“According to a recent poll, more than 70 percent of Britons under the age of 50 are indifferent to the coronation. Even so, a staggering 250 million pounds ($315m) of magicked-up taxpayer money will be spent on this single day even as thousands of nurses, doctors, teachers and other key public workers have been told for months there is no money in the coffers to offer them a meaningful pay rise.”
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With Charles III coronation, colonialism is coming home to roost
From a plundered economy to a police force ready to crush protests, Britain today looks like its colonies once did.Priyamvada Gopal (Al Jazeera)
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Anti-monarchy group Republic's chief arrested at Coronation protest
Graham Smith, the head of anti-monarchy group Republic, was detained in Trafalgar Square.By Adam Durbin & Daniel Sandford (BBC News)
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Making #Krita brushes – 5th video just released! Here's the playlist for the whole series.
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If you want to learn how to CREATE or MODIFY your brushes, this is your playlist.YouTube
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"The Luddites did what every science fiction writer does: they took a technology and imagined all the different ways it could be used – who it could be used for and whom it could be used against. They demanded the creation of a parallel universe in which the left fork was taken, rather than the right." - @pluralistic
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Cory Doctorow: Science Fiction is a Luddite Literature
From 1811-1816, a secret society styling themselves “the Luddites” smashed textile machinery in the mills of England. Today, we use “Luddite” as a pejorative referring to backwards, anti-technology…Locus Online
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India bans flagship client for the Matrix network
Element is one of 14 messaging apps blocked by the Central Indian Government which - we believe from media reports - relates to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.Denise Almeida (Element Blog)
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per the article...
''banning Element because it gives access to the Matrix network is the equivalent to blocking Google Chrome because it gives people access to the web...''
Yep. Just goes to show those in power are out of touch and have a hard time wrapping their heads around newer technologies.
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Shopify soars on return to core business, surprise profit
Shopify Inc (SHOP.TO), on Thursday posted a surprise first-quarter profit and announced plans to lay off 20% of its staff while allaying investor concerns by exiting its logistics arm, sending its shares surging about 28%.Reuters
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Two massive gravity batteries are nearing completion in the US and China
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Two massive gravity batteries are nearing completion in the US and China
Gravity batteries help to solve the unpredictability element when it comes to energy sources like solar and wind.Jijo Malayil (Interesting Engineering)
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Calckey on Yunohost does not allow importing follows/followers etc.
I just recently installed #calckey on my #yunohost, but unfortunately I am not able to import my follows.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •I don't think the UK government even thinks about a majority of its citizens. It only cares about a majority of its supporters, which will skew heavily towards people over 50 (I think their party membership is in its 70s?).
It's the end result of an electoral system where the government is chosen by a minority of voters, and elections are decided by a tiny number of seats with close results.
Brexit, 1960s-style anti-immigration rhetoric, rants against the metric system, use of fahrenheit etc is designed to get nostalgia hits for their likely voters.
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Unknown parent • • •King Charles III's coronation is expected to cost taxpayers around £250m
Danielle Summer (International Business Times)Athanasius
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •For reference, that would be this poll:
yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/s…
How much do you care about the forthcoming coronation of King Charles? | Daily Question
yougov.co.ukMusicTraveler
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •🤦🏻♀️ That tax money issue is just a cheap mood making statement
It seems the return of investment for the British taxpayers is extreem high 🤷🏻♀️
Probably the British will start to cry when they vote away the Monarchy 🙂
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Economic importance of the British monarchy
www.thehindubusinessline.comAral Balkan
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Can you imagine how much more popular he would be, how much more relevant and contemporary, if he’d simply asked how much all this would cost and then instead had a simple ceremony and instructed that exact amount of money be given directly to these people who need and deserve it?
You want people under 50 to care about the monarchy? Show people under 50 that the monarchy cares about them.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •They would never be allowed near power, just liars and frauds here.
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in reply to Mark62 • • •".. our local food bank supported about 760 people last week out of a population of about 10,000 in the local area. In recent years, the food bank has used grants from the national lottery to support its activities, but recent applications for funding have been unsuccessful. They have been told that much of the funding is going to events celebrating the coronation."
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Coronation extravaganza sits badly in today’s Britain
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