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With this choice for #OnlineArtExchange #ClapForCarers we pay tribute to cleaning staff in hospitals UK-wide. Playing an incredibly important role in tackling the pandemic. The painting by Clifford Hooper Rowe ‘Hospital Laundry Workers’ ⁦is in the ⁦@PHMMcr⁩ collection. pic.twitter.com/yYHoU1D6RR

— Leeds Art Gallery (@LeedsArtGallery) April 2, 2020

5th April 2020

This year's Easter Passover Seder#COVID19 #Easter2020 pic.twitter.com/SOCwJ3J7Nw

— MythAddict (@MythAddict) March 25, 2020

5th April 2020

We place capitalism in quarantine only to discover:
– The paramount importance of all maintenance work: transport, logistics, cleaning, health work, etc.
– The radical uselessness of financiers, consultants & vultures
– The absolute centrality of informal/family/support networks

— Alberto Corsín Jimenez (@acorsin) March 11, 2020

21st March 2020

What’s important in a crisis

Reading about who still needs to show up for work in times of pandemic, reminds of @davidgraeber & Bullshit Jobs. We are experiencing how our societies would collapse if the nurses, waste collectors & teachers stopped showing up for work.

— Lejla Sadiku (@LejlaSadiku) March 20, 2020

21st March 2020

In response to the President Trump (USA)’s executive order blocking all commercial and non-commercial property transactions with Venezuela, Adobe has begun cancelling accounts belonging to Venezuelans.
Regardless of this being a continued embargo, this is a lesson to be learned to never trust softwa…

8th October 2019

Seriously, how many shades of amazing is this 1984 print ad for a BASIC tutorial software package?

"Street talk of the future." pic.twitter.com/mI50Az6TPI

— Jess Morrissette (@decafjedi) October 1, 2019

2nd October 2019

📢 Have a personal website to work on? / Want to start one? Then drop by at Homebrew Website Club London @ hub by Premier Inn London Covent Garden next week 📅 August 7th ⏰ from 19:00 https://indieweb.org/events/2019-08-07-homebrew-website-club#London / https://hwclondon.co.uk/meetups/20190807…

31st July 2019

If you’re reading this, interact with it. This is a slight experiment in reach in the IndieWeb.

26th June 2019

I know people at Microsoft, who have relatively clear policies on how they power the bajillions of servers they run & I know people at Github, who pre-acquisition, didn't. Do MS policies apply now? From hazy memory, github servers used to run on coal in Texas. Still the case?

— Chris Adams (@mrchrisadams) June 4, 2019

Would be interesting to know how these big services are powered.

5th June 2019

This is such a haunting photo. Whatever you think of his record as an Elder God, it's impossible not to feel sorry for Cthulhu as a person. pic.twitter.com/VnQCzMCo9d

— Alan Baxter (@AlanBaxter) May 26, 2019

27th May 2019