Interesting Links for 11-06-2024

1. 4,000 years ago a mutation in horses made them easier to ride. Within 300 years we had spread them everywhere.

(tags:horses europe prehistory genetics )

2. No physics? No problem. AI weather forecasting is already making huge strides.

(tags:weather ai )

3. China Miéville Writes a Secret Novel With the Internet's Boyfriend (It's Keanu Reeves)

(tags:KeanuReeves ChinaMieville writing )

4. How Norway's calm, cushy prisons put Britain's model to shame

(tags:prison norway )

5. The Conservatives have overseen a 400% increase in sexual orientation hate crimes and a 1,400% increase in transphobic ones

(tags:bigotry UK crime LGBT )

6. Here's a frankly great political manifesto

(tags:politics UK libdem )

7. A possible direct exposure of the Earth to the cold dense interstellar medium 2-3 Myr ago

(tags:sun solarsystem space )

8. I am currently earwormed by the song my children brushed their teeth to this morning. I would like to not be.

(tags:music teeth video )

9. UN Security Council votes in favour of Gaza ceasefire resolution

(tags:UnitedNations gaza palestine israel )

10. What's happened the previous times the Conservative Party have imploded?

(tags:Conservatives history politics uk )

11. Ed Davey says Lib Dems would fight for UK to rejoin EU single market and eventually overturn Brexit

(tags:libdem uk europe politics )

12. Before 'Fans,' There Were 'Kranks,' 'Longhairs,' and 'Lions'

(tags:fandom history )

13. Inside the Lib Dem election stunt factory: 'We had to make Ed look very silly'

(tags:libdem politics )