Interesting Links for 10-11-2020

[andrewducker]

Number 10 Says The UK Will Have Ten Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine By The End Of This Year If Pfizer's Trial Is Deemed Safe

(tags:UK pandemic vaccination GoodNews )

Feral wallabies sighted in UK almost 100 times in 10 years

(tags:UK animals Australia )

Japan Trade Deal punches USA-sized hole in privacy

(tags:UK USA Japan privacy dataprotection OhForFucksSake )

Biden adviser says US-UK special relationship is diminishing because of Brexit

(tags:UK Europe usa )

People with different personalities prefer different kinds of books (and some psychologists can't tell the difference between correlation and causation)

(tags:books psychology )

Do not buy Hewlett Packard printers

(tags:printing technology OhForFucksSake )

The Digital Nomads moved to exotic locales to work through the pandemic in style. But now tax trouble, breakups and Covid guilt are setting in.

(tags:technology work pandemic )

Inside Donald Trump's 2020 undoing (interviews with dozens of staff members of the campaigns)

(tags:politics USA viaNWhyte )

Narcissistic People Are More Likely To Take Part In Political Activities

(tags:psychology politics )

UAE decriminalises alcohol and lifts ban on unmarried couples living together (and gets harsher on honour killings)

(tags:middle_east GoodNews )

How Conservative Christians are seeing Trump's loss

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1325912364563181570.html
(tags:religion Christianity politics USA )

Exploding the myth of transgender transition regret

(tags:LGBT transgender research )

Fatigue syndrome exercise therapy loses Nice recommendation for ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome

(tags:ChronicFatigueSyndrome NHS )

long-acting injectable cabotegravir as PrEP is highly effective in preventing HIV acquisition in women

(tags:hiv GoodNews )

Comments

[cmcmck]

Although I'm sure Christine (who I've known for years) would agree with me when I wonder just how many more times we have to explode this particular myth!

[andrewducker]

I'm glad to have a copy of the study u can whip out at a moment's notice.

[liv]

The UK probably has the ability to acquire many vaccine doses but their plan for distribution, um, let's say it leaves something to be desired:
https://twitter.com/HelenRSalisbury/status/1326170983133286401

[ninetydegrees]

"Do not buy Hewlett Packard printers"

Well that's good to know. I have an old HP laser printer that I don't anticipate dying any time soon seeing as I barely use it but I've never been impressed with HP's policies and software. Comments recommend Brother.* makes note to self*

[marahmarie]

I have a Dell laser printer myself. Never failed me, though it does give the occasional hard time, mostly with wifi connectivity; besides that it's been pretty much flawless for 3+ years.

[ninetydegrees]

Good to know too! Thanks, M!

[marahmarie]

You're welcome, 90°!

[anef]

I have a very basic Brother laser printer, which was reasonably cheap on Amazon. It is a good printer - prints black and white, two sided, no bells or whistles. It has very expensive ink cartridges and when it thinks you need to replace a cartridge it stops printing. (There is a workround on YouTube, it's just a bit faffy).

I had read up about the disadvantages before Covid, and decided that we didn't print enough to worry about the expensive cartridges. Then I ended up working at home and doing a lot of printing, and needing a lot more cartridges. (This doesn't actually make a difference to me as my work will pay for them).

The other thing that has changed is that we used to have a Cartridge World round the corner, who would refill your old cartridge for a lot less money than buying a new one. Now we don't.

I hope this is useful information.

[ninetydegrees]

Very useful, thank you so much! <3

[armiphlage]

My spouse transitioned, and then transitioned again. Not a case of regret, just moving on to a new stage in life.

[anna_wing]

The HIV news would be huge. Far more so than any COVID news in the long term.

Are muntjac deer edible, by pets, if not people? The New Zealanders turn their pest introduced possums into pet-food and fur hats/coats/winter boot lining, sweaters etc. From the smell of my cats' food, they're probably quite tasty. Kangaroo is delicious, and I'm sure wallabies are too.

[andrewducker]

I don't think there are plans to wipe out the UK's feral invaders. At least, not yet.

And yes, the HIV news will be huge in the long run.

[anef]

Pretty sure Muntjac deer are as edible as any other deer. Am also prepared to eat wallaby if necessary to save our local wildlife.

[anna_wing]

I think I saw one once, on the grounds of a National Trust Stately Home. They're the little, cute ones, right? Should be nice, roasted slowly like a whole lamb....

[marahmarie]

USian voters: 146 million narcissists and (still) counting *bows*

Also, how did they *not* include voting as a political activity? That's like surveying how many people use silverware to determine who likes food.

ETA: a few more paragraphs down they finally mention voting does not correlate (general elections) but does correlate (midterms). They never specifically say they surveyed on voting, though, only that there's a correlation or isn't.

I dunno, running countries tends to not work out so well without active and confident participation by potential and actual voters so I think the entire idea of it indicating (or not) someone's narcissistic tendencies might be specious at best.

[hairyears]

Last time I saw a wallaby, out rambling in Derbyshire, was more than thirty years ago.

There's always talk that some recent hard winter killed them off, but they keep on reappearing.

It's *really* disconcerting when you glimpse them.