Interesting Links for 28-10-2021

[andrewducker]

The teaser for "Lightyear" (a new Pixar movie) looks like a lot of fun

(tags:pixar space trailer )

Oregon's arboreal smiley

(tags:trees emoji viaDanielDWilliam photos )

"Dune" (the movie), annotated

(tags:sci-fi movies )

Exams in Scotland to be reformed, but not scrapped

(tags:education school Scotland exams )

The UK Media Has Seriously Bungled the Kathleen Stock Story

(tags:transgender media academia LGBT uk journalism )

People Who Technically Did Their Job, But In A Really Bad Way

(tags:work funny fail viaCharlesStross )

I just donated to the Legal Defence Fund for Transgender Lives

(tags:law transgender lgbt uk money nhs )

Facebook prioritized 'angry' emoji reaction posts in news feeds - pushing more provovactive content into users' news feeds

(tags:facebook emotion viaSwampers OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[adrian_turtle]

The one about "people technically doing their job" has some predictable failures (some look more like machines doing their jobs with inadequate supervision), but #15 was magnificent.

[andrewducker]

I agree.

(I suspect it's actually a longer error message, but they didn't make the message box big enough to show more than the first word. But I could well be wrong.)

[movingfinger]

That trailer is one reference and quote after another!

Also, David Bowie makes me cry now, looks like, have to be careful with that in the car....

[snippy]

2 - makes me want to go looking for it
6 - malicious compliance is a thing all right

Good news, badly reported (again)

[original_aj]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/28/sussex-professor-kathleen-stock-resigns-after-transgender-rights-row

Re: Good news, badly reported (again)

[andrewducker]

I will not link to The Guardian.

(Exception made for when the US side slips in pro-trans piece.)

Re: Good news, badly reported (again)

[original_aj]

I was underlining the point about biased reporting, not suggesting you link to it.

Re: Good news, badly reported (again)

[andrewducker]

You'll have to be more specific about the bias, I'm afraid.

Thanks for Dune link.

[trailer_spot]

I ventured for the first time in about two years inside a movie theatre this week to watch "Dune". While I had no problem following the plot, that link should provide some deeper understanding of what can be seen on screen (I haven't read it yet entirely).

Re: Thanks for Dune link.

[andrewducker]

I haven't seen it yet. It definitely looks worth seeing on a big screen, but I shall have to settle for my big TV. I read the first few paragraphs of this article though and it looked worth reading, so I'll be doing that once I've seen it!

Re: Thanks for Dune link.

[trailer_spot]

As you can imagine, seeing it on a big screen was my main motivation. It was an afternoon screening with about ten people in a mid-sized theatre. My main worry was therefore not so much about getting infected but if I would be able to sit in a chair for about three hours (including commercials and trailers). :)

[cmcmck]

News just now states that Stock has resigned from Sussex Uni!

[andrewducker]

In today's links :-)

I'm delighted!