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

[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.