Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

#UK to overhaul #privacy rules in #post-Brexit departure from #GDPR | GDPR | The Guardian

This could be very tricky especially as data currently flows freely between the UK and the #EU.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/26/uk-to-overhaul-privacy-rules-in-post-brexit-departure-from-gdpr

#Brexit #DataProtection

Just a reminder, historic climate change predictions modeling human caused global warming has turned out to be surprisingly accurate.

The attached image shows the average of the leading predictions from 2004 and how it tracks to the actual observed climate change. The accuracy turned out to be quite exceptional.

#Science #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment @Science

Legal representatives of Facebook, Inc. and Instagram, Inc. sent Cease and Desist letter to Barinsta developer[2] (Free and Open-Source Instagram frontend complying with four freedoms[1]) forcing them to stop the development after one year of work.[3]

I believe that if this lawsuit is successful and the app is not allowed to continue it's development other FLOSS projects that do the same thing such as the following would be next in line:
- Bibliogram <https://bibliogram.art/>, Libre Instagram frontend
- invidious <https://invidious.io>, Libre YouTube frontend
- Nitter <https://nitter.net/>, Libre Twitter frontend
- libreddit <https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit>, Libre reddit frontend
- SimplyTranslate <https://translate.metalune.xyz/>, Libre Google Translator frontend

References:
1. App in the f-droid:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.austinhuang.instagrabber/
2. Copy of the letter:
https://firebot-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/email-attachments/9ceab4da-d016-4524-bffc-87519d5e2cce/Barinsta_-_C26D.pdf
3. Issue by the developer:
https://github.com/austinhuang0131/austinhuang0131/issues/2

#FOSS #FLOSS #OSS #FSF #FSFE #Facebook #Instagram #Barinsta #invidious #nitter #bibliogram #libreddit #simplyTranslate #FLOSSPolicits #OSSPolitics #FOSSPolitics #politics #law #privacy

This morning's walk to work.

Happy Birthday, Linux!

30 years of age.
31,479,666 lines of code.
10.4 changes per hour.
1,031,305 commits.
Almost 25,000 contributors.

Countless freedoms ❤️

#UN criticised over statement on #overuse of #antibiotics in #farming | #Environment | The Guardian

Perpetuating a really bad idea.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/25/un-criticised-over-statement-on-overuse-of-antibiotics-in-farming

#Agriculture #AntibioticResistance #BigFarma

‘Genetic fossil’: intact #DNA from #woman who lived 7,200 years ago discovered in #Indonesia | #Archaeology | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/26/genetic-fossil-intact-dna-from-woman-who-lived-7200-years-ago-discovered-in-indonesia

#Biology #Zoology #Genetics #Anthropology

Jon Trickett on Twitter
@jon_trickett

• Superyacht sales up 47%
• Private Jets up 30%

The global billionaires are spending their $5.5 trillion covid dividends on luxuries while UK foodbank use climbs by a third.

Just plain wrong.

https://twitter.com/jon_trickett/status/1430461493389283328?s=19

#BenJennings on #TonyBlair’s #Afghanistan intervention — #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2021/aug/23/ben-jennings-tony-blairs-afghanistan-intervention-cartoon

#UK #US #Politics #Satire #BorisJohnson

Nine in 10 in #UK still wearing #masks despite end of #Covid-19 controls | #Coronavirus | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/20/uk-still-wearing-masks-despite-end-of-covid-controls

#Pandemic #Health #PublicHealth

Researchers Around the World Are Buzzing About a Candidate Superconductor Created at Quantum Foundry – SciTechDaily
https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-around-the-world-are-buzzing-about-a-candidate-superconductor-created-at-quantum-foundry/

Did we not already learn our lesson that nuclear power plants on or near the ocean are bad, very very bad! Stop this nonsense. Build it on tracks or as a vehicle if you realy want to... anything but this!

"The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains.” - Memoirs of a Geisha

"Police are warning students and universities not to access Sci-Hub, an "illegal website" that allows users to download scientific research papers normally locked behind expensive subscriptions."

Very bad indeed. That name again: Sci-Hub. Remember it so you can avoid it. Ahem.