Interesting Links for 03-04-2018

[andrewducker]

The simplified history of human history, with the inexorable move from roving band, to tribe, to city, to civilisation, is simply wrong.

(tags: history humans architecture prehistory society sociology agriculture )

Teachers warn of growing poverty crisis in British schools

(tags: UK poverty food OhForFucksSake )

Why autistic people are frequently denied the healthcare they need.

(tags: autism healthcare )

Cars face ban from parts of Edinburgh’s city centre in major shake-up

(tags: edinburgh GoodNews transport cars )

Satellite images from highly oblique angles are pretty mindblowing

(tags: photos space )

Grindr Shares Personal Information (like HIV status) With Third-Parties

(tags: LGBT dating privacy surveillance )

Reaping the wind with the biggest turbines ever made

(tags: windpower )

Sale of ivory to be banned in the UK as part of government plan to help protect elephants

(tags: elephants law uk )

Spaniard raised by wolves disappointed with human life

(tags: wolves humans life viaSwampers spain )

Another nail in the coffin for learning styles

(tags: learningstyles research learning fail )

What's going on with Jeremy Corbyn and Jewdas?

(tags: Jews labour politics )

Personal data has gone from being "the new oil" to "the new uranium"

(tags: data privacy )

Comments

[sravakavarn]

I really don't what to make of Corbyn and antisemitism accusations in light of the Jewdas stuff.

[andrewducker]

He's an old school left wing politician who has spent his whole career outside the political bubble, protesting the awfulness of the political consensus.
He thus generally assumes that the USA and the UK are up to no good (frequently with good reason), and his fellow travellers are the fringe of people who feel likewise.
Which includes more oddballs, conspiracy theorists, and racists than the mainstream is used to. And he's used to mutual support between his fellow travellers, and so hasn't been as quick to condemn things as he probably should be.

I don't think he's antisemitic at all.

[sravakavarn]

As a person who doesn't find Corbynism radical enough, I always thought it was suspect. Corbyn isn't Galloway, who I am not sure is antisemitic either, but who has much more problematic and nutty political alliances and excuses.

[sravakavarn]

But trying to make out what is going on with the Jewdas stuff is fascinating.

[rmc28]

I'm not autistic, I just prioritise communication over crying. In my direct experience, doctors take this as meaning my pain isn't as bad as I'm saying until I let my control slip and start crying and/or screaming. Then *suddenly* I get taken seriously.

Autistic women presumably get ignored twice over.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I know too many women like that, and the results can be appalling.

[alithea]

Yes, I believe there is quite a body of research evidence which shows medical staff consistently underestimate female pain in general.

[fanf]

I have heard over the last few years more and more privacy-conscious people saying things like personal data is a liability not an asset, if you run a service handling personal data you should treat it like toxic waste, and so forth. It is good to see this stance becoming more mainstream, even though it has taken a lot of painful cockups to persuade people...