Interesting Links for 27-04-2017

[andrewducker]

The stress of poverty doesn't just last a lifetime - you can pass it on to the next generation

(tags: poverty psychology epigenetics behaviour inequality )

TfL to spend £18m on preparing London for new electric black cabs

(tags: taxi electricity london transport )

L.A. shop introduces black ice cream, for goths with a sweet tooth

(tags: goth IceCream colour )

Sweet Dreams Cthulhu is a weirdly adorable, Lovecraftian kids story

(tags: cthulhu children books )

If Hell was British, what would it look like?

(tags: hell uk funny viaCharlesStross )

Early Nintendo programmer worked without a keyboard

(tags: nintendo keyboard programming )

Why you should not use pie charts.

(tags: visualisation fail advice )

Liberal Democrats will not field a candidate against Caroline Lucas

Good for them. Bloody annoying that the stupid voting system means they have to.
(tags: libdem green politics )

Comments

[ironyoxide]

The old joke is that Heaven is British policemen, German Engineers, and French cooks; Hell is German policemen, French engineers, and British cooks.

[andrewducker]

I wonder if the jokes will ever catch up with there being a lot of awesome food in the UK.

[cyprinella]

So apparently that ice cream and other foods with activated charcoal in them are a good way to simulate missing all of your important medications as the charcoal acts as a chemical sponge. http://boingboing.net/2017/04/27/see-you-in-9-months.html

[andrewducker]

Thank you!