Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Google has excluded all climate effects except CO2 from the emissions calculator of its Google Flights platform.

"The company said it made the change following consultations with its 'industry partners'." 🤨
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62664981

Twice as many people died with #Covid-19 in #UK this #summer compared with 2021 | #Coronavirus | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/23/twice-as-many-people-died-with-covid-in-uk-this-summer-compared-with-2021

#Pandemic #2022

I don't know how I'm supposed to keep up morale working in a place like this.

Inflation will reach 18.6%. How do I know?
Because Cardiff university's shame, Patrick Minford, says it won't.
https://youtu.be/Yfm2c6hekPw

Well I'm back from the maldives and back to business. I should be more available again.

UK to lift import restrictions on food from Fukushima
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/29/uk-to-lift-import-restrictions-on-food-from-fukushima another clear #brexit benefit: radioactive food - lucky us...

A real pleasure this morning to chat to Mark Drakeford (yes, the First Minister one!) about active travel as I was taking the kids to school.

Yesterday at our first meeting of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales we heard about the amazing things Welsh Government is doing for #ActiveTravel in #Wales, and it was a delight to see Mark using an electric bike for the first time!

What a lovely guy too. Inspirational in an understated way, maybe for future First Ministers!

Ha, this is amazing!
“The number of British people being granted Irish citizenship has ballooned by almost 1,200 per cent since the UK voted to leave the European Union, according to official figures.”

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/06/27/applications-from-britons-for-irish-citizenship-soaring-since-brexit/

#Brexit #UK #Ireland

Looks like I'll have 8 hours of solid meetings every day this semester, so course prep will happen ... in my sleep?

Our oldest known #ancestor could probably #walk, say researchers | #Fossils | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/24/our-oldest-known-ancestor-could-probably-walk-say-researchers

#Science #Biology #Evolution #Anthropology #Primates #Palaeontology

ICYMI: NHS leaders warn soaring energy bills will make people sick if government does not offer more support

https://apple.news/Au0mAoLB0SlGljIDIJ1FBug

Rightwing politics the world over right now: bereft of ideas for how to solve the crises their myopic fetishisation of nationalistic capitalism has inflicted on us:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/21/gps-reject-treasury-plan-for-them-to-prescribe-money-off-energy-bills?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Barristers have voted in favour of indefinite, uninterrupted strike action that would start on 5 September https://nation.cymru/news/criminal-barristers-in-wales-vote-for-all-out-strike-next-month/

Google Street View accidentally captures National Eisteddfod in action https://nation.cymru/culture/google-street-view-accidentally-captures-national-eisteddfod-in-action/

#StephenLillie on the #UK’s #sewage-strewn #seaside – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

Marking as #NSFW on grounds of taste. The mayor from #Jaws would probably sue Johnson on grounds of making him look bad.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/aug/22/stephen-lillie-on-the-uks-sewage-strewn-seaside-cartoon

#UK #Politics #Satire #BorisJohnson #RishiSunak #LizTruss

Thanks @ashneehs for suggesting I check out Brian Lagerstrom - today's breb is a teensy bit better than yesterday! XD

It's about 3:1 plan to whole-wheat flour. Had an oopsie with the first 30 minute rise, it's cold here so I put it in the oven's warming drawer, which I've never used, and it got significantly hotter than I had anticipated with the bowl coming out too hot to touch so that probably messed it up a bit XD And definitely need to use less water, it's humid here. But yay breb!

RT @PeterStefanovi2@twitter.com

“Mr Johnson & Liz Truss believe a post Brexit deal with 11 pacific-facing countries could boost exports by £18bn”

In other news the OBR says Brexit will reduce productivity & UK gross domestic product by 4 % - a level of decline worth about £100bn a year in lost output