Interesting Links for 02-07-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Edinburgh's 2030 Festival City Vision

(tags:Edinburgh thefuture festival viaPatrickHadfield )

2. Universal Credit has increased crime rate by 6.5%

(tags:welfare uk crime OhForFucksSake )

3. How flowers are 'put to sleep' for long sea voyages

(tags:trade flowers sea )

4. Germany seeks ′safety first′ approach to legalizing cannabis

(tags:marijuana legalisation germany )

5. Yes, part of the UK constitution is (or was) a letter written to the Times under a pseudonym

(tags:uk monarchy politics constitution history )

6. Major chords are happy and minor chords are sad? Only if society has trained you that way!

(tags:music psychology emotion )

7. Germany unveils plans for simpler gender change process

(tags:LGBT transgender Germany GoodNews )

8. UK's export support agency stops investing in new fossil fuel projects

(tags:globalwarming investment UK GoodNews )

9. Giraffes eat acacia trees from downwind, because otherwise they warn each other to taste bitter!

(tags:trees self-defence )

10. Boris Johnson wants multi-generational mortgages so parents can pass on debt to children

(tags:mortgages conservatives BorisJohnson )

11. Melatonin peaks in teenagers at 7am. Waking them then is like waking an adult at 4am

(tags:sleep teenagers )

Comments

[channelpenguin]

Hmm. It's less than 2 weeks past the longest day at 53°58' N. Waking me at 4am is just fine :-). It was fine when I was a teenager too - but I know I'm a freak.

Sleep is the killer app for the brain and waking anyone up before they wake naturally (or making them stay awake when they are falling asleep) is pure evil. As is light pollution!

I do not set an alarm, except in very very very rare circumstances, nor have I done in 20-odd years (and fairly sure it was rare before that). But I'm a freak, as stated :-).

[naath]

I thik without clocks I woiild be nocturnal, but I can make myself get up early if I go to bed early