Interesting Links for 15-09-2018

[andrewducker]

An excellent summary of how badly the Brexit negotiations are going

(tags: uk NorthernIreland Europe doom viaFrancescaElston )

Beluga whales adopt lost narwhal in St. Lawrence River

(tags: whales )

Advocates hold birthday party for 30-year-old Boston gas leak

(tags: gas )

Dietary fiber reduces brain inflammation during aging

(tags: diet brain inflammation )

Scientists reveal drumming helps schoolchildren diagnosed with autism

(tags: music autism children drums )

Keep them guessing, keep them gaming: Uncertain rewards motivate consumers to make repeat purchases

(tags: psychology addiction )

Afghan father who sought refuge in UK shot dead by Taliban after being deported by Home Office

(tags: uk Afghanistan immigration OhForFucksSake )

The body in charge of ensuring the EU referendum was fair gave out the wrong advice and helped Vote Leave. This isn’t democracy

(tags: referendum UK Europe fraud OhForFucksSake )

BBC Question Time⁩ producer & person responsible for audience/panel selection revealed to be a member of British far right fascist organizations.

(tags: bbc racism politics tv OhForFucksSake )

Divorce law: Plans to overhaul archaic laws revealed

(tags: UK law divorce )

The UK's approach to negotiating with the EU continues to be...not good

(tags: uk europe fail )

Comments

[calimac]

Here's something I don't get:

If the EU insists that a customs line has to be drawn down the Irish Sea, how can they enforce this? It'd require domestic customs stations in the territory of the UK, a country which will not be part of the EU and over which it consequently will have no authority.

If the UK refuses to do this, and the EU wishes to protect the integrity of its customs zone, it'd have to set up a hard border between NI and the Republic, exactly what it doesn't want to do.

gas leak

[redbird]

That specific gas leak story is from 2015; I don't know whether it has since been dealt with, but whatever went wrong in Lawrence and North Andover is unrelated except in the sense of both involving natural gas.

Brain inflammation

[agoodwinsmith]

Thank you for the information about soluble fiber and sodium butyrate.