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Twitter Updates for 2012-07-01
: The social-media turf wars have finally begun – "Starting today Tweets will no longer be displayed on LinkedIn." http://t.co/zbWpUOMc # "You're cycling? But what will you do if it rains?" "Get wet." #istheresomethingwrongwiththat ? # RT @chrisgerhard: @AlecMuffett as the Dutch say: "you are not made of sugar" # Testing #Spotify – a track:…
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Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld – Telegraph
Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, who has died aged 88, escaped from Occupied France to join the Special Operations Executive SOE; parachuted back on sabotage missions, he twice faced execution, only to escape on both occasions, once dressed as a Nazi guard. via Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld – Telegraph.
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“Words or conduct which would not intimidate or influence anyone to respond to the demand would not be menaces” #twitterjoketrial
Oh this is good: In seeking to raise the threshold for menacing, Cooper relies heavily on a 1968 case R v Clear, in which Sellers LJ makes the following statement: Words or conduct which would not intimidate or influence anyone to respond to the demand would not be menaces … but threats and conduct of…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-06-30
: So the Government finally admits that it is not trying to protect children but instead effect social control? http://t.co/5j86BFB1 # .@picotludique @glynmoody Funny how "Linux with a Java appserver" is now the model for both Enterprise & Phone, but not LAMP middle-tier # @Ashpolt You should try Wyre Piddle, mate. # @glynmoody Wonder if…
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Privacy blunder shuts online pornography consultation – Telegraph
Privacy blunder shuts online pornography consultation – Telegraph. The online consultation opened on Thursday and invited views from the public on what controls broadband providers should offer or impose to prevent children accessing pornography. It collected views on an array of sensitive subjects, such as explicit material online, parental responsibilities, cyberbullying and censorship. Once they…
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Why Women Still Can’t Have It All – The Atlantic # feminism, politics, and work-life balance
via Magazine – Why Women Still Can’t Have It All – The Atlantic – and Mickey Dennedy The best hope for improving the lot of all women, and for closing what Wolfers and Stevenson call a “new gender gap”—measured by well-being rather than wages—is to close the leadership gap: to elect a woman president and…
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So the Government finally admits that it is not trying to protect children but instead effect social control?
The latest system, called “active choice-plus”, is aimed at reaching a compromise. It would automatically block adult content, but would set users a question, along the lines of whether they want to change this to gain access to sites promoting pornography, violence and other adult-only themes. This is partly based on “Nudge” theory, a US…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-06-29
@killerswan Yes. So often the litigious natives believe that their laws should apply to the world. Can't think why… # @alysonwheel Interesting. I see your point but disagree, though comments do suck usually, yes. cc: @sonniesedge # @alysonwheel When I get old/disabled I will use my local shops which are the only shops I have,…
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I have a bunch of 1983-86 issues of “Astronomy”, “BAA Journal” and similar going to recycle unless…
…anyone wants them? Telescopes of your childhood, anyone?
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I know some people who would make-over their shoes like this…
Source: http://ironspy.tumblr.com/post/25731650044/diy-killer-comic-book-heels-pricetag-around-15 The sorts of persons who make skirts from secondhand ties, for instance.