# 2021-10-05

-   [[Professional-managerial class]]
-   [[In and against the state]]
-   [[UK supply chain crisis 2021]]
    
    > The slaughter of healthy pigs has begun on British farms, with farmers forced to kill animals to make space and ensure the continued welfare of their livestock, amid an ongoing shortage of workers at slaughterhouses.
    > – [Hundreds of healthy pigs culled amid UK shortage of abattoir workers | Supply…](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/05/pigs-culled-amid-uk-shortage-abattoir-workers) 
    
    -   Grim.  This is unpleasant for so many reasons.  Makes me glad to be [[vegetarian]] and not feel part of this particular problem.
-   [[Facebook outage 2021]]
-   [[Insulate Britain]]
-   [[Policing bill]]
    
    > Tucked away in the government’s 300-page police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, are various clauses which will have serious implications for the right to protest. The bill seeks to quietly criminalise “serious annoyance”, increase police powers to restrict protests, and give the home secretary discretion over what types of protests are allowed.
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    > – [The police bill is not about law and order – it’s about state control | Joshu…](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/09/police-bill-not-law-order-state-control-erosion-freedom)