Interesting Links for 01-10-2020
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andrewducker- Dreading a dark winter lockdown? Think like a Norwegian
- (tags:Norway psychology darkness winter pandemic happiness )
- "My son can get a COVID test result in 90 minutes. And that's a disgrace."
- (tags:pandemic virus testing OhForFucksSake uk )
- Scotland's Covid death toll hits highest level since June (7 people)
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- Switzerland referendum: Voters reject end to free movement with EU
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- Downing Street will not rule out using Scottish Islands for asylum processing plan
- (tags:Scotland asylum viaPatrickHadfield wtf )
- Covid-19 and the Problem of Collective Action
- https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1311276277798756352.html
(tags:pandemic economics organisation government viaDanielDWilliam ) - Far Right Extremists celebrate after Trump's debate callout
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- The Dying Russians
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- The world is stranger than I can imagine: Australian prison tree edition
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- How Agatha Christie moved with her times
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- Call for laws to force sale of derelict sites in Scotland
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- Coronavirus Is Spreading Most Rapidly Among Young People in The North East and North West of England
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- Why the UK's "grammar, punctuation, and spelling" test is nasty and dangerous
- (tags:language UK teaching OhForFucksSake )
- Large scale sequencing of 1,500 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Norwich shows 32 foreign strains and other interesting details
- (tags:pandemic virus UK genetics viaPatrickHadfield )
- EU brings Infringement process against the United Kingdom
- (tags:UK Europe law )
- Investigations launched after Atikamekw woman records Quebec hospital staff uttering slurs before her death
- (tags:Canada racism healthcare OhForFucksSake )
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Why the UK's "grammar, punctuation, and spelling" test is nasty and dangerous
Date: 2020-10-01 12:21 pm (UTC)Re: Why the UK's "grammar, punctuation, and spelling" test is nasty and dangerous
Date: 2020-10-01 12:33 pm (UTC)(But this test is testing a stupid, pointless, achievement of 'memorising some stuff that is not even abut how to useEnglish' and need to diaf)