Interesting Links for 06-05-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Boris Johnson shelves plan ensure restaurant workers keep tips

(tags:money work uk Conservatives OhForFucksSake )

2. NY Times says Wordle drove tens of millions of new users, record growth

(tags:words games newspapers newyork )

3. Transphobes refused permission to appeal over puberty blocker treatment

(tags:LGBT transgender law GoodNews )

4. Tory-linked group that campaigns against net zero climate action is funded by US oil interests

(tags:UK conservatives globalwarming OhForFucksSake )

5. Why society owes a debt of gratitude to a gay psychiatrist in a clown mask

(tags:history lgbt gay psychiatry usa )

6. Protesters block Edinburgh immigration detentions

(tags:immigration Scotland )

7. No, local Conservatives aren't any better than the ones in Westminster

(tags:conservatives OhForFucksSake )

8. Transphobes taking legal action against sexual violence charities

(tags:LGBT transgender bigotry )

9. Swarming drones autonomously navigate a dense forest (and chase a human)

(tags:drone )

10. Are Sins Finite

(tags:sin religion funny comic )

11. A Vast Underground Water System Helps Drive Antarctica's Glaciers

(tags:antarctic water )

12. Where Americans Stand On Abortion, In 5 Charts

(tags:abortion usa polls )

13. The UK's justice minister wants to take personal control of who gets parole. This is dangerous nonsense.

(tags:politics law uk OhForFucksSake )

14. "Bambi" Is Even Bleaker Than You Thought (and its Jewish author more interesting)

(tags:history Jews Disney books movies deer nature )

Comments

[aldabra]

The Radio 4 reporting of this parole hoohah yesterday was appalling. All "the parole board has approved this and Raab says it must be overturned", and *absolutely nothing* on why it might have been approved and what the issues might be. Obviously inviting us to be outraged with no context.

[andrewducker]

So ridiculous. It's no wonder that people are trusting the BBC less and less.

[dewline]

And it's being actively coerced into becoming more untrustworthy as an institution. The BBC should be actively fought for on a continuing basis to reverse that trend.

[mountainkiss]

I do love the game of "guess which article is by David Allen Green from the title alone". I do not think I have lost yet.

[andrewducker]

Maybe the New York Times should buy that too!

[andrewducker]

Also: hello! *Waves*

[mountainkiss]

Hello! I think it is a special interest. I have not played Wordle because I do not need more addictions.

[andrewducker]

I don't blame you at all.

Nominally it's "Just one a day". But then you end up doing variants of it (My favourite is the one that's doing 16 at once) and it's all downhill from there.