Interesting Links for 02-06-2017

[andrewducker]

Edinburgh Tram lawyers: ‘We warned you 2 years ago a cyclist would die’

(tags: edinburgh trams death OhForFucksSake viaSwampers )

JRR Tolkien book Beren and Lúthien published after 100 years

(tags: Tolkien books )

Uber lost another $708 million in the first three months of the year

(tags: business transport money )

Older Adults Learning Programming: Motivations and Frustrations

(tags: age programming Education )

Fireflies - an interactive look at how they flash in time with each other

(tags: firefly light time patterns )

Sugar-Breathing Glycopolymersomes for Regulating Glucose Level

(tags: sugar diabetes )

Climate change in ten graphs

(tags: globalwarming visualisation )

WA, NY and CA Governors Announce Formation of United States Climate Alliance

(tags: globalwarming usa GoodNews )

The super-rich are different: they pay less tax

(tags: taxes )

Fact-checking Donald Trump's statement withdrawing from Paris climate agreement

(tags: globalwarming facts usa politics )

Comments

[haggis]

Have you seen any articles explaining what the problems are with the Edinburgh trams and what makes them different to other cities? And what is needed to fix it?

[calimac]

"JRR Tolkien book Beren and Lúthien published after 100 years"

I wish they'd stop putting misleading headlines like this on articles. It's true that the story was first conceived 100 years ago, and that a new book has been published. But, so far as I can tell from a quick skim of the contents, everything in it by Tolkien (i.e. apart from the editorial introductory and linking material) was first published decades ago.

This is just a new and convenient collection of previously scattered material. But I wonder how easy it will be for the casual reader to absorb, since it combines various different versions from widely varied dates. In some versions she's called Luthien, in some Tinuviel. In some versions Beren is a man, in some an elf. In some, Daeron is her boyfriend, in others her brother. And so forth.

But the earliest version, "The Tale of Tinuviel" from The Book of Lost Tales, is a lively, vivid read with a fey fairy-tale quality you don't expect from Tolkien's more dignified narratives. I'd recommend that one, so that you don't miss Tevildo, the sinister Prince of Cats.

[andrewducker]

There's a pretty good discussion over on the LJ side:
http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3583545.html

But sadly I just don't know. I keep hoping we'll get a proper investigation.