@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
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May 06, 2026
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
Retired Professor of Political Economy (Lancaster University, UK - retired 2021) (also #ProfDJ across the Lune Valley) Contributor: North West Bylines #NoBridge
zirk.us
the key Q. in the economics of private provision of public goods (from health care to energy provision) is:
does the opportunity to profit from services drive innovation & the development of efficiency of delivery, or;
is profit just the outcome of the willingness to cut costs, whatever the impact on services, and user satisfaction.
For supporters of privatisation the former is the analysis of choice; for critics, the evidence points unerringly to the latter.
#privatisation #politics
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@muddle@infosec.exchange
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Apr 08, 2026
muddle
@muddle@infosec.exchange
An a/c to announce, explain and discuss "muddle" "muddle" is a "deniable encryption" scheme which I discovered (and maybe invented). It is the combination of "Online Codes," a so-called "fountain code", and Rivest's concept of "Chaffing and Winnowing". The two are trivial to combine, producing something that seems to have good potential for privacy, deniable encryption and secure dispersal and recovery of files across distributed networks. Please follow, boost or @ me
infosec.exchange
I am becoming more and more convinced that Capitalism isn't even a zero sum game any more. It's a negative sum one.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/capitalism-endgame-private-equity-captured-nurseries-care-homes
#Economics #Privatisation #PrivateEquity #PassiveIncome #WealthExtraction
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@junesim63@mstdn.social
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Apr 21, 2026
JuneSim63 💚
@junesim63@mstdn.social
Retired researcher living in Nottinghamshire, England. Hull native. #Socialist #Politics #Environment #Cats #Gardening #Wildlife #Opera #ClassicalMusic #Refugees #HumanRights #AlcoholFree #WearAMask #GreenParty She/Her Avatar: Me, a white woman with short, greying brown hair. Wearing a large pair of red spectacles. Header: Climate Stripes going from blue on the left to terrifying red on the right.
mstdn.social
This website is an eye opener. It shows how much profit is being ripped out of the NHS by privatised healthcare. You can put in your postcode and it shows how much your local area is losing.
#NHS #Privatisation
https://www.nhsprofitmap.org.uk/
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