Interesting Links for 17-06-2021

[andrewducker]

Why The Two-Party System Is Wrecking American Democracy

(tags:politics voting usa )

Ladies: What is a dead give-away, during sex, that a man watches too much porn

(tags:sex porn men )

Men: What is a dead give-away, during sex, that a woman watches too much porn

(tags:sex porn women )

Government misrepresented my report to make assault on judicial review, says former Tory minister

(tags:law UK conservatives )

Saudi Arabia executes Mustafa al-Darwish for teenage protests (that he was tortured into confessing to)

(tags:torture murder saudiarabia )

Food-delivery apps up to 44% more expensive than ordering direct

(tags:food apps money )

Here Are All The Key Claims In Dominic Cummings' Latest Bombshell

(tags:Conservatives pandemic incompetence )

Map showing areas projected to be below annual flood level in 2030 (you can adjust a range of settings and extrapolate out to 2100)

(tags:globalwarming sea maps )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

Do you know how much under water that flood map imples? Are talking moist or six foot under water do you think? The big area next to the docks in Leith is pretty flat and I wouldn't be surprised if a very, very heavy rainfall meant it was an inch under water.

[coth]

That flood map site - I played a bit with years and assumptions, and it made little difference for London, staying much the same through the century and regardless of the other settings. But thank you anyway.

[redbird]

On the flood risk map, turning off the "exclude potentially protected areas" makes a major difference to the display. Looking at it for the Boston (Mass.) area, the "potentially protected areas" include some places that are already flooding at "king tide" high tides a few times a year.

[movingfinger]

In the delivery app article: "The most expensive order was a burrito and a taco from a Mexican restaurant, which cost £43.94 on Deliveroo - £12.29 (44%) more than ordering directly."

This burrito and taco are overpriced by any metric!

Here Are All The Key Claims In Dominic Cummings' Latest Bombshell

[jack]

"Boris Johnson is stupid, but not 'believed in Matt Hancock's competence' stupid"

Actually yeah, I guess that's the problem :( He put yes men everywhere but none of them were any good at anything and apparently this was an actual surprise to him :(