Interesting Links for 13-05-2021

[andrewducker]

Pet a dog and you'll do better for weeks!

(tags:mentalhealth stress psychology dogs viaMyBrotherHugh )

Photoshopping Paddington into movies: Star Wars edition

(tags:bears photoshop StarWars )

Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B in revenue

(tags:tax OhForFucksSake Netherlands )

Covid vaccine: UK decision to delay second dose vindicated by new research

(tags:UK pandemic vaccination )

National Trust archaeologists surprised by likely age of Cerne Abbas Giant (late Saxon)

(tags:history UK art )

"Help! A Male Colleague Thinks I'm Scary"

(tags:gender work scary society )

Solar and wind's competitiveness over coal is accelerating (80% of US coal plants either non-competitive or actively shutting down)

(tags:electricity GoodNews solarpower windpower coal viaDanielDWilliam )

France blocks post-Brexit EU financial services deal with UK over fishing row

(tags:uk europe trade finance fish )

Richard Garfield: Getting Lucky (a fascinating analysis of the role of luck in games, and why it's so important)

(tags:games luck viaDanielDWilliam )

The different ways of calculating the end of Ramadan

(tags:islam moon calendars time viaLilysea )

xkcd's "Map Projections", animated

(tags:maps xkcd visualisation video funny )

Member of the Scottish Parliament takes oath of allegiance in Welsh (also, BSL, Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Doric, Scots, Gaelic, Canadian French, German, Welsh, Orcadian and Zimbabwean Shona)

(tags:scotland wales language )

British government is lying when refusing to rescue visa-free music tours of EU, lawyers confirm

(tags:uk government lying BorisJohnson Conservatives music europe )