Interesting Links for 06-02-2022

[andrewducker]

'Clients say it feels like we've always known each other': the mental health experts who believe their autism has turbocharged their work

(tags:mentalhealth autism counselling )

Black civil servant handed six-figure payout amid systematic racism in the heart of British government

(tags:racism government uk )

The case for and against analogies

(tags:communication )

NI Protocol: How Britain is causing chaos to avoid dealing with the issues

(tags:UK NorthernIreland Europe Ireland borders trade regulation )

Cerebrospinal fluid washing in and out of the brain during sleep

(tags:sleep brains )

Mapping the celebrity NFT complex

(tags:celebrity blockchain )

Worldle - Can you guess the country? (guesses give you a direction and a distance you were wrong by)

(tags:countries game )

Girl who followed party rules asks Boris Johnson for apology

(tags:BorisJohnson party Pandemic )

15 EU states subsidise fossil-fuels more than renewables

(tags:Europe subsidies globalwarming OhForFucksSake )

Comments

Worldle.

[ironyoxide]

The first one it gave me was [...]

[Edit: Just realized it's daily, and everyone gets the same country. Answer redacted.

But yeah, about the last country you'd expect people to recognize on sight.]

Re: Worldle.

[andrewducker]

Yeah. I didn't get it, but I did get to the country next door

Re: Worldle.

[jack]

I was very bad at guessing from the outline. I thought I'd be able to guess continent, size, coast vs border, but I couldn't really. Hopefully I get better with practice :)

Re: Worldle.

[darkoshi]

I got it on my 3rd try, and without realizing the little icons were directional arrows (from a distance, they looked like checkmarks to me). But I was a geography buff as a kid and still remember some of it :)