Interesting Links for 04-07-2022

[andrewducker]

1. A chipmunk having its mind blown by a flavour explosion

(tags:cute video food )

2. A "Chinese Borges" wrote millions of words of fake Russian history on Wikipedia for a decade.

(tags:wikipedia Russia China fake )

3. Fun! With! Science! (be better if there were explanations of each of these though)

(tags:video science )

4. Innovative lung-imaging technique shows cause of long COVID symptoms

(tags:mri Pandemic Doom viaPatrickHadfield )

5. Daily Mail to turn against Boris Johnson

(tags:DailyMail BorisJohnson conservatives )

6. Neil Gaiman speaks honestly about the quality of the Sandman TV show

(tags:neilgaiman TV sandman )

7. How do politicians respond when asked whether Scotland is allowed to leave and what the democratic route to them doing so.

(tags:politics independence Scotland video )

8. When truth is another casualty: Why Ukraine is losing ground in the war by not telling the whole story

(tags:Russia Ukraine censorship war )

9. If I was 20 years younger and still had the time/energy to watch terrible movies then I'd love to see Assassin 33A.D. (Time traveling Muslim assassins go after Jesus!)

(tags:religion timetravel awful Jesus Christianity movies review )

10. Transphobic LGB Alliance condemned by Trades Union Congress in near unanimous vote

(tags:LGBT transgender unions GoodNews )

11. The British class system is a delight

(tags:class UK politics )

12. England's population is ageing. Our deeply substandard politicians ignore what this is going to cost us

(tags:UK aging politics )

Comments

Re: 4. Innovative lung-imaging technique shows cause of long COVID symptoms

[jack]

Even preventing it in future infections would be a plus even if it can't be easily reversed yet. Even just knowing there a real problem helps somewhat...

Re: 4. Innovative lung-imaging technique shows cause of long COVID symptoms

[channelpenguin]

Yes. A scan that can show a real physical issue as a superplausible cause of the symptoms is absolutely good news. No more justifications for dismissal as "all in the head" or "just exercise more". (2nd actual quote from Danish Dr to a pro sports person suffering from long covid since the very very beginning - caught from the Austrian ski cluster).