Interesting Links for 09-08-2020

[andrewducker]

UK plan to use navy to stop migrant crossings is unlawful, lawyers warn

(tags:immigration UK law OhForFucksSake )

Sensitive to claims of bias, Facebook relaxed misinformation rules for conservative pages

(tags:politics Facebook lies OhForFucksSake )

Indian food delivery company Zomato offers 'period leave' to women

(tags:India menstruation work )

Seeing the tube map for people with wheelchairs makes it clear how hard London transport is for them

(tags:disability London tube apps )

Public Health England research finds 'very little evidence' of coronavirus transmission in schools

(tags:school pandemic )

Comments

[aldabra]

That's odd, because my facebook has been entirely full of cases of corona transmission in schools ever since Israel tried reopening them. This is top of my feed right now:

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/paulding-county/days-after-photos-packed-hallways-go-viral-paulding-school-reports-9-covid-19-cases/X3FEDBYQ3FEA3F3TX5MMQD6E3Y/

[andrewducker]

Hopefully we'll do it less badly than that!

[aldabra]

You saw they suspended the kid who took the pictures? Because obviously that will fix the problem. (She said it was "good and necessary trouble" to get into, and they've reinstated her.)

[andrewducker]

Yeah, an idiotic move on their part. Glad they reversed it.

[dewline]

1. So is Dominic Cummings their Stephen Miller/Matteo Salvini think-alike figure here?

2. Disgusting.

4. Ottawa has been making its O-Train and Transitway stations...with elevators. Ramps, not so much, so far as I can see right now.

[andrewducker]

To be honest, I've got no idea what Dominic Cummings' politics are, other than confused!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Cummings#Political_views