Interesting Links for 17-06-2019

[andrewducker]

What's the Scottish Government proposing for reforming the Gender Recognition process?

(tags:Scotland transgender LGBT )

TERF writer loses lawsuit against Twitter, will remain banned

(tags:transgender Twitter law )

Black dads are the most engaged dads in the USA

(tags:USA fatherhood parenting race )

People eat at least 50k plastic particles a year, study finds

(tags:plastic environment )

Some very old (and staff only) Warhammer kit a friend is selling off

(tags:warhammer )

"I'm £960 out of pocket for trying to help the Met police"

(tags:police money OhForFucksSake )

Does the news reflect what we die from?

(tags:journalism death )

Colorado makes more than $1 billion from pot sales

(tags:marijuana legalisation usa money )

Brexit: UK growth tipped to slow as firms run down stockpiles

(tags:UK Europe growth economy Doom )

How The Incredible Hulk Was Made: Edward Norton, Dueling Cuts & More

(tags:marvel movies )

It's Possible To Fix Misleading Press Releases - Without Harming Their News Value

(tags:psychology news research science )

Samsung's security reminder makes the case for not owning a Samsung smart TV

My current TV isn't smart at all. But last time I looked around it looked like pretty-much all of them were going that way.
(tags:security virus tv )

Comments

[cmcmck]

The one about the GRA reforms is so little worth reading because having to deal with the usual suspect hatemongers' treacle lake of bile filled comments and lies makes it impossible for the average trans person to engage with without feeling dreadful.

And notice how we're all female according to them..............

It's Possible To Fix Misleading Press Releases - Without Harming Their News Value

[jack]

I think it depends on the time period. If the day with a cancer diagnosis correlates with higher alcohol consumption, I don't think the alcohol caused the cancer.

[birguslatro]

I'd decided a while back never to buy Samsung products again after the TV and DVD player I bought of theirs both developed faults in less than a couple of years. One fail you can put down to just your bad luck, but two is pretty good evidence their reliability is crap, no matter how feature-rich their products may be.