Interesting Links for 15-04-2020

[andrewducker]

Coronavirus: Scottish government denies claims that English NHS are being given safety equipment priority

(tags:uk scotland safety pandemic )

Bloomberg News Killed Chinese Wealth Investigation, Fired Reporter, Then Sought To Silence His Wife

(tags:China censorship USA journalism OhForFucksSake )

Trump reportedly said he would reject a bailout package if it included aid to keep the US Postal Service functioning

USPS has asked Congress for a $50 billion bailout and $25 billion in loans from the Treasury Department to make up for losses.
(tags:postoffices usa OhForFucksSake )

All Bob Ross Episodes are Now Streaming Online For Free

(tags:art video YouTube viaSwampers )

Woman's attraction to chandeliers is not a sexual orientation

(tags:sex law attraction UK )

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

(tags:satire medicine research funny parachute )

Are You Addicted To Spending Time With Your Friends?

(tags:satire psychology addiction socialnetworking )

Comments

[lilysea]

One for your collection:

Using your spare computing power to help find treatments for COVID
https://foldingathome.org/covid19/

Parachutes

[fanf]

Following the 2003 paper, a randomised controlled trial from 2018 - https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094

Re: Parachutes

[jducoeur]

Yeah -- the original is funny, but the follow-up is a positively brilliant commentary on study design, and the GIGO principle in general...

[dewline]

1. I can see why some people (EG: Xi and Putin) would want to stir up trouble between Scotland and England right now in particular and throughout the UK as presently constituted in general.

2. That can't be allowed to stand. Bloomberg News gets a lot of useful work done, and this sort of conduct undermines the reputation that such work earns.

3. Screw DT-45's desire to punish USPS. USPS matters more than his revenge fixations.