Interesting Links for 28-09-2021

[andrewducker]

Renewable energy: getting to 100% requires cheap energy storage. But how cheap?

(tags:economics batteries electricity viaDanielDWilliam )

'Babylon 5' Reboot in the Works at The CW

(tags:JMS Babylon5 reboot TV )

Labour conference backs sanctions against Israel for apartheid policy towards Palestinians

(tags:Israel apartheid Palestine labour )

Conference rejects motion committing Labour to proportional representation

(tags:politics labour proportional_representation OhForFucksSake )

Labour's Ten Holy Rules of Political Parties

(tags:politics UK )

The Scottish paddle ships that ran blockades during the American civil war

(tags:Scotland USA civilwar history viaDanielDWilliam )

Edinburgh getting Filipino fast food cafe with Jollibee coming to Princes Street

(tags:food edinburgh )

Comments

[anna_wing]

Jollibee fried chicken is good.

[mtbc]

Crispy and salty! Still, a Filipino friend laughed when I told them.

[dewline]

1. Good question. Looks like we're getting closer to an answer that will work for most of us, which gives me some (researched and informed) hope.

2. I hope this works for everyone involved. I enjoyed the original series and much of the stories that followed. I didn't get to see all of the ideas that followed via TV, mind you, so my "picture" of that remains incomplete.

3. This is another reason why we need something like the Magnitsky Act, I think. It's designed to be more precise in its targeting, whereas a general embargo would do much more harm than good. I want to see both Israel and Palestine (continue to) exist in the world, after all.

5. The UK Labour Party really need to get something more coherent together, don't they?

[anna_wing]

OH, it's not Filipino food! It's American fast food that was culturally appropriated...

[mtbc]

Ah yes, but they still have plenty of them around there and I'm not used to having them encroach westward! (-: Admittedly, I wasn't ready for all the American fast food chains in Manila (though I did like the shawarma burrito from Taco Bell) and I'm not a big fan of some Filipino food - the sweet and salty and random-animal-parts and such, nor this habit of adding cheese where I don't expect it. I do like some of the grilled fish, etc., though and, of course, there are variations, even in how different people make their adobo sauce. (And, sure, it's hardly a centuries-old tradition, but I've never dared banana ketchup!) In terms of noodles, here in E TN we have a restaurant offering lumi noodles which might be some acceptable variant of lomi or might just be being so far from home it's barely recognizable in any way. (-: I do like the soy, chili, lime sauces, etc.