Interesting Links for 13-12-2022

1. Researchers thought weight and education had shared genetic roots - turns out that educated people tended to marry thin people

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2. How many times does Hidetaka Miyazaki have to tell an interviewer that Armored Core 6 isn't a Soulsborne game?

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3. Reminder that "Eskimo" is a slur.

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4. The 10 Most Promising Breakthrough Innovations of 2022

(tags:science viaDanielDWilliam )

5. Renewables are set to triple over the next three years, and overtake coal to be the largest source worldwide

(tags:renewables GoodNews viaBenWerdmuller )

6. Probably the geekiest drinking game of all time

(tags:games alcohol geekery Windows )

7. When your nose gets cold it loses its ability to fight infections

(tags:disease cold temperature noses )

8. Disney now hiding LGBT content from kids, irrespective of age rating

(tags:LGBT children Disney )

9. Independent blockchain news site turns out to be funded by fradulent crypto company

(tags:fraud journalism blockchain )

10. The amusement park rides in The Centrifuge Brain Project deeply unsettled me

(tags:video gravity physics movie documentary )

11. It is very hard to keep a straight face while an elephant is fondling it

(tags:elephants cute video funny )

12. I'm not sure if my advice would be to never interview the Muppets live, or always interview the Muppets live.

(tags:muppets interview funny video )

Life with two kids: hospital trips

Sophia's finger got shut in a door 5 weeks ago. The swelling went 90% away in an hour, so we didn't go to the hospital.

Two weeks later it hadn't gone down any further, so we went to the GP, who said "She can bend it, it's only painful when it gets squeezed, it'll probably be fine, come back in two weeks if it's not."
Two weeks later, two days before we were going to go back, it swelled up to 50% larger than normal, on a Saturday. So I spent 45 minutes on the phone to the NHS and they sent me to the out of hours service, who gave us horrible tasting antibiotics.

A week after that, 90% of the swelling has gone again, so today I phoned the GP, who has referred her to the radiologist at the Sick Kids hospital to get it looked at.
Tomorrow I can phone *them* and get an appointment for her.
And hopefully they'll sort it out.

Meanwhile, Gideon still hasn't managed to have a "your ears have nothing clogging them up" scan (because of Covid, and then him being too old for sleeping through electrodes on his forehead, and then having a cold every time we go). But is now on the waiting list *again* to keep on trying.