Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid

2025-03-20 Thread Andrew Gnann
Ah yes! I had forgotten that was Gloria's post. Even after I shared it with my family out of appreciation. It would be interesting to see a compilation of the strangest CCP4BB threads to date. Not sure how to measure that or distill them out. Diversely (and forgetfully) yours, Andrew On Thu, Ma

Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid

2025-03-20 Thread Navdeep Sidhu
Sorry, folks, got a citation from memory wrong earlier: George Orwell's introduction was to "Animal Farm" (and not to "1984"). Some memorable excerpts and link to full text below, well worth a read (even as it's difficult to agree there on the impact of official censorship in Britain on the co

Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid

2025-03-20 Thread Goldman, Adrian
Oh, and on the same topic: if I remember rightly, US law means that you don’t have to reveal your mobile phone password - but you can be forced to do biometric unlocking (fingerprint, facial scan). So turn off biometrics on your phone and computer before you enter the US. On 20. Mar 2025, at 14

Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid

2025-03-20 Thread Andrew Gnann
Look into options like lockdown mode on Android. On Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 7:26 PM Goldman, Adrian wrote: > Oh, and on the same topic: if I remember rightly, US law means that you > don’t have to reveal your mobile phone password - but you can be forced to > do biometric unlocking (fingerprint, faci

Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid

2025-03-20 Thread Andrew Gnann
Help us understand a bit more about what you are saying about Gloria Borgstahl. On Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 5:12 PM Carter, Charlie < 0001086f1a20d42f-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> wrote: > Timothy Snyder says it thus in Rule One from *On Tyranny*: > > Do not obey in advance! > > Too many, unfortuna

Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid

2025-03-20 Thread Harry Powell
This makes intesting reading - https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scientific-institutions-have-a-long-history-of-anticipatory-obedience/4020931.article Harry To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following l

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