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

[cosmolinguist]

Reading about how effective this
NRA boycott is would be even more enjoyable if it wasn't also a glimpse into a hellscape that has existed until now.

Why are banks and hotels giving discounts to NRA members? Why is "insurance for if you shoot someone" a thing?

"With Carry Guard, the NRA has figured out how to profit from gun owners who are concerned about being accused of murder." Blech.