This #TheGuardian podcast about insects is well worth a listen. Mostly unloved, unknown or misunderstood, they are a key component of the whole ecosystem 🐝🐛🦋🐞🐜🪰🦟🪲🪳🦗🕸️
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/apr/11/insect-crisis-where-did-all-the-bugs-go-podcast
"Less chocolate and more cockroaches" unless we use fewer chemicals in our gardens and farmland. There are lessons for agriculture policy-makers, and anybody with a garden here
🇬🇧 Support for banning #biometricmasssurveillance: As proposed by us the LIBE Committee will hear experts in November on “law enforcement aspects of surveillance in public spaces”! #ReclaimYourFace #BanBiometrics
The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo named top plastic polluters for the fourth year in a row
Global Heating Means Faster Ocean Currents, 66 Million Years Of Data Suggests
"So far, the ocean has absorbed a quarter of anthropogenic CO2 and over 90 percent of the associated excess heat," Dutkiewicz said in a statement.
Cross-party group in #Wales #Senedd on open rights and democracy this Wednesday 30 March.
MEETING AGENDA
1. Sarah Murphy MS (Chair) Welcome, introductions and minutes of last meeting
2. Jim Killock (ORG) - Present Social Partnership Bill and Procurement: Digital Rights and Open Source Perspective
3. Simon Phipps: Open source as an opportunity for Wales
4. Amanda Brock: Open UK
5. Jim Killock (ORG) - Discussion introduction: connecting open soure community in Wales
We had the great pleasure of launching our White Paper on the benefits of #OpenSource to Wales today, at the new cross-party group for digital rights at the Senedd 🙏
Read the blog 👀 and download the White Paper at https://afallen.cymru/2022/02/17/reaping-the-open-source-benefit-for-wales/
"Best Linux distros for beginners 2022: You can do this!" (Nate's Note: Ignore the inclusion of ChromeOS)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-linux-desktops-for-beginners/
We're delighted to welcome Joseph Kidd of Venn Associates as our new Partner 🤗🤝
He'll bring decades of experience from engineering, project management and renewable energy, as well as expertise from running his own consultancy 🙌
https://afallen.cymru/2022/02/01/afallen-welcomes-new-partner-to-accelerate-growth-in-energy-sector/
Diolch i @Nozzer am y sgwrs - stori am sut des i dysgu #Cymraeg https://hefyd.podbean.com/e/david-clubb-amgylcheddwr-ac-arbenigwr-technoleg-pennod-9/
Hear my thoughts about (sustainable) #infrastructure in the latest Hiraeth podcast 🎙️🎧
https://soundcloud.com/hiraethpod/planes-trains-automobiles-and-social-justice-welsh-infrastructure
Hey, #opensource people - this is something you'll want in your diaries! 📆 https://summit.openforumeurope.org/
Chwilio am rhywbeth newydd am 2022 🤔🤷 Beth am ymuno'r Pwyllgor Rheolaeth Parc Cenedlaethol #caerdydd 🙌👏🙋🤩
Ceisiadau'n cau dydd Gwener am 5pm ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3SuSLqQrgd461sdLxlM1pRUorXmwPoxvisyWpX13c7FCxCQ/viewform
📣 Translators wanted!
Help us translate our new UI using
https://translate.pixelfed.org.
Special thanks to @NGIZero for sponsoring this endeavour! #pixelfed #l10n #translations #crowdin
Done it! First pass at translating The Zulip Open Source Project to Welsh https://zulip.com/ 🥳🍾
Whatever your skills or experience, the #opensource community can use them!
White paper on the value of open source to #Wales just started 👍🏴 Hope to publish Spring 2022. Get in touch if you'd like to contribute.
About the #FediverseWiki.
I'm planning to properly announce it on January 1st 2022, but there is still quite a bit that has to be written.
Can someone help write the "What is" pages on:
@pixelfed #pixelfed
#PeerTube
#WriteFreely
https://joinfediverse.wiki/index.php?title=Category:What_are_Fediverse_projects%3F
Implementing Future Generations thinking in inspirational, innovative and practical ways 🍎🌳🏴