Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

No 10 pressured me to drop anti-money #laundering measures, says ex-minister | #ForeignPolicy | The Guardian

What’s the saying? “If you have nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear.” Only this time it applies to the #government

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/15/no-10-pressure-money-laundering-measures-lord-faulks

#UK #Crime #MoneyLaundering #Fraud

patched up

Some Russian idiots sneak into the Chernobyl reactor and swim in the waste water in the basement in an attempt to get into the main radioactive chamber... I wonder if these guys have cancer yet...

https://youtu.be/dy_3m-9nOGw

Every time I have to use a browser without uBlock Origin installed, I lose a little faith in humanity. How can anyone even browse the web like that?!

#Gazpacho #police: #Nazi gaffe lands #Republican congresswoman in the soup | Republicans | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/09/marjorie-taylor-greene-gazpacho-police

#US #Politics #MarjorieTaylorGreene

#Fracking firm #Cuadrilla to permanently abandon controversial #UK sites | Fracking | The Guardian

Good riddance.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/10/fracking-firm-cuadrilla-to-permanently-abandon-controversial-uk-sites

#Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

Our entire team is working hard to improve Tutanota. Some fixes can be done quickly like the one reported 5 days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/tutanota/comments/sk9mnu/date_in_circle/ Some improvements take a bit longer: We are working on offline mode & we've got a working prototype! Yet, the data cashed is not yet encrypted. As we build the most secure email service, we need to make sure that this data is also encrypted before we can release offline mode. We trust that you agree with us & thank you for your patience and support! 🙏🙏😊

#NuclearFusion heat record a ‘huge step’ in quest for new #energy source | #NuclearPower | The Guardian

Interesting development but still a long way to go.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/nuclear-fusion-heat-record-a-huge-step-in-quest-for-new-energy-source

#UK #ElectricityGeneration

Watch: Wales’ first Chinese course for adults through medium of Welsh. https://nation.cymru/culture/watch-wales-first-chinese-course-for-adults-through-medium-of-welsh/

Second home-owning Tory MS hits out at rent controls. https://nation.cymru/news/second-home-owning-tory-ms-hits-out-at-rent-controls/

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"Our country is now held together with goodwill and sticky tape. As successive Conservative governments have ripped up society with austerity, privatisation, Brexit and disaster capitalism, we survive because
frontline workers and volunteers go way beyond the call of duty."

I've been developing software for well over 25 years now, but spend at least half the day staring at my monitor without having the slightest idea what I'm actually doing here.

‘We’re terrified at what we’re seeing’: #FoodBanks tell of soaring demand | Food banks | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/06/food-bank-donor-to-to-user-soaring-demand-for-aid

#UK #Inequality #Poverty

"If Meta is not given the option to transfer, store and process data from its European users on US-based servers, Facebook and Instagram may be shut down across Europe, the social media giants’ owner reportedly warned in its annual report."

Sounds great! 🙏🎉🙏🎉

https://www.cityam.com/mark-zuckerberg-and-team-consider-shutting-down-facebook-and-instagram-in-europe-if-meta-can-not-process-europeans-data-on-us-servers/

#Winter #sunsets are often pale and literally lacking warmth but also figuratively so with subdued hues of #yellow. Here, there is also a darker #cloud in the foreground which partially masks the brighter clouds behind.

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