Interesting Links for 12-12-2020

[andrewducker]

The least festive Christmas movies ever

(tags:christmas movies )

Who wants to play a historically accurate game about the plague in Scotland?

(tags:disease scotland kickstarter viaDanielDWilliam )

Explosive hydroforming - Or: How to make a sphere with a really loud bang

(tags:materials video )

Sovereignty and 'Sovereignty!'

(tags:UK politics law )

What was going on with food supply the previous time the UK has a referendum on Europe?

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1337526891868254208.html
(tags:UK Europe food history trade )

The Level Playing Field: How did we get here?

(tags:UK Europe trade )

Comments

[calimac]

The least festive Christmas movies ever - oh, you need to read this: The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time

Sovereignty - This is ever so slightly disingenuous. Yes, a sovereign nation may enter into treaties which then restrict its autonomy, but the question is which restrictions the nation is willing to accept. The proper criticism of the "Sovereignty!" types is not being clear on that, not for misunderstanding the concept. Of course, there's a limit to how much detail can fit into a tweet, and I'd give a lot of slack to the use of shorthand terms there.
Rather amazed, also, that the section on how sovereignty lies in the crown, not parliament, fails to mention the meaning of the noun "sovereign".

Food supply - Considering how much stress the question of implementing Brexit has caused, I've been wondering what would have happened had it passed in 1975. Nothing I've read about that referendum addresses the question. This begins to.
2) Mrs Thatcher's pantry looks pretty full to me. Besides, if she were hoarding, wouldn't the hoard be in some closet or the basement or somewhere? I notice she has the absolute essential for a British pantry of the period, a can of beans.
3) Speaking of a can of beans, who's the woman holding one up in the press conference photo? I know who the man sitting next to her is.

[andrewducker]

I'd be totally fine with an argument of "This compromise is too far, and what we get for it is not worthwhile." but what I keep seeing is "This is an encroachment on our sovereignty and we can't have that because we're now a sovereign nation after decades of Europe being in charge!"

Not sure who the woman is, I'm afraid.

[andrewducker]

I made it to the Ayn Rand one before realising I was being had!

[kerk_hiraeth]

I thought we were playing an historically realistic live roleplay game about the plague in Scotland...

kerk