Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Take a look at this world map of encryption. What are your thoughts? For Germany, we can say for sure that end-to-end encryption is safe. But we need to fight for #privacy as pressure to backdoor encryption is increasing around the world. Take action now: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/csam-apple-eu-surveillance
https://www.gp-digital.org/world-map-of-encryption/

Folks in #Wales / #Cymru, if you use buses, there is currently a Welsh government consultation on plans to create a national and unified bus service: https://gov.wales/one-network-one-timetable-one-ticket-planning-buses-public-service-wales It closes on 24th June.

Farhad A wrote the following post Sun, 19 Jun 2022 19:35:46 +0200 1982 - “Tell them.”
- “I did. They laughed.”

1992 - Tell them again."
- “I did. They laughed.”

2002 - You must keep telling them."
- “I do tell them, everyday I tell them few will listen”

“They must listen or it will be too late”

- “It is too late.”

2022 - “Is it really still too late?”
- “It’s way past too late. Fewer people are laughing.”

2033 “Why did no one tell us?”
- “Oh we did, many times, many ways. But we have made progress. No one is laughing anymore.”

#GlobalWarming #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCatastrophe #Environment

People who caught Covid in first wave get ‘no immune boost’ from Omicron
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/14/people-who-caught-covid-in-first-wave-get-no-immune-boost-from-omicron?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"Arron Banks almost crushed me in court. Instead, my quest for the facts was vindicated" - Carole Cadwalladr https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/commentisfree/2022/jun/19/arron-banks-set-out-to-crush-me-in-court-instead-my-quest-for-the-facts-was-vindicated

A group of people in a room staring at their phones. Every half hour or so a different one looks up and complains about how everyone else does nothing but look at their phones.

#FossilFuel firms ‘have humanity by the throat’, says #UN head in blistering attack | #ClimateCrisis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/17/fossil-fuel-firms-un-head-antonio-guterres-blistering-attack

#Environment #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

I was really depressed for the last two days because I left my ring on the lawn and the crows stole it BC shiny. It's irreplaceable and Akkas gave it to me two years ago so I was devastated. I dredged the pond and used a metal detector all over the lawn but it was gone. But today I cooked the crows bacon in the morning and this afternoon it was returned RIGHT WHERE I LEFT THE BACON!!!!!

#MartinRowson on the PM’s delay in appointing a new #ethics adviser – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jun/17/martin-rowson-on-the-pms-delay-appointing-a-new-ethics-adviser-cartoon

#UK #Politics #Satire #BorisJohnson #Tories

#SteveBell on #LordGeidt’s resignation letter – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jun/16/steve-bell-lord-geidt-resignation-letter-cartoon

#UK #Politics #Satire

Apparently using *they* as a singular pronoun (to use instead of *he* and *she*) is hardly a new phenomenon. It dates back to 1375 in written records!

In fact, singular *you* is much more recent! Dating back to the 17th century! 😂

Oh, this quote's fun, and it shows that our gender-related issues has been going on for centuries:

> In 1794, a contributor to the New Bedford Medley mansplains to three women that the singular they they used in an earlier essay in the newspaper was grammatically incorrect and does no ‘honor to themselves, or the female sex in general.’ To which they honourably reply that they used singular they on purpose because ‘we wished to conceal the gender,’ and they challenge their critic to invent a new pronoun if their politically-charged use of singular they upsets him so much.

Source:
https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/

I'd say it's probably safe to use *they* in general. I do use singular *they* regularly and it's the least fuss imo.

#English #Language #Pronouns #They

#AirPollution got worse during #lockdown in many countries, study finds | Air #pollution | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/14/air-pollution-got-worse-during-lockdown-in-many-countries-study-finds

#Environment

#K-9Mail joins the #Thunderbird family

https://k9mail.app/2022/06/13/K-9-Mail-and-Thunderbird

#Android #EmailClient #FreeSoftware

Livelihoods in #DevelopingCountries Threatened Despite #ClimateChangeAdaptation. In the new #DEval report, Leppert et al. assessed the relevance, effectiveness and #impacts of instruments for managing #Residual #ClimateRisks, such as #RiskPooling (#ClimateRiskInsurance), Third-party #RiskFinance, #RiskPreparedness and #Transformative #RiskManagement by #German #DevelopmentCooperation.

Full report:
https://www.deval.org/fileadmin/Redaktion/PDF/05-Publikationen/Berichte/2021_Klima/DEval_Bericht_2021_Evaluation_of_interventions_for_climate_change_adaptation_web.pdf

#ClimateCrisis #SocialRiskManagement #ClimateChange #Adaptation #Climate

'For the first time the largest parties in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all left-wing, pro-autonomy and want stronger economic ties with the EU.'
https://nation.cymru/opinion/might-a-celtic-union-be-one-route-to-changing-the-balance-of-power-within-the-uk/

Arron Banks loses libel action against reporter Carole Cadwalladr

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/13/arron-banks-loses-libel-action-against-reporter-carole-cadwalladr-guardian-defamation-brexit-russia

Can we all take a moment to appreciate Carole Cadwalladr 's TED talk, and, in particular today, the bravery it took to deliver it.

https://www.ted.com/speakers/carole_cadwalladr

Humans are strange people. We have no idea how to achieve happiness, but we know in detail everything that makes us sad.

Tesla's "self driving" software disables itself just before crashes to sneakily avoid liability https://fortune.com/2022/06/10/elon-musk-tesla-nhtsa-investigation-traffic-safety-autonomous-fsd-fatal-probe/

#LochArkaig #OspreyCam: Live #Webcam - #WoodlandTrust

Mixed news from the #Osprey #Nest in #Scotland. Two #chicks are thriving and growing up fast but one died a few days ago. I could be very wrong but I when I tried to find out when the death had occured, I thought I saw that the parents were feeding the dead chick to the surviving two. If so, I had no idea they engaged in #cannibalism.

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam/

#Wildlife #UK