Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

If laziness was an Olympic discipline, I would probably come in fourth: can't be bothered climbing up that podium.

I lost 24 lbs in 35 days so far.. was stalled for about a week there but after increasing my water intake I shot down pretty quick and am back on track!

Just made some #Gazpacho soup for lunch. Luckily it’s a warm day and so it was just right. Adding a bit #cumin and #chilli added a bit of zest to it.

Shout out to @nina for the suggestion.

Cleaning the hackspace's doors with IPA to get rid of all the sticky residue... as one does on a Saturday night at 1am.

My brother is quarantined in the basement, but I wanted to wire up a couple of old rotary phones so we could talk. Unfortunately, my soldering iron and tools are in the basement as well, so I had to wire this up with my fingernails, a kitchen knife, and rubber bands. Somehow this works. Behold!

As I haven't had time to post the #Covid19Cymru stats for a few days (I've been to Oxford to take part in a Covid study), here's a quick summary of what's been going on. Caerffili continues to grow. The Welsh government is right to impose a regional lockdown. Only 1 death was reported since my last post (Saturday).
Next in line for a local lockdown: RCT? Merthyr, Neath & Cardiff also strong contenders.
But close the pubs too, please!

Pleser mawr gen i gyhoeddi fy mod yn ymgeisydd am le ar restr Plaid Cymru ar gyfer Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru ar gyfer etholiadau'r Senedd fis Mai nesaf.

I'm delighted to announce that I am a candidate for a place on the Plaid Cymru list for Mid & West Wales for the Senedd elections next May.

http://angharad.org/Plaid/

The good news #Covid19Cymru - still 0 deaths. The very bad news - cases up to 165 today. This is looking like an exponential curve again, and that is scary.

Figures from https://public.tableau.com/profile/public.health.wales.health.protection#!/vizhome/RapidCOVID-19virology-Public/Headlinesummary

Here are today's #Covid19Cymru graphs.

Total remains: 1597
7-day average: 0.14
That is, just one death in the past week. That's a record that I think might stand for a long time, looking at how the number of cases are now increasing rapidly again.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/resignation-letter-from-facebook-engineer/0538edee-7487-4822-956a-e880c2024324/?itid=lk_inline_manual_3

#Facebook software engineer quits because " I can no longer stomach contributing to an organization that is profiting off hate in the US and globally"

Independence now 'the only solution' to stop 'Westminster power grab' say Plaid and SNP. https://nation.cymru/news/independence-now-the-only-solution-to-stop-westminster-power-grab-say-plaid-and-snp/

As a kid I used to slide around in our bathtub. Today I'm lucky if I manage to get out of it without hurting myself badly.

A fun article I just wrote explaining what the Reflection Coefficient is and how it can be used:

http://jeffreyfreeman.me/understanding-the-reflection-coefficient/

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