Interesting Links for 17-11-2021
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andrewducker- Racism Is Institutional In British Cricket
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- Supersaurus: Scientists realise dinosaur might have been the longest ever after fixing fossil mix-up
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- Chile wants to export solar energy to Asia via 15,000km submarine cable (losses would be just under 50%)
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- Joanna Cherry's popularity is not going up
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- Englandâs austerity-hit courts losing days of work to collapsing ceilings, broken lift and arctic conditions
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- There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada
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- Remarkably accurate neurosurgery residency interview
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- Activision CEO Bobby Kotick told an employee he would have her killed. He kept an exec from being fired after a sexual harassment claim. He didn't tell his board of alleged rapes and other misconduct.
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- John Carmack on Steve Jobs
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- Amazon to stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in UK
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- The students losing thousands in an Edinburgh rental scam
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- âClear riskâ UK joining Pacific trade deal will raise drug prices for NHS
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- Netflix has started publishing its top 10 watched movies and TV shows
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Re: Cricket
Date: 2021-11-17 05:20 pm (UTC)Re: Cricket
Date: 2021-11-17 05:37 pm (UTC)(Also the very excellent Indy Nydall from the Great War YouTube series keeps apologising for the damange he's doing to Eastern European place names.)
I expect Scotland's newly won status as a world cricketing power after that tournament is going to cause some East Asian commentators all kinds of problems as they are forced to wrestle with our ludicrous names. "What do you mean it's pronounced "Milgavie, " are you mad?"