Interesting Links for 03-06-2021

[andrewducker]

I recommend you do not do this to your penis

(tags:penis injury wtf )

Guess how many objects are in Low Earth Orbit - then click on this link.

(tags:space visualisation viaSwampers )

Trans *and* not skinny? The NHS wants you to fuck off and pay for surgery yourself.

(tags:nhs transgender OhForFucksSake )

NFL pledges to stop assuming that black people are less intelligent

(tags:racism football USA WTF )

"I painstakingly built my own analog drum machine"

(tags:drums music technology )

Covid precautions may have killed off one strain of Flu

(tags:pandemic flu viaDanielDWilliam )

"Xbox Co-pilot mode changed my disabled sister's life"

(tags:xbox disability amazing games consoles )

The Loaf Guardians: Parsing the Early History of the Anglo-Saxons

(tags:UK history )

Scotland's largest council pension fund backs climate change move

(tags:globalwarming pensions scotland glasgow )

Amazon Won't Test Job Seekers For Marijuana Use, Backs Legalisation

(tags:marijuana amazon legalisation )

Mass scale manipulation of Twitter Trends discovered

(tags:twitter fraud )

Comments

[alithea]

That thread about trans medical gatekeeping is awful. BMI is such rubbish, I can't believe any medical professionals are still using it. You can clearly see that they aren't really that fat, certainly not a weight that is actually going to be an increased risk for surgery. Just an excuse for denying people treatment.

[cmcmck]

The gatekeeping has been going on for decades.

Funny isn't it how I inherited some money from a great uncle when I was 21 and suddenly everything opened up for me because I could pay?..........

[alithea]

I'm glad you could pay, but yeah, it shouldn't be necessary. I was aware there was a lot of gatekeeping, but not of this specific flavour of it.