Interesting Links for 08-07-2018

[andrewducker]

Brexit: Why services matter in any deal

(tags: UK europe services OhForFucksSake )

Fantastic analysis of what was agreed by the UK cabinet on Brexit

(tags: UK europe )

Anti-trans group allowed to lead Pride in London march

(tags: London pride transgender bigotry OhForFucksSake uk lgbt )

Research shows the difference between emotional and informational support

(tags: relationships support emotion )

Monster energy project wants to use Loch Ness as a giant battery

(tags: electricity scotland hydroelectric )

Against the Nordic Model and in favour of decriminalization of sex work

(tags: sexwork libdem )

Seriously, Fruit Juice Is Not Healthy

(tags: fruit sugar health )

The rise of 'pseudo-AI': how tech firms quietly use humans to do bots' work

(tags: AI technology business )

Impact of spending time in nature on long-term well-being

(tags: health nature )

Labour will not back Theresa May's EU exit plan agreed by Tory cabinet

(tags: UK Europe )

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

"Seriously, Fruit Juice Is Not Healthy"

*nods* Same thing for fruit smoothies. I do drink both every day, though, but just a sip of each, first because they're in my fridge and I need the coldness at the moment but also because I use them as a prompt to drink water, and not as a replacement for actual fruit. Moreover, the ones I buy tell you exactly what was used to make them (such as 4 organic oranges, pulp and juice included, no additional sugar, for example). Couldn't have done that a few years ago as concentrated juice was the only way to go.

Pumped storage

[nojay]

The Loch Ness pumped storage project has been around for a few years now but it's still a long way from breaking ground and pouring concrete. It's not actually that big either, the "monster" part of the breathless article, at 2.4GWh. The Cruachan pumped storage plant in the Highlands has a capacity of 8GWh, ditto for the Dinorwig pumped storage facility in south Wales which were both built to buffer copious amounts of nuclear power overnight (except we stopped building nuclear power plants and built dispatchable CC gas turbine plants instead).