Interesting Links for 05-06-2019

[andrewducker]

The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken

(tags:food usa chicken standards )

Trump UK visit: Sajid Javid is only senior cabinet member not invited to lavish state banquet for president. Can't imagine why!

(tags:racism USA UK politics )

Remain supporters aren't less likely to identify with country or local area - just that they have additional attachment to Europe

(tags:uk europe polls )

Good Omens: Neil Gaiman and creators on adapting the book

(tags:neilgaiman TV terrypratchett scifi )

Should the Lib Dems accept any defecting Change UK members who want to join?

(tags:politics UK libdem )

Lothian Buses boss: Why action is needed to tackle Edinburgh's growing congestion problems

(tags:transport edinburgh )

The strange story of Anneka Rice and the secret agent

(tags:TV business wtf )

Social transmission favours the 'morally good' over the 'merely arousing'

(tags:morality stories psychology memetics )

'Lemoga': Lake District hotel offers yoga with lemurs as partners

(tags:lemurs yoga )

Nuclear: Energy bills used to subsidise submarines

(tags:nuclearpower UK viaDanielDWilliam )

Culture is the secret of humanity's success, and Reason is a massive threat (long, and utterly fascinating)

(tags:society culture anthropology review )

Comments

[dewline]

1. Wondering about the Canadian rules re: this foodstuff now.

3. Such was already my understanding about Remainers in general.

Sidebar note: I am still of a mind that Canada should explore going beyond signing and adhering to CETA, to investigating the value of taking on full EU membership.

[andrewducker]

I'm not sure how the US would react to Canada doing that. Or if the EU wants to expand that far. I think that they might need to work on their organisation before absorbing Canada.

[dewline]

The current "management" in Washington will argue that NAFTA 2.0 (I will not use the Vulgarian's preferred acronym.) disallows such membership. I say that this can be solved to the satisfaction of Canada, the US and the EU alike.

You are right about the EU needing to figure out their own house somewhat, and what ambitions they want to have for the future. But I'd rather not tie Canada's future too closely to Trump and/or Putin and/or Xi. Really, I would rather not. Ever.

[danieldwilliam]

I genuinely wonder whether the answer to Edinburgh's congestion is some form of Big Dig to put a number of sets of tunnels under central Edinburgh, one set each for train, bus and tram.

That and encouraing lots of people to live and work in Granton.

[andrewducker]

Maybe if we run a tram to Granton?

[danieldwilliam]

That would be a great help. As would building a bunch more houses and offices and shops down there.

And, if money were no object, a tunnel from the East Neuk to Leith.

[andrewducker]

That was the original tram line 1b, from 2001. I wonder if it'll ever be brought back.

[danieldwilliam]

I seem to recall somewhere seeing that the Council were keen to complete the original scheme. Might have been in the 10 or 20 year transport plan with the route up the Bridges past the Meadows and out to the hospital.

I'm not entirely convinced by the South Suburban Circle. I think that unless your journey is from Craiglockhart to Portobello one would be quicker taking an existing bus service.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, they've been talking about line 2 quite a lot. But 1b seems to have been dropped.

[danieldwilliam]

I hadn't clocked that it had been dropped. I was rather assuming that with the chat about Line 2 then Line 1b was baked in.

Perhaps they are hoping that the developers will crack and offer to pay for some of the Line 1b.

[andrewducker]

Also, I would love this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_tram_lines_in_Edinburgh#/media/File:Edinburgh_trams_and_suburban_railway.svg

[danieldwilliam]

I like these ideas

https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-city-centre-transformation-third-tram-extension-part-of-10-year-plan-1-4924557

[andrewducker]

Oh yes, the ten year plan looks great.