Interesting Links for 26-11-2018

[andrewducker]

Puberty for the Middle-Aged Woman

(tags: menstruation age women )

The ‘feel-good’ horror of late-stage capitalism

(tags: usa rights OhForFucksSake )

What's actually going on with the Gibraltar Brexit negotiations

(tags: UK europe Spain Gibraltar )

EU warns that Britain will not have any decision-making role in the EU's foreign and security policy

(tags: europe uk )

All the ways your rich friends won't get it.

Including me, I'm sad to say.
(tags: inequality university )

Why you shouldn't be anti self-diagnosis

(tags: diagnosis healthcare )

On November 26th, a mole will land on Mars

(tags: mars space comic )

Should you buy "The Fall of Gondolin"?

(tags: Tolkien lotr review )

Jo Walton’s review of Holy Bible: King James Version

(tags: bible religion christianity review )

How machine learning can reinforce systemic racism

(tags: racism ai )

Some actual data and context about the prevalence of trigger warnings

(tags: Education )

What did the UN Rapporteur say about the Scottish government and poverty?

(tags: austerity poverty scotland )

May’s Brexit deal is already doomed. Here’s how the Christmas meltdown could play out

(tags: UK europe doom )

Anyone who thinks the centre-left needs to “get a handle on immigration” in order to defeat the rise of the far-right clearly hasn’t heard of New Labour.

(tags: immigration fascism OhForFucksSake )

Russian vessels open fire on Ukrainian warships

(tags: Ukraine Russia doom )

Motorists Punish Helmet-Wearing Cyclists With Close Passes, Confirms Data Recrunch

(tags: cycling safety )

Ohio becomes the first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments

(tags: bitcoin tax Ohio usa )

Natural gas firms have a proposal to convert home heating to hydrogen

(tags: hydrogen heating uk )

What court cases related to Brexit are currently underway?

(tags: UK europe law )

Cortical control of a tablet computer by people with paralysis

(tags: disability cyborg Technology )

For these people with depression, all treatment approaches had failed, but then they adopted a pet...

(tags: depression dogs cats pets )

One million Chinese people move into Muslim homes to report on Islamic or unpatriotic beliefs

(tags: islam china OhForFucksSake )

Comments

adopting a pet to treat depression

[alithea]

We've only had Wilbur for a week and Kev already says he hasn't seen me smile this much since we got married.

Re: adopting a pet to treat depression

[andrewducker]

I am really glad.

Rich student friends

[alithea]

I was very privileged that my parents could afford to keep me while I was at university for my undergrad but few of my friends were in the same boat so I do get those struggles. None of my friends had to work as there were still grants as well as loans and rent in Lancaster was cheap, but most of them couldn't turn to their parents for extra help if they got in a mess.

[calimac]

Yes, my testimony is that Rilstone knows what he's talking about in re Tolkien. Very little even in the way of minor quibbles here.

[andrewducker]

Oh good. I was intrigued to see your response, but half dreading him having made a terrible mistake.

[calimac]

The opening paragraph is drivel, of course; but he frames it as such. He's just inviting anyone who thinks that way to leave the room. I like the "cod-archaic" Book of Lost Tales a lot more than he does. And there's a couple of jokes, like the one about dwarf names, which oversimplify things. That's about it.

[skington]

Regarding successive New Labour Home Secretaries demonising immigrants, note Nick Cohen postulating that OP is conflating asylum seekers (which Labour did indeed bash relentlessly) and immigrants (which Labour silently welcomed in large numbers, unlike most other EU countries).

But yes, going on and one about bogus asylum seekers and welfare cheats rather than making the argument in favour of immigration when at the same time you're opening the borders to immigrants from Poland, and then Bulgaria and Romania, doesn't look too clever.

perimenopause

[darkoshi]

It hadn't even occurred to me yet that my sometimes waking up at night all sweaty in recent years could be due to perimenopause. I simply attributed it to too many blankets. But indeed, I don't think this used to happen... I didn't used to need a small towel by the bed for drying myself off with.

I hadn't associated it with hot flashes either, as I don't feel hot upon waking up like that.