Interesting Links for 03-07-2022

[andrewducker]

1. What would Scottish independence mean? Key issues ahead of the vote, from keeping the pound to rejoining EU

(tags:Scotland independence UK Europe )

2. 'No Aliens, No Spaceships, No Invasion of Earth' An oral history of Contact, the sci-fi movie that defied Hollywood norms and made it big anyway.

(tags:scifi movies history CarlSagan )

3. Slow-motion pole-vaulting makes it clear how amazing it is!

(tags:sports slowmotion video )

4. How many bananas would you have to eat to give yourself radiation sickness?

(tags:radiation banana food funny )

5. Daily skin-to-skin contact in weeks after birth linked to less crying and better sleep

(tags:babies psychology )

6. Inside the world of baby banks: 'Parents feel guilt at being unable to afford nappies'

(tags:poverty UK babies children OhForFucksSake )

7. The (Fall and) Rise of the Internet's Creative Middle Class

(tags:CrowdFunding internet media )

Comments

[andrewducker]

I suspect it's young people moving away for work.

[mtbc]

You're probably right, which is interesting, and disappointing. Though, university is one of the things that pulls children away from home and Scots will, I guess, tend to go to Scottish universities. I wonder about my own children's future, especially with their having US citizenship too. I can understand places like Cornwall losing young people, property is unaffordable and there aren't any jobs, I'd hoped that Scotland would be more attractive, especially as we aren't now limited to few television channels where the presenter says, next is this good thing except, for viewers in Scotland … Mind you, I don't know how much of a London effect occurs in places like Fife with jobs in Edinburgh pushing prices up (or if similar happens around Glasgow, which I know even less, apart from that nice doughnut shop). Now you have me wondering about how those large Scottish cities compare with say, Newcastle, Manchester, etc. in terms of, er, commutable jobs per semi-affordable flat, or whatever. Admittedly, I'm here partly hoping to be back in the EU someday.

[andrewducker]

Like many places Scotland has definitely urbanised in recent decades, which has definitely pushed house prices up. I wonder if price (of comparable properties) would count as a proxy for availability.