Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Tech pros warn EU 'data adequacy' at risk if Brexit Britain goes its own way - https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/17/uk_eu_data/ well, obvs... #brexitreality

#Mastercard launches #SmileToPay system amid #privacy concerns | Fintech | The Guardian

Another abuse of #FacialRecognition but many will fall victim to it, I expect. This one is akin to #BraveNewWorld.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/17/mastercard-launches-smile-to-pay-amid-privacy-concerns

#Biometrics #Consumerism

I was glancing out of the window a few minutes ago and saw a rather unusual set of #colours during the #sunset. The #sky was looking decidedly #brown rather than the more usual yellow or golden. I read in the news somewhere that we’re currently experiencing airborne #sand and #dust from #Saharan #Africa and I’m wondering if that’s what this is.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Spring

The #WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 report:
Four key #ClimateChange indicators break records in 2021

Four key #climate change indicators – #GreenhouseGas concentrations, #SeaLevelRise, #OceanHeat and ocean #acidification – set new records in 2021. This is yet another clear sign that human activities are causing planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean, and in the atmosphere

#Report: https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=22080

https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/four-key-climate-change-indicators-break-records-2021

Just a selection of headlines I've read this morning:

* Food bank says demand triples as donations fall
* Struggling for heating while saving for my funeral
* Mum asks landlord to evict her
* Child poverty targets needed
* Save my tooth or heat my house
* Recession fears grow as rising prices hit spending
* Ambulance wait times endanger patients

The UK is in a pretty sorry state.

How on earth did someone like this manage to even get near a microphone, and a position of influence? #BrexIdiot

In my current state, I’ve started watching #TheWorldAtWar, which was an #ITV #TV #series about the history of the #SecondWorldWar. This was when people could make 26 one-hour episodes that really went into the depths of a topic and tried to have at least some level of objectivity. The somewhat alarming thing is how things today are resonating with it.

#History #BritishTV

I made some diagrams to show how annoying it is for disabled people with #Machynlleth @CoopUK@twitter.com's front doors closed.

Sign the petition here to support pedestrian residents who are elderly, disabled, or parents: https://www.change.org/MachCoopFrontDoor

Freight train trial on the Cambrian line is a runaway success https://nation.cymru/news/freight-train-trial-on-the-cambrian-line-is-a-runaway-success/

#MargaretThatcher statue egged within hours of it being installed | Margaret Thatcher | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/15/margaret-thatcher-statue-grantham-egged-within-hours-of-it-being-installed

Earth’s coastal wetlands disappearing, new Aberystwyth University maps reveal https://nation.cymru/news/earths-coastal-wetlands-disappearing-new-aberystwyth-university-maps-reveal/

Sounds like we are being set up for yet another financial crash! 😡

“A focus on the growth and ‘competitiveness’ of the finance sector is what led us down the path to the 2008 financial crisis, and will mean regulators prioritising banks’ profits over the public’s access to financial services, as well as the wider health of the economy.”

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/10/rishi-sunak-city-regulation-financial-services-brexit-tory-donors?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇲🇽 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🌐 Tomorrow - 14th May - is #DyddDylan - celebrating the poet Dylan Thomas around the world. With events from Laugharne to #Argentina #Mexico #Italy #Canada #Poland ... see if there's something for you at https://www.discoverdylanthomas.com/news-events/international-dylan-thomas-day-2022

Or, discover #DylanThomas works here: https://www.discoverdylanthomas.com/works

#poet #poems #poetry #DylanDay

I upgraded my system to #Fedora36 overnight. Things seem to be working smoothly. The #kernel version is the same as the latest one I was using on #F35.

#GNU #Linux #Fedora #F36