Interesting Links for 30-10-2018

[andrewducker]

The U.S. Catholic Church is facing an unprecedented wave of sex abuse investigations

(tags: abuse catholicism usa crime )

Remainers shouldn't assume EU leaders will welcome another Brexit referendum

(tags: uk europe doom referendum )

What listening to cricket on the radio is like

(tags: cricket funny satire radio )

The OnePlus 6T Review - looks amazing, and if I didn't get a OnePlus 6 recently I'd be getting one. Ah well, next year!

(tags: phones review android )

Archaeologists find 300,000-year-old stone tools in Saudi Arabia

(tags: archeology saudiarabia )

Majority of British public support legalisation of cannabis

(tags: marijuana legalisation UK )

I would feel sorry for the children of these parents. If I wasn't planning on copying several of them...

(tags: viaJane parenting funny )

UK budget takes £400 from poorest and gives it to richest

(tags: money uk Conservatives OhForFucksSake )

Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970

(tags: apocalypse doom animals environment )

Europe's centre is not holding. People are abandoning it for the far left and right.

This is what you get when standards of living fall, of course.
(tags: politics europe )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

Jon Worth is less concerned about the European Parliament elections and the Commission.

https://jonworth.eu/the-european-parliament-election-and-brexit-delay-not-a-major-headache/

The OnePlus 6T Review - looks amazing, and if I didn't get a OnePlus 6 recently I'd be getting one.

[doug]

Luckily* I accidentally smashed my existing OnePlus 3T on Sunday when the cat tripped me up and I threw it on the floor so I am in the market for a replacement.

Unluckily, they're not accepting orders until next Tuesday, and presumably you will then have the usual fun and games of delivery times for a brand new just-launched product. It'll be a long wait making do with a phone that I decided was so broken and slow that I needed to replace it two years ago.

But hopefully worth it.


* I am not experiencing it as entirely good fortune.

[poshmerchant]

Hey, you're a Brit -- I have a British question.

I noticed a few fellow Canadians on my Facebook friendslist switch to a Campaign Against Antisemitism frame for their profile pics after the Pittsburgh mass murder in US. I clicked through to the page, and the Campaign seems to specialize in bashing UK Labour and Liberal Democrats.

Should I perceive the CAA that's not Canadian Automobile Association as a UK Tory front, or are they just independent weirdoes with an active social media team?

[hunningham]

That cricket post is perfect. It is exactly the experience of listening to cricket on radio 4.

'A distant “pock” noise. The sound of thirty people saying “tsk,” sorrowfully.'