Interesting Links for 18-02-2020

[andrewducker]

Downing St refuses to say if Boris Johnson thinks black people are mentally inferior

(tags:racism UK BorisJohnson )

What has philosophy ever done for us?

(tags:philosophy comic )

Removing people from complex backgrounds in real time

(tags:video AI fraud )

Why the proposed HS2 alternative isn't a good idea

(tags:trains UK hs2 )

Unraveling the Secret Origins of an AmazonBasics Battery

(tags:manufacturing amazon )

Where did the virus behind COVID-19 come from?

(tags:virus genetics )

The most rock and roll thing you will ever see

(tags:music video fire viaSwampers )

A new spin on 3D printing can produce an object in seconds

(tags:3dprinting viaMyBrotherHugh )

Comments

[rhythmaning]

I'm surprised that story of No 10 not showing down racism didn't warrant an "ohforfuckssake" tag...

[andrewducker]

I think I was too flabbergasted to think that far.

[dewline]

It's old news with Johnson, though, isn't it?

[alithea]

It's old news that he's racist, but not bothering to deny it is new.

[mountainkiss]

Hello! Haven’t seen you here in ages.

[rhythmaning]

And vice versa...

[mountainkiss]

Does this mark a return for you?

[rhythmaning]

That would suggest I've been away.

[mountainkiss]

Maybe we've just missed each other.

[cmcmck]

And where exactly is our blond boy wonder while the West Midlands are being inundated?

Playing at eugenics down in the smoke is where............

[dewline]

Encouraged by Cummings and Sabisky and who knows who else...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/18/andrew-sabisky-job-no-10-alt-right-adviser

[cmcmck]

Sabisky has gone, thankfully, but Cummings also needs to go.

[dewline]

I've passed along a link to her article to my ISP's "Speakers' Corner" general discussion board. It seems like a good place to send it, because I don't know who all of my ISP's member-user/subscribers are.

3D Printing

[dewline]

Interesting update on the tech there!

[mountainkiss]

I think a wise interpretation of Johnson’s spokesman refusing to deny eugenics is “that’s a dead cat, what do they want to distract attention away from?” It’s not as if the truth means anything to them, so this must be better for them than some alternative.