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.

[danieldwilliam]

If Calsberg made environmentally friendly beer...

[nancylebov]

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

[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.