Interesting Links for 10-12-2020

[andrewducker]

Lost Muppet Christmas Carol song rediscovered

(tags:muppets movies Disney Christmas )

Covid in Scotland: Lockdown nearly eliminated it, but the second wave was reignited by summer holidays

(tags:pandemic Scotland holidays OhForFucksSake )

"A damn stupid thing to do"—the origins of the C programming language

(tags:programming history computers )

Looks like one in every few thousand people is allergic to the Covid vaccine

(tags:pandemic vaccine allergies )

Tyrannosaurs probably sounded like geese

(tags:birds dinosaurs sound )

Five reasons why the "Nordic Model" is a terrible approach to sex worker legislation

(tags:sexwork law )

Top 10 student and graduate design projects of 2020

(tags:design architecture )

I don't usually talk about new battery technology, but this one looks like it might actually happen

(tags:batteries technology )

British public now supports proportional representation 42% - 33%

(tags:voting reform polls )

Nicolas Cage To Host 'History Of Swear Words' At Netflix

(tags:niccage swearing Netflix )

Some more info on the Pfizer vaccine and its safety and efficacy

(tags:vaccine safety )

Comments

[mountainkiss]

Has Dan seen the PR one?

[claudeb]

I tried to tell people that a vaccine rushed to market like that is going to have dangerous side-effects. They called me a pessimist. As always. All right then.

[simont]

British public now supports proportional representation 42% - 33%

Ah, but in what proportion of Parliamentary constituencies do they form the majority? :-)

[anna_wing]

Right, I am getting a DVD of the "Muppet Christmas Carol" as soon as a full version is out.