“Whatever the operative thinking, austerity’s manifestations are palpable and omnipresent. It has refashioned British society, making it less like the rest of Western Europe, with its generous social safety nets and egalitarian ethos, and more like the United States, where millions lack health care and job loss can set off a precipitous plunge in fortunes.” (tags: moneypovertyausteritypolitics)
Facebook is breaking the GDPR: you can’t require people to consent to use of their personal data if it’s not required to perform whatever service you’re performing. (tags: facebookgdprprivacylaw)
Contra Internet (“shoe”) atheism: I don’t need to be able to prove a thing to you before I can rationally believe it. (tags: philosophybeliefepistemologyAtheismproof)