Political turmoil in the UK has slowed down the Government plans to reform data protection: since the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was tabled in Parliament this June, two Prime Ministers were quickly ousted and, six months after the Bill was published, a parliamentary debate around the Bill has yet to be scheduled. In […]
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by Alan Hutchison · Published on his Matches in the dark website on 27th September 2018 · Updated 20th November 2020 Most people in the UK, both on the Left …
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But let’s start at the beginning. Why did you buy Tumblr?
Tumblr was always WordPress’s best competitor. I feel like Tumblr combined the very best parts of blogging and social networks, and it innovated the form of social media by introducing multimodal posts. One, I was excited to bring some of the fun back to blogging, because I think that everyone should blog more.
Yes, I agree.
Two, I wanted to see if we could create a mainstream social media that wasn’t reliant on surveillance capitalism or advertising as its primary business model. We run ads on Tumblr, but we also have upgrades that turn off ads, and we’re introducing lots of other subscriptions — some fun, some serious. If we can make it a subscriber-supported thing, then we can truly be aligned. Even if I were no longer running Automattic or Tumblr, the business model would align the users with its business.
CEPR has long viewed disability as an economic issue of fundamental importance. This past year CEPR launched a project to expand and deepen our work along these lines. As part of a groundbreaking initiative called the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative (DEJC). CEPR joined over 20 leading disability advocacy organizations and top research organizations with a […]
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It’s Wednesday, and I have two things to write about briefly before exposing readers to some more music. First, the evidential base for my ‘this inflationary period is transitory’ narrative gains more weight. The latest CPI data from the US…
The Reserve Bank of Australia is lifting interest rates in an attempt to curb inflation but risks an economic recession by doing so. read now...The post Video of the Day – People: Pop Quiz, 2022 appeared first on Blogtor Who.
Whether you are old or young, low or high income, working in construction or admin, a labourer or a manager, being in a union delivers you better pay.
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As wages fail to keep up with inflation a record number of poeple are having to work more than one job to get by
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Jet Black, drummer for the influential British punk and new wave group the Stranglers, has passed away following years of ill health. He was 84. read now...“It’s time to take responsibility. And Jenny is now willing to do that".
The Fed’s Response to Inflation May Pose a Bigger Threat than the Inflation Itself Los Angeles Times Newsday Portland Press Herald Central Maine Today Press of Atlantic City The Sun Chronicle Waco Tribune-Herald The Guam Daily Post The Meadville Tribune The Morning Call Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Yahoo News ArcaMax See article on original site Do […]
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Plans for the Doctor’s adventures in 2024 are slowly being revealed! Talking exclusively with Doctor Who Magazine in issue 585 (in all good newsagents now), showrunner Russell T Davies has revealed the number of episodes of Ncuti Gatwa’s adventures fans can expect in 2024. Series Fourteen will contain eight episodes in total. Plus there will […]
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