Interesting Links for 13-08-2020

[andrewducker]

Why is Britain's GDP down more than other major nations?

(tags:UK pandemic gdp )

Periods, the pill and the effect on female athletes

(tags:women menstruation sports )

National Grid fires up coal power station for first time in 55 days

(tags:coal electricity UK )

Coronavirus: England death count review reduces UK toll by 5,000 (matching method used by rest of UK)

(tags:UK pandemic statistics )

Debunking The Lies, Smears, and Distortions about Kamala Harris

(tags:politics usa )

23 Of The Most Beautiful Terry Pratchett Quotes To Remember Him By

(tags:terrypratchett quotes )

'Avatar: The Last Airbender' creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have exited the live-action Netflix series

(tags:avatar animation TV OhForFucksSake )

Researchers find a chemical that makes locusts swarm

(tags:insects behaviour pheromones )

Coronavirus in Scotland: Positive cases spreading 'rapidly' in Orkney

(tags:scotland pandemic )

No silver lining for first-time home buyers even if prices collapse

"in the 1990s, a typical young couple putting away 5% of their income each year could save enough for a deposit in just four years. By 2019, that figure had risen to 21 years"
(tags:housing OhForFucksSake uk )

UK police use of secretive facial recognition software stopped by the courts

(tags:law police faces )

"My Landlord is Evicting Us Over My Wife's Quarantine Courgette Harvest"

(tags:rental OhForFucksSake pandemic vegetables )

This owl is not impressed

(tags:owls )

When children's stores reopen, let's leave boys' and girls' sections behind

(tags:children gender toys shops shopping )

Comments

[andrewducker]

Yeah, "excess all cause death" is the only metric I really trust.

[rmc28]

Although last week and this, it will probably be heat rather than pandemic ...