Interesting Links for 17-06-2020

[andrewducker]

"Aliens" Star Jenette Goldstein Reflects on being a Jew cast as Vasquez

(tags:aliens movie race )

Dexamethasone is first life-saving coronavirus drug

(tags:virus disease medicine GoodNews )

Covid-19: Two new cases in New Zealand, both arrivals from UK

(tags:newzealand UK pandemic )

The heroic gay teacher who helped bring a case to the US Supreme Court, and won.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1272606701095497728.html
(tags:LGBT teachers usa )

Top composers used to head to Hollywood. Now they're into games

(tags:games music )

TERF Wars: Why Transphobia Has no Place in Feminism (and why the UK has so much of it)

(tags:feminism transgender LGBT history uk )

Rainbow challah looks amazing!

(tags:bread colour )

How the beekeeper heart-shaped honey image was passed around

(tags:bees photos meme )

Boris Johnson signed contract giving Dominic Cummings 'jurisdiction' over government projects

(tags:UK politics government wtf BorisJohnson )

Germany has its Covid-19 app, so where's the UK's?

(tags:UK pandemic apps )

Comments

[errolwi]

The headline from NZ should be 'NZ border much less closed in practice than is required'. Cases at the border is to be expected. Exceptions that aren't managed properly are not acceptable.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/121855818/coronavirus-border-bungle-an-unacceptable-failure--prime-minister-jacinda-ardern

[anef]

Thank you for linking to the Laurie Penny article. A voice of sanity in this madness. I was going to say hysteria, but that's not a word I want to use right now.

[andrewducker]

Yes, it's been very disheartening.