Andrew Deacon
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I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Join your place of work's union. You don't know when you'll need it. # Unionise
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Andrew Deacon
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I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Feb 26, 2026
@mactunag Here in the UK, some Unions accept retired members you gain such things as Legal advice and support the workers with your subs.
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Andrew Deacon
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I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Feb 13, 2026
@exador23@m.ai6yr.org Ah! but what stains were on the blanket?
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Today's headlines in the Daily Express! The "Give Us a Proper Brexit" crusade calls for leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), slashing red tape for businesses and enforcing a 12-mile
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I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Jan 31, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop I have pointed out before that the only clause in the Convention that has no wriggle room is the one outlawing torture, It would seem that the Daily Mail et. al. want to torture people They are sadists.
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RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/115892115387318814 This looked like the future of space exploration 20 years ago (FSVO "space exploration"—robot probes do it cheaper and better). Today? Yawn. You co
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I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Jan 14, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop I am mildly surprised that NASA hasn’t renamed this system “The Trump Tower launch system.
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@ianbetteridge@social.vivaldi.net The "gig economy" is one of the greatest frauds perpetrated on the labor class in the modern age. Selling fiefdom and servitude as economic and individual freedom is
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I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Jan 02, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social @ianbetteridge@social.vivaldi.net Please stop dignifying these practices as "The gig economy" call it what it is, Casual Labour, which the Trades Unions fought against for years.
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange fines should be based on a percentage of your net worth rather then an arbitrary amount that only disincentivizes the working class
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@bebadefabo@mastodon.social @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange Fines should be replaced with long prison sentences for board members and senior management, Fines are just a cost to large corporations. Aft
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@aadeacon@mastodon.social @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange prison 100% does not work. I'm the case of corporations fines should be set calculated on complete public restitution. They should cripple a co
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Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
mastodon.social
Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Dec 07, 2025
@bebadefabo@mastodon.social @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange You are right, prison doesn’t work I was being sarcastic with that comment but fines need to be large enough to be a real penalty. Corporations which regularly commit crimes should be liquidated and any assets after paying fair debts should go to the victims
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If corporations make more money from the infraction than the fine, they will always choose the infraction. Regulations and regulators need to make fines an actual deterrent.
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange fines should be based on a percentage of your net worth rather then an arbitrary amount that only disincentivizes the working class
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Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
mastodon.social
Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Dec 07, 2025
@bebadefabo@mastodon.social @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange Fines should be replaced with long prison sentences for board members and senior management, Fines are just a cost to large corporations. After all our right wing politicians claim”Prison works”.
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TIRED: the tail wagging the dog WIRED: self-wagging tail controlled by an LLM just one billion more bro don't you want to avoid human extinction at the hands of the wagging furry foe bro
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Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Andrew Deacon
@aadeacon@mastodon.social
I am a white male, born 1950; two of these are currently unalterable. I am also a retired Process Chemist, a member of the Cooperative party in the UK and live in the English Midlands
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Nov 22, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop "don't you want to avoid human extinction at the hands of the wagging furry foe bro"
Only if extinction is at the paws of a calico cat
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