Interesting Links for 06-06-2020

[andrewducker]

The UK is still operating on bad faith with its European negotiations. I'm going to have to start stockpiling again soon!

(tags:UK Europe Doom )

Learn to read Middle English in ten minutes!

(tags:language English german history UK )

Buffalo Cops Quit Elite Unit to Back Officers Who Shoved Martin Gugino to Ground

(tags:police assault USA OhForFucksSake )

UK Government finally publishes NHS contracts with Palantir, Faculty and big tech

(tags:UK healthcare privacy NHS )

WHO updates guidance to say everyone should wear face masks in public where there is a transmission risk

(tags:pandemic who )

Pavements to be widened and bus gates installed on Edinburgh city centre streets from next week

(tags:Edinburgh transport bicycles buses )

Comments

Buffalo Cops Quit Elite Unit to Back Officers Who Shoved Martin Gugino to Ground

[jducoeur]

That headline may misrepresent the reality of what is going on. See this thread for some semi-speculative discussion of what happened, but the tl;dr is that there is substantial reason to believe that they resigned because their union (willingly or not) screwed them over, rather than it being in solidarity with the fired officers...

Re: Buffalo Cops Quit Elite Unit to Back Officers Who Shoved Martin Gugino to Ground

[andrewducker]

Interesting, cheers!