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Fast Company: How does Elon Musk define ‘efficiency’? We asked his former employees. Quote from article: “While he successfully defeated a legal challenge that would have cost him $500 million or more for unlawfully denying Twitter staff severance payments they thought they were owed, he did have to pay an Irish Twitter employee $580,000 for being fired for not replying to an email asking to remain with the company.”

Posted on November 21, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

11-18-2024 TECH 11-18-2024 TECH How does Elon Musk define ‘efficiency’? We asked his former employees The head of the new Department of Government Efficiency has been tasked with minimizing bureaucratic waste. Those who worked under Musk say his past efforts … Continue reading →

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The Guardian: “…Its presence has raised fresh concerns about the security of the interconnector cables that run between Ireland and the UK carrying global internet traffic from huge datacentres operated by tech companies including Google and Microsoft, which have their EU headquarters sited in Ireland…”

Posted on November 17, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Support the Guardian Espionage Russian spy ship escorted away from area with critical cables in Irish Sea Yantar intelligence ship was seen operating drones in an area containing subsea energy and internet infrastructure Lisa O’Carroll in Dublin Sat 16 Nov 2024 … Continue reading →

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RIA: Dame Louise Richardson and Richard English “Britishness and Irishness”.

Posted on November 13, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

4,387 views Nov 4, 2024 The Royal Irish Academy and the University of Notre Dame launched the Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South (ARINS) initiative with a view to generating authoritative, independent and non-partisan research and analysis on a … Continue reading →

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The Guardian: COP29 and Azerbaijan???

Posted on November 11, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

A ‘Cop of peace’? How can authoritarian, human rights-trashing Azerbaijan possibly host that? Greta Thunberg The ‘theme’ chosen for Cop29 must be some kind of dark joke. This summit, like those before it, is a mere act of greenwashing Mon … Continue reading →

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BBC News: Royal estates ‘receive millions from public bodies and charities’. Comment: Charities buoy up the state provision of services but being exempt from tax they are adding to their own wealth. Charities are essential but Governance is equally important. The extent of spread is immense in relation to the Royal Family as seen from this piece from below “Their contracts with public bodies are said to include a £37 million agreement between the Duchy of Cornwall and the Ministry of Justice to lease Dartmoor Prison, and a £11.4 million deal between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust and the Duchy of Lancaster to rent a London warehouse over 15 years.”

Posted on November 3, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Royal estates ‘receive millions from public bodies and charities’ 14 hours ago 3rd November 2024 Michael Sheils McNamee BBC News Details about the Royal Family’s finances including rent received from the NHS, schools and the armed forces have been revealed … Continue reading →

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Wion: China is now monitoring couples’ ‘right time’ to conceive a baby and pregnancy. But why?

Posted on October 30, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

China is now monitoring couples’ ‘right time’ to conceive a baby and pregnancy. But why? Beijing, China Edited By: PrishaUpdated: Oct 30, 2024, 06:10 PM IST Representative image of a pregnant woman. Photograph:(Others) Follow Us Story highlights According to the officials, the national … Continue reading →

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Fast Company Compass: Ireland we have a deluge of derelict potential homes; what can we learn from Scotland?

Posted on October 30, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

10-29-2024 IMPACT How Scotland is bringing new life to old, abandoned homes What if you could create housing without starting from scratch? [Photo: courtesy SEHP] BY MaryLou Costa and Reasons to be Cheerful5 minute read An abandoned fisherman’s cottage on a remote Scottish … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: “To protect democratic values, journalism must save itself.” Comment: We must not forget that journalism is often referred to the fourth pillar of democracy

Posted on October 28, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse. Painted in 1848 during the height of the Mexican- American War by Richard Caton Woodville, “War News from Mexico” shows how newspapers and the “penny … Continue reading →

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Invisible People: Meet this homeless person John. Communication is essential. What does John saying about Charities? John uses social media and he uses Tweets ie X … it gives him a sense of altruism to help other people. “My health is controlling my destiny at the moment”. He lives within the day not beyond, because that is not possible when you are impoverished. X @BullRingBash

Posted on October 27, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

It was very challenging to pick a photo thumbnail of John for this video. The reason is John made it challenging. He stuck his tongue out or made a funny face for most of the photos. But that’s the thing … Continue reading →

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DW: Finland’s president says NATO key to EU security, US power

Posted on October 24, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Jon Shelton10/23/2024October 23, 2024 Speaking with DW, President Alexander Stubb highlighted the need for a strong NATO deterrent as a basis for European security. He also said Ukraine’s entry into the alliance is a question of when, not if. President … Continue reading →

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