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The Japan Times<p>Nomura agreed to purchase Macquarie’s U.S. and European public asset management business for $1.8 billion (¥254 billion), marking its most significant overseas acquisition since 2008. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/22/nomura-macquarie-us-europe-acquisition/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/22/nomura-macquarie-us-europe-acquisition/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nomura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomura</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macquarie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brokerages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brokerages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acquisitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acquisitions</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eupol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eupol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a></p><p>(9/n)</p><p>...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Citadel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citadel</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deloitte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deloitte</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JPMorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPMorgan</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKR</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KraftHeinz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KraftHeinz</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibertySteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibertySteel</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McKinsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinsey</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neom</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PwC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PwC</span></a> und anderen gehören.<br>...Sie werden von rechtsextremen Politikern aus der EU begleitet werden. Zu den Teilnehmern gehören gewählte Vertreter rechtsradikaler Parteien aus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Frankreich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frankreich</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RassemblementNational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RassemblementNational</span></a>), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/D%C3%A4nemark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dänemark</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/D%C3%A4nischeVolkspartei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DänischeVolkspartei</span></a>), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Estland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estland</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KonservativeVolkspartei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KonservativeVolkspartei</span></a>), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ungarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ungarn</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fidesz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fidesz</span></a>), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Island" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Island</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zentrumspartei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zentrumspartei</span></a>), den</p>
Bonnie<p>I both love and hate this quote. I love that it so beautifully describes the current situation, but hate that we are where we are. </p><p>"We’re all living through the enshittocene, a great enshittening, in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit,” author Cory Doctorow said earlier this year.</p><p>‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/26/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2024/n</span><span class="invisible">ov/26/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/wordoftheyear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordoftheyear</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macquarie</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Southern Water considers shipping supplies from Norwegian fjords to UK | Water industry | The Guardian<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/26/southern-water-considers-shipping-supplies-from-norwegian-fjords" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">sep/26/southern-water-considers-shipping-supplies-from-norwegian-fjords</span></a></p><p><a href="https://southampton.social/tags/SouthernWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernWater</span></a><br><a href="https://southampton.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a><br><a href="https://southampton.social/tags/ExtremeDroughtResilienceService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeDroughtResilienceService</span></a><br><a href="https://southampton.social/tags/EDRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDRS</span></a><br><a href="https://southampton.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a><br><a href="https://southampton.social/tags/Fjords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fjords</span></a><br><a href="https://southampton.social/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a><br><a href="https://southampton.social/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesWater</span></a></p>
Jason R. Patton<p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/EarthquakeReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthquakeReport</span></a> for M6.7 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthquake</span></a> offshore of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a> </p><p>Possibly right-lateral strike-slip mechanism (?)<br>Analogy earthquake in 1987</p><p>Learn more from 2016 report:<br><a href="https://earthjay.com/?p=3736" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">earthjay.com/?p=3736</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt24063000/executive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquake</span><span class="invisible">s/eventpage/pt24063000/executive</span></a></p><p>Red circle = epicenter</p>
The Dinosaur Dave<p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ausssie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ausssie</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/RoadTrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoadTrip</span></a> Day 1<br>From <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Port" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Port</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a> to <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Coonabarabran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coonabarabran</span></a>.<br>Here are the things i seen along the way<br>Ill be posting updates in here daily for those who want to come with, so to speak <br><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ml-yvsz33Ph2DmK3_1KkSx9Ybj4IiS1N" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.google.com/drive/folders</span><span class="invisible">/1Ml-yvsz33Ph2DmK3_1KkSx9Ybj4IiS1N</span></a></p>
samenome<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@ratherodd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ratherodd</span></a></span> <br>Oh this has been a source of debate over the cheap red plonk in our house, yes. </p><p>The players in this scene are a lawyer, an idiot, and a cat.<br>(The <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cat</span></a> has no <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Scrabble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scrabble</span></a> opinion beyond 'these pale squares are up here. They need to be down there. I will help them fall down. Mmmmm')</p><p>Idiot: 'It's a word'<br>Lawyer: 'let's settle this by reading the rules, they're written under the lid of the box'<br>Idiot: &lt;gets box&gt; <br>&lt;reads rule 8 aloud&gt;<br>&lt;misses out on most of the rather nice Aldi Marzipan chocolate.&gt; <br>oh.<br>&lt;plays AQUA / QI with the Q on a triple letter&gt;. <br>Lawyer: oof.</p><p>&lt;next day&gt;<br>The idiot has now taken photos for the purpose of posting to this silly place.</p><p>There is no mention of slang under the box lid.<br>Also, the dictionary entry indicates no capital, no dot of abbreviation, no foreigness. </p><p>(thank you <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a>#Labor#Party governments of the past for funding the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a> University and its glorious filth-filled <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MacquarieDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacquarieDictionary</span></a> )</p>
Ra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@janrosenow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>janrosenow</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/business/macquarie-sells-out-of-thames-water-the-deal-that-earned-it-the-nick-name-vampire-kangaroo-20170315-guy87b.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/business/macquarie-</span><span class="invisible">sells-out-of-thames-water-the-deal-that-earned-it-the-nick-name-vampire-kangaroo-20170315-guy87b.html</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a></p>
The Dinosaur Dave<p>More shots of <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Port" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Port</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a> and <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lake</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Cathie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cathie</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/NEw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEw</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/South" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>South</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wales</span></a> <br>First two images are shots of Lake Cathie during the day.<br>The next two are one I took today, and one that was posted my the local Port Macquarie Museum. They were taken 50 years apart, to the hour.<br>Enjoy</p>
samenome<p>Received/gave the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictionary</span></a> (ninth edition, forward by Markus Zusak) for Christmas yesterday.<br><a href="https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/blog/article/908/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">macquariedictionary.com.au/blo</span><span class="invisible">g/article/908/</span></a></p><p>OF COURSE I LOOKED UP 'FUCKWIT' FIRST. I suspect that this is Australia's leviathan contribution to the English language. An idea: there should be a little post-it flag on this page, a quiet acknowledgement that we are all in/of the gutter. The Macquarie does not disappoint. For 'fuck', there are 27 definitions. And also 'fuck truck' oh joy! Just lovely work. <br>Thank you MacQ. Eds.</p><p>I have this small bone to pick though - 'fuckery' is absent. What kind of 'fuckery' fuckery is this? (I miss Amy.)</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/MacquarieDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacquarieDictionary</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>In a Major <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> Move, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> Triples Size of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/MacquarieIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacquarieIsland</span></a> Marine Park <a href="https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2023/11/06/in-a-major-conservation-move-australia-triples-size-of-macquarie-island-marine-park" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-</span><span class="invisible">analysis/articles/2023/11/06/in-a-major-conservation-move-australia-triples-size-of-macquarie-island-marine-park</span></a> </p><p>"Expansion around World Heritage Site protects rich <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> and builds <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> resilience... Australia massively expanded the marine park around <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a> Island, providing the highest-level protection for <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/subantarctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subantarctic</span></a> sea life across an area bigger than Germany and making the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/MacquarieIslandMarinePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacquarieIslandMarinePark</span></a> one of the largest fully protected <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> sanctuary zones in the world."</p>
Doug Grinbergs<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AlisonCreekside</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gemelliz</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a> Media buys US newspaper group<br>January 25, 2007<br>Macquarie Media Group Ltd has swallowed American Consolidated Media for $102 million and says it has an appetite for more US community newspaper businesses.<br><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/business/macquarie-media-buys-us-newspaper-group-20070125-gdpbf2.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/business/macquarie-</span><span class="invisible">media-buys-us-newspaper-group-20070125-gdpbf2.html</span></a></p>
Damien Scully<p>Ofwat is a shining example of all that is wrong with privitised utilities and their alleged regulators. </p><p>Pretty much everyone knows <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Macquarie</span></a> as the Vampire Bank, yet good old <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ofwat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ofwat</span></a> approved them to buy <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Southern" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Southern</span></a> Water in 2021 after their stellar performance at <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Thames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Thames</span></a>! I imagine they were quaking in their Designer Crocodile Boots at Ofwats warnings to behave. </p><p>What went wrong at Thames Water and what could a bailout look like? | Utilities | The Guardian<br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/28/what-went-wrong-at-thames-water-and-what-could-a-bailout-look-like" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2023/</span><span class="invisible">jun/28/what-went-wrong-at-thames-water-and-what-could-a-bailout-look-like</span></a></p>
John Leonard<p>.<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@swainey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>swainey</span></a></span> the likes of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacQuarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacQuarie</span></a> using vital services as an enrichment vehicle, stripping assets, paying massive bonuses then moving on leaving someone else (i.e. us) to pay for it. Regulators? A revolving door. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesWater</span></a></p>
Brix<p>Bullshit promises from financial institutes, to garner green headlines, and then continual investment in fossil fuels.</p><p>Target these institutions to cut off the financial lifelines of polluting mines and power stations.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/17/banks-still-investing-heavily-in-fossil-fuels-despite-net-zero-pledges-study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/jan/17/banks-still-investing-heavily-in-fossil-fuels-despite-net-zero-pledges-study</span></a></p><p><a href="https://reclaimfinance.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Throwing-fuel-on-the-fire-GFANZ-financing-of-fossil-fuel-expansion.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reclaimfinance.org/site/wp-con</span><span class="invisible">tent/uploads/2023/01/Throwing-fuel-on-the-fire-GFANZ-financing-of-fossil-fuel-expansion.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Citibank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citibank</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HSBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HSBC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JPMorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPMorgan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/blackrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackrock</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deutschebank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deutschebank</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/creditsuisse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creditsuisse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/morganstanley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morganstanley</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a></p>
Robert Winter :popos:<p>Site etiquette indicates my first toot should be by way of an introduction. Seldom comfortable tooting my own horn (pun intended)* I'll keep this brief(ish).</p><p>I am a philosopher and historian based in Sydney and currently a doctoral candidate at the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macquarie</span></a> Business School; researching Edmund <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Burke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burke</span></a> and his implications for executive leadership.</p><p>I chose to undertake my study in a business school, grubby though commercial ends may seem to elevated minds, because Burke was an intensely practical thinker. As he noted: </p><p>'‘The End of learning is not knowledge but virtue; as the End of all speculation should be practice of one sort or another… [for] Knowledge is the Culture** of the mind; and he who rested there, would be just as wise as he who should plough his field without any intention of sowing or reaping.'***</p><p>In this context, it seems fitting to attempt to apply Burkean research to practical ends.</p><p>I am also a passionate advocate for technology reform, which drew me to Mastodon, as I do not think unrestricted access to an individual's data is necessary for the provision of services. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ProtonMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtonMail</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Threema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threema</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/NextCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NextCloud</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> and co. are all demonstrating that FAANG methods are not the only viable way of providing digital connections.</p><p>N.B.:<br>*Thinking intended puns, I am always reminded of the joke about a man who entered a local newspaper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did. </p><p>**Culture in the original sense of ploughing for sowing later.</p><p>***Burke, A Note-Book of Edmund Burke, 82-83.</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introductions</span></a></p>