Society – Postcards

“Websites are not similar to telephones”

September 8, 2022 No Comments

Excellently put here by Ryan Broderick: Websites are not similar to telephones. They are not even similar to books or magazines. They are street corners, they are billboards, they are parks, they are shopping malls, they are spaces where people congregate. Just because you cannot see the (hopefully) tens of thousands of other people reading […]

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Health Society

HSE – Harm Reduction in action

September 2, 2022 No Comments

Good to see a harm reduction plan in action from the HSE/Govt/PowersThatBe. Humans have taken drugs since they became human – prohibition does not work. https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2022/0902/1320344-electric-picnic-drugs/

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Equality Gender Society

“We’re working hard to make Lego more inclusive”

October 12, 2021 No Comments

Via The Guardian: Lego has announced it will work to remove gender stereotypes from its toys after a global survey the company commissioned found attitudes to play and future careers remain unequal and restrictive. Researchers found that while girls were becoming more confident and keen to engage in a wide range of activities, the same […]

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Equality Society

Systemic Inequality

May 5, 2021 No Comments

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Society

Oregon becomes first US state to decriminalize possession

December 10, 2020 No Comments

There were (loads) of other ballots taking place alongside the US Presidential election last month, and Oregon approved a good one: The Oregon drug initiative will allow people arrested with small amounts of hard drugs to avoid going to trial, and possible jail time, by paying a $100 fine and attending an addiction recovery program. […]

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Food for Thought Government People Society

Food for Thought

November 14, 2020 No Comments

“Democracy is not something you believe in or a place you hang your hat, but it’s something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.” – Abbie Hoffman

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Big Brother Food for Thought Society

The real problem with mass social media is: Gossip

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 No Comments

So suggests Arnold Kling, and it explains the problem better than all the talk about ‘fake news’ and deleting bad content, and all that: The Internet, smart phones, and social media (ISS) have set human communication back about 20,000 years. That is, we now rely more on gossip than we have since we lived in […]

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Society

“Drugs Market proves resilient and adaptable despite Covid”

September 22, 2020 No Comments

Is exactly not the headline to this article in the Guardian (“UK had highest number of young cocaine users in Europe last year – report“), although, it could have come from the business and finance section with a little rewording. In short, the drugs trade is resilient to downturns, highly adaptable to changing market conditions, tolerant […]

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Big Business Society

Corporate Sociopathy

September 2, 2020October 18, 2020 No Comments

Over on Memex, John Naughton makes a good point worth remembering regarding tech companies (the ‘don’t be evil’ crowd): “Anyone who thinks that tech companies are different from any other ruthless corporation hasn’t been paying attention. My view of tech firms is that they are indistinguishable from tobacco, oil and mining companies, i.e. intrinsically sociopathic […]

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Dublin Society Transport

Phoenix Park: Back to Car City

July 10, 2020 No Comments

That good news didn’t last – ‘It will be back to car city’ reports the Journal. Minister of State for the OPW, Patrick O’Donovan, said the decision over the gates was made after discussing issues like a growth of traffic in the surrounding areas over the past few weeks. “The volume of traffic built up […]

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Murf

“Websites are not similar to telephones”

HSE – Harm Reduction in action

“We’re working hard to make Lego more inclusive”

Systemic Inequality

Oregon becomes first US state to decriminalize possession

Food for Thought

The real problem with mass social media is: Gossip

“Drugs Market proves resilient and adaptable despite Covid”

Corporate Sociopathy

Phoenix Park: Back to Car City

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