Interesting Links for 09-01-2016

• How MSG Got A Bad Rap (Flawed Science And Xenophobia)
  • msg food history
• How Would You Respond If Asked: ‘What Time is the 3 o’clock Parade?’
  • customerservice Disney
• Super Mario Watchmen cosplay crossover
  • cosplay mario watchmen
• DWP fit-to-work assessments cost more money than they save
  • welfare disabilities uk epicfail
• What to do when men offer to buy you a drink
  • alcohol dating
• In which JK Rowling gets her revenge on Stephen Fry
  • stephenfry jkrowling harrypotter
• A short story. Wherein two witches are promised the same child
  • fairytale witchcraft children short_story
• Cartoon Network UK defends censoring Steven Universe's 'gay' content
  • LGBT animation uk OhForFucksSake
• Half-Life 1 & 2 writer answers fan’s HL3 question by announcing retirement
  • half-life valve
• Japan Keeps The Defunct Kami-Shirataki Train Station Open for Just One High-School Girl
  • Japan trains
• Anscombe's quartet - a very simple, visual, explanation of how easy it is to mislead with data
  • (And the importance of visualising it)
  • statistics math graphs data viaSteer
• The wisdom of Uncle Iroh
  • avatar tv advice
• Beware the Straight Spouse Network
  • LGBT support OhForFucksSake

New tech site recommendation - I rather like @gadgette

I can't remember exactly when I stopped reading The Register, finally fed up with the hectoring tone and frequent bias of writers more interested in banter than conveying tech news*.

I asked for advice at the time, and eventually settled on Ars Technica, who give a wide-ranging view on the tech world, with in-depth articles and good clear writing. And it's been my main source for tech news since - to the point whre I pay for a subscription, so that I can read it ad-free (and get complete stories in the RSS feed).

Over the last few days I've added a second site to that - Gadgette. Which I initially shied away from, even after reading a couple of good articles, because it brands itself as a women's tech-site. But actually, it's not _for_ women, it's just for people. It doesn't focus on "women's issues", it just acts inclusively, (presumably because it's written by women writers). And I've been regularly enjoying the quality of their articles.

Well worth taking a look, if you're looking for a consumer-tech-related news site.

*I liked it when it was tech news with an edge of sarcasm, knowingness, and blistering commentary. But at some point I got bored of the constant, repeated, tropes, and the feeling that they had lost control of their writers, more interested in page views than reporting.