JonGlue

JonGlue

@jonglue.bsky.social

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Community Worker, Tomato Grower, and Ageing Hippy/Biker. Works for Community Glue CIC (supporting local groups and individuals in #Oxford, UK) and part-time as an academic (social work, social care). Politcs left, green and collectivist but non-sectarian

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It was a beautiful start to the day here in Glastonbury today. Taken on the Tor this morning at 5.05am.

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March 23 1933, the Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.

This thread from my Mastodon account talks about the corrosive effects of policies that promote home ownership in the UK. In the last 15 years, the gap between renters and home owners has shifter from renters paying twice to *four times* as much.

🧵 This Resolution Foundation graph comparing housing costs for renters and owner-occupiers again shows growing inequality under the ConDem and Conservative governments of the last 15 years. TBF it was widening under New Labour before that, too. This is important for many reasons 1/3 #UKPolicyCharts

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Gemini doesn't get caught in that crazy "ohio" snare like ChatGPT.

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This latest in my #UKPolicyCharts series comes from The Health Foundation in 2022, and shows health inequality against neighbourhood deprivation 🧵 […] [Original post on mstdn.social]#UKPolicyCharts series comes from The Health Foundation in 2022, and shows health inequality against neighbourhood deprivation 🧵 […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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At least once AI has a PhD, there will be no jobs for it, people won't want to use it do other stuff because it's overqualified, its family will ask it why it bothered wasting its time getting one and politicians will decide we're spending too much money on it

it'll lay on the jargon with a mix of self-loathing & fear of being exposed

Bridged from my account on Mastodon. Well done #Fediverse!

🧵 There have been some interesting #UKPolicyCharts in the run-up to the General Election here on 4th July. This one published in @FT is particularly telling. Source: https://www.ft.com/content/bc19bbf4-2939-489e-a113-e21d5baf356d (paywall)

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“Die Schlange” (5/8) 🐍

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My favourite little vixen earlier this week amidst bluebells🦊🐾✨

Rhubarb from our allotment, made into crumble. 🍽️In the UK, rhubarb is the earliest fruit in spring. The 'cream' is from a well-known manufacturer of oat milk, which now makes the equivalent of single and double cream. They claim the double can be whipped. This experiment proves it!

American friends; watch yourselves. From where I'm sitting across the pond, it looks like there are too many people willing to risk other people's lives at the moment. We've had (and are having) civil wars in Europe. They haven't worked out well for anyone, and we are still living in their shadow.

this guy will not rest until federal troops murder protesters www.politico.com/news/2024/04...

Cotton and Hawley: Send in the National Guard to Columbiawww.politico.com Calls for federal action at the university campus come as Monday marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

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As the parent of a blind young adult, I've gotten in the habit of adding ALT text to images. I recommend it, not only for reasons of access, but because it's a way of mindfully *seeing* what you post, and it adds layers of meaning... [note: you may need to click a second time to display all of it]

OK so people are waffling on alt text again. I'm an artist and also I am blind. So, I'm going to talk about this. The TL;DR is if you don't alt text, your post dies with me. I will never re-anything it, unless I alt text it myself. Some have said I can, and that's cool.

Simple flatbread to accompany mid-morning coffee. Currants, strong white bread flour, pinch of salt and water. Pressed flat with fingertips and cooked on hot heavy small skillet. Sometimes I add sweet cinnamon or coarse ground black pepper, but today I kept it simple. The char adds a lot of flavour🍽️

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Of course! (always appreciated haha) It's called Evocation by S.T. Gibson, it'll be out on the 28th of May 2024 :) bsky.app/profile/eleo...

Super happy to share the cover illustration of S.T. Gibson's upcoming urban fantasy book 'Evocation', that I did for Angry Robot Books! 🔮🕯️ The fantastic outer frame and all design is by the lovely Alice Claire Coleman! Very grateful to Alice and the rest of the team for the opportunity!

In England spring is finally here and so the brassicas are bolting. So it's kale, broccoli and cabbage for every meal 🍽️. This is a kale and blue cheese stuffed chapati. The kale is blanched and pressed then mixed with Stilton, fish sauce, an egg and spices. Cooked in heavy skillet.

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in case you were wondering

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weekend vibe

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1980s techies: Imagine a World Wide Web where all human knowledge can be shared and accessed by everyone. 2020s techbros: We will steal every word you’ve ever shared, every artwork you’ve ever displayed, lock them away in datasets without your permission, then sell them all back to you, but shite.

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Florence Farr magical Conference 2024.

I am concerned about using AI and companionship for older adults. Human relationships, like all nature, goes deeper than we can understand. We don't need to go through orange squash to know oranges will always be better. Leave people alone, and use the AI to do the tax returns and shelf-stacking.

Listening to the very excellent 'Fish Rising' by Mr Steve Hillage. TBF the sun is not in Pisces either in the traditional (tropical) zodiac nor in the more astronomically consistent sidereal system, but it still seems strangely apposite on this frosty sunlit morning.

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In the years since the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which was spurred by Trump’s attempt to retain power, right-wing media figures have repeatedly whitewashed the violent attack, pushed misinformation and conspiracy theories about it, and defended its participants.

Here are the key right-wing media figures who rewrote the history of January 6www.mediamatters.org In the years since the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which was spurred by then-President Donald Trump’s attempt to retain power, right-wing media figures have repeatedly whitewa...

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📣*JOBS* Exeter's Department of Languages, Cultures & Visual Studies is appointing 3 postdoctoral research fellows to join the ERC-awarded, URKI funded project 'Cultures of #Philosophy: Women Writing Knowledge in #EarlyModern Europe'. 🗃️ 1) focus on Italy: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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A surprising positive for me this year was Arnold's Pump Club. It's simple free exercise and health advice via daily emails arnoldspumpclub.com For men like me, struggling to balance the demands of moderate exercise with the needs of an ageing body, it helps to be touch with others in the same boat.

I’m here. The positive corner of the internet is taking over Bluesky.

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Here’s the new report from Social Metrics Commission where I’m a commissioner. It shows more than a third of UK children in poverty. Disability is a major factor - most poor people live in a family with a disabled person socialmetricscommission.org.uk/social-metri...

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Always hard to pick the chart from The IFS annual education spending report - this one is particularly eye-catching though. Distributional changes in spending due to change in funding formula, disproportionately impacting most disadvantaged schools ifs.org.uk/publications...

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Discourse around misinformation doesn't always line up w/ our research team's findings re: how falsehoods actually spread in online spaces. Here, I provide a more nuanced view, describing the problem of misinformation as one of collective sensemaking gone awry: www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/06/r...

Science in the 80s, before the internet. The Science Data Book, with everything from simple log tables to the properties of liquids at 273K. Eat that, WonderWeb!

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‘Shaman in Birchforest’, woodcut print Day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar ❄️ 1/2