Interesting Links for 27-06-2021

[andrewducker]

Labour: the internal corruption and infighting that have destroyed their electoral chances

(tags:labour OhForFucksSake )

Scientist Designs DIY Gene Therapy, Cures Lactose Intolerance

(tags:genetics milk )

US teenage girls attempted suicide 50% more often since the pandemic began

(tags:teenagers girls suicide )

Covid in Scotland: Can we stop worrying about high case numbers?

(tags:pandemic Scotland vaccination )

YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos, forcing rights group to seek alternative

(tags:China Kazakhstan YouTube rights OhForFucksSake )

The Clusterfuck of the three TSRs

(tags:roleplaying business bigotry wtf OhForFucksSake publishing )

UK government described as gang warfare

(tags:Conservatives gangs )

Comments

[cmcmck]

I suspect it needs to be about hospitalisations rather than case numbers.

[andrewducker]

Definitely. Which is why those graphs are do fascinating.

[anna_wing]

Though since even mild cases can lead to long-term effects, one should try to minimise case numbers too. And of course the higher the numbers, the higher the likelihood of serious cases, deaths and nasty mutations.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I'm worried about more mutations.
And really hoping that the remaining vaccinations are enough to bring R back below 1!

[calimac]

Just glad that I have no need to remember the difference between tsrgames and tsr_games.

[andrewducker]

Hah!

[ihavenoarms]

nice links

[andrewducker]

Thanks!

[dewline]

1. This is an ongoing Problem, isn't it? The UK needs viable alternatives to their local IDU Party (AKA "British Conservatives")...

2. ???

5. Gaming the TOS-violation-reporting systems. My partner on the Local Hero comics project, Ian Gould, seems to get regularly targeted for this on Facebook. I suspect Comicsgaters or other new fascist-adjacent people.

7. Horrific. But then, Putin is going to encourage such behaviour from governments he manages to get installed across the planet, right?

[andrewducker]

There are alternatives. But too many of them to work well under FPTP.

Which would be fine if the opposition parties would at least agree to reform the voting system!

[nancylebov]

The TSR link isn't working.

I'd heard about Bret Weinstein moving to Odysee, and didn't quite get around to going there, but it's obviously time to sign up.

[andrewducker]

It's still working for me!

[danieldwilliam]

Never mind the Conservatives as gang warfare, role playing gaming seems like 1920's Chicago.

[anna_wing]

I am part of the vast global majority that has some degree of lactose intolerance, and as far as I am aware, it can easily be mitigated for most people if they want to, simply by regularly eating small, sensible quantities of dairy products. I eat cheese quite often (my housekeeper makes a very nice pizza Margherita), and we use yoghurt in baking and as a substitute for mayonnaise and creme fraiche in many recipes, and I have no problems. Drinking a bowlful of full-cream milk would undoubtedly upset my stomach, but I have no desire to do something like that, even the thought is slightly nauseating, so it's not as if that is a lifestyle limitation...

[andrewducker]

I didn't realise that I was lactose intolerant, and so I didn't realise I had to keep eating cheese and milk. So I stopped for a few years. And now even the smallest amount leads to Very Bad Things.

[anna_wing]

Oh dear, how unfortunate! Especially since it's such a big part of the Western diet, rather than just a nice, optional extra.

[andrewducker]

I am so very relieved that lactase pills work for me!
And I shall be telling the kids to keep eating cheese!