Interesting Links for 13-07-2018

[andrewducker]

If you're in Cambridgeshire and have some old games consoles a charity could have...

(tags: consoles games charity uk )

The mobile airbag may be coming to save your phone

(tags: phone design safety protection )

Theresa May keeps UK in human rights convention after Brexit

(tags: rights Europe uk )

Ireland becomes world's first country to divest from fossil fuels

(tags: Ireland investment oil coal globalwarming )

European Parliament threatens to veto Theresa May’s new Brexit plan over Irish border

(tags: UK Europe NorthernIreland ireland doom )

If this is all the government has for its Brexit white paper, we're in trouble

(tags: UK Europe trade fail Conservatives )

Obesity alone does not increase risk of death

(tags: death obesity )

Idiots! Playing! Shadowrun! (gave me flashbacks)

(tags: roleplaying funny )

Comments

[cmcmck]

Have you been following the Scottish insults in the wake of Trump's claim that Scotland voted out?

A heap of fun! :o)

Idiots! Playing! Shadowrun! (gave me flashbacks)

[jack]

Oh that's hilarious!

Although it sounds like the GM just rolling with what they did came surprisingly close to satisfying both GM and player play styles :)

European Parliament threatens to veto Theresa May’s new Brexit plan over Irish border

[jack]

"Tesco threaten to veto my purchase unless I provide proof of age AND the correct money AT THE SAME TIME in ADVANCE"

I mean, they've spent two years saying that. And even if everyone else doesn't, surely Ireland will!

I know why May is pretending her plan is workable. I don't know why newspapers are. I think, moving closer to a workable plan is still very good progress, I don't know why anyone is pretending this plan is, itself, workable (unless it is, in which case someone explain to me how).

The mobile airbag may be coming to save your phone

[jack]

That is pretty awesome, and it would be great if they can fix "we drop phones and break them".

I do feel, someone is stretching a bit too far somewhere when describing "metal spikes fly out of all the corners" as an "air bag" :)

Theresa May keeps UK in human rights convention after Brexit

[jack]

Oh thank goodness. Well, assuming she manages to make a deal.

There's an awful lot of problems everywhere, but despite very incomplete enforcement, I feel like the human rights have acted as a rudder for arranging some number of positive changes -- it seemed like doing away with them was a big driver for many right-wing politicians.