Re: Supreme Court Rulling consequeces

2019-09-26 Thread Tom Keene
My experience of dealing with UK local authority housing managment has encountered a domain of large scale cartels with complex layers of contractors and sub-contractors in a hyper-accelerated efficiency drive. This efficiency has driven down the pay of contractors who sub-contract to an unskill

Re: Supreme Court Rulling consequeces

2019-09-25 Thread Menno Grootveld
Hi Ted (and others), I think it is very good and timely of David to post this kind of stuff on nettime, and I don't see any reason to slap him in the face publicly or to shut down the list. We should reconsider the basic tenets of nettime though, since maybe the whole idea of having a list e

Re: Supreme Court Rulling consequeces

2019-09-25 Thread James Wallbank
Hello Eric, Ted, David, Nettime, I believe that Nettime is now more relevant than ever. To suggest that this transnational network (however insubstantial it may seem) has somehow lost relevance is far from the truth. A non-commercial, thoughtful and lightly curated list that brings together th

Re: Supreme Court Rulling consequeces

2019-09-25 Thread Eric Kluitenberg
Hi Ted, I appreciate that nettime should retain a focus on network-dynamics (in culture, politics, media, communication, art, etc.). However, I must say that I quite enjoy the ‘nettime-take’ on global political events (such as the impeachment enquiry in the US, the climate crisis, or Brexit).

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2019-09-25 Thread David Garcia
Begin forwarded message: > From: Richard Barbrook > Subject: Re: Supreme Court Rulling consequeces > Date: 25 September 2019 15:07:42 BST > To: David Garcia > Reply-To: rich...@imaginaryfutures.net > >> Cummings’ passion for Bismark and game theory

Re: Supreme Court Rulling consequeces

2019-09-25 Thread tbyfield
On 25 Sep 2019, at 8:11, David Garcia wrote: Sorry nettime (press delete anyone who has a life and so is uninterested in UK politics and related constitutional/Brexit shenaningans) Felix and I have been thinking about shutting down nettime-l because (as I'd put it, he may well differ) the li

Supreme Court Rulling consequeces

2019-09-25 Thread David Garcia
Sorry nettime (press delete anyone who has a life and so is uninterested in UK politics and related constitutional/Brexit shenaningans) https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/sep/24/say-it-with-a-brooch-how-a-fashion-item-became-a-political-statement Aside from the fascinating and (for sad fo