Interesting Links for 15-10-2018

[andrewducker]

Why the Nordic Model hurts sex workers

(tags: sexwork fail law )

Five days left to support trans and non binary people in England and Wales

(tags: lgbt transgender UK )

Carlsberg brewery abandons plastic rings and glues beer cans together

(tags: plastic alcohol design GoodNews )

Theresa May's domestic vulnerability leaves Brexit talks on knife-edge

If only she hadn't called an election and lost her majority
(tags: UK europe doom )

Pregabalin: There’s Been A Huge Surge In Deaths Linked To ‘The New Valium’

(tags: drugs abuse death UK addiction )

Government urged to make UK a zero carbon country by 2050

(tags: globalwarming co2 UK thefuture )

Offshore wealth: loopholes found in EU anti-tax evasion rules

(tags: tax europe )

The Big List of RPG Plots

(tags: roleplaying plot writing )

I am totally doing this with Sophia when she's older

(tags: children fun video )

Categorising children makes them more likely to give up when things go wrong

(tags: children psychology )

Comments

[cmcmck]

If I can just say to all the nice people who read your blog- if you haven't filled in the government survey on trans and non binary law, please, please, please do so! :o)

I remember what it was like to be an unperson legally-one with no rights in either gender. The present law is a vast improvement on that (I was involved in getting in into law) but it now looks horribly dated and restrictive.

[mountainkiss]

What would you like us to say?

[cmcmck]

Be nice to us! :o)

It's a classic fill in the boxes sort of affair.

[mountainkiss]

Hope I would be nice! To be a bit more precise: are there particular recommendations that would be helpful, or is it just a matter of navigating the territory and giving answers that support inclusion and self-determination?

[cmcmck]

The overwhelming majority of people are, thankfully! :o)

The way the survey is set up, I suspect the latter is the easiest way to go, especially as one can be sure that the usual suspect haters will be doing exactly the opposite.

[alithea]

Stonewall have guidance here https://www.stonewall.org.uk/gender-recognition-act if you want some help with it

[mountainkiss]

Oh brilliant thanks.

[cmcmck]

There's also a somewhat shortened version of the survey on the Stonewall site for those who have a bit less time to spend.

[mountainkiss]

Done. Thank you. Very pleased to see you here!

[alithea]

No problem, I'd been meaning to do it since I realized it was the Scottish one I'd already done so this reminded me to get on with it too! And thanks, it's good to feel up to commenting rather than just lurking.

[mountainkiss]

I hope the positive trend continues and intensifies.

[cmcmck]

I did the Scottish one too since I'm married to a Scot! :o)

[alithea]

The results that I've read looked pretty positive so hopefully we'll get good new legislation out of it. Handily I think it predated the hate brigade getting into full swing :/

[cmcmck]

Did you notice here on our mutual friend's blog that the TERF contingent are taking payment from US far right Christianists and anti abortion groups?

Feminists who truly believe in the binary and that biology is destiny.

Oh, the irony! :o/

[alithea]

I'd seen it on Twitter already. It's certainly a toxic mess, I'm sure there must be people involved who'd be horrified to know who they are being manipulated by but given the narrative they're buying into I'm struggling to feel much sympathy.

[danieldwilliam]

If Calsberg made environmentally friendly beer...

[nancylebov]

It's a goddamn shame there's no legal way of inventing safe recreational drugs.

[andrewducker]

Yup!

Think of the lives we could save!

[skington]

It's interesting that the article about Carlsberg getting rid of plastic rings talked purely about sustainability and pollution, and didn't mention at all the problem about the damage to wildlife. Supposedly this is less of a problem these days, but still: before we knew about global warming that would have been the main story.

[threemeninaboat]

That's weird.
Lyrica is a hell of a drug, patient adherence rate is stupid low since the side effect rate is so high.
"Those who tend to misuse pregabalin are also likely to be misusing opioids such as heroin or morphine as the drug enhances the effects of other substances."
And that's how you die. Not from Lyrica or Gabapentin.