Category Archives: Strategy

On Earth Day, please choose to NOT cremate yourself

Posted on April 22, 2021 by pendantry

Happy Earth Day 2021! World ‘leaders’ are meeting today and tomorrow for US President Biden’s ‘Leaders Summit on Climate‘. And there are several other ‘summits’ taking place to discuss this topic throughout the coming months, including the UK-hosted COP26 in … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, Climate, Core thought, Education, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, memetics, Phlyarology, Science, Strategy | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

UK government: please introduce charges on carbon emissions

Posted on April 17, 2021 by pendantry

tl;dr Air pollution kills 64,000 people in the UK every year, yet the Government provides annual fossil fuel subsidies of £10.5 billion, according to the European Commission. To meet UK climate targets, the Government must end this practice and introduce … Continue reading →

Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Communication, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, News and politics, Strategy | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

Think before you thank?

Posted on April 10, 2021 by pendantry

Research in 2019 by expert survey consultants Censuswide, commissioned and publicised by OVO Energy, revealed that more than 64m ‘unnecessary’ emails are sent every day. One result of this is the emission of nearly 23,500 tonnes of additional carbon, in … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Strategy | Tagged , , , , , | 19 Comments

Creating content collaboratively

Posted on April 2, 2021 by pendantry

I’ve been aware of the ‘Users’ option in the WordPress settings for many years. I looked into the facility when setting up the Multiphasic Phylarological University (a site that, unfortunately, I’ve never been able to find enough other interested parties … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Computers and Internet, Education, Strategy | Tagged , , , | 38 Comments

Petition for a UK national citizens’ assembly (PR2028)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by pendantry

Update 28Mar2021 (current signatories: 20,317): I’ve just had an email from Open Britain requesting donations to the PR2028 campaign. I’m chipping in a few quid a month; I think this matter is too important not to. Whether you agree is of … Continue reading →

Posted in balance, Communication, Core thought, crowdsourcing, News and politics, Strategy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

What price privacy?

Posted on March 3, 2021 by pendantry

The Dumbest Blog Ever§ recently highlighted that ‘together, Apple and Google phones account for 99% of the smartphone market in the US‘. I avoided the dumbphone trap myself for years, relying on a ‘burner’ phone that did only what it … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Capitalism, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, Education, Ludditis, Phlyarology, Strategy | Tagged , , , , | 24 Comments

Announcing: ?Random Raiders!

Posted on February 28, 2021 by pendantry

A year ago, almost to the day§, I wibbled about crowdsourcing blog maintenance. Here’s the rationale behind the concept: I bet your blog is like mine in that it has lots of new posts going on the top which get … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Computers and Internet, crowdsourcing, Strategy | Tagged , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Goodbye, facebook — and, good riddance

Posted on February 18, 2021 by pendantry

[Addendum 27Feb2021: The Juice Media’s latest video adds further context. It looks more and more like my first knee-jerk response to the news was ill-informed. That still doesn’t affect my decision to leave faecesbook; two evils don’t make a good.] … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, Drama, News and politics, People, Strategy | Tagged , , , , | 31 Comments

Bank of England: stop funding the climate crisis!

Posted on February 17, 2021 by pendantry

tl;dr: Here are the links to the petitions by Positive Money, 350.org and SumOfUs; please pick just one and add your name before 24Feb2021. These three organisations are running the same petition; current signature counts as I write this are … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Capitalism, Communication, Core thought, crowdsourcing, GCD: Global climate disruption, News and politics, People, Strategy | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Feedback for Ocado

Posted on January 27, 2021 by pendantry

This wibblette is in two parts; they are in reverse chronological order, as I wish to begin by highlighting and giving credit to Ocado for being incredibly responsive in this case! The second part is the message I sent to … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Computers and Internet, Food, Ludditis, Strategy | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments