Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

Schoolboy inspired by TikTok sea shanty wins competition to create new Wales Euro 2020 chant https://nation.cymru/news/schoolboy-inspired-by-tiktok-sea-shanty-wins-competion-to-create-new-wales-euro-2020-chant/

At a stroke, the Welsh Government could go a long way to solving the second homes crisis – here’s how https://nation.cymru/opinion/at-a-stroke-the-welsh-government-could-go-a-long-way-to-solving-the-second-homes-crisis-heres-how/

We're live tonight at this year's RightsCon! 😀 With Secure Connect, we are giving journalists around the world a tool to securely communicate with whistelblowers. The recent US scandal - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/us/politics/times-reporter-emails-gag-order-trump-google.html - has brought to light why this is so important; and we are incredibly happy for being able to protect journalists and whistleblowers! 😀👇

#Studying #maths beyond GCSEs helps #BrainDevelopment, say scientists | #Mathematics | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jun/07/studying-maths-beyond-gcses-helps-brain-development-say-scientists

#Education #Neuroscience

A weird freak event happened to me today while #cycling. A #bee got trapped between my eye and my sunglasses. It took me a moment to work out what was going on. Luckily, I was slowing down anyway approaching a minor junction and so was able to stop and take the glasses off and thereby liberating the #insect. It was a strange sensation having a furry buzzing thing rubbing against my eyelid.

#OddEndToTheWeek @mastobikes

So apparently cannabis consumption causes significantly lower serum potassium levels (bad) and slightly lower sodium levels (good but not significant). Very interesting. I'd love to find a better study however that does a before and after to see how long and how much cannabis needs to be consumed before its harmful. I'd also be curious to see this done with the various cannabinoids in isolation, I suspect this is caused predominately by CBD given its antagonism towards CB2 receptors but I could be wrong.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291076372_Effects_of_marijuana_on_sodium_and_potassium_na_p_ions_homeostasis_among_smokers_in_Benin_City-_a_metropolitan_city_in_Nigeria

#science #cannabis #potassium #medical #medicinal #medicine #biology #nature

after my query yesterday about private medical data being sold on the open market, this landed in my inbox today, not sure what the Welsh NHS has in place to protect us but it looks like a free for all over the border? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/legal-threat-sharpens-over-uk-government-plans-harvest-patient-data-gps/

Merthyr Tydfil's new £12 million bus station set to open as first in Wales to allow for charging of electric vehicles. https://nation.cymru/news/merthyr-tydfils-new-12-million-bus-station-set-to-open-as-first-in-wales-to-allow-for-charging-of-electric-vehicles/

#Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero #CorporateTax on £220bn profit last year | #TaxHavens | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/03/microsoft-irish-subsidiary-paid-zero-corporate-tax-on-220bn-profit-last-year

#Bermuda #Ireland #EU #Tax #TaxAvoidance

UK Government’s attempt to ‘override’ will of the people of Wales turning them against the union, Vaughan Gething says. https://nation.cymru/news/uk-governments-attempt-to-override-will-of-the-people-of-wales-turning-them-against-the-union-vaughan-gething-says/

#GPs warn over plans to share #patient #data with third parties in #England | GPs | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/30/gps-warn-plans-share-patient-data-third-parties-england

To opt out: https://medconfidential.org/how-to-opt-out/

#UK #NHS Health #DataProtection #Privacy