Interesting Links for 26-05-2024

1. Lake District sewage spill runs non-stop for 42 days after decades of inaction

(tags:water sewage pollution nature regulation UK OhForFucksSake )

2. How the US military made San Francisco gay

(tags:LGBT USA history gay sanfrancisco military )

3. The BBC covers Google's destruction of its search tool (and useful web sites)

(tags:Google web search OhForFucksSake )

4. An Age of Gods and Demons: The Greatness of Princess Mononoke

(tags:ghibli review criticism nature Japan history fantasy )

5. When we're banning people from shops based on facial identification, how many errors are acceptable?

Can happen without technology too, of course. I was nearly thrown out of a pub before I opened my mouth and the staff realised I wasn't the person who caused trouble there the week before.
(tags:faces identity society crime UK )

6. The most interesting thing about the Tory National Service announcement is that they're quietly cancelling the "levelling up" funds to pay for it...

(tags:UK conservatives OhForFucksSake money )