Interesting Links for 28-01-2022
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andrewducker- You know Britain's current gas shortage that's pushing up prices dramatically? Turns out we've been exporting huge amounts overseas during that.
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- The world invested $755Bn last year on energy transition
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- Why Can't You Reverse A String Containing a Flag Emoji?
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- Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies
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- The apocalyptic mindset that explains a lot about American right wing Christian thinking
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- Scotland's work from home guidance to be relaxed next week
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- Met Police seeks limits to Sue Gray No 10 parties report
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- Highway Code: 'Dutch reach' rule change to Highway Code comes in to force
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Date: 2022-01-28 12:23 pm (UTC)2. I hope that's a further improvement...?
5. We have to keep pushing back against that thinking. That particular bunch of sects will seize onto anything in order to reinterpret it to suit their goals. I remember this one book that reinterpreted the first Star Wars movie to suit this worldview from shortly after it went big at the cinemas.
7. UH oh.
8. This could be an improvement to bicyclists' safety in Canada...
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Date: 2022-01-28 12:35 pm (UTC)"We'll Have to Wait for Sue Gray's Inquiry" - original song by The Marsh Family
A song mocking Boris Johnson for flagrantly breaching COVID regulations and then fudging the facts
https://youtu.be/6qYJo9zzqeE
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Date: 2022-01-28 08:49 pm (UTC)You know Britain's current gas shortage that's pushing up prices dramatically? Turns out we've been exporting huge amounts overseas during that.
That's normal policy here on perfectly normal island.
(During the Irish potato famine, Ireland was exporting grain -- and potatoes -- for profit while the people starved.)
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Date: 2022-01-31 10:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-29 07:03 am (UTC)