andrewducker | Interesting Links for 26-08-2018

Drive-in 'sex boxes' for prostitution are a wild success in Switzerland: (tags: Switzerland prostitution )
The risks of alcohol (again) (with actual details of how dangerous, and a useful graph): (tags: ViaDrCross alcohol health )
No-deal Brexit will be blocked by at least 40 Tory MPs, former Conservative minister says: (tags: UK Europe Conservatives )
The case for abolishing private schools: (tags: school Education inequality )
It is actually fine to feed bread to swans (and presumably ducks, etc): (tags: myths birds health food bread )
What happens to British manufacturers using the CE mark after "Brexit day"?: (tags: UK Europe manufacturing electronics safety trade )
The Origins of Opera and the Future of Programming: (tags: opera programming systems teams history )
Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests that after Brexit, people crossing the Irish border should be subject to 'inspections, just like during The Troubles': (tags: OhForFucksSake conservatives Ireland NorthernIreland )
The Guardian view on science fiction: The Broken Earth deserves its Hugo (totally. Read them): (tags: books Hugo scifi race awards )
Skim reading is the new normal (waffles on a lot, I found it hard not to skim read, and I'd like to see some detail on the studies and the effect sizes): (tags: reading technology )
Muslim Journalist Forced To Show TSA Her Bloody Pad During Search: (tags: Islam security_theatre usa OhForFucksSake )
The State of the Bestiary is Stable: 25 years of Magic the Gathering. (Fascinating, mathematical, personal, and analytical): (tags: games magic history )
Friends, gather round for the tale of the worst bride in the world.: (tags: wedding money OhForFucksSake )

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A thing I find hard to get my head around with regard to Roman Catholisism is the breadth of political opinion is supports as part of its theology. I think more so that Methodism or Quakerism or Russian Orthodoxy (as I understand it, which isn't hugely at all). I suppose the clue is in the title, being catholic. The scope of political philosophy open to those of the Catholic faith seems to range from strong, state authoritariansim to some fairly radical socialist positions.

Whilst looking for some examples of Catholic clergy of the radical and progressive type I found this

https://www.reddit.com/r/RadicalChristianity/comments/8ba20w/what_are_some_radical_catholic_saints/

Very cool, if true

Interesting Links for 26-08-2018

Interesting Links for 26-08-2018

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