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David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<a href="https://mas.to/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eu</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uk</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reset</a> I know, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nerdy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nerdy</a> but I've always maintained the closest <a href="https://mas.to/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#truth</a> you're lilkely to hear is <a href="https://mas.to/tags/worldservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldservice</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roundup</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/westminstertoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#westminstertoday</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/faemingtoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#faemingtoday</a> all <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bbcsounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bbcsounds</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/radio4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radio4</a> . Before 6 a.m & not after 7...(for truth), the sub editors get in by 6.45 . <a href="https://mas.to/tags/age" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#age</a> & <a href="https://mas.to/tags/experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#experience</a>

the magnificent rhysfwiw, I think this is stupid.The BBC has been cutting back its news and journalism offerings with reckless abandon for years now, with the World Service having faced already swathing cuts through the Tory years.The wisdom of trading foreign aid for defence spending has some worthwhile nuance to it, but allowing the World Service to decline at a time when it's most sorely needed is monumentally stupid.<a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bbc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/11/ministers-demand-bbc-world-service-plan-for-cuts-as-aid-budget-slashed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/11/ministers-demand-bbc-world-service-plan-for-cuts-as-aid-budget-slashed</a>

WenThe World Service is in many ways a jewel of British media and highly influential across the world.But having been sliced and diced by the Tories, Labour have asked bystanders to ‘hold their beer’. It is not just a matter of the philistinism exhibited by Labour, it is the gross fucking stupidity of this maladministration.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/11/ministers-demand-bbc-world-service-plan-for-cuts-as-aid-budget-slashed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/11/ministers-demand-bbc-world-service-plan-for-cuts-as-aid-budget-slashed</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UkPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Vandals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vandals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LabourIneptitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LabourIneptitude</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stupidity</a>

George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Went to bed last night around 10:15pm last night. Went to sleep listening to "You're Dead To Me" a <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/history" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/podcast" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> from <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/BBC" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Radio4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Radio4</a>. Fell asleep probably within 15-20 minutes? Then as soon as the podcast was over I woke right back up! Gah! Fine. "Ok Google, play BBC <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/WorldService" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> from the BBC." And then I almost immediately fell back to sleep. Until I woke up about 45 minutes before my alarm this morning. Then fell back asleep. Then woke up with my alarm. It is crazy that my brain won't let me sleep unless there's noise or talking or something playing in the background! I wonder if there is a neurological or psychological condition that causes this........

David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<a href="https://mas.to/tags/cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cymru</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cymraeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cymraeg</a> It's well difficult. A German friend of mine learnt English by listening to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAF</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Radio</a> and the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a>. I thought I'd give <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RadioCymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioCymru</a> a try. I'm getting the phrasing / rhythms but can't make head nor tail of the vocab. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JustSaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JustSaying</a> 💖 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> Woke early <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> reporting <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> suspending military shipments to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> . Give me strenth & time to process this.

David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<a href="https://mas.to/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NewWorldOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewWorldOrder</a> heard "From our own correspondant" <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> The unintended consequence of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zelensky</a> affair. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> sees the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> as at best a threat to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> hegemony. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> hates the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> & wants us gone. Result <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> & <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> 'rule the world' the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NewWorldOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewWorldOrder</a> . I 🙏🏽 that this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/realpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#realpolitik</a> does not come to fullness. <a href="https://mastodon.online/@RejoinEU" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@RejoinEU</a> 👍🏽 ? Palky

David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<a href="https://mas.to/tags/KarlPopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KarlPopper</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Karl_Popper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Karl_Popper</a> "The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Open" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Open</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Society</a> & it's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enemies</a>" I don't sleep well, lol (fck <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pembroke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pembroke</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Health</a>),. In the early hours I listen to old school <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> . How wonderful to hear some intelligent voices discussing one of the greatest <a href="https://mas.to/tags/philosophers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophers</a> of the modern era. Fortunate man studied in the same <a href="https://mas.to/tags/School" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#School</a> and same <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Department" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Department</a> 1970's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LondonSchoolofEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LondonSchoolofEconomics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LSE</a> ✊ <a href="https://mas.to/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a>

George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<a href="https://bofh.social/tags/CrowdScience" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrowdScience</a> from the <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/BBC" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/WorldService" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> just did an episode about this. It was fascinating. <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/podcast" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/science" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5rjf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5rjf</a> RE: <a href="https://mstdn.social/users/hkrn/statuses/114022008809324440" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://mstdn.social/users/hkrn/statuses/114022008809324440</a>

Matthew MalthouseThe human cost of developing Cambodia's Angkor wonderHuman rights groups say the evictions are forced, illegal and target families who've worked the land for generations.<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026904" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026904</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricMonuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HistoricMonuments</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tourism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cambodia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cambodia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exploitation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a>

Andy WalmsleyThis day in 1932 John Reith opens the BBC's Empire Service (now World Service). Famously concluding "As for programmes they they will neither be very interesting nor very good". My Dec 2022 blog post offers a potted history <a href="https://bit.ly/4gjhliz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4gjhliz</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radio</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a>

Andy WalmsleyFrom 42 years ago an edition of the Sandi Jones Request Show on the BBC World Service. More about the show and how this recording came to be kept in my latest blog post <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radio</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/4gDd5tX" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4gDd5tX</a>

DeadlineMishal Husain: BBC News Boss Says His Team “Made Efforts” To Find Top Presenter Another Role At Corporation <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBCNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBCWorldService</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JonathanMunro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JonathanMunro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MishalHusain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MishalHusain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a><a href="https://deadline.com/2024/11/mishal-husain-another-job-bbc-news-jonathan-munro-1236189414/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2024/11/mishal-husain-another-job-bbc-news-jonathan-munro-1236189414/</a>

heathenstormWith everything else going on these past weeks, it’s quite possible some may have missed the BBC World Service’s “In the Studio” report on Tehran-formed Black Metal infidels TRIVAX. Reporter Sahar Zand deftly places the band’s emergence on the international stage in context with the Iranian “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. A people tyrannised by decades of religious subjugation, protesting against the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and many others. Recalling authoritarian adversity faced in both Iran and Syria before relocating to the UK, members Shayan and Sully intersperse the usual interview answers with troubling tales of personal oppression. A reminder that freedoms taken for granted are anything but universal, and empowerment is a duty of all artists who can speak.Zand follows the band to Helgi’s in London, where elements of their incendiary ‘<a href="https://heathenstorm.com/2024/04/17/against-all-opposition/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Against all Opposition</a>’ video were filmed. We are also taken to the Cart and Horses gig where the band expressed their visceral Eastern Death Magick in support of DIOCLETIAN. It was a great honour to enable that tour, despite the setbacks, and I absolutely stand by the band’s right to express their truth in word and deed. Freedom is the highest of ideals and will always win, but the fight is seldom straightforward.It is rare that our little subculture is treated fairly by mainstream media. Although the BBC Sounds site requires registration, it’s well worth logging in to listen. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5tlj" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5tlj</a><a href="https://heathenstorm.com/2024/11/13/infidels-to-the-world/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://heathenstorm.com/2024/11/13/infidels-to-the-world/</a><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/bbc/" target="_blank">#bbc</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/blackmetal/" target="_blank">#blackmetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/diocletian/" target="_blank">#diocletian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/freedom/" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/helgis/" target="_blank">#helgis</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/inthestudio/" target="_blank">#inthestudio</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/iran/" target="_blank">#iran</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/mahsaamini/" target="_blank">#mahsaamini</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/metal/" target="_blank">#metal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/music/" target="_blank">#music</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/protest/" target="_blank">#protest</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/saharzand/" target="_blank">#saharzand</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/syria/" target="_blank">#syria</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/trivax/" target="_blank">#trivax</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/womanlifefreedom/" target="_blank">#womanlifefreedom</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://heathenstorm.com/tag/worldservice/" target="_blank">#worldservice</a>

SubtleBlade ⚔️<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a>’s retreat ‘helping <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> push <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a>’Director-general <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TimDavie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TimDavie</a> to warn world facing ‘all-out assault on truth’ as state-funded media operators broadcast ‘unchallenged’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/13/bbc-world-services-retreat-helping-russia-and-china-push-propaganda" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/13/bbc-world-services-retreat-helping-russia-and-china-push-propaganda</a>

David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<a href="https://mastodon.social/@amarchivepub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@amarchivepub</a> For <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastodonUK</a> @everybody@everybody We neglect <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Radio</a> at our peril. I don't own a T.V, it smacks to much of '<a href="https://mas.to/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigBrother</a>. For news I rely on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC4</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> For <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sounds</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBCSounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBCSounds</a>. 🎶 🎵

Kristoffer LawsonI was listening to discussion on <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> about how global product margins have gone from 17% to 59% since the 1980s. That’s actually quite ridiculous and rather sad. Not only does it mean pulling more money from consumers but most of gains were going to a few large beneficiaries. Smaller companies are not seeing the same benefits, and in some cases producers are actually getting less per unit.

Greg JohnsonDavid Livingstone was a Congregationalist minster and medical missionary. Here he says if full horror of lives lost to slave trade were known, it would be stopped “at all risks”.Nowadays, don’t we cower in fear of the risks of opposing slavery? Gotta support pro-slavery theologians if they only had one other, good religious idea; reject a good textbook if “comprehensive accounts” might offend?How can you take risks for dignity today?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#christian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldservice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whiteprivilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whiteprivilege</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#God</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yesandamen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yesandamen</a>

Eamonn KerinsOn the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> in about 30 mins (19:32 GMT): <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/CrowdScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrowdScience</a> seeks an answer to the question "Is anybody out there?" The program features me among others discussing the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/DrakeEquation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrakeEquation</a> and the prospects for finding <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/alienlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alienlife</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4y3v" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4y3v</a>

Stephen CornfordFascinating programme on the <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/WorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldService</a> right now covering current solutions to water shortages in <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chile</a>, including ‘smart’ irrigation plans (that sound worryingly reliant on big data) and the use of desalination plants in <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Atacama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Atacama</a>.<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct3j3j" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct3j3j</a>

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