Two Monarch butterflies successfully hatched in our kitchen today. Hopefully there will be some sunshine tomorrow and they can be set free to fly away to their winter habitat - probably somewhere near the East coast in some sheltered bush setting.

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**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 29, 2020, 23:05

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 29, 2020, 23:05

Apr 29, 2020, 23:05

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NHS staff coronavirus inquests told not to look at PPE shortages

My view is that coroners should simply ignore the guidance. Indeed they should go further and ensure that systemic failures in the provision of PPE are very much centre stage in all inquests. I may be wrong, but I strongly suspect that Dominic Cummings is well up in the mix here.

Link here:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/29/inquests-nhs-staff-deaths-ppe-shortages

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**Ian Kenway** · Apr 29, 2020, 17:31

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**muesli** @fribbledom@mastodon.social · Apr 29, 2020, 17:31

Apr 29, 2020, 17:31

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Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, Wire, Discord, Slack, Skype, Hangouts...

and I hate every single one of them.

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 29, 2020, 22:25

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 29, 2020, 22:25

Apr 29, 2020, 22:25

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**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 29, 2020, 22:16

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 29, 2020, 22:16

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Toot Redux (first published three days ago)

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**Ian Kenway** · Apr 28, 2020, 23:32

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**sda** @sda@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 23:32

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**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 23:28

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 23:28

Apr 28, 2020, 23:28

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#covid19 #coronavirus #global #pandemic #healthcare #face_masks #mayo #vicepresident #usa #politics

The number of cases of Covid-19
in the USA reached 1,000,000 today.

Mike Pence visited the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and visted patients without wearing a face mask as previously advised by the clinic.

Now here's the poll.

Mike Pence flouted the advice because:

33% He's dumb
0% He's arrogant
33% He's afraid of the POTUS
33% He's afraid of the voters

**Ian Kenway** · Apr 28, 2020, 21:07

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**Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥** @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 21:07

Apr 28, 2020, 21:07

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RT @emmawage@twitter.activitypub.actor
Calling for a temporary ban on data visualization until we figure out what is going on

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**Ian Kenway** · Apr 28, 2020, 19:18

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**AngharadHafod** @AngharadHafod@toot.wales · Apr 28, 2020, 19:18

Apr 28, 2020, 19:18

AngharadHafod @AngharadHafod@toot.wales

Today's #Covid19UK figures show the expected rebound after the weekend, though it has to be said this is lower than I anticipated - which is good news. As can be seen from the figures in red in the data, the weekly average percentage increase is down to 3.2%, and as an average it's likely to reflect a real trend (as opposed to a single piece of data which can be a blip).
There's still a long way to go yet though.

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 19:12

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 19:12

Apr 28, 2020, 19:12

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Curated News

- Each and Every Week

https://www.phidoc.net/food_for_thought.html

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**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 01:36

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 01:36

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Families Of NHS And Social Care Workers Who Die Of Covid-19 To Get £60k Payout | HuffPost UK

I am not a particular litigious person, but in this instance I very much hope there will be a tsunami of litigation (both individually and through class action) against the UK and US governments that seek punitive damages for dereliction of duty of care. £60,000 pay offs to NHS and social care staff in the UK are absolutely insulting. Victims should accept such payments for immediate assistance, but without any prejudice regarding future legal action.

**Ian Kenway** · Apr 27, 2020, 21:52

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**🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱** @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 27, 2020, 21:52

Apr 27, 2020, 21:52

🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

A really nice infographic giving some basics regarding antibodies and immunity.

#biology #coronavirus #covid #covid19

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**Ian Kenway** · Apr 27, 2020, 22:20

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**AngharadHafod** @AngharadHafod@toot.wales · Apr 27, 2020, 22:20

Apr 27, 2020, 22:20

AngharadHafod @AngharadHafod@toot.wales

In a very similar way to the #Covid19Cymru figures, but on a larger scale, the #Covid19UK data for today show deaths at their lowest since 30th March. That too was a weekend blip though, so expect a rebound tomorrow. Nonetheless, it is relatively good news. The average rate of increase over the past week is down to 3.6% (cf Italy 3.1% at the corresponding time - UK is still doing worse).

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 00:45

**Ian Kenway** @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org · Apr 28, 2020, 00:45

Apr 28, 2020, 00:45

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#phidoc #music #books #literature #greece #symi

PHIDOC

Please note that April's Book of the Month is 'One Hundred Days of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the Track of the Month is the First Movement of the Fourth Symphony in A minor by Jean Sibelius.

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html

**Ian Kenway** · Apr 26, 2020, 07:48

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**Glyn Moody** @glynmoody@mastodon.social · Apr 26, 2020, 07:48

Apr 26, 2020, 07:48

Glyn Moody @glynmoody@mastodon.social

"The pandemic will cause more economic damage than we can now imagine. To think that you could then add to this extraordinary situation a very disorderly exit, to me is not imaginable." - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/26/brexit-want-to-leave-the-eu-youll-need-two-more-years-merkel-ally-warns-britain well, it is if you are a #brexiter...