Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

@celesteh @aral

I'm also seeing (in UK) valid company credit cards within limit (Mastercard and Visa) rejected on websites of both big and small companies without any involvement of Paypal on all browsers - to the point both myself and the Finance Manager at work have to try multiple cards for various companies and just pick the one that works. It seems Visa and Mastercard have changed their security validation methods and many e-commerce processors have not caught up with this..

I suspect China's grip runs even deeper than that of Russia; 'Made in China' is on most things we own. Whole industries, sectors, are in their palm. It will be interesting to see how the US and EU respond, under that pressure, should the PLA be commanded to invade (seemingly when, not if).

@NationCymru The odd thing about this is that Cy,ru already generates twice the amount of electricity that it uses. And a considerable part of that is renewable (I'm not sure how much). So the reality is that this is generating electricity for export (mostly to England).

I guess it's another of those things we won't actually see any real benefit from until independence.

#World ‘one #miscalculation away from #nuclear #annihilation’, #UN chief says | #NuclearWeapons | The Guardian

In case things weren’t grim enough.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/02/world-one-miscalculation-away-from-nuclear-annihilation-un-chief-says

I just download and ran this in an effort to stop Microsoft from interfering with my computer. It is driving me nuts.
My technical skills mean that I could not work this out for myself. So 🤞

https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

Spiralling #inflation, crops left in the field and travel chaos: 10 reasons #Brexit has been disastrous for #Britain | Brexit | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/03/spiralling-inflation-crops-left-in-the-field-and-travel-chaos-10-reasons-brexit-has-been-disastrous-for-britain

#UK #Politics #EU

@davidoclubb @anniemo71 If you have a spare USB drive you could try this https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install . Unfortunately I'm not local to you so can't teach you person, but I'm sure there's a bunch of us on here that can help out with at least the 'try before you install' bit. 😊
Partitioning isn't too awful, though it depends how comfortable/familiar you are with slightly more low-level computer fiddling!

Revealed: #UK #children being ensnared by #far-right ecosystem online | Far right | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/03/revealed-uk-children-ensnared-far-right-ecosystem-online

#Grooming #Indoctrination #Fascism #WhiteSupremacy #Incel

If it hasn't happened already, someone is going to try to "solve" the academic publishing problem by putting papers on the blockchain.

#facepalm

😳😳😳

If only......

First year a woman earned a university degree in European countries:
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/658311413566160896/first-year-a-woman-earned-a-university-degree-in

Oh my days! Midnight comes a fraction sooner as #Earth #spins faster | #Science | The Guardian

Save our days!

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/01/midnight-sooner-earth-spins-faster-shortest-day

#EarthRotation #Metrology

#SteveBell on the sinking of #BorisJohnson – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/aug/01/steve-bell-on-the-sinking-of-boris-johnson-cartoon

#UK #Politics #Satire #BorisJohnson #RishiSunak #LizTruss

Instead of preparing for a future disaster, perhaps we should be helping the people who are experiencing disaster right now.