Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Wales' UBI pilot is to be welcomed - but I fear the government's piecemeal plans will fail. https://nation.cymru/opinion/wales-ubi-pilot-is-to-be-welcomed-but-i-fear-the-governments-piecemeal-plans-will-fail/

Drakeford and Sturgeon warn Johnson four nation summit must be more than 'PR or box-ticking exercise' https://nation.cymru/news/drakeford-and-sturgeon-warn-johnson-four-nation-summit-must-be-more-than-pr-or-box-ticking-exercise/

“When Tesla’s bitcoin purchase policy was announced, the bitcoin cost of a Model 3 produced about 400 metric tons of carbon dioxide, compared with just 8.85 metric tons to make and drive the car over its lifetime.”

And they call this guy a genius. I have other words in mind.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/china-advances-its-war-on-bitcoin-cracks-down-on-mining/

Sometimes when I’m #cooking, my wife leaves some mystery #ingredients for me to add to my dish. Today it turned out to be #nettles which she had boiled earlier. Luckily, they didn’t sting and tasted and looked a bit like chopped spinach.

Richest nations agree to end support for #coal #production overseas | Coal | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/21/richest-nations-agree-to-end-support-for-coal-production-overseas

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases #Emissions #Pollution

No 10 ‘tried to block’ data on spread of new Covid variant in English schools - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/22/no-10-tried-to-block-data-on-spread-of-new-covid-variant-in-english-schools something to hide, perchance?

The Agony in the Garden

1 March 2017, 15:29:15
Giovanni Bellini
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giovanni_bellini,_orazione_nell%27orto,_1465_ca._03.jpg

‘Brazil is a global pariah’: Lula on his plot to end reign of ‘psychopath’ Bolsonaro - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/21/brazil-lula-bolsonaro this can't happen too soon...

Welsh schoolgirl, aged 13, thought to have IQ higher than Einstein. https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-schoolgirl-aged-13-thought-to-have-iq-higher-than-einstein/

On Windows, #SumatraPDF is one of my favourites for reading PDFs or EPUBs: Small installation, portable, data-saving, flexible, easy to use and of course Open Source.

https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader

#foss #windows #pdf #epub #opensource

‘I believe #FreeSoftware needs a voice at the national as well as the #EU level in politics: Software does not exist in an isolated bubble, it's heavily dependent on the ecosystem that it lives in.’

– Isabel Drost-Fromm, Software Engineer, #Apache Software Foundation Member

https://fsfe.org/about/people/testimonials#drost-fromm

Fen Lane, East Bergholt

1817
John Constable
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_constable,_fen_lane,_east_bergholt,_1817_ca_-_1.jpg

Hey teacher … how #SydBarrett’s artistic genius flowered at #school | Syd Barrett | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/16/hey-teacher-how-syd-barretts-artistic-genius-flowered-at-school

#PinkFloyd #History #Art

@davidoclubb @jaz I see Wikipedia has an interesting page on the subject of bilingualism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_effects_of_multilingualism

There's also a currently inaccessible page at the bbc that talks about different mindsets in different languages (I know this to be true).
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160811-the-amazing-benefits-of-being-bilingual