Interesting Links for 06-11-2019

[andrewducker]

Separating 'gifted' children hasn't led to better achievement

(tags:Education )

What if birds left tracks in the sky?

(tags:birds photography art viaElfy )

Propaganda with faked news footage being spread by Conservative Party

(tags:conservatives fraud elections OhForFucksSake )

Constituency polls vs MRP vs 2017 results: where to look for tactical advice?

(tags:polls elections UK politics )

How a misleading story about Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson went viral

(tags:libdem viral fraud Europe )

British politics is broken — and the electoral system is at the heart of it

(tags:elections politics voting UK )

Non-Voters and How To Win Elections

(tags:voting politics )

UK's richest people exploiting loophole to cut tax rate

(tags:UK tax inequality OhForFucksSake )

Failing 15% of the time is the best way to learn

(tags:learning experience psychology )

Jeffrey Epstein: ABC stopped report 'amid Palace threats'

(tags:UK royalty rape )

René Descartes in The Matrix

(tags:philosophy matrix fanfic )

OnePlus's Android 10 gestures are far and away better than Google's

(tags:Android design ux )

Blackadder Final Scene (The making of) - entirely saved in editing

(tags:TV comedy wwi editing video )

Please do not spread Tory lies - even if they're about politicans you dislike

(tags:Conservatives lies politics )

Democrats claim victory in key Virginia and Kentucky elections

(tags:politics usa GoodNews )

Comments

[jack]

Bird tracks: Oh, so cool!

Non-voters: I think that's very important to bear in mind. Also, people switching not directly, but between one big party, and parties trailing in a constituency. But I'm also scared: motivating people to vote often polarises messages as it's often more effective to sound confident and promise change, than to have workable policies

Tax loophole: I mean, yes. I guess everyone's just used to that. But we have a special lower rate of tax for people who own expensive things. That's not really a "loophole", it's more like "the deck is deliberately stacked all along". OTOH, I know a lot of professionals who work independently, definitely sound like it's a struggle to make it work compared to working for someone else: I'm not sure if that's my own bias, or people at different ends of a scale, or if I'm missing something.

Failing 15% of the time is the best way to learn: Oh gosh. I've often thought that you do need a balance, but hadn't thought to explicitly aim for the right proportion :)

Virginia: Oh good. America was overdue for *some* hope in lower-level elections.

[khoth.livejournal.com]

The most convincing answer I've seen to "where to look for tactical advice?" is: Nowhere, until the last week of the election. A lot can change in five weeks and you don't need to decide early.

[cmcmck]

It was never going to any more than separating special needs kids was.

[ginger_rude]

Thanks for link roundups. I'm a USian who's been sort of sticking my head in the sand about headlines for the past several months or so; I know it sounds precious, but over-immersion made me literally ill. I knew about Kentucky; pleasantly surprised about Virginia's lege, given what an utter shitshow'd been revealed/made of the exec level.