Interesting Links for 06-08-2018

[andrewducker]

Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer

(tags: airplanes business OhForFucksSake )

31 Signs You Have a Partner

(tags: list relationships funny horror )

I am definitely starting to feel this way about British politics

(tags: politics death funny )

Fairly sure I used to have some respect for the Telegraph as being a sensible paper of the Right

(tags: UK Europe idiocy newspapers )

Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador to Canada, considers Canadian ambassador persona non grata. Freezes all new trade and investment transactions with Canada

(tags: Canada saudiarabia )

Naomi Wu: My Experience with Sarah Jeong, Jason Koebler, and Vice Magazine

(tags: China technology journalism OhForFucksSake )

People frequently think they understand things when they must know how to use them

(tags: meaning viaCipherGoth psychology religion ethics )

Writers should be loudly boycotting Woman’s Weekly

(tags: writing rights publishing OhForFucksSake )

Far right racist thugs attack bookshop

(tags: books UK OhForFucksSake racism )

Fairly sure I used to have some respect for the Telegraph as a vaguely sensible paper. Not any more

Are there any right wing newspapers which are attached to reality?
(tags: UK Europe law newspapers OhForFucksSake )

Amazon’s tax is not transparent – and politicians let them get away with it

(tags: Amazon tax accounting transparency )

Elderly Men Escape Nursing Home To Attend World's Biggest Heavy Metal Festival

(tags: HeavyMetal age Germany festival )

People have higher Self-Control because they don't feel things as much

(tags: emotion hunger stress self-control )

"Skirt" - A Fringe recommendation

(tags: theatre edinburgh )

Comments

[cmcmck]

Lufthansa and Meridiana still manage to make the 'old' system work well enough.

[danieldwilliam]

Thanks for the signal boost on Skirt.

We have only one ticket available for Monday now. Looks like the show might sell out, which is terrific for an amatuer group doing a new work by a new writer.

[andrewducker]

Fantastic news!

[momentsmusicaux]

Ha, I remember when I was a kid, my mother used to say that she'd read the Torygraph if she found it on a train, or in a hotel or something, because even though the opinions were right-wing, it was well-written.

That's certainly changed!

[dewline]

5. Noticing this as well:

https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1026244526187405313

9. I read about that particular quiet atrocity. There's a similar-minded bookstore here in Ottawa that I plan to do some business with soon out of solidarity. Also, to make sure they're still there.

[mountainkiss]

Why does Canada get an initial capital but saudiarabia not?

[andrewducker]

I'm going to blame my inconsistency and use of different input methods at different times (And reuse of other people's tags)

[strange_complex]

Thanks for the link about illusory understanding. I found that very interesting, especially when it came to political debate. It certainly rings true for a lot of the debating I have witnessed - never mind my own internal feeling that I'm often on shaky ground when it comes to policy detail!

People frequently think they understand things when they must know how to use them

[jack]

Huh. Yes. I hadn't thought to generalise our generally poor understanding of bicycles to our generally poor understanidng of ethics...

[momentsmusicaux]

> Agreeing violently about political opinions is a major social activity. Groups of friends get together and regurgitate political explanations they’ve heard on TV or read on the web. This reinforces certainty and the illusion of understanding.

Ha, yes!

[kerk_hiraeth]

Telegraph link doesn't appear to be working.

[andrewducker]

This one?
https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1026368019092660229

Working for me in Firefox and Chrome. What message is it giving you?

[kerk_hiraeth]

That worked. Message I was getting was that the page did not exist.

[andrewducker]

Aaah. I meant to delete the earlier one! Sorry, the first link was removed, and it looks like I failed it from my list.

[melchar]

Love 'the list' ^_^

Also - your question: Are there any right wing newspapers which are attached to reality?

answer - no - not any more. Truth & reality do not 'sell' like they used to.