Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

Australian police can now hack your device, collect or delete your data, take over your social media accounts. We must all fight for our right to privacy!
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/australia-surveillance-bill

‘Chaotic’ UK response criticised as Afghan babies wait for milk and donations turned away - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/sep/09/chaotic-uk-response-criticised-as-afghan-babies-wait-for-milk UK used to be famous for its organisational skills; #brexit UK is a failing state...

@freemo

I just heard today that plants are made mostly of air, and a little water. Most of the structure of plants are carbon from CO2, and hydrogen from the rain. Just a very small amount is minerals from the soil.

Dorothy Squires
"The Welsh girl who loved and lost James Bond"

"Welsh singing legend Dorothy Squires died on 14 April 1998 aged 83."

I found this very interesting

https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/d08dca7d-b1f5-3e0a-83fa-44bdc40ee7cc

Betty became the first black head teacher in Wales

https://nation.cymru/culture/the-very-first-public-statue-of-a-named-welsh-woman-to-be-unveiled-in-cardiff/

If anyone here is in Cardiff or can get to Cardiff on Saturday 18th, and is happy to sit in a theatre, I have 2 tickets for Jonathan Pie Fake News (The Corona Remix) at St David's Hall I can no longer use.

Happy to donate them to someone that can use them (and will).

Tickets are physical do will need to be collected or posted, so act quick.

Private message me if you are interested.

Fair offer policy applies.

@freemo Tell me about it. I hate getting in discussions with people who don't understand logic well. It's necessary to try to make society a more reasonable place , but arguing with people who reason backwards (from conclusion first) or from emotion is incredibly frustrating.

FIREFOX PUTTING ADS ON THE NEW TAB PAGE.

@ozoned

Free Software isn't free (as beer) to produce, but do Mozilla really need to pay million-dollars salaries to its top executives ?

Maybe if they stopped doing that they'll find themselves with enough money to maintain a good web browser...

@kate

Halfords (UK car and bike maintenance retail business) report a drop in sales of due to a shortage of bikes and lorry drivers to transport them...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/08/halfords-joins-list-of-firms-hit-by-supply-chain-problems-as-bike-sales-dive

🚨 Afghans targeted by fake Home Office website 🚨

The @ukhomeoffice has created a fake news website which carries disinformation directly targeting some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

Read this blog in full by our very own Sahdya Darr. https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/afghans-targeted-by-fake-home-office-website/
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Why increasing National Insurance to pay for Welsh Social Care is a shabby Tory move. https://nation.cymru/opinion/why-increasing-ni-to-pay-for-welsh-social-care-is-a-shabby-tory-move/

How they steal your most intimate #PersonalInformation - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89t2bKn25GE

#DataSecurity #Privacy #DataProtection #OpenRightsGroup #SurveillanceCapitalism

We’re having a bit of an #IndianSummer here right now as we fast approach #Autumn. The temperature has been in the high 20s for a few days along with bright sunshine. It’s due to last several more days yet.

I often used to wonder where the term Indian Summer came from and later found out that it is actually of #NativeAmerican origin and nothing to do with #Indian #Subcontinental climatic conditions.

#BorisJohnson’s biggest lie about #Europe is finally coming home to roost | Simon Jenkins | The Guardian

Johnson’s interests revolve around Johnson, not the country and not even the #Tories'. He has always been an opportunist.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/06/boris-johnsons-biggest-lie-europe-coming-home-single-market

#UK #Politics #EU #Brexit #SingleMarket