Interesting Links for 06-09-2019

Sinn Fein open to Westminster electoral pact with other pro-Remain parties to challenge the DUP

(tags:Ireland politics NorthernIreland UK Europe wtf )

A rambling post on the meaning of words, including "homophobia". With footnotes and everything.

(tags:LGBT homophobia libdem language )

Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second

(tags:language information viaSwampers )

Why "You Got This!" Feels Like A Threat

(tags:failure life support )

Conversion therapy leader for 2 decades, McKrae Game disavows movement he helped fuel (and comes out as gay)

(tags:lgbt )

Brexit: 200,000 people register to vote in 72 hours - most of them under 35

(tags:uk europe voting elections )

Houses are assets not goods: What the difference between bulbs and flowers tells us about the housing market

(tags:housing rental economics )

Public underestimates threat of climate crisis and plastic pollution

(tags:misunderstanding science globalwarming pollution plastic )