2016 – Page 11 – Postcards

Military UK

UK’s Nuclear Deterrent in the age of drones

February 17, 2016 No Comments

Interesting observations in the age of the drones. All declared threats to Britain tend to come either from powers with no conceivable designs on conquering Britain or from forces immune to deterrence. Nor has anyone explained why, if Trident is so vital to Britain’s safety, that is not true for the 25 non-nuclear Nato states, […]

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Computer Science Humour

February 14, 2016 No Comments

Via http://facebook.com/aliettedebodard

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Cycling Society

Yet more evidence

February 12, 2016 No Comments

New Canadian study shows bike helmet laws make no difference to injury rates: The ultimate conclusion is that other factors are more important that mandatory helmet legislation. In our study comparing exposure-based injury rates in 11 Canadian jurisdictions, we found that females had lower hospitalisation rates than males. This difference in injury rates is consistent […]

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Big Brother Big Business Government Internets

Post-Cyberspace

February 12, 2016 No Comments

Danah Boyd has an interesting piece on the Reality Distortion Field that is modern tech. Viewed through the original call of Cyberspace from 20 years ago, during the halcyon early days of the ‘net, it’s a glimpse into the future that awaits, and its not pretty. At first I thought I had just encountered the […]

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Arts Sounds

This week I have been mostly listening to…

February 7, 2016February 7, 2016 No Comments

Die so Fluid, Madness, Marilyn Manson and the Pixies.

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People

Edgar Mitchell, dead at 85

February 6, 2016February 6, 2016 No Comments

The last living member of the Apollo 14 mission has died. You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by […]

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Politics

Green Party backs fiscal council’s lower spending limits

February 4, 2016 No Comments

Prudent: “We we are with the Fiscal Advisory Council,” Mr Ryan told a press conference this morning.“Fine Gael is not taking into account pay rises and social welfare. “Political parties cannot say they are not going to accommodate pay increases or social welfare increases. The IFAC has set out of a framework that is the […]

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Life Parenting & Children Photography

Booted

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 No Comments

“You have the same boots as me Aoibhe!” *looks at me sideways* “No I don’t, Dad, mine are pink!” ?

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Big Brother Freedoms Privacy Secret State UK

Police speak to boy, 10, due to spelling error

January 31, 2016January 31, 2016 No Comments

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/20/i-live-in-a-terrorist-house-police-speak-to-muslim-boy-10-over-spelling-error As a result, the child was interviewed on 7 December by police and the authorities examined a laptop found at his family home. His family has since demanded the school and police apologise, according to the BBC. A cousin of the boy, who has not been named to protect his identity, said his relatives initially […]

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Do Not Adjust Your Set Equality

Mind the (pay) Gap

January 26, 2016February 1, 2016 No Comments

Although Anderson eventually received salary parity with Duchovny, she told The Hollywood Reporter she was once again offered “half” of what her male co-star was being courted with when she was first approached about Fox’s “X-Files” revival. (Sources told THR that the two actors ended up being paid the same amount for the event series.) […]

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Who?

Murf

UK’s Nuclear Deterrent in the age of drones

Yet more evidence

Post-Cyberspace

This week I have been mostly listening to…

Edgar Mitchell, dead at 85

Green Party backs fiscal council’s lower spending limits

Booted

Police speak to boy, 10, due to spelling error

Mind the (pay) Gap

Year: 2016