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

[nancylebov]

When I saw the headline, I thought what? Is this about preemies? Don't babies who aren't in an ICU generally get a hour of skin-to-skin contact per day?

But I've never had a baby and I don't really know.

The article is about Dutch culture, and apparently an hour is harder than it sounds.

Open questions: Does nursing count as skin-to-skin? Might shorter time periods scattered through the day work? Are parents thinking that there's adequate contact (and it is adequate in the sense of preventing severe damage), but it's through cloth and doesn't work as well?

[mtbc]

It is interesting that Scotland's population is ageing faster than in other parts of the UK. Maybe it's a relativistic effect from rotating in a smaller, slower circle, being further north?

[channelpenguin]

#7 Is there some clever way round paywalls that I'm not aware of? Because I do miss some interesting links you post due to not wanting to subscribe to half a dozen US magazines I'm not generally interested in. I wish they'd let me buy individual articles@