Interesting Links for 17-3-2011

[andrewducker]

• Tories considering breaking the coalition if AV wins the referendum...
  (tags: conservatives av uk government)
• Pepsi unveils new plastic bottle made from plants rather than petrol
  (tags: sustainability pepsi plastic)
• EU considers walking away from US data agreement - US not honouring it
  (tags: privacy usa europe EpicFail)
• Some scientists talk about the worst case scenario at Fukushima.
  (tags: earthquake japan nuclear tsunami)
• Quiz: Science fact or fiction? (I got 7/8)
  (tags: scifi science bbc quiz)
• Janne In Osaka: On Radiation - people are panicking ignorantly...
  (tags: Radiation nuclear japan fukushima)
• Charlie Sheen - an explanation (only makes sense if you've seen BSG)
  (tags: CharlieSheen bsg funny)
• Deaths per TWh by energy sources
  (tags: energy visualization statistics nuclear)
• Ireland and Doctor Who (Éire agus an Dochtúir Cé)
  (tags: DrWho ireland)
• Strange Horizons Reviews: Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die
  I'm about four stories in so far. It is good (so far).
  (tags: writing scifi reviews)
• The best description ever of how Magic: The Gathering is played (halfway down the page)
  (tags: magic game)
• Grown Adult Actually Expects To Be Happy
  (tags: philosophy funny psychology)
• Clever Israeli PSAs for parents of gay teens
  (tags: lgbt parenting)
• Egyptian military torturing protestors
  (tags: egypt military torture protests humanrights revolution women)
• Proclaiming the Alternative Vote in Leith (how I spent Sunday)
  (tags: av voting uk)
• God Hates Japan
  (tags: Japan atheism funny)
• DC Comics exec says that off-again Sandman TV series is back on again | Blastr
  (tags: comics sandman neilgaiman)
• 300,000 new jobs in the UK - mostly for the over 50s and men.
  (tags: jobs uk wtf)
• Iowa Woman Jailed for Thinking about an Abortion
  (tags: abortion law usa)

Comments

[birguslatro]

I got 9 out of ten in the quiz too, getting it wrong on the invisible clock question. What about you?

The problem with radiation vs more usual risks is you need a machine to tell you if you're in danger. And if you've not got one, you're reliant on the media or authorities. Which in practice would boil down to how much you trust the media or authorities.