Ben Harris-Roxas 🌊 @ben_hr@social.coop

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Guardian climate pledge 2019: 'With air travel, it's best to take a flexitarian approach' http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/19/guardian-climate-pledge-2019-air-travel-advice

Citröen D series (I think) https://flic.kr/p/2hx3QTs

Robo-debt restart affects thousands https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2019/10/19/robo-debt-restart-affects-thousands/15714036008933

I’m reminded of How to Write Short by Roy Clark https://www.worldcat.org/title/how-to-write-short-word-craft-for-fast-times/oclc/945734072&referer=brief_results

Yahoo Groups is shutting down and all the archives will be deleted https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwe9p/yahoo-groups-is-winding-down-and-all-content-will-be-permanently-removed via MeFi

I still get emails from the Most Significant Change evaluation group.

If you’re looking for somewhere to take a group you administer, try https://groups.io

Yes, this is an official NZ earthquake preparedness thing https://getready.govt.nz/involved/shakeout/how-to-shakeout/

This is the funniest sound production I've heard in ages https://getready.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/documents/shakeout/d0edaf2f89/DrillDay-Shakeout-and-Tsunami-Hikoi-audio-Sep18_2.mp3 via @raena

How a glitch in India's biometric welfare system can lead to starvation http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/16/glitch-india-biometric-welfare-system-starvation

I don’t mind spiders but after finding five huntsmen, a redback and a Sydney funnelweb today I think I’m done.

@JPEG Hey I saw Allegory is profiled on the MacOS App Store - great! Downloading it now.

A great Twitter thread on how to write useful image descriptions https://mobile.twitter.com/RobotHugsComic/status/949324465191694337

Much more relevant for us on Masto because we actually try to do it.

Exciting morning at the launch of our #ShishaNoThanks campaign http://shishanothanks.org.au

It’s Not You, It’s Me https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/its-not-you-its-me/

Catalan separatist leaders given lengthy prison sentences http://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/14/catalan-separatist-leaders-given-lengthy-prison-sentences The aftermath of austerity and the damage it’s done to democracy is everywhere in Catalonia.

After so many Royal Commissions, what have we learnt about institutions? Mark Ragg at Croakey https://croakey.org/after-so-many-royal-commissions-what-have-we-learnt-about-institutions/

Let independent panel shape Africa’s largest hydropower dam http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03029-x via @fravili