Interesting Links for 21-07-2022

[andrewducker]

1. New EU rules come in affecting Google, Apple, etc. The fallout is going to be *fascinating*

(tags:google apple regulation europe )

2. Sizewell C nuclear power station approved by UK government amid energy crisis

(tags:nuclearpower uk )

3. This Food Does Not Exist 🍪🍰🍣🍹

(tags:food ai fake )

4. The cute lovable robot dogs now have assault rifle attachments

(tags:robots dogs video guns )

5. Quidditch changes its name to distance itself from JK Rowling

(tags:jkrowling sports )

6. Addressing The Claims In JK Rowling's Justification For Transphobia

(tags:jkrowling LGBT transgender bigotry )

7. A doctor discovers an important question patients should be asked

(tags:healthcare viaEatSoylentGreen )

8. Edinburgh secures blockbuster Doctor Who exhibition for show's 60th anniversary year

(tags:drwho edinburgh )

9. Scotland's Drugs Death Taskforce chief says punishing addicts must stop

(tags:scotland drugs death addiction law )

10. 4 Myths About Construction: Debunked

(tags:myths construction engineering FactCheck )

11. Brexit red tape: Bookings of UK musicians at EU's biggest festivals crash by 45%

(tags:uk europe music trade doom )

Comments

[cmcmck]

6. While the woman writing the riposte to Rowling is bang on on most things, she has the thing about toilets (here we are yet again on toilets) badly wrong. She has been fooled by some of the media junk (even we get fooled sometimes).

This:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/transgender-people-will-not-have-right-to-use-women-only-spaces-government-confirms_uk_5b30adf0e4b00295f15e751e

Makes more sense of how the law works.

And the usual thing- if I'm not saying, how does anyone assume they'll know?