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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Criti-Hype; Right to Repair is back for 2021; The free market and rent-seeking; and more!
Archived at: https://t.co/pXnzoWKJn2
#Pluralistic
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Criti-Hype: Tech bros will settle for "evil genius."
https://t.co/OyiM1vUS8Y
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Right to Repair is back for 2021: Will Apple sabotage this one too?
https://t.co/3gcyEZQWfk
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The free market and rent-seeking: Unauthorized bread and poor doors.
https://t.co/7Ob6AdmkDz
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#10yrsago Diane Duane’s crowdfunded publishing experiment finally concludes https://t.co/qsRnZxiL8b
#10yrsago Inside Sukey, the anti-kettling mobile app https://t.co/puGNKw5XgF
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Inside: Criti-Hype; Right to Repair is back for 2021; The free market and rent-seeking; and more!
Archived at: https://t.co/pXnzoWKJn2
#Pluralistic
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Criti-Hype: Tech bros will settle for "evil genius."
https://t.co/OyiM1vUS8Y
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There's a Yom Kippur joke I love: the rabbi and the richest man in town are praying, "Oh Lord, I am nothing, I am nothing!"
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 2, 2021
The synagogue's janitor sees them and joins in: "I am nothing!"
The richest man says to the rabbi: "Look who thinks he's nothing."
1/ pic.twitter.com/kHFKcNAnC4
Right to Repair is back for 2021: Will Apple sabotage this one too?
https://t.co/3gcyEZQWfk
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2018 was almost the year we won the #RightToRepair.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 2, 2021
Instead, 2018 turned out to be the year we lost #R2R: 20 bills defeated in 20 state houses, and it was mostly @apple's fault.
1/ pic.twitter.com/oDYM17e22b
The free market and rent-seeking: Unauthorized bread and poor doors.
https://t.co/7Ob6AdmkDz
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When you hear the phrase "free market," you probably think of "a market that is free from regulation" but that's the opposite of the phrase's original meaning!
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 2, 2021
1/ pic.twitter.com/QNAuJhMNWI
#10yrsago Diane Duane’s crowdfunded publishing experiment finally concludes https://t.co/qsRnZxiL8b
#10yrsago Inside Sukey, the anti-kettling mobile app https://t.co/puGNKw5XgF
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Hi @EdinburghUni @EHRC @EHRCChair @KishwerFalkner @RJHilsenrath @trussliz @GEOgovuk
The DIVERSITY INFORMATION section in yr job application mentions 'legal equality duties'. You then ask "What is your gender identity?" with options
Female
Male
Non-binary
Not-listed
Other
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'Gender identity' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u
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Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology - 'non-binary' and 'other' are not valid options.
https://t.co/CEJ0gkr6nF
'Gender identity' is not a synonym for sex.
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You then ask "Does your gender identity match your sex registered at birth?"
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Again, 'gender identity' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u
5/13
The DIVERSITY INFORMATION section in yr job application mentions 'legal equality duties'. You then ask "What is your gender identity?" with options
Female
Male
Non-binary
Not-listed
Other
1/13

'Gender identity' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u
2/13

Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology - 'non-binary' and 'other' are not valid options.
https://t.co/CEJ0gkr6nF
'Gender identity' is not a synonym for sex.
3/13

You then ask "Does your gender identity match your sex registered at birth?"
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Again, 'gender identity' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u
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