Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Just back from getting my #booster #vaccination for #Covid-19. I combined it with a longer-than-usual #bike ride of about 25 km figuring that any ill effects wouldn’t occur until some hours afterwards. I’ve formerly had two doses of the #Oxford-AstraZeneca #vaccine (main course) but this time they gave me a #Pfizer vaccine dose (dessert).

#Biking #Cycling #Bicycle #NHS

Pregnant women prioritised for Covid jab in Wales, says Health Minister. https://nation.cymru/news/pregnant-women-prioritised-for-covid-jab-in-wales-says-health-minister/

Posted on #Disapora* by mudhook@pluspora.com

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Mastodon, is in fact, the Fediverse, or as I've recently taken to calling it, the ActivityPub-Fediverse. Mastodon is not a singular network unto itself, but rather a subnetwork of a greater "federated universe" - the Fediverse - realized by thousands of independent, live servers, each running an instance of one of an ensemble of platforms, all of which interoperate via the ActivityPub protocols.

Many Mastodon users surf a particular impression of the Fediverse every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the fraction of the network which is most widely used today is called "Mastodon", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the Fediverse, equally inhabited by users from other non-Mastodon servers.

There really is a Mastodon, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the Fediverse they use. Mastodon is an ActivityPub server for microblogging. Mastodon is an essential part of the Fediverse, but limiting by itself. The Fediverse experience manifests in the context of a complete network. Mastodon distributes content in combination with other ActivityPub servers. The whole network is basically ActivityPub servers with Mastodon being the most common; The so-called "Mastodon network" is really the Fediverse network.

#Dyson tells many of #UK staff to work in #office even after plan B guidance change | Dyson Ltd | The Guardian

Dyson is such a right-wing libertarian dick who denies others the chance to evade infection.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/13/dyson-tells-many-of-uk-staff-to-work-in-office-even-after-plan-b-guidance-change

#Covid-19 #Coronavirus #Pandemic #Health #Welfare #IndustrialRelations

#Farmers warn of threat to #UK #FoodSecurity due to seasonal worker #visa cap | #Business | The Guardian

#Brexit the git that keeps on taking.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/14/farmers-warn-of-threat-to-uk-food-security-due-to-seasonal-worker-visa-cap

#UK #Politics #SupplyChain #Agriculture #SeasonalWorkers

I've been leaving my hotel room door open so the waiter can come into my room without me getting up to bring me food. I hear meowing and apparently i made a new friend, this friendly little fellow was next to my bed. Startled me half to death but i think we are besties now. After feeding him he is just staying in the room guarding the door to keep me safe.

I hope he will come give me some cuddles.

#cat #cats #catto #kitten #kitteh

Fabulous misty mountain walk today. At just over 6 miles it's the longest walk I do with my walking group, but the views make it well worth it, especially on a day like today when it's so atmospheric. Didn't take my camera today so these are just phone pics :)

Natural Resources Wales gives £35m tidal energy scheme the green light https://nation.cymru/news/natural-resources-wales-gives-35m-tidal-energy-scheme-the-green-light/

"Moderna, BioNTech and Pfizer cashing in thanks to taxpayer investments, monopolies, and low taxes while leaving millions unprotected"

https://actionaid.org/news/2021/pharmaceutical-companies-reaping-immoral-profits-covid-vaccines-yet-paying-low-tax-rates

See Dispatches
(Pfizer fabricated results of some trials)
👇
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/vaccine-wars-truth-about-pfizer-dispatches

UK government has given 2.6 Billion to Pfizer. "Deals are done with private arbitrators"

Is it a coincidence that Simon Stevens, head of NHS, worked in the US for Pfizer for many years?

USA still have not licenced UK's Astra Zeneca for use in US

#NHS

Ex-Northern Ireland manager calls for team to drop 'God Save the Queen' like Wales https://nation.cymru/sport/ex-northern-ireland-manager-calls-for-team-to-drop-god-save-the-queen-like-wales/

Postcard from the #SouthPole
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211211.html

#APOD

Apparently "think of the children!" Is the current strategy to justify violating your privacy rights, its disgusting.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/06/whatsapp-criticised-for-plan-to-allow-messages-to-disappear-after-24-hours

Egytians, and more generally muslims, are by far some of the nicest people i ever met. I will admit their laws are oppressive and all, but they truly are caring people most of the time. The one guy that works at this hotel made me a special dinner to try to raise my spirits, he even went out of his way to track down some pasta. I cant eat even half of all this food but my god it was good.

I guess that's one way to ensure future-self will never make the mistake to work for Oracle again...

It’s my non-party and I’ll lie if I want to: #BorisJohnson is bang to rights | John Crace | The Guardian

Posting this partially just for the headline.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/08/its-my-non-party-and-ill-lie-if-i-want-to-boris-johnson-is-bang-to-rights

#UK #Politics