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Pride Bristol | 14 – 22 Aug 2010
"This year Pride comes to Bristol. Pride Bristol 2010 is organised by the LGBT community for the people of the South West. Pride Week Aug 14 – 22 offers an array of diverse cultural events, and culminates in Pride Day, a large free festival in Castle Park on Sat 21 Aug."
 bristol culture ethics events politics mjray 07/28/2010 10:26
CBI argues for takeover code to be tightened | Business | The Guardian
Oh look, the Confederation of British Industry has just realised that capitalist globalisations inevitably means there will be more non-British owners of "UK" companies than British ones. Will they realise #coops mean firms trading in the UK have owners in the UK?
 cooperative culture enterprise fail humour politics social world mjray 07/28/2010 09:07
BBC - Do speed cameras really cut accidents?
I guess we might be about to get some better data about whether speed or volume has a bigger effect on safety, which should answer some questions around the toll road.
 council police politics travel ukgov wsm mjray 07/27/2010 17:09
Proprietary technology is a waste of money, says Kroes
"Many authorities have found themselves unintentionally locked into proprietary technology for decades. After a certain point that original choice becomes so ingrained that alternatives risk being systematically ignored, no matter what the potential benefits. This is a waste of public money that most public bodies can no longer afford."
 conferences council eu events foss politics promotion software standards ukgov ukgovoss mjray 07/24/2010 17:38
Present and future threats to software freedom
Slides from a talk at Manchester Free Software
 events foss politics ukgovoss mjray 07/23/2010 21:34
Why Making Money from Free Software Matters - The H Open Source: News and Features
Glyn Moody, author of Rebel Code, hits the spot again. This is why software.coop is so against the DEAct because it is a pain for making money fairly from freedom.
 article digitaluk education enterprise foss politics software ukgov mjray 04/29/2010 15:42
Why the Greens dominate Bristol's online politics | Bristol24-7
"what they bring to the table are some basic journalistic instincts that the other parties either lack or are withholding. These qualities might be raw but they include natural curiosity; an eye for a story; the desire to dig beneath the surface; a willingness to question authority; disdain for the ‘party line’ and that quality Paxman summed up as, “why is this lying bastard lying to me?”. All are alive and well on the Green blogs alongside an uninhibited willingness to deal in ideas."
 blog bristol council politics ukgov web mjray 01/29/2010 10:02
DavePress: That was the ukgc10 that was
Review of UKGovCamp10 with links to sessions. Hopefully it will be udated with pingbacks as more material appears online
 article blog computing conferences council events politics promotion ukgov web webapp mjray 01/24/2010 14:02
righttowork.org.uk - conference
Interesting idea but looks a bit SWS which might put people off. But isn't employment doomed anyway? Worker #coops anyone?
 conferences cooperative events politics ukgov work mjray 01/24/2010 13:11
Courageous, consistent and persistent Peter Tatchell deserves Liberal award Posted by Glenn Vowles
"I am honoured, but quite surprised, to win Liberal Voice of the Year, given that I'm a left-wing Green." Credit to the LibDems for not fiddling the vote when he won.
 article blog events politics promotion web mjray 01/21/2010 10:57
Anarchist6[zero]6: Climate Change: What if We're Wrong?
No source given (as far as I could see), but the graph is a very scary thought.
 blog environment media politics rant mjray 01/17/2010 14:12
Britain's Digital Economy Bill will cost ISPs £500M, knock 40K poor households offline
Aritcle by Cory Doctorow describing the nightmare of Labour's Digital Economy Bill
 copyright digitaluk enterprise politics privacy ukgov ukgovoss mjray 01/13/2010 15:13
My only prediction for 2010 and it ain’t pretty
"I would like to think that people are smart enough to see the coming danger – especially those of us in the tech industry – and do something to stem this tide. Sadly though we’re too worried about some new shiny toy. Too worried that we don’t have enough followers. Too worried about whether we are among the first to be using some stupid ass service."
 blog copyright digitaluk education foss freeourdata politics rant ukgovoss world mjray 01/01/2010 13:06
Freepost Against Fascism – UPDATE
Note from Bristol AntiFa that the BNP FREEPOST has been closed due to sustained abuse "and illegal activity" - is there a law against posting to freeposts?
 blog politics rant mjray 12/16/2009 15:24
No Freebies
Excellent comment about trusting government
 politics hexmode 04/16/2009 02:27
Why Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S. - BusinessWeek
Through professional networking site LinkedIn, we tracked down 1,203 Indian and Chinese immigrants who had worked or received education in the U.S. and had returned to their home countries.
 immigration politics hexmode 03/03/2009 16:19
Expand Obama: I will worsen the recession in the US by decreasing the deficit
winterspeak's take on the stimulus package. "$65/month is pathetic"
 economics politics hexmode 02/23/2009 17:16
The president said his signature two-year "Making Work Pay" tax break will affect 95 percent of working families, and, in six weeks' time, a typical family will start taking home at least $65 more every month.

$65/month is pathetic. I'm surprised he's willing to say the number out loud. It should be more like $1000/mo. $1000/mo is stimulative. $65 is like leaving a 3 cent tip at a restaurant.
Is anything made in the U.S.A. anymore? You'd be surprised - International Herald Tribune
For every $1 of value China produces, the US produces $2.50
 economy politics hexmode 02/22/2009 14:04
Politics | Young, evangelical ... for Obama? | Seattle Times Newspaper
"I think a lot of Christians are having trouble getting behind everything the Republicans stand for," said Dudley, 20, a sophomore at Seattle Pacific University.
 christianity politics hexmode 06/09/2008 01:10
Harper's Magazine: We Now Live in a Fascist State
Knowing the source of this piece makes it all the more disturbing. It is not every day that the editor of a respected national magazine publishes an essay claiming that America is not on the road to becoming, but ALREADY IS, a fascist state.... or words to that affect.
 politics tuirgin 10/24/2005 22:04
The Abortion Debate No One Wants to Have
Margaret does not view her life as unremitting human suffering (although she is angry that I haven't bought her an iPod).
 disablity politics hexmode 10/20/2005 17:30
Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: Eradicating the Disabled
"I may be slow," this man observed, "but I am not stupid. Does he think that people like me can't understand what he really thinks of us? That we are not really wanted? That it would be a better world if we didn't exist?"
 politics hexmode 10/20/2005 16:03
WSJ.com - John McCain's New Gravitas
Faced with a veto threat on his antitorture amendment to the Pentagon budget last week, the former prisoner of war did more than just win 90-9. For a nation weary of war, he crafted a soldier's argument about American honor that won the public endorsement of President Bush's former Secretary of State Colin Powell and moved even arch-rival Sen. Ted Stevens (R., Alaska) to call Mr. McCain's evening floor speech "marvelous."
 hexmode 10/13/2005 02:20
ORTHODIXIE ... Southern, Orthodox, Convert, Etc.: A Time to Worry
It goes something like this ... there's a battle going on, something nutty happens, every sane person cries "foul" ... and Bush says: "God." Even Alfred E. Newman is starting to worry.
 hexmode 10/13/2005 02:11
Telegraph | News | Bush will veto anti-torture law after Senate revolt
The administration's extraordinary isolation was underlined when the Senate Republican majority leader, Bill Frist, supported the amendment.
 hexmode 10/11/2005 15:44
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