Interesting Links for 10-09-2019

[andrewducker]

Beware, gentle reader, for gazing within this cursed property has freed me from the bonds of sanity and set my mind to the very depths of the abyss

(tags:wtf horror housing )

Deplatforming works

(tags:internet politics business )

The UK's National Grid presents five future energy scenarios

(tags:thefuture electricty uk viaDanielDWilliam )

Only one in five voters back PM's demand for general election before Brexit deadline

(tags:UK elections )

Dinosaur extinction: Asteroid hit with force of 10 billion atomic bombs and deposited 'hundreds of feet' of material in hours, new research says

(tags:asteroids dinosaurs extinction )

How to Chair an Academic Committee

(tags:academia organisation funny ViaDrCross )

Bercow resignation: He was the right man in the right place at the right time

(tags:politics history uk parliament )

Johnson confirms to Commons that he will break the law.

(tags:politics law Conservatives BorisJohnson uk europe )

EU puts Ireland's commissioner who called Boris Johnson 'unelected' in charge of negotiating trade deals (including with Britain, if it leaves)

(tags:uk europe trade ireland )

Comments

[calimac]

"Johnson confirms to Commons that he will break the law"? If this is so, why am I only reading about it in a random tweet?

[andrewducker]

Because it is somewhat hyperbole.

He can, after all, decide to obey the law. Or he can somehow pass a deal before then. Or he can resign. Or he can find a miraculous route around the law.

[calimac]

But this isn't about what he can do. It's about what he's said he will do.

How to Chair an Academic Committee

[doug]

9. Avoid bringing agenda items to a vote — there is always the next meeting. Even better, leave items until next year when you won’t be chair.

Aaaaaaah, flashbacks! The usual sort of rubbish chair of meetings I got used to, but the sort who simply wouldn't bring things to a resolution drove me up the wall.

"Beware, gentle reader"

[jducoeur]

... well, that takes a remarkably abrupt turn from "charmingly eccentric" to "scenes from a horror videogame"...