Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#BorisJohnson has got a lot of time on his hands at the moment. Why isn’t he spending at least some of it in Ukraine as he was recently? What’s that? He actually didn’t care about the Russian invasion or the people of Ukraine and just did it for political popularity back home?

#UK #Politics

#Europe’s #rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years | #Rivers | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/13/europes-rivers-run-dry-as-scientists-warn-drought-could-be-worst-in-500-years

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Drought

As the #Sunset approaches, there are some #clouds which cast aerial shadows giving a nice blend of #colours, including #greys in addition to the #blues and #oranges and even a bit of #green. Maybe there’s too much #silhouetted #horizon.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Summer

I'm not surprised that the first analyses of the first Webb data seem to indicate that galaxies in the early universe are more massive than the standard model of cosmology predicts.

#JamesWebTelescope #astronomy #astrophysics

£20 million Day Surgery Unit at Prince Philip Hospital to open next month https://nation.cymru/news/20-million-day-surgery-unit-at-prince-philip-hospital-to-open-next-month/

#BorisJohnson rules out emergency measures to tackle #CostOfLivingCrisis | Boris Johnson | The Guardian

The laziest #PrimeMinister in living memory gets even lazier.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/08/boris-johnson-rules-out-emergency-measures-to-tackle-cost-of-living

#UK #Politics

I've just added my comment to boris johnson's leaving card. You can join me here. https://actionstorm.org/petitions/boriscard?ref=496424 #BorisLeavingCard #StopTheRot

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Out for an evening of reggae music and Caribbean cooking to celebrate Jamaican Independence Day.

RT @RaipurNitin: What is an extreme weather event? On August 5th, nearly an entire year’s worth of rain in one hour in Death Valley National Park. One of the world’s hottest and driest places.
#ClimateCrisis #climate #ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow #FridaysForFuture @parents4future

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/JanAlbrecht/status/1555950406752141312

You might enjoy this @gomez 🇯🇲

Celebrating Jamaica at 60 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001b9g1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.

-Pablo Neruda

This line hit me hard...

@celesteh @aral

I'm also seeing (in UK) valid company credit cards within limit (Mastercard and Visa) rejected on websites of both big and small companies without any involvement of Paypal on all browsers - to the point both myself and the Finance Manager at work have to try multiple cards for various companies and just pick the one that works. It seems Visa and Mastercard have changed their security validation methods and many e-commerce processors have not caught up with this..

I suspect China's grip runs even deeper than that of Russia; 'Made in China' is on most things we own. Whole industries, sectors, are in their palm. It will be interesting to see how the US and EU respond, under that pressure, should the PLA be commanded to invade (seemingly when, not if).

@NationCymru The odd thing about this is that Cy,ru already generates twice the amount of electricity that it uses. And a considerable part of that is renewable (I'm not sure how much). So the reality is that this is generating electricity for export (mostly to England).

I guess it's another of those things we won't actually see any real benefit from until independence.

#World ‘one #miscalculation away from #nuclear #annihilation’, #UN chief says | #NuclearWeapons | The Guardian

In case things weren’t grim enough.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/02/world-one-miscalculation-away-from-nuclear-annihilation-un-chief-says