Mark A
@maruku25.bsky.social
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At the time, every call with US investors started with them asking me "what the hell are you doing over there?!"
April 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
At the time, every call with US investors started with them asking me "what the hell are you doing over there?!"
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Labour government's new policy to unperson refugees
4. This is bad full stop. It creates a class of person who are forever excluded from civic life no matter how long they live here. It's also a a clear breach of the Refugee Convention. And it will also, just as clearly, have zero deterrent effect. It's totally pointless in real-world policy terms.
February 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour government's new policy to unperson refugees
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Violence, extortion, shipwreck. We've read this story hundreds of times and repetition fuels indifference, while Europe's governments fund those who commit the shakedowns because out of sight is out of mind
Three kidnappings, prison and a shipwreck: Ghaith’s journey reveals the ruthless business of Europe’s migration crisis
One migrant’s torturous experience reveals how militias and traffickers profit from deadly routes across the Mediterranean from Libya
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Violence, extortion, shipwreck. We've read this story hundreds of times and repetition fuels indifference, while Europe's governments fund those who commit the shakedowns because out of sight is out of mind
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This is a bit too on the nose: a Dutch tulip farmer is using the heat generated from cryptocurrency mining to heat their greenhouses. [euronews.com]
The Dutch tulip farmer swapping gas for heat from Bitcoin mining
A greenhouse in the Netherlands is using the heat generated from cryptocurrency mining to partially heat its large premises, saving on its gas bill.
www.euronews.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:58 PM
This is a bit too on the nose: a Dutch tulip farmer is using the heat generated from cryptocurrency mining to heat their greenhouses. [euronews.com]
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You know what, I think this should be a bigger issue then the endless spouting about cancel culture
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Influencers radicalising boys in 'terrifying' way, say police
A new report by senior police says violence against women and girls has become a
www.bbc.co.uk
July 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM
You know what, I think this should be a bigger issue then the endless spouting about cancel culture
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nobody should be deported from a country they've grown up in from a very young age to one they don't know
Jamaican man to be deported from UK after previous attempt was halted by fellow passengers
Lawrence Morgan has convictions for firearms and drugs offences and has lived in the UK since he was six
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Nobody should be deported from a country they've grown up in from a very young age to one they don't know
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Perhaps all those declaring that a political party willing to tear families apart to pursue an anti-migrant agenda is unconservative might now be willing to consider whether it has transformed itself into a Far Right movement instead
December 5, 2023 at 11:41 PM
Perhaps all those declaring that a political party willing to tear families apart to pursue an anti-migrant agenda is unconservative might now be willing to consider whether it has transformed itself into a Far Right movement instead
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Global Britain eh? The Home Office remains a disgrace.
‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old ...
Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Global Britain eh? The Home Office remains a disgrace.
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Superb writing from Tim Harford on broken UK public sector. Opposite of shrill. https://on.ft.com/47rQdc9
The data confirms we’re stuck in a ‘doom loop’
Most Britons have their own stories about crumbling public services. Research shows how deep the problem is
on.ft.com
November 10, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Superb writing from Tim Harford on broken UK public sector. Opposite of shrill. https://on.ft.com/47rQdc9