Julie Hunt @Juliehunt@qoto.org

Gwynedd Council has voted in favour of increasing the council tax on second homes to 150%.

The money will go towards tackling the homeless crisis in the county.

https://nation.cymru/news/gwynedd-votes-to-increase-council-tax-on-second-homes-to-150-to-pay-for-tackling-homeless-crisis/

I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
At the time, I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 55 now.
HIV treatment works and it means I can’t pass it on - we call this #UequalsU.
HIV changed. Tell everyone.
#WorldAIDSDay #WorldAIDSDay2022 #AIDShistory #CantPassItOn #FightStigma

Amazing NavCam image taken yesterday by the Mars Curiosity Rover following a 52 meter drive. The central mound of Gale Crater, Mount Sharp, is visible at left.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

#Mars #MarsCuriosity #Space #Science

Color

Beware the terrifying claws of Saint Patrick

I’ve joined the Guardian World Cup Team. Sort of. One new World Cup related composition released every Friday (for duration of tournament). Think it will also be in actual paper on Saturday. Here’s the first!
https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2022/nov/25/cold-war-steve-on-the-victims-and-vanity-of-the-world-cup

For those of you (in the UK) searching for an ethical way to add to you books to read pile, why not check our @OxfamGB online bookshop - they've got a 40% Black Friday thing going on right now - loads of great 2/H books (albeit with uneven pricing), with a really easily searchable site & pretty reliable packing!
@bookstodon https://onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/books/category/books?pscid=ps_ggl_Brand&gclid=CjwKCAiA7IGcBhA8EiwAFfUDscC_tWJXS6Him8hDRDjxz3jtxxon0eGqDYJp10ZUnEakVmeHfI5XpBoCCQgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Before posting Thanksgiving pictures this year, always be aware of your surroundings

On strike, again. Continued cuts to pension and year-on-year cuts to real terms pay are just not fair, particularly for my junior colleagues. The workload has become unsustainable. Something needs to change. #ucuRISING

Beautiful vista of a butte and the Gediz Vallis Ridge beyond on Mars. This is the beginning portion of a wide panorama taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover on Sol 3658 a few sols ago.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

#Mars #MarsCuriosity #Space #Science #Astrodon

I made a thing! It blinks. It tells time. It syncs up with thousands of #cheercolor devices around the world. It has @pimoroni and @Raspberry_Pi bits in it. Source code and laser cut files are available here: https://tnkr.in/5n5

Well, I know one turkey that Biden should NEVER pardon.

A stunning Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, a conga line and the best party ever - thousands turned Tenerife into a little piece of Wales

https://nation.cymru/sport/watch-the-monumental-scenes-as-tenerife-is-invaded-by-the-welsh/

#nowlistening #ClassicalMusic #music #AmericanComposers #WomenComposers

Amy *Beach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Beach

Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45, Symphony in E Minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic Symphony”
https://open.spotify.com/album/2BGzQN5FzH43HgjFLB6SuZ?si=sPgBN9UNRvKs47lj4foO_g

#AmyBeach

10 Downing Street has now commented on the issue of Welsh rainbow bucket hats being confiscated in Qatar.

https://nation.cymru/news/downing-street-say-they-are-monitoring-situation-after-welsh-rainbow-bucket-hats-confiscated/

Dealing with gender issues in STEM can be a real challenge when everybody who's in charge of fixing them is male.

#ImageForensics
Each of these photos represents a different experiment.
Can you spot a potential problem here?

Alex Scott has got more balls than 11 other men.

This is what an Iron Age motorway looks like!

It's a drove road in Somerset's Quantock hills. An ancient trackway where you really feel the history. But those amazing beech trees are more recent - European beech isn't very long-lived.

#Quantocks #Somerset #nature #trees #landscape #archaeology