Interesting Links for 06-11-2015

• Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson speaks frankly on faith and being gay
  • (tags: conservatives LGBT religion Scotland )
• A lawyers first thoughts on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill
  • (tags: law surveillance UK internet spying )
• Human Centipede Toy (Christmas - sorted!)
  • (tags: horror toys aieeee! )
• What it means when women say "I'm fine."
  • (tags: women language society )
• Google engineer leaves scathing reviews of dodgy USB Type-C cables on Amazon
  • (tags: technology usb fail )
• Religious upbringing linked to less altruism
  • (tags: altruism religion )
• Gut bacteria can dramatically amplify cancer immunotherapy (in mice)
  • (tags: microbiome cancer mice )
• The London that might have been – amazing pictures of landmarks that were never built
  • (tags: London architecture alternatehistory )
• Tic-Tac-Toe computer learns with beans (I've seen this method used in an SF short story! Anyone identify it?)
  • (tags: computers Games algorithms scifi short_story viaSwampers )

Canada's new ministers are...unusually qualified in their areas

Minister of Health is a doctor.
Minister of Transport is an astronaut.
Minister of National Defence is a Sikh Veteran.
Minister of Youth is under the age of 45.
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food is a former farmer.
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness was a Scout.
Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development was a financial analyst.
Minister of Finance is a successful businessman.
Minister of Justice was a crown prosecutor and is a First Nations leader.
Minister of Sport, and Persons with Disabilities is a visually impaired Paralympian.
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Canadian Coastguard is Inuit.
Minister of Science is a medical geographer with a PhD.

New titles include
Immigration, Citizenship and REFUGEES.
Environment and CLIMATE CHANGE

There are scientists in the cabinet, and it is made up of 50% women.

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