Interesting Links for 03-04-2021

[andrewducker]

FactCheck: how effective are masks at stopping Covid-19 spread?

(tags:Pandemic virus )

World War One: Edinburgh Zeppelin raid was Scotland's first air blitz

(tags:wwi Edinburgh history balloon viaDanielDWilliam )

No more lockdowns likely with Covid to be 'treated like flu' says Chris Witty

(tags:Pandemic disease UK )

Revealing the Ineffectiveness of Early British Night-Bombing Raids of WWII

(tags:wwii airplanes explosives history viaDanielDWilliam )

Loot boxes are basically gambling and should be regulated

(tags:regulation gambling games )

An independent Scotland would face a whole host of problems, but prosperity is possible in the long term

(tags:Scotland independence thefuture )

Revealed: How Conservatives sat on report into racism within Tory Party

(tags:racism conservatives )

Racism review authors attack wilful misrepresentation of controversial report

(tags:racism uk )

The UK's racism report is deliberately misusing and misrepresenting its sources

(tags:racism UK fraud )

Thank God I've Left My Twenties Behind

(tags:age )

What are the odds of Chuck Tingle?

(tags:hugo scifi porn writing abuse fandom )

British Psychological Society's response to the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

(tags:UK racism viaPatrickHadfield )

Tree of the day

(tags:trees art video viaPatrickHadfield )

How Yoda is translated worldwide

(tags:language StarWars translation )

Here's Keir Starmer visiting an outspokenly homophobic church

(tags:labour LGBT religion homophobia OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

Very interesting article about mask wearing. This and regular if not constant airing are the only consistent measures we've been able to enforce at my school. Kids eat with their class and no other ones, aren't facing each other when doing so and this is the only time they're allowed to have their masks off. We're supposed to add social distancing and regular hand-washing to the mix but that's not feasible in practice. As far as we know, we've had zero contamination at school and zero clusters since September 2020. From what we've seen kids and staff get contaminated through family and friends outside school. We're back into lockdown starting next week bc global stats are terrifying but I've felt pretty safe at school so far.

Bomber Harris

[danieldwilliam]

I think Britain would be better place today if we had (and could have) a proper conversation about Bomber Harris.

Re: Bomber Harris

[danieldwilliam]

I think the parallels between chemical weapons and area bombing are obvious.

Re: Bomber Harris

[andrewducker]

Deliberate targeting of civilians is usually right out, isn't it?

Re: Bomber Harris

[danieldwilliam]

Bugger.

I meant to link to this article.

Chemical weapons and area bombing are *ineffective* if you have available the state of the art.

https://acoup.blog/2020/03/20/collections-why-dont-we-use-chemical-weapons-anymore/

Re: Bomber Harris

[armiphlage]

When the CBC attempted to start that conversation, they were slapped down by the Canadian Senate, and were sued for $500,000,000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_Moonlight:_Bomber_Command

Re: Bomber Harris

[andrewducker]

Unsuccessfully sued, thankfully.

Re: Bomber Harris

[andrewducker]

Thank you, fascinating, and stolen for today's post!

[andrewducker]

I'm glad you're managing to stay safe. Long may it continue!

[kerk_hiraeth]

Keir Starmer tweet is no longer available apparently,

kerk

[andrewducker]

Excellent! Glad it's been retracted!