Interesting Links for 24-02-2018

[andrewducker]

More than 100 women in Yarl's Wood detention centre go on hunger strike over inhumane conditions

(tags: OhForFucksSake women immigration prison uk )

'Annihilation' Review: A Thrilling, Terrifying Surrealist Trip

(tags: scifi movies review )

Online voting in Finland: Conclusions and recommendations

(tags: finland voting computers )

RBS’s Female Staff Paid 37% Less on Average Than Men (and they aren't the worst)

(tags: gender inequality finance )

Adolescents’ rich and nuanced relationship with risky behaviour

(tags: Risk teenagers psychology )

George Clooney is awesome

(tags: acting )

How romance languages ended up with different words for "yes"

No, really, it's fascinating
(tags: language interesting history )

NRA under mounting pressure as companies cut ties with gun lobby

(tags: guns business usa )

How Australia prevented massacres without banning guns

(tags: guns australia )

Comments

[snippy]

Well, the whole marketing thing is that we are constantly at risk from unknown people and we need GUNS and AMMO and to carry concealed (the concealed carry purse market is...weird to say the least) and to mount an easy-access gun safe above the bed (but it's nevertheless locked with something-thumb print or combination lock). It's all about making people afraid all the time, and then telling them the only cure is guns.

It's a lot like the beauty industry that way. We're all completely inadequate and yet there are easy fixes if you'll just give us your money.