Interesting Links for 31-03-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Jamie Wallis: Conservative politician comes out as UK's first openly trans MP

(tags:LGBT conservatives UK transgender )

2. How cables get so tangled

(tags:video cables funny Technology )

3. A Woman's Story

(tags:racism computers women history usa )

4. "I no longer grade my students' work - and I wish I had stopped sooner"

(tags:academia learning school )

5. When the school day starts later, teens get better sleep and feel more motivated

(tags:sleep school )

6. Automated taxis coming to San Francisco

(tags:sanfrancisco automation driving cars )

7. MPs Vote To Make At-Home Early Abortion Services Permanent

(tags:UK abortion GoodNews )

8. The vast majority of British voters support a close deal with the EU (Norway-like)

(tags:UK Europe polls identity )

9. Scottish under 18s will no longer be sent to young offenders institutions

Although, why can changing approach from "one of punishment to one of love and support" be applied to adults too?
(tags:scotland prison children )

10. "Procedural Justice" reduces crime by 14% and arrests by 60%

(tags:crime police transparency )

11. Mobile phone users do not have increased risk of brain tumours

(tags:mobile_phones Technology cancer GoodNews )

Comments

[calimac]

The taboo against referring to trans people by their "deadnames" is so strong that at first I wasn't sure if the MP in #1 was announcing a future transition from M to F or a completed (but hitherto unrevealed) transition from F to M. Fortunately it became clear later on that it was the former; but a lot of articles about people who've gone through transitions are confusing in this way.

[andrewducker]

Yes, usually it's done very late on. Unusual to have someone announce so publicly that they're about to start - but probably much easier than having someone out them.

(And yes, articles could sometimes do with being clearer)

[calimac]

Usually this problem comes up in feature articles about private individuals who have transitioned. When a person with a public image does this, it's usually clearer. When Elliot Page announced his transition, articles weren't shy about informing readers that he was already well-known under a different name, and gave it; but once that was an established fact, they dropped the name (except in reference: e.g. Wikipedia gives it, as it should: not everything can be changed retroactively, and future readers will want to get the facts).