Interesting Links for 01-07-2019

[andrewducker]

Boris Johnson avoids Scotland as he brands Westminster an 'England parliament'

(tags:England politics UK scotland )

Survival of the Richest - How the elites are planning to cope with the apocalypse

(tags:apocalypse inequality )

EU signs landmark trade deal with Vietnam

(tags:Europe trade vietnam )

World's Largest Solar Power Plant Switched On

(tags:viaDanielDWilliam solarpower middle_east )

'Sandman' TV Series From Neil Gaiman, David Goyer a Go at Netflix

(tags:TV comics sandman netflix )

Baoshang Bank collapse threatens China's economy and may trigger central bank response

(tags:Banking economy China failure )

State Street Global Advisors Battle Sculptor Kristen Visbal for Custody of 'Fearless Girl' Statue

(tags:art women finance business marketing )

No, 21 major Indian cities are not expected to run out of groundwater by 2020

(tags:statistics water india fail )

Comments

[dewline]

1. I got a "403 Forbidden" message here.

2. I think I'm inclined to agree with Rushkoff here: let's avert those apocalypses and snag those other tech breakthroughs as well. I'm guessing those "Patriotic Billionaires" people demanding to pay more in taxes are willing to join "Team Human" as well?

5. So that one's finally underway? Good!

[andrewducker]

The first link is working for me!

[dewline]

Still getting "403 Forbidden nginx" message.

Also: what's the EU/UK data privacy rule that's talked some US papers into not allowing non-North American web-users into their websites?

[andrewducker]

I've tried on mobile data and WiFi and both are working for me.

I wonder what's going on.

The European legislation is the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation?wprov=sfla1

[ckd]

So, Boris, if Westminster is an England-only Parliament then Article 50 was only invoked for England. See ya!

[dewline]

The Brexiteers won't tolerate that interpretation, will they? Their doctrine will be "England gets to drag Wales, Scotland and N.I. out with us!"

[ckd]

Of course they won't. It's not like consistency is their strong point anyway.

[naath]

ooooh, all the best TV adaptions!

[danieldwilliam]

i get the impression that Visbal may not thought through what she wanted to do with the work before she signed the contract in enough detail to avoid the contractual pitfall she seems to be in.