Interesting Links for 13-10-2020

[andrewducker]

Anyone in Edinburgh want an a IT admin role and know both Windows and Linux?

(tags:Jobs Edinburgh computers Windows Linux )

The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture

(tags:colour sculpture history Roman greece racism )

How archeology is used for nationalism

(tags:archeology nationalism viaDanielDWilliam )

Old Government advert suggesting ballet dancer could retrain is one of several from 2019. The internet is still outraged, of course

https://mobile.twitter.com/eleanormia/status/1315586377703190528 for more of them.
(tags:advertising jobs anger technology )

Former Senate Majority Leader Confirms Federal Government Covered Up UFOs For Years

(tags:USA ufo )

Solar meets 100 percent of South Australia demand for first time

(tags:Australia solarpower )

You can buy these grapes, but there are a few rules you need to know first... (because they're patented)

(tags:food rules OhForFucksSake patents )

U S. COVID Cases since June by state partisanship

(tags:ViaDrCross visualisation pandemic USA politics )

Scientists discover why mosquitoes are so attracted to human blood

(tags:blood mosquito )

Leaders Can Feel Licensed To Behave Badly When They Have Morally Upstanding Followers

(tags:psychology morality behaviour leadership )

Comments

[liv]

Regarding the terrible Fatima campaign, it seems like the 'from 2019' debunking is based on rumour, though it's true that the ballet dancer is part of a series: https://twitter.com/marykmac/status/1315723833320579075

[andrewducker]

Thank you!

[movingfinger]

Thanks for the partisanship-COVID cases per million graphic link. It's a beautiful visualization.

In unrelated but related news, Edward Tufte has published a new book!

[armiphlage]

ooooh!

[hilarita]

My twitter comment on the dancer campaign still stands - which is that ELQ regs mean that retraining is a very expensive thing. Most places won't hire you to do computing things without a degree (or 20 years' experience now), especially if you're a women, especially especially if you're a woman of colour. So if you've already had a student loan to do a qualification in say, performing arts or English or Media Studies or history, you're going to have to scrape together the cash to do your new undergraduate yourself.

I mean, I suffered from the ELQ regs back in 2007, when I started my second undergrad. I did it through the OU, which had far, far lower fees than other universities before the fees went up to £9000 (they're still cheaper, just not nearly such a massive bargain). If you can manage to retrain to "cyber" for less than £20,000 now, you're doing extraordinarily well.

[andrewducker]

I totally agree that retraining in things that the government is trying to retrain people into really ought to be free. Or, at least, very cheap indeed.

And anyone going in to IT is likely to pay a lot of tax in the long run!

[bugshaw]

When they stopped the student nurse bursary, they also stopped funding the Nursing degrees - you now have to get a student loan or self-fund. Which is a problem for the 10-15% of the intake who already had a degree; just the sort of people they wanted for nursing, a bit more life experience and understanding of the responsibilities of the job - not the wet behind the ears scared of bedpans teenagers they like to worry about in newspapers. Median age at intake for Mental Health nursing was 28, I presume after encounters with the field and a desire to make things better.

[agoodwinsmith]

Mosquitos, yay - But I suspect they will still bite and *then* go patooey.

[calimac]

I went a few years ago to see a museum exhibit of color-restored reproductions of classical sculpture, and wrote about it here. The exhibit's webpage is still online, so you can see pictures.

[danieldwilliam]

Thanks for posting the job ad.

South Australian Solar

[danieldwilliam]

I continue to think that storage systems are where the current challenges that impact renewable adoption lie. But I also think that there are lots and lots of useful solutions ready to be adapted that will really help renewable generation expand. Shifting solar PV excesses at midday to heating hot water for the following morning is a great example. Both technologies exist, but it's going to take a while for people to combine them.