Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
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My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
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If you seriously think like the OP in this meme you can kindly go fuck yourself, thanks.
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@freemo A long time ago, I'd be offended in your position. Now, I understand and accept that a large percentage of human beings are illogical and have mental disorders. Don't waste time trying to logic someone out of something they didn't logic themselves into.
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Here's my summary of today's #Covid19Cymru figures:
Cases down. R up (but still well under 1). Deaths surprisingly low
There were 2281 cases reported today. Positivity (as someone observed yesterday) remains high, at around 30%.
7-day average: 2229 - DOWN 105)
R (estimate): 0.91 - UP 0.01
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This small rise in R is not of huge concern, but it's the second day in a row that it's gone up. It says the rate of fall is getting slower. But cases are still falling (R < 1).
It would be unwise to read much into this, given the irregularities of Christmas data.
13 new deaths were reported. That's surprisingly low for what should be a "normal" Wednesday. I'd go as far as to say that it's improbable, given the situation. I expect a correction at some point.
7-day average: 32.71 - DOWN 5.43
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The big disappointment in today's data is #Ceredigion. It seems this is a "catch-up" day after 2 days of very low figures. But I wouldn't have expected to see such a phenomenon at county level, where other counties seem to have been in line with their usual.
35 new cases: 7-day average 16.86 - UP 0.29
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@freemo Writing code is absolutely all about successive drafts. Even working code is usually not the last draft, I almost always redraft what I’ve done to make it clear to whoever will be reading it what’s going/what the important parts are
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#Siberia #permafrost yields well-preserved #IceAge woolly #rhino | #Science | The Guardian
#Palaeontology #Russia #Evolution #Biology #Zoology #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange
#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi
Please note that December’s Book of the Month is Travels with Epicurus by Daniel Klein and the Track of the Month is ‘Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)...’ by Brand X.
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Loving someone unconditionally while not letting yourself be destroyed by the bad times in their life is probably one of the hardest things to achieve. But my god if you can get there it is a wonderful place to be.
#brexit #labour #corbyn #starmer #sellout #opportunism #cowardice #politics #democracy
Toot Redux (first published 31 Jan 2017)
#research #physics #cosmology #dark_matter #multiverse #PBHs
Primordial black holes and the search for dark matter from the multiverse
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-primordial-black-holes-dark-multiverse.html
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@peterdrake forgot one more step "buy a new machine"
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Almost all computer problems are solved by some variant of "turn it off and back on again".
#guardian #brexit #labour
#opposition #starmer
I find myself in disagreement with the Guardian’s editorial where it argues that Keir Starmer is “right to back the deal”. Under its last leader, Labour failed the British people by not wholeheartedly opposing Brexit. Had Jeremy Corbyn mustered the commitment to lead the remain cause, Labour might well not have lost anything like the 50-odd leave seats it did in the last election. Labour is, thankfully, under new management and we know where the hearts of Keir Starmer, Anneliese Dodds and Emily Thornberry lie. They are Europeans, through and through. They must now have the courage of their convictions. They know that Brexit is fuelled by dubious money, dodgy argument, a focus on spurious “sovereignty” and elements of racism.
A comparison of the speeches of Ursula von der Leyen and Boris Johnson summed up why Christmas Eve was such a shaming day. Von der Leyen spoke with feeling, vision and deep seriousness, Johnson with his usual silliness. Britain needs to repair the damage as soon as it can. It needs to rejoin the EU at the first opportunity, and Labour must make the case unequivocally. It must begin by abstaining in the vote on what must be seen as solely a Tory deal.
David Curtis
Solihull, West Midlands
I completely concur with David Curtis (who I don't know). The Guardian editorial beggars belief in its extraordinary naivety. Millions of people will desert the party if it supports the Tory deal on Brexit. The only sensible policy for Starmer is to call for his fellow MPs to abstain and to do so passionately! Any other course will herald the death of the Labour Party which, in the long term, may be a very good thing!
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RT @ButNotTheCity
One thing I learned studying law is that a lot of what people do every day is illegal and much of our ability to live in society is predicated on the discretionary non-application of laws.
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If somehow it were possible to take away a humans ability to learn and grow, would that necessarily take away your free will?
#IT #privacy #websearch #metadata #confidentiality #images #medicine #patients
Researchers find 45 million medical images exposed online
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
Personal website:
My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
