Interesting Links for 20-10-2021

[andrewducker]

The Tragedy of The Last Duel Flopping at the Box Office (I do actually fancy this. But I'm not going to a cinema until cases are 1/20 of what they are now)

(tags:movies pandemic viaSwampers RidleyScott )

The British ambassador to Afghanistan repeatedly warned Dominic Raab that Kabul would swiftly fall into Taliban hands

(tags:uk afghanistan epicfail OhForFucksSake )

New Delta sub-variant is 15% more transmissible

(tags:pandemic )

New Edinburgh primary school to get one of three names as shortlist unveiled (Sophia will be there in 2 years)

(tags:school Edinburgh names )

The time Claudia Black gave James McAvoy advice

(tags:acting scifi advice )

So You Want To Abolish Time Zones...

(tags:time )

Android 12's Extra Dim Feature is One of My Favorites

(tags:Android darkness light phones )

An interesting fact that political campaigners ought to know

(tags:politics marketing comics )

Memes of classical history

(tags:history meme funny )

Engineers know who is to blame for the Trolley Problem

(tags:philosophy engineering )

Surgeons perform first successful transplant using pig kidney in a human

(tags:pigs humans organs )

Comments

[ironymaiden]

This article was the first time I became aware of The Last Duel's existence. so I'm not so sure about the marketing strategy.

[calimac]

But the trolley problem isn't "who is to blame?" The trolley problem is "what do you do?"

[anna_wing]

Was anyone seriously recommending the abolition of time zones? And if so, why?

The solutions I was told for the trolley problem were (a) find a way to derail the trolley; (b) find something to jam the wheels. The lesson was actually about not letting other people trap you into thinking your choices are only binary.

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Loved the Claudia Black - James McAvoy story!