Interesting Links for 26-08-2018

Drive-in 'sex boxes' for prostitution are a wild success in Switzerland

(tags: Switzerland prostitution )

The risks of alcohol (again) (with actual details of how dangerous, and a useful graph)

(tags: ViaDrCross alcohol health )

No-deal Brexit will be blocked by at least 40 Tory MPs, former Conservative minister says

(tags: UK Europe Conservatives )

The case for abolishing private schools

(tags: school Education inequality )

It is actually fine to feed bread to swans (and presumably ducks, etc)

(tags: myths birds health food bread )

What happens to British manufacturers using the CE mark after "Brexit day"?

(tags: UK Europe manufacturing electronics safety trade )

The Origins of Opera and the Future of Programming

(tags: opera programming systems teams history )

Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests that after Brexit, people crossing the Irish border should be subject to 'inspections, just like during The Troubles'

(tags: OhForFucksSake conservatives Ireland NorthernIreland )

The Guardian view on science fiction: The Broken Earth deserves its Hugo (totally. Read them)

(tags: books Hugo scifi race awards )

Skim reading is the new normal (waffles on a lot, I found it hard not to skim read, and I'd like to see some detail on the studies and the effect sizes)

(tags: reading technology )

Muslim Journalist Forced To Show TSA Her Bloody Pad During Search

(tags: Islam security_theatre usa OhForFucksSake )

The State of the Bestiary is Stable: 25 years of Magic the Gathering. (Fascinating, mathematical, personal, and analytical)

(tags: games magic history )

Friends, gather round for the tale of the worst bride in the world.

(tags: wedding money OhForFucksSake )