Interesting Links for 25-05-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Chimpanzees have their own language — and scientists just learned how they put "words" together

(tags:viaNancyLebov chimpanzees language )

2. There are two proposals for minority-led Edinburgh councils, and everything depends on the Conservatives

(tags:edinburgh politics snp labour green libdem )

3. Why would the government want to run ScotRail?

(tags:trains scotland )

4. The Scottish/English dispute over gene-edited crops

(tags:uk england genetics food )

5. Occlusion Grotesque - a font designed by a tree

(tags:trees font )

6. Ricky Gervais now exists only to be bigoted

(tags:bigotry LGBT transgender OhForFucksSake )

7. Cell Tower - a word puzzle game. Nicely tricky

(tags:games language viaSwampers )

8. Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape NFT (And Star Of His New NFT Show). I am very very amused

(tags:funny blockchain TV )

9. How special effects used to be painted on to glass

(tags:specialeffects history movies )

10. Misogynistic philosophers through the ages

(tags:history philosophy misogyny )

11. Is it time to move on with safe drug consumption in Scotland? (well, obviously, if Westminster will let them)

(tags:Scotland drugs health )

12. Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D

(tags:vitaminD food genetics )

13. Mercedes Lackey Apologizes

(tags:race language scifi )

14. Invention For Destruction - a trailer for a gloriously hand-animated Czech movie from 1958

(tags:animation Czechoslovakia movies history trailer )