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Chapter 2.
"Biological Emergence and Inter-level Causation"
#BiologicalAutonomyMorenoMossio
1. Does the explanation of biological phenomena require appealing to ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ?
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In Chapter 1 we said that biological systems realise ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š: a causal regime ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜ from those at work in other physical and chemical natural systems, and thus an ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ property.
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Finally, the #GoldacreReview is published! (During Parliamentary Easter holidays, mid-ping-pong on the #HealthAndCareBill...)

It's 221 pages - each PDF page is a double page spread - so this could be a lo-o-o-ong [Thread].

Here goes...
First point to note, in the Terms of Reference (p5), is that this is about "access to #NHSdata by #researchers, #commissioners, and #innovators" - i.e. #Planning and #CommercialReUse - so it is directly relevant to the operation of millions of people's #NationalDataOptOuts... Terms of reference for the review  1. How do we facilitate a
"185 wide-ranging recommendations for us to explore", says @sajidjavid (p6). Gulp! Time for some coffee...

"systems that ensure #underrepresented groups are well represented" may (partly) refer to this "landmark review", which got off to a slow start:

gov.uk/government/newโ€ฆ The far-reaching independent review into potential ethnic bi
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNetย 06/20/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/06/20/daiโ€ฆ
CDC: Delta variant now 10% of US COVID-19 cases

cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspectiโ€ฆ

#COVID19 #variants #delta #InfectionRate
Inflation in stagflation and inflation in deflation. Same term and two different meanings.

gregtheanalyst.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/infโ€ฆ

#stagflation #inflation #deflation #definitions
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Italian #DPA lock down the risky #surveillance law that aim to have (biometric_identification+cctv+smart_image_analisys) to check public employees punch-in and punch-out.
This time DPA analyze implementing decree.
In october 2018 the DPA did the same on the draft of the main law Image
The law is already in force (D.Lgs 56/2019) but it lacks of application rules.

The DPA is highlighting and pointing out all the issues related to the law itself ant to the application rules, that are conflicting with the #GDPR main #principles.
Main issues are:

1) terms and #definitions don't match with GDPR definitions. they have to be lined up
2) principles of #Necessity & #Proportionality are completely unattended
3) the new biometric gates can't be #mandatory
4) #alternative gates should be available if needed
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We know that you can get kicked out of a pub for wearing a T-shirt with the old-fashioned definition: "Woman: adult human female". Billboards with the same words get instantly removed for the offence of transphobia.

So.... what is a woman in transspeak? Let's listen.
1/ "A woman is whatever she defines herself as"

#definitions
2/ "If somebody identifies as a woman, theyโ€™re a woman."

[30,000 people agree]
#definitions
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1.Our copy of the #2016AGsReport is in. Next week we will share details & analysis of issues raised. For today a #thread of some highlights.
2. First some definitions: Unaccounted For Revenue is Revenue collected but neither banked nor on hand. #2016AGsReport
3. Unaccounted for Funds is: Failure to properly account for the funds. #2016AGsReport
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