Interesting Links for 23-06-2021

[andrewducker]

EU can shut off flow of data and 'slow down' UK exports in a Brexit trade war, Boris Johnson warned

(tags:europe uk trade doom )

Cargo Is Piling Up Everywhere, And It's Making Inflation Worse

(tags:trade shipping )

Scotland lockdown easing delayed by three weeks

(tags:scotland pandemic )

Two brief stories about The Muppet Movie

(tags:Muppets movies )

Pollen helps Covid spread further and faster

(tags:plants pandemic )

When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid from a Clamp, That's a Moray

(tags:headline fish )

How fairy tales start in different languages/cultures

(tags:culture stories )

Where does the "One Britain, One Nation" campaign come from?

(tags:UK nationalism )

How much has Brexit cost us so far, and how much is to come?

(tags:UK Europe trade economics )

I've never reached the end of my to-do list (or emails) - but I assume this is what happens when you do

(tags:todo comic funny )

Welsh Gov slaps down Westminster plan for children in Wales to celebrate 'One Britain One Nation Day'

(tags:wales uk propaganda )

Croatian Wikipedia Disinformation Assessment-2021

(tags:croatia propaganda wikipedia )

Brexit: What if EU referendum were held today? Here's what the polls say

(tags:uk europe polls referendum )

Comments

[dewline]

1. And Johnson's team is actively working to break the UK-EU relationship, last we checked. This is not good news. Useful, definitely, but not good.

2. Knock-on effects continuing to hit more dominoes here.

8. Is this amusing or disturbing? I'm not sure where to file it.

11. Yeah, that should have been expected.

12. Hopeful news here. Not kidding, although it carries implications for other languages' versions of Wikipedia being targeted for similar antics.

[andrewducker]

You can do a "We're all one underneath it all" campaign in a positive way. But it doesn't feel like this is what's happening here.

[original_aj]

Given the "One Scotland Many Cultures" campaign precedes it I think it's clear where the inspiration was. Shame the Unionists are using it to push oppresion into conformity rather than celebration of difference.

[andrewducker]

Was that around in 2005?

[original_aj]

Yep. I had a quick look but couldn't find an exact date, but I found a Jan 2005 reference.

[andrewducker]

Wow, I had no idea it went back that far!

[calimac]

"The polling also showed that very few people had shifted positions since the 2016 referendum. Only 6 per cent of Remainers said they would now vote Leave, and 7 per cent of Leavers would now change their vote to Remain."

And every single one of that 7 per cent have been interviewed by some print or tv journalist about how much they regret their vote.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, the BBC had a "We go to the most Brexit area in Britain to talk to people!" piece yesterday. I didn't see a "We go to the most Eurocentric area in Britain" piece to go with it.

[movingfinger]

#6 Little did the songwriters and Dino know they would live forever as an evergreen eel meme.

[andrewducker]

I wonder how many seconds it took.