Interesting Links for 13-12-2017

[andrewducker]

How Peppa Pig is destroying the NHS

(tags: children nhs healthcare )

David Davis has damaged trust in UK, says Verhofstadt

(tags: europe UK OhForFucksSake )

EU demands Brexit agreement made legally binding after David Davis says it is just a 'statement of intent'

(tags: UK europe )

Speaking out against "Do they know it's Christmas"

(tags: music africa viaSwampers )

HIV positive man unable to become a commercial pilot

(tags: hiv aids airplanes )

[Patreon] Something that's going on behind closed doors

(tags: CrowdFunding )

Internet protocols are changing

(tags: internet encryption networking )

These are my favourite Christmas Trees

(tags: christmas dogs )

Egyptian pop singer sent to prison for video that 'incited debauchery'

(tags: egypt OhForFucksSake )

Cuphead: The Fake Outrage

(tags: games history video society journalism viaJohnBobShaun )

Internet traffic for Google, Facebook, Apple was briefly rerouted to Russia

(tags: Internet security russia )

TP-Link repeater firmware squanders 715 MB/month

(tags: networking OhForFucksSake )

Poland: Government agency fines private TV station for coverage of protests

(tags: Poland protests censorship )

Roy Moore defeat: Five consequences of Alabama election

(tags: usa politics )

Comments

[momentsmusicaux]

ARGH I thought responsive web design meant we were done with annoying URLs with 'mobile' in them. Now it's just 'amp' instead.

[rmc28]

That Peppa Pig article was written by a friend of a friend; she did not expect it to go viral quite the way it has :-)

[alithea]

I followed the link just because I was procrastinating in the office and was then very amused despite not having kids or any familiarity with the TV show in question :)

[andrewducker]

It totally deserved to.

[calimac]

[glyph of not understanding the article about internet protocols]

[andrewducker]

If we lived nearby I'd delight in attempting to explain to you. There would be much arm-waving and drawing of diagrams.