Interesting Links for 25-11-2019

[andrewducker]

The Value of Everything: Reinvigorating the most important battle in economics

(tags:economics )

Leonardo da Vinci: Edinburgh to host major exhibition

(tags:art history LeonardoDaVinci edinburgh )

A million universal credit households do not get full entitlement

(tags:welfare poverty uk )

'Indian' or 'Native American'?

(tags:language history video usa )

Flats at Edinburgh's old Boroughmuir High site sold to Hong Kong investors months before domestic buyers get a chance

(tags:HongKong Edinburgh wtf housing OhForFucksSake )

Whistleblower letter from a BBC reporter talking about investigations into Russia and Leave that were quashed

(tags:BBC Russia Europe UK OhForFucksSake )

Hong Kong council elections: Pro-democracy candidates record huge victory

(tags:HongKong democracy )

Fish originating in Thailand is very likely to be caught by slaves

(tags:slavery Thailand fish )

Guns and Roses in Old English

(tags:English GunsNRoses language funny )

Koalas aren't functionally extinct, but they need our help

(tags:animals Australia )

Light pollution is a key bringer of insect apocalypse

(tags:light insects doom )

Disney signed a contract with Indigenous people before making Frozen II

(tags:Disney movies culture )

How Boris Johnson's Brexit plan undermines Britain

(tags:UK Europe trade conservatives doom )

'Allow no escapes': leak exposes reality of China's vast prison camp network

(tags:china prison OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[calimac]

Could someone give me the takeaway, or bottom line, from "'Indian' or 'Native American'?" so that I don't have to listen to this guy drone on for six minutes? Because one minute of him was more than I could take.

[andrewducker]

The Indians who live on reservations generally prefer the term Indian.