#IT #semiconductors #chips #computers #cars #environment #climate_change #carbon_footprint #TSMC #taiwan #us #global #future
The computer chip industry has a dirty climate secret
'Preserving quirks of medieval English aristocracy' more important to Westminster than Welsh rights says MP. https://nation.cymru/news/preserving-quirks-of-medieval-english-aristocracy-more-important-to-westminster-than-welsh-rights-says-mp/
This #spider has made its #web on the #vine and is here seen in the process wrapping up its prey. Note the shadow it is casting on the #leaf adjacent to it. Although not very big, I’m pretty sure it would make a good meal for a bird itself. I really like the patterns it has on its torso and legs.
#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Nature #Garden #Horticulture #Wildlife #Arachnids
Cymru 😥
The county with the highest infection rate in Wales is still Merthyr Tydfil with 817.2 cases per 100,000 population over seven days, followed by Carmarthenshire with 749.6 and Swansea with 745.4.
Last month the Netherlands passed #RouterFreedom into law: all ISPs must let customers choose their own Internet hardware and still provide tech support at no extra cost. That little box is your home-internet gatekeeper, and now in NL it can work for you https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210805-01.en.html
Fully #vaccinated people account for 1.2% of #England’s #Covid-19 #deaths | #Coronavirus | The Guardian
#facebook #moderation #different_rules #discrimination #social_media #politics
#democracy #global #future
Just one more reason to to rescue the internet from the big tech companies!
Facebook: some high-profile users ‘allowed to break platform’s rules’
Australian police can now hack your device, collect or delete your data, take over your social media accounts. We must all fight for our right to privacy!
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/australia-surveillance-bill
#labour #opposition #starmer #masks #brexit #covid #policy_vacuum #focus_groups #equivocation #lack_of_direction #politics #democracy #uk
Toot Redux (first published 21st February 2021)
#google #workers #underpayment #tech_giants #ethics #economics #global
Revealed: Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers across dozens of countries
#research #bias #metrics #gender #disciplines #experiences #flinders_university #bradshaw #australia #global
Banishing bias across disciplines, genders and experience—new tool for fairer research metrics
https://phys.org/news/2021-09-banishing-bias-disciplines-genders-experiencenew.html
‘Chaotic’ UK response criticised as Afghan babies wait for milk and donations turned away - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/sep/09/chaotic-uk-response-criticised-as-afghan-babies-wait-for-milk UK used to be famous for its organisational skills; #brexit UK is a failing state...
I just heard today that plants are made mostly of air, and a little water. Most of the structure of plants are carbon from CO2, and hydrogen from the rain. Just a very small amount is minerals from the soil.
Dorothy Squires
"The Welsh girl who loved and lost James Bond"
"Welsh singing legend Dorothy Squires died on 14 April 1998 aged 83."
I found this very interesting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/d08dca7d-b1f5-3e0a-83fa-44bdc40ee7cc
Betty became the first black head teacher in Wales
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
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#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology