Interesting Links for 25-08-2020

[andrewducker]

Painting a single blade on a wind turbine black reduces bird deaths by 70%

(tags:windpower birds death GoodNews )

Iain M. Banks' Phlebas TV adaptation at Amazon no longer happening

(tags:Amazon IainBanks scifi TV )

The National Trust talks about slavery

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1297429122126422016.html
(tags:history UK slavery )

How to cook Conyngus in gravé

(tags:cooking language history English )

Uber Eats are systematically underpaying their drivers

(tags:fraud work delivery food OhForFucksSake viaPatrickHadfield )

Why the Covid-19 reinfection case is not a cause for panic

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1297890418168860674.html
(tags:Pandemic virus )

Comments

[i_kender]

Maybe they should paint all three of them black, then?

[andrewducker]

Definitely worth testing!

[dewline]

Also test for "two out of three", just in case?

[armiphlage]

I wonder if it is just the contrast, or if some colour might be even better than black. Possibly dependent upon the species of birds in the area, too? Since diurnal birds can (usually) see UV, there might be an option to use that part of the spectrum, if humans find black-and-white blades to be aesthetically displeasing.

Uber Eats Drivers

[dewline]

This is a problem. If work is worth doing...