Interesting Links for 08-11-2020

[andrewducker]

Clearly the best version of Tetris

(tags:tetris cute video )

Evidence that hobbits didn't have daylight saving time

(tags:lotr time )

America Is (Still) a Conservative Country

(tags:politics usa )

Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health

(tags:drugs USA legalisation GoodNews )

Boris Johnson is ready to address Joe Biden's concerns over Irish border as Government reaches out

(tags:UK Europe trade )

South Ayrshire Golf club owner loses 2020 presidential election

(tags:politics funny Scotland headline )

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition brings back the sci-fi trilogy next year

(tags:games remake MassEffect )

Wolves win vote for reintroduction in Colorado

(tags:wolves USA )

I think Boris Johnson might be in trouble...

(tags:UK Europe Ireland NorthernIreland USA trade video funny )

Government Buys PPE Made by Uyghur Muslims in Chinese Forced Labour Programmes

(tags:China UK OhForFucksSake pandemic )

Brexit: Liz Truss secures tariff wins with her Japan trade deal - for products the UK doesn't export (and 83% of gains will go to Japan)

(tags:trade UK Japan OhForFucksSake )

Last year Florida gutted a law which would have given an extra million voters to the Democrats

(tags:florida law voting crime OhForFucksSake )

Biden and Harris do not like Boris Johnson

(tags:GoodNews USA UK politics )

Boris Johnson under pressure to avoid no-deal Brexit after Biden victory (and some details about how the negotiations are going)

(tags:UK Europe USA trade )

Kamala Harris's Record on Trans Rights Isn't "Mixed".

(tags:USA transgender lgbt rights politics )

Decorators Review Farrow and Ball Emulsion

(tags:painting review viaDalglir )

Comments

[calimac]

"South Ayrshire Golf club owner"? I thought his golf club was near Aberdeen. Or was that another one?

[alithea]

The one he built is near Aberdeen but he also bought Turnberry in South Ayrshire.

[momentsmusicaux]

I've had decorators complain about F&B paints, and honestly, I think it's because they're trying to use it like regular paint. It spreads differently. Dulux feels like gooey plastic that you're dragging across a surface. F&B is liquid that you're trying to get to seep in.
On lining paper, two coats is perfectly adequate. One will do at a push if you take your time and make sure you really get it around. That might be part of it too, that decorators expect to slap it on quickly.

[anna_wing]

Farrow & Ball is the one with the hideous grungy colours, right? I suppose well suited to a Cool Maritime climate....

The popular paint companies in Asia are Jotun or Nippon. Next time I paint my house I want to look for Lotusan.

'Liberal' and 'conservative' in the US should be considered terms of art, since they mean nothing like what they mean anywhere else in the world...

[channelpenguin]

Wow. Jotun is my fave boat paint but I could only get it in the UK and the co said they cant ship to Germany because of "safety regulations". I never knew it came from Asia.

[anna_wing]

They're Norwegian, I think, as the name would indicate! But they're quite well known in Asia. Crown and Dulux too, but I think Nippon is the market leader. Japanese products aren't the cheapest, but they're the quality benchmark.

[channelpenguin]

Right. That's more what I thought! Still wish I could work out how to get some Jotun here....

[anna_wing]

Perhaps directly from some other EU country?