Interesting Links for 30-12-2019

[andrewducker]

The global sugary drink tax experiment

(tags:taxes sugar drink health )

They're making a High Fidelity TV series with Zoë Kravitz!

(tags:tv trailer relationships viaLilysea )

Betelgeuse: Star is behaving strangely and could be about to explode into a supernova

(tags:stars space )

Why Amazon is responsible for the last #1 single of the 2010s

(tags:music Amazon )

British woman raped, coerced by police into retracting statement and then sent to jail for lying

(tags:rape Cyprus OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[penta]

Cyprus is a weird case. It's entirely possible it happened, but there's just enough doubt that the "reasonable doubt" line is blurry. Reading Israeli and UK papers is like 2 different universes, to a degree I don't usually see.

[andrewducker]

I can understand them deciding there's not enough evidence to find someone guilty.
But that doesn't mean the original woman lied.