Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

#BenJennings on #refurbishment of #DowningStreet – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2021/may/02/ben-jennings-refurbishmentdowning-street-grenfell-cladding-boris-johnson-cartoon

#UK #Politics #Satire #GrenfellTower

‘Decades ahead of his time’: #history catches up with visionary #JimmyCarter | Jimmy Carter | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/03/jimmy-carter-climate-change-carterland-film-biography

#US #Politics

#Non-NHS #healthcare providers given £96bn in a decade, says Labour | #NHS | The Guardian

The #Tories are so brazen about the #privatization of the NHS.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/03/non-nhs-healthcare-providers-given-96bn-in-a-decade-says-labour

#UK #Politics

How new Welsh election voting website can help you find your political match. https://nation.cymru/opinion/how-new-welsh-election-voting-website-can-help-you-find-your-political-match/

Rapid spread of India Covid variant in UK is ‘worrying’, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/29/rapid-spread-of-india-covid-variant-in-uk-is-worrying-say-scientists?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/coronavirus-appeal

Covid-19 is spiraling out of control in India. The country’s health system is unable to cope. Help India’s most vulnerable people as they face this devastating new wave.

My home country, the Netherlands, has been well aware of the risks caused by #ClimateChange since 1995 and is planning for rising sea levels since 2008. Just as a FYI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works

Voting app developed in Wales launched ahead of Senedd election. https://nation.cymru/news/voting-app-developed-in-wales-launched-ahead-of-senedd-election/

I think this is a #CollaredDove. It was sitting in a neighbour’s #garden.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Wildlife #Birds #Nature #Dove

Telegraph backs 'Wyddfa' campaign claiming Anglicisation 'driving a dagger through heart' of Welsh language. https://nation.cymru/news/telegraph-backs-wyddfa-campaign-claiming-anglicisation-driving-a-dagger-through-heart-of-welsh-language/

Germany must tighten climate law to protect young people's future, court rules https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-germany/germany-must-further-tighten-climate-change-law-top-court-rules-idUSKBN2CG0PD

Germany has committed to zero emissions in 2050 and has plans to reduce emissions by 55% (compared to 1990) in 2030.

The judge ruled Germany should also make plans for after 2030.

"Among the plaintiffs was Sophie Backsen, 22, daughter of a farming family on the North Sea island of Pellworm, who fears that rising sea levels would engulf her low-lying island, leaving her with no inheritance."

RIP, Daniel Kaminski. You saved the DNS system instead of exploiting it.

"When a reporter asked Mr. Kaminsky why he did not exploit the DNS flaw to become immensely wealthy, he said that doing so would have been morally wrong, and that he did not want his mother to have to visit him in prison."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/technology/daniel-kaminsky-dead.html

#Technology #Internet #Security #Privacy #DNS #Obituaries

"30 Years Of Linux - An Interview With Linus Torvalds: Linux and Git"

https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/interview-linus-torvalds-linux-and-git

France planning to allow use of algorithms to detect extremism online - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/28/france-planning-allow-use-algorithms-detect-extremist-activity nope nope nope

Speed at which #world’s #glaciers are #melting has doubled in 20 years | Glaciers | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/28/speed-at-which-worlds-glaciers-are-melting-has-doubled-in-20-years

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

“Cryptocurrency is literally like an eight-year-old’s concept of an evil businessman. He just plugs his pollution machine in and gets money for it. It doesn’t make anything, it just. Pollutes. And makes money. Like a fucking Captain Planet villain”

https://twitter.com/WKDart/status/1386187042460106754