Interesting Links for 17-02-2018

How publishers choose books

(tags: books publishing )

Grandfathering EU free trade deals for the UK: a look at an actual text

And additional content by the author: https://twitter.com/CoppetainPU/status/964180448187486208?s=09
(tags: trade uk Europe korea )

Iain M Banks's drawings of the Culture universe to be published in 2019

(tags: IainBanks TheCulture )

90% of American public schools now hold mass shooting drills for students

(tags: usa guns schools OhForFucksSake )

Seattle Is Winning the War on the Car Commute

(tags: transport usa cities )

Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over homophobic article

(tags: DailyMail advertising lgbt )

Young people! Can't afford a home? Why not live in a van? FFS!

(tags: housing transport OhForFucksSake )

Design shortcuts in games to allow them to ship on time (or on very little memory)

I particularly like the Fallout 3 one
(tags: Design games )

almond-based vegan cheese is authentic medieval food (and other facts from the medieval kitchen)

(tags: food history vegan )

"For a long time, I thought that I was being loving to men by expecting less of them. I thought wrong. I was not being loving. I was not being kind. I was only being nice — and nice is not enough."

(tags: men society abuse )