arrived, what had been a beautiful prime swarm was reduced to a few hundred drenched bees, huddling limply around their queen.
I've already deleted the photos of the puddles of water, the dripping wet hedge, and the many, many dead and dying bees that hadn't been able to escape the attack; sharing those pictures serves no purpose.
We gently placed the bees that had survived into a collection box, and hopefully tomorrow, when they've had chance to dry out and settle, we'll check on them and if necessary feed them; they'll be exhausted and possibly (understandably) defensive. They've been through a lot.
Please, please, help me to educate your children, your grandchildren, your neices and nephews, your neighbours, your colleagues and your friends that a swarm of bees isn't dangerous - they're amazing creatures that are just looking for a new home.
Please don't let anyone harm them.
Just call a beekeeper who will gladly rehome them.
Please help me to spread this message and hopefully save any more bees from being unnecessarily harmedβ π’
Sad and unhappy Beekeeper
Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
The Privileges Committee has named a series of Tory MPs and lords - Nadine Dorries, Lord Goldsmith, Mark Jenkinson, Michael Fabricant, Brendan Clarke-Smith, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Andrea Jenkyns, Priti Patel, Lord Cruddas and Lord Greenhalgh - as engaging in a campaign to undermine its inquiry into whether Boris Johnson lied to parliament. It recommends that MPs vote to give it the powers, currently enjoyed by its twin, the Standards Committee, to punish such MPs should they transgress in the future. But that isn't the end of it. Any motion to give the committee those powers is very likely to be amended, to insist that Dorries, Patel, Rees-Mogg and the rest apologise to MPs in formal commons statements. Were they to refuse, they would at that point be in contempt of the Commons and would presumably be suspended.
Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
So, Hancock's first appearance at the Covid Inquiry did not disappoint.
I will share the critical moments below.
But first, it is clear that his entire justification for the admitted calamitous response rests on one point, and it is a fabricated argument...
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Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
Itβs pretty much the same people who screwed our country by selling Brexit that now seek to screw our planet by selling climate change & pollution scepticism. Our media is so, so broken.
Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
Donβt want to go over the top, but this is absolutely jaw-dropping. Someone who was in the cabinet when legislation on voter ID was agreed and went through parliament acknowledges it WAS an attempt to gerrymander the elections huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jβ¦
Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
The police have arrested what appear to be peaceful republican protesters in Trafalgar Square. Itβs in everybodyβs interests, especially the Metβs, that they explain exactly why as soon as possible. No matter what you think about monarchy, this is a deeply disturbing moment.
Cath π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ§π·π retweeted
Don't care about the coronation?
Here's why you should. ππΎ
