Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Hi everyone!

I highly recommend you Not to use proprietary and #privacy-intruding
social networks such as Twitter or Youtube.

But if you can't stop going there, I know some metadata, #privacy-respecting, #foss web services for accessing those non-free social networks!

Below are the redirects!

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Youtube --> Invidious

Instances: https://instances.invidio.us/
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Twitter --> Nitter

Instances:
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
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Instagram --> Biblogram

Instances: https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram-docs/tree/master/docs/Instances.md
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Stay Safe!

Magic mushrooms could avert looming mental health crisis, says police boss. https://nation.cymru/news/magic-mushrooms-could-avert-looming-mental-health-crisis-says-police-boss/

Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases

Rising temperatures are set to cause particular devastation in poorer, hotter parts of the world that will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions that will kill increasing numbers of people, the research has found.
The #economic loss from the climate crisis, as well as the cost of #adaptation, will be felt around the world, including in wealthy countries.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/04/rising-global-temperatures-death-toll-infectious-diseases-study

#ClimateCrisis

It's slightly disappointing to see 2 deaths today in the official #Covid19Cymru figures, though as Wednesdays (along with Tuesdays) normally see higher totals, it is not a surprise, given the figures of the past week; cf 5 last Wednesday. So we are on a downward trend again.
On the bright side, the number of new cases is down to 14.

7-day average: 2.0
Total: 1568

God damnit why cant anyone follow the rules!

Alarm at #Trump's unsubstantiated claim that #Beirut blast was an ‘attack’ | #US news | The Guardian

Put a moron in power and this is what the result is.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/05/donald-trump-beirut-explosion-remarks

"the main Dutch public broadcaster… found that ads served to users who opted out of cookies were bringing in as much or more money as ads served to users who opted in."

"The results were so strong that as of January 2020, NPO simply got rid of advertising cookies altogether…"

https://www.wired.com/story/can-killing-cookies-save-journalism/

Important PSA for #conspiracy theorists out there:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/07/30/you-must-not-do-your-own-research-when-it-comes-to-science/#389f417c535e
Because #science, bitch.

The #Covid19Cymru official figures show 0 deaths in Wales in the 24 hours to 7am this morning. These are Sunday's figures, so that's not an especially encouraging figure, though clearly it's good when compared to the extraordinary (and still, as far as I can tell, unexplained) figures of the past five days.
Total: 1565
7-day Average: 2.29 (cf 0.29 a week ago)
Govt assures us figures are still going down and that test-trace-isolate in Wales is being very effective.
Time will tell.

Needless to say this doesn't look good. I don't have an explanation at the moment, though it seems there are particular problems in north Wales (Betsi Cadwaladr health board) which accounts for all 3 of today's recorded deaths. Could it be due to tourism perhaps? Though Wrecsam (not a prime tourist destination) seems to be worst hit in terms of new cases.
Total now 1565
7-day average 2.29 (cf 0.29 a week ago)
#Covid19Cymru