Interesting Links for 20-01-2022

[andrewducker]

If you're poor then the cost of living has gone up by a *lot* more than 5%

(tags:economics UK poverty )

A NASA Probe Went and Touched the Sun

(tags:sun space NASA )

Coffee can't fix all the cognitive impairments caused by a bad night's sleep

(tags:caffeine psychology sleep )

Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing Them

As a friend put it "This is how you get Terminators"
(tags:ai abuse misogyny hate )

The gender wage gap is really a child care penalty

(tags:children patriarchy wages gender society )

New rules passed for short-term lets in Scotland

(tags:rental housing Scotland )

Comments

[adrian_turtle]

One big issue is that food consumes a relatively large fraction of your income, if you're poor. Also, a lot of people have "necessary expenses" that did not exist 2 years ago, or that were not necessary. (Masks. Tests. Internet for online work/school.)

[naath]

yeah, the tax system should be more progressive...my expenses went down since pandemic (elliminatedd commute, already had the internet conection, tech toys etc)

[dewline]

Corporate lobbyists poisoning the tax system over the past half-century...