Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Today’s #UK #Covid-19 data are grim. Looking at 7-day rolling averages, people testing positive are up over 40%, deaths up over 131%, patients admitted to hospital up over 58%.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

#Coronavirus #Pandemic #NHS

Little known fact that few recreational divers know, but many tec divers realize. Boyancy control actually gets easier the deeper you go and boyancy is the hardest to control at your 10/20 foot safety stop.

The reason is because pressure increases 1atm every 10 meters, so pressure doubles in that first 10 meters, but only increase by 10% between 100 and 110 meters. This means a small change in depth at shallow depths results in a large change in gas volume and as such your boyancy, so its easy to loose control because if you rise a few feet you might go from neutral to positive boyancy, as you float to the top this will just keep accelerating.

The best way to handle this is just to make sure you have as little weight on you as possible while still being able to sink. This means you need less air in your bcd to be neutral so there is less volume change and its easier to control.

#SCUBA #Dive #Diving

#Tory #peer #MichelleMone secretly involved in #PPE firm she referred to #government | #Coronavirus | The Guardian

This is why the #UK is not a democracy. Characters like this woman get put into the unaccountable and #unelected #HouseOfLords and then engage in #corruption. The #Tories are synonymous with sleaze.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/tory-peer-michelle-mone-involved-ppe-medpro-government-contracts

#Politics

Heart attack #patients told to make own way to #hospital as #Covid-19 surge hits northern #England | #Coronavirus | The Guardian

For anyone who thinks that the #pandemic is either a trivial matter or that it can’t possibly affect them, once the hospitals start filling up, it’s best not to have any other condition. [That last bit is sarcasm, in case you are irony deficient.]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/04/growth-rate-covid-patients-north-more-than-double-london

#UK #Health #NHS

#PreetChandi becomes first #woman of colour to #ski solo to #SouthPole | #Antarctica | The Guardian

I’ve never been to the #SouthernHemisphere at this time of year but I don’t think I’d ever head this far down #South!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/preet-chandi-becomes-first-woman-of-colour-to-ski-solo-to-south-pole

#Law change allows wild #birds to be killed to protect game birds in #England | Birds | The Guardian

This is the #Tories’ version of #conservation, i.e. conservation of the ruling classes.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/03/law-change-allows-wild-birds-killed-protect-game-birds-england

#UK #Hunting #Shooting #Wildlife

Five of world’s most powerful nations pledge to avoid nuclear war | #NuclearWeapons | The Guardian

Just words, until all nuclear weapons are got rid of.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/03/five-nations-pledge-avoid-nuclear-war

#UN

They are just out here parking camels in the parking lot like its perfectly normal.

#egypt #camel #camels #middleeast

Revealing my ENTIRE crypto portfolio:

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#BBC criticised for giving #IanMaxwell airtime to defend sister Ghislaine | #GhislaineMaxwell | The Guardian

The BBC’s journalistic standards have been in decline for many years now. It’s disgraceful that the Maxwells are given airtime. Let’s not forget the crimes of #RobertMaxwell either.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/31/ian-maxwell-bbc-radio-4-today-interview-sister-ghislaine

The #geology of this #NationalPark is based on the #exposure of #weathered #Granite and #Tors are #outcrops found at the summit of #hills.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Winter #December