Interesting Links for 14-01-2021

How NORAD's Santa tracker started with a wrong number

(tags:Christmas military phones history USA )

Covid-19 vaccination: What's the evidence for extending the dosing interval?

(tags:vaccination UK pandemic )

Scottish Citizens Assembly unveils vision for the future

(tags:Scotland thefuture )

"We are Israel's largest human rights group - and we are calling this apartheid"

(tags:Israel )

Yellow mealworm safe for humans to eat, says EU food safety agency

(tags:insects food regulation Europe )

Striking Photos Show Hundreds Of National Guard Troops Sleeping Inside U.S. Capitol

(tags:photos military USA coup )

Please do not inject magic mushrooms into your veins

(tags:magic_mushrooms OhForFucksSake )

The "Hero's Journey" Is Nonsense

(tags:viaZornhau writing heroism )

Are reporters putting Trump's press releases on Twitter facilitating ban evasion?

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349460183110529024.html
(tags:Twitter politics USA )

How Orphans Helped Distribute the Smallpox Vaccine

(tags:viaMyBrotherMike vaccine history )

Is light fundamentally a wave or a particle?

(tags:physics light )

null: or how to break software for fun and profit

(tags:software testing )

A collection of terrible gender selectors

(tags:UI gender fail )

In praise of the humble products all around us

(tags:economics manufacturing work design viaDanielDWilliam )

How detail-oriented do you expect a prime minister to be about trade deals?

Poll #25133

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A new, huge, trade deal has been hammered out

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I'd expect the Prime Minister to read all 1,246 pages in detail
7 (10.8%)

I'd expect them to read a very detailed briefing document - say 100 pages
43 (66.2%)

I'd expect them to read a detailed overview - say 20 pages
18 (27.7%)

I'd expect them to read a summary - a page or two
3 (4.6%)

Something Else I Will Explain In Comments
5 (7.7%)