Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

“TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data harvesting being combined with Beijing’s apparently unchecked access to that sensitive data.” – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

This is true.

Now replace TikTok with Facebook, Snapchat, <insert Silicon Valley Big Tech corporation or startup here> and Beijing with Washington, DC and…

This is also true.

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https://blog.malwarebytes.com/privacy-2/2022/07/tiktok-is-unacceptable-security-risk-and-should-be-removed-from-app-stores-says-fcc/

#peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #humanRights #democracy

This was predictable. Facebook/Meta is now encrypting the QP data so that Firefox and other privacy conscious browsers that strip the tracking data can't. Only way to avoid it is to not use Facebook at all. #DeleteFacebook #SurveillanceCapitalism www.ghacks.net/2022/07/17/face…

Fun fact: If you know someone's mobile number and carrier, you can text them from email.

https://support.betterimpact.com/siteguide/receiving-text-messages/

Settled #weather is caused by the presence of a #HighPressure region of #air which often stays for days at a time (depending on where you live). This means that the air is quite still and so atmospheric #dust and #pollution from cities stagnates and gets pushed down into low-level layers of the #atmosphere. It causes #haze but also deeper #red #sunsets.

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

The Wye & Usk Foundation (WUF) persuaded Welsh Water and NRW to release water from the Elan Valley reservoirs to boost the Wye’s flow and flush out warmer water https://nation.cymru/news/conservation-group-helps-save-wye-salmon-from-heat-death/

@anniemo71 "In the UK and other places, tests are no longer free"

Not true. They are free in Cymru (and I believe Scotland) to anyone with Symptoms.
It's another case of "for UK, read England" I'm afraid.

Today the maximum temperature here is about 30°C but is likely to breach 40°. It’s particularly worrying as the last record was only set three years ago. I decided to do my #cycling in the morning to avoid the peak. It was a route along the side of the #ExeEstuary and so outwards, there was a fairly strong #headwind from the #OnshoreBreeze but as soon I got to the turning point it became pretty easy.

#Biking #Bicycle #Cycle #Weather #Summer #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

The porch is now at 40° and I’m on the eastern side of the house.

This needs a lot of hashtags.

#heatwave #Temperature #records #Europe #UnitedKingdom #Ireland #France #Brittany #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow #xp
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RT @WeatherProf
History in the making. 26 all-time records smashed today in the UK and France. It will be hotter tomorrow for many. So far 107F+ in France and 98F+ in UK. Wales hits its highest temperature ever. More to come tomorrow! http://coolwx.com/record/ @WFLA
https://twitter.com/WeatherProf/status/1549057215725801474

A cross-party group of MPs has urged the candidates battling to replace Boris Johnson to support a bill which would make it an offence for politicians to wilfully mislead the public https://nation.cymru/news/tory-leadership-candidates-urged-to-back-bill-which-would-make-it-an-offence-for-politicians-to-lie/

Conservative commitment to 'levelling up' economy outside of SE England set to be 'junked' by next Prime Minister https://nation.cymru/news/conservative-commitment-to-levelling-up-economy-outside-of-se-england-set-to-be-junked-by-next-prime-minister/

Hefyd/Also: https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/systems-engineer-486526.html

The #pollinators are out in numbers today as it’s bright and #sunny.

A #Bumblebee on a #RunnerBean #Flower.

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

These #yellow flowers are also popular with bees.

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

And here are several bees amongst a little jungle of flowers.

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