Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Three ways EU could retaliate if UK ditches Northern Ireland protocol - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/17/three-ways-eu-could-respond-to-uk-ditching-northern-ireland-protocol abject failure by UK gov if it comes to this... #brexitreality

A reminder that Mastodon and the Fediverse do NOT use cryptocurrency, blockchains, NFTs, tokens, coins, mining, web3 or anything like that.

Masto and the Fedi run on traditional servers and use a sustainable network federation model somewhat similar to e-mail (that's why Fediverse addresses look similar to e-mail addresses).

Also a reminder there are no venture capital firms or other investors either. No one owns the network, each server is independent. Masto and Fedi server running costs are paid by their owners, sometimes with donations from users.

No one is getting rich from the Fediverse, it is all volunteers with some getting donations and a few getting modest grants from foundations. Please remember this when you interact with admins or developers.

(There might be some individual users who post about cryptocurrency/blockchain, but the infrastructure this place runs on doesn't use it at all.)

Tl:dr - Decentralisation does NOT mean cryptocurrency/blockchain

#Fediverse

Sadly, when Tories push for Singapore-on-Thames they actually mean a free for all tax free low regulation nightmare for non-millionaires…

About as far from Singapore as it’s possible to be…

85% of Europeans believe that the EU should reduce its dependency on Russian gas and oil as soon as possible to support Ukraine.

With the #REPowerEU plan, we can do it.

It will step up Europe's energy security and independence and mobilise up to €300 billion.

One things for absolutely certain: while Rolls Royce will walk away with massive profits from building and operating these nuclear reactors.

It’ll be you and me and generations of taxpayers to come who’ll be paying the £bns to store the toxic waste they produce for millennia.

If nuclear power is your answer you’re asking the wrong question.

Jubilee ready

"Prime Minister opened his speech saying “pnawn da blodyn” (good afternoon flower) saying it was how he had just hailed a female BBC journalist."

That's appropriate, is it?

https://nation.cymru/news/boris-johnson-says-guto-harri-mounting-biggest-welsh-takeover-of-westminster-since-the-tudors/

Watch: Anti-Brexit protestor Steve Bray disrupts Welsh Conservative conference dinner https://nation.cymru/news/watch-anti-brexit-protestor-steve-bray-disrupts-welsh-conservative-conference-dinner/

#EU ambassador rejects Liz Truss’s demand to rewrite #NI protocol | #Brexit | The Guardian

No surprise there.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/19/eu-ambassador-rejects-liz-trusss-demand-to-rewrite-ni-protocol

#UK #Politics #NorthernIreland #Ireland

You don't have to do everything in your head. We have paper for a reason.

A heno...

Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician.

Today is the birthday of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, who wrote the first book about integration *and* differentiation. If you need help making difficult things simpler, give me a shout -- I'm usually happy to help.

RT @EmporersNewC@twitter.com

For those saying "We should wait to judge Brexit, we're going to do trade deals with the world", remember that, with the new trade deal, we're struggling to sell to our own people in our own country.

And it's the most advanced trade deal we have.

Tech pros warn EU 'data adequacy' at risk if Brexit Britain goes its own way - https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/17/uk_eu_data/ well, obvs... #brexitreality

#Mastercard launches #SmileToPay system amid #privacy concerns | Fintech | The Guardian

Another abuse of #FacialRecognition but many will fall victim to it, I expect. This one is akin to #BraveNewWorld.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/17/mastercard-launches-smile-to-pay-amid-privacy-concerns

#Biometrics #Consumerism

I was glancing out of the window a few minutes ago and saw a rather unusual set of #colours during the #sunset. The #sky was looking decidedly #brown rather than the more usual yellow or golden. I read in the news somewhere that we’re currently experiencing airborne #sand and #dust from #Saharan #Africa and I’m wondering if that’s what this is.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Spring

The #WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 report:
Four key #ClimateChange indicators break records in 2021

Four key #climate change indicators – #GreenhouseGas concentrations, #SeaLevelRise, #OceanHeat and ocean #acidification – set new records in 2021. This is yet another clear sign that human activities are causing planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean, and in the atmosphere

#Report: https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=22080

https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/four-key-climate-change-indicators-break-records-2021