Thursday, June 04, 2026

Data Centres: Castles of Subjection

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We’ve watched as industrial jobs have been scythed away and young people face life as shelf-stackers or on the dole. Now technology is comin...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2026

China's financial "China Syndrome"

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The YouTube video below, viewed today, is disturbing in its implications not only for China but for our interconnected world economy. Accord...
Friday, May 29, 2026

FRIDAY MUSIC: From the Sixties, by JD

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I see we have been here before when I did a post of music ‘The Likely Lads’ would have been listening to in their younger days - https://the...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Labour's corporate bullshit

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A front page article in The Times says a study from Cornell University shows that people who are taken in by ‘corporate bullshit’ tend to b...
Friday, May 22, 2026

FRIDAY MUSIC: Benny Goodman and Swing, by JD

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 “Creativity grows out of two things; curiosity and imagination” - Benny Goodman. Benjamin David Goodman was an American jazz clarinetist an...
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Labour law and "human-heartedness"

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Our current Prime Minister is fond of using law as an expression of his autocratic power. A recent government press release states: Eleven ...
Friday, May 15, 2026

FRIDAY MUSIC: Arvo Pärt, by JD

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This is the music of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. It may not be to everyone’s liking but when I first heard it about 30 years ago it ‘gr...