Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Cors Caron, heno.
Tregaron raised bog, this evening.

The impact of #climate conditions on #economic production. Evidence from a global panel of regions

An increase in global mean surface temperature by about 3.5°C until the end of the century would reduce global output by 7–14% in 2100, with even higher damages in tropical and poor regions.

PDF:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0095069620300838/pdfft?md5=31d87dd955151483c5ae25476056ef4f&pid=1-s2.0-S0095069620300838-main.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0095069620300838

#ClimateCrisis

I've been staring at this screen for 30 minutes now. The percentage hasn't updated once.

I have no idea what's going on. Windows user experience in a nutshell 😒

France suspends controversial glue-trapping of songbirds - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/france-suspends-controversial-glue-trapping-of-songbirds/ good; now ban it completely forever

There was one death reported today in the #Covid19Cymru figures. That puts the 7-day average up to 0.71. But my main concern at the moment is the rise in cases: 34 new today, with the hot spot being Cardiff it seems. Anecdotal media reports are suggesting it's because people are dropping their guard; there's not a single point it can be traced to, but rather it's general. And so the big city suffers first.
Cardiff: 12
Merthyr: 4
Swansea, Carmarthen, Powys, Ceredigion (!!) :3
All others: <=1

I have heard from a fairly reliable source that the Ceredigion cluster is from a caravan park in or near Aberystwyth; i.e. it's tourists. Of course that means the local community should get back to full alertness again; I can vouch for the fact that Aberystwyth has not been a model of social distancing of late.

Choosing #TonyAbbott as #UK #TradeEnvoy ‘staggering’, says #Labour | #Australia news | The Guardian

Why are we employing a foreigner in a matter of national interest?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/26/choosing-tony-abbott-uk-trade-envoy-staggering-says-labour

#Politics

The twilight of the Union? For the UK, read Austria-Hungary. https://nation.cymru/opinion/the-twilight-of-the-union-for-the-uk-read-austria-hungary/

There were no new deaths reported today, but there are 28 new cases in the #Covid19Cymru official figures. That's up on the last few days. Once again, the biggest problem area is Cardiff, with 10; Gwynedd has 4, Pembrokeshire 3, Flintshire, Wrecsam, Carmarthenshire 2, and 1 in Caerffili, Môn, Denbighshire, Merthyr and RCT.

Almost half of Labour voters would back Welsh independence, new YouGov poll shows. https://nation.cymru/news/almost-half-of-labour-voters-would-vote-for-welsh-independence-new-yougov-poll-shows/

Universal basic income seems to improve employment and well-being - New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242937-universal-basic-income-seems-to-improve-employment-and-well-being/

Today's #Covid19Cymru figures show one new death, which means the 7-day average is up above 0.5 for the first time in a while. New cases are down to 19, so that's good news. They're very widely distributed though.

Total: 1593
7-day average: 0.57

New cases:
Swansea: 4
Cardiff: 3
Newport: 2
Wrecsam: 2
RCT: 2
Caerffili: 1
Conwy: 1
Denbighshire: 1
Vale of Glam: 1
Merthyr Tudful: 1
Powys: 1

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The first time I heard about Linux was on a BBS system I dialed into, and they offered an early version of Slackware to download for free.

You could boot into it right from your DOS system, using a little tool called loadlin[1]: it would load the Linux kernel from your FAT filesystem into memory, replacing your running DOS instance entirely.

This was probably the first time I realized there were alternatives to the FAT filesystem. Minds were blown!

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loadlin

"The spread of computers and the internet will put jobs in two categories: people who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do."

-- Marc Andreessen