Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Apparently "think of the children!" Is the current strategy to justify violating your privacy rights, its disgusting.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/06/whatsapp-criticised-for-plan-to-allow-messages-to-disappear-after-24-hours

Egytians, and more generally muslims, are by far some of the nicest people i ever met. I will admit their laws are oppressive and all, but they truly are caring people most of the time. The one guy that works at this hotel made me a special dinner to try to raise my spirits, he even went out of his way to track down some pasta. I cant eat even half of all this food but my god it was good.

I guess that's one way to ensure future-self will never make the mistake to work for Oracle again...

It’s my non-party and I’ll lie if I want to: #BorisJohnson is bang to rights | John Crace | The Guardian

Posting this partially just for the headline.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/08/its-my-non-party-and-ill-lie-if-i-want-to-boris-johnson-is-bang-to-rights

#UK #Politics

'Early Christmas present' for campaigners as two Welsh medium schools saved from closure. https://nation.cymru/news/early-christmas-preasent-for-campaigners-as-two-welsh-medium-schools-saved-from-closure/

#Woodland #walks save #UK £185m a year in #MentalHealth costs, report finds | #Trees and #forests | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/04/woodland-walks-save-uk-185m-a-year-in-mental-health-costs-report-finds

#Nature #Health

No jokes, please, about Uranus and motions.

#Barbados parts way with Queen and becomes world’s newest #republic | Barbados | The Guardian

Good for them, hope the rest follow suit. Now what about #Canada and #Australia? Then of course there’s #Britain too.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/30/at-the-stroke-of-midnight-barbados-becomes-the-worlds-newest-republic

#Politics #Independence

Criminals are using the NHS COVID Pass as a way to target the public by convincing them to hand over money, financial details and personal information.

https://gov.wales/raising-awareness-about-covid-pass-fraud?utm_source=rss-topics-Coronavirus+%28COVID-19%29&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-Raising+awareness+about+COVID+Pass+fraud#description-block

Well I fractured my leg not even a week into my egypt trip. Ffffuuunnnnn

Estimates suggest Cardiff could need between 19,000 and 30,500 new homes over the next 15 years.
https://nation.cymru/news/consultation-launched-on-new-local-development-plan-for-cardiff/

This documentary on homelessness is heartbreaking 😢

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81240756?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp&vlang=en&clip=81273329

So i had yo switch hotels as there was no easy access yo the deep ocean at my last one. Slippery rocks made it impossible to get in safely. Anyway at a new hotel and got 15 minutes if open ocean swimming in before the sun went down and the life guard yelled at me. Still had a lot of fun. I plan to be in the ocean all day tomorrow. Tonight im gonna be lazy and get some seafood room service.

If you want to see a map of my swim check it out here, pull up satellite view:

Sharm El Sheikh Open Water Swimming

Check out my open water swimming activity on Garmin Connect. #beatyesterday
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/7890152422?share_unique_id=18

#Misunderstood - YouTube

Great lyrics by #PeteTownshend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA7h6-KYr_A

#Music

The sea here in egypt is a bit of a mixed bag. The water was more than warm enough to enjoy, so thats nice. Also the outside is fairly warm at 27C / 80F and above. The problem is there is a constant fairly significant wind with no breaks and as result a decent current. You have to constantly exert effort to stay still and are fairly cold coming out of the water. Should be ok for scuba though.

The other problem is the beach is rocky and slippery, very dangerous with my back. My hope is ill find a better point to enter next time. I need a day more to recover from my travels before ive recovered enough to attempt a proper dive too

"The Omnicron variant (also called B.1.1.529) has been linked to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. These countries have moved onto the red list from 4.00am, Sunday 28 November 2021."

https://gov.wales/written-statement-international-travel-changes-27-november-2021?utm_source=rss-topics-Coronavirus+%28COVID-19%29&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-Written+Statement%3A+International+travel+changes+%2827+November+2021%29

#Cymru #Wales