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Written by Dave Underwood on 2025-01-23 at 19:39

What the...

A petition calling for political donations in the UK to be capped has less than 1000 signatures?

C'mon Britain, we can do better than that. Let's get this thing to 100K and tell Westminster this is important to us!

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/707189

[#]ukpol #britain #uk #ukpolitics #musk #elon #elonmusk #unitedkingdom #england #westminster

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2025-01-21 at 13:22

This makes me think about all the MAGA racists who will just delight in carrying out this order: "It's not me, I'm just carrying out the orders of the President" 🙄

Source: https://link.vox.com/view/6257d64d2018d7a05e01cd59ms7l9.1wgr/4a3c6d14

[#]uspol #USA #America #Trump #USPolitics #MAGA

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2025-01-11 at 12:07

British voters are sick of the corrosive influence of big money in our politics. The UK government must now step up and stop foreign donations!

Please consider adding your name to Unlock Democracy's letter: https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/163937/petition/1

[#]ukpol #ukpolitics #UK #Britain #Elonmusk

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2025-01-07 at 13:40

Worth a read.

10 corporations that 'pledged to stop donating to the 147 members of Congress who voted to overturn the election [on January 6] — or stop all political donations — in the wake of the attack' and who then kept their promises.

Source: https://popular.info/p/10-corporations-that-kept-their-promises

[#]jan6 #january6 #USA #America #uspol #USPolitics #MAGA #Trump #Congress

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2025-01-06 at 12:16

If you use any extensions in Google Chrome, worth checking that none of them are on this list of Chrome extensions that were hacked just before Christmas last year:

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/dozens-of-backdoored-chrome-extensions-discovered-on-2-6-million-devices/

(Hat tip @zackwhittaker)

[#]Google #GoogleChrome #Security #onlinesecurity

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2025-01-06 at 10:30

12 Career Truths

Unfortunately the graphic is masculine-coded. And I'm not sure it's evil to experience moments of comfort occasionally at work! But otherwise I thought this was pretty spot on.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1hso6eb/a_cool_guide_to_12_brutal_career_thruts/

(Graphic originally by Ryan Yockey https://ryanyockey.com/)

[#]work #career #burnout #networking #feedback #perfection #working #employment

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-29 at 10:04

'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.'

Source: https://substack.com/@popularinformation/note/c-83445295

[#]uspol #USA #America #USpolitics #MAGA #Trump #h1b

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-16 at 13:34

Good advice from

@CHEMTrust on how to avoid children’s products containing harmful chemicals:

Source: https://chemtrust.org/news/toxic-chemicals-christmas-childrens-toys/

[#]uk #Britain #UnitedKingdom #Health #Christmas #Xmas #environment #sustainability #ecofriendly #Toys #chemicals #toxicchemicals

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-15 at 17:49

Ah. Those Brexit benefits. There's just too many of them! /sarcasm

Link: https://chemtrust.org/uk_bpa_less_protective/

[#]ukpol #brexit #UK #UnitedKingdom #chemicals #Health #environment #Europe #eu #toxic #toxicity #Britain

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-15 at 15:56

This was great! Works great on phones too 👍

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/09/arts/music/harlem-jazz-sonny-rollins.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU4.92M7.Wo8jxexq6lkI&smid=url-share

[#]Music #jazz #USA #UnitedStates #art #arts #thearts #saxophone #NewYork #NYC #trumpet #photo #photography

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-15 at 15:01

An interesting read. Recommended!

'"[L]ife has shown me that any time a single male dares to transgress patriarchal boundaries” — something I am convinced that literature enables men to do — “the lives of women, men and children are fundamentally changed for the better.”'

https://web.archive.org/web/20241213152545/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/opinion/men-fiction-novels.html

[#]Patriarchy #Literature #writing #reading #highered #highereducation #university #College #matriarchy #racism #sexism #gender #Trump #MAGA #women #men #masculinity

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-14 at 14:13

[#]Death #mortality #mementomori #Deathawareness #mortalityawareness #mortalitysaliency #FearOfDeath #DeathAnxiety #homer #DeathAnxiety #TerrorManagementTheory #mortalitysalienc

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-11 at 17:14

We are on the brink of stopping new oil and gas drilling for good. The UK government has paused approving new fields while it asks the public, what we think should happen. We are asking for oil to stay in the ground.

Please consider signing the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/have-your-say-in-the-uks-oil-gas-decision-no-new-drilling

[#]UK #Britain #UnitedKingdom #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming #NetZero #ClimateEmergency #environment

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-11 at 12:23

Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK have published their latest list of the "dirty dozen", a list of the top 12 foods covered in toxic chemicals, so you can avoid them or buy organic. Always worth checking out! This year they also have the all-time top 12 from the last five years 👍

Link: https://www.pan-uk.org/site/wp-content/uploads/Dirty-Dozen-2024.pdf

[#]UK #Britain #UnitedKingdom #chemicals #pesticides #environment #ecosystem #sustainability #pesticide

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-08 at 15:39

Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please considering adding your name to this petition:

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell-wes-streeting-no-new-pfi-our-nhs

[#]uk #nhs #NoNewPFI #Britain #UnitedKingdom #healthcare #Health

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-07 at 11:28

Of course this stuff is making a comeback 👎 We are living in the Second Gilded Age:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/07/party-like-its-1899-the-young-wealthy-women-still-attending-debutante-balls

[#]UK #oligarchy #Britain #UnitedKingdom #decadence #wealth

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-04 at 13:45

Whaaat?

'It’s set to be a record year for wind power in the UK, at least in terms of how much goes to waste.'

'But the grid can’t cope, forcing the operator to pay wind farms to turn off, a cost ultimately borne by consumers' 🤦‍♂️🙄

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-02/uk-is-paying-1-billion-to-waste-a-record-amount-of-wind-power

[#]energy #uk #Britain #UnitedKingdom #wind #windpower #renewables #Tories

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-12-01 at 15:24

Peter Geoghegan from Democracy for Sale is 100% correct that the UK elections watchdog needs its independence returned (after Boris Johnson took it away), and it 'should be given greater investigatory powers and the ability to levy increased fines.'

More: https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m-to-farage-will-break-our-democracy-starmer

[#]ukpol #ukpolitics #UK #Britain #UnitedKingdom #Musk #Elon #elonmusk #democracy #reformuk #Farage #NigelFarage

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-11-30 at 18:05

The Bishops' seats in the House of Lords are archaic and no longer serve the interests of 21st-century Britain. They should be removed. If you agree, please consider sign this official UK Government petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700563

[#]ukpol #UK #ukpolitics #Britain #religion #UnitedKingdom #exchristian #Exvangelical

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Written by Dave Underwood on 2024-11-28 at 15:58

The Seven Levels Of Self-Centredness

Source: https://daveunderwood.wordpress.com/2022/11/06/the-seven-levels-of-self-centredness/

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