Interesting Links for 16-07-2019

[andrewducker]

When you find a bat in your rare book store

(tags:books bats )

Anorexia may originate in the body as well as the mind

(tags:anorexia )

"Trans people aren't 'erasing' lesbians like me"

(tags:LGBT lesbians transgender )

Germany threatens to break up with Microsoft Office—again

(tags:privacy Germany Microsoft )

Why Your Toddler Gets Mad When You Give Them What They Wanted

(tags:babies psychology )

Gender Reassignment treatment works. The biggest ever long term study proves that unequivocally.

(tags:transgender lgbt )

Political activist from Borders fined for racism

(tags:UK Scotland racism crime viaDanielDWilliam )

Implausible Brexit scenarios

(tags:UK Europe Doom viaDanielDWilliam )

Building a 4-bit adder in Cities:Skylines

(tags:games computers )

In case anyone was wondering, I'm still unreasonably angry about the Lion King remake (spoilers btw)

(tags:lionking Disney OhForFucksSake )

Men are attracted to women In their 20s, women are attracted to men their own age

(tags:relationships age )

Ellen L Ripley (a song about aliens)

(tags:music beatles aliens )

The UK needs better public understanding of the law

(tags:law uk )

Why was the bicycle not invented until the 1800s?

(tags:bicycles innovation design history Technology society )

Comments

[cmcmck]

Gender confirmation treatment, but let that pass and yes, it does!

That's only been known and confirmed for the past thirty years or so but I suppose another study doesn't hurt.

Library Bats

[dewline]

That was an entertaining and healthy diversion!

[momentsmusicaux]

> The next key advance didn’t come until decades later, when someone put pedals on the bike. There are conflicting claims to first inventor (going back to 1839), but it was definitely done by the 1860s in France

Just recently on twitter I saw claims that it was the anniversary of this being first done in Scotland!

[cmcmck]

Kirkpatrick Macmillan of Dumfries is sometimes credited as being the first.