Interesting Links for 12-11-2021

Government appoints ex-Tory advisor married to Tory MP to help pick media regulator

(tags:uk government corruption Conservatives regulation media )

Soldiers should not be heroes

(tags:military war society )

The Gradual Extinction of Softness by Pol Pot

(tags:life history Cambodia poverty death )

Nottingham College are embarrassing themselves with completely pointless security theatre

(tags:security_theatre UK academia OhForFucksSake knife )

Remembrance Day: 8 examples of the most unusual merchandise and memorabilia from over the years

(tags:war history wtf viaClare )

A metal guitarist thought Doomscroll would be a great name for a band. Video game developer Id Software had other ideas.

(tags:Doom OhForFucksSake intellectual_property games music )

UK an enabler of corruption, Nigerian anti-sleaze tsar tells Boris Johnson in stinging rebuke

(tags:UK corruption Nigeria )

Scotland to ban most single-use plastic from June 2022

(tags:plastic environment Scotland )

LGBTQ Employees Are Quitting the BBC Because They Say It’s Transphobic

(tags:LGBT BBC bigotry transgender )

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