Interesting Links for 18-08-2017
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andrewducker- When Government Rules by Closed Software, Citizens Are Left in the Dark
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- The Entire US Military Has Now Openly Broken With Trump And Denounced Racism
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- 10% of people taking A level computer science were girls. (and their numbers were still up 34% on last year)
- (tags: computers education UK women )
- Health benefits of wind and solar offset all subsidies
- (tags: health renewables pollution )
- Black man convinces 200 Ku Klux Klansmen to leave white supremacist group by befriending them
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- ACLU Celebrates Abortion Rights Victories in Arkansas and Alabama
- (tags: usa politics abortion )
- What it's like being the Administrator for the Hugos
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- All Australian Politicians May Be Disqualified From Parliament
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- Bemoaning the lack of sex in Game Of Thrones
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- A simple explanation (And algorithm) to explain how Trump talks
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Date: 2017-08-18 11:38 am (UTC)I've seen some commentary that makes me think that the causal chain between air pollution and health is less direct that I would be comfortable with if I were committing a trillion dollars of investment.
(Also, the comments on the renewables article are quite funny.)