Interesting Links for 09-08-2022

[andrewducker]

1. The Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range

(tags:mountains prehistory )

2. Met Police strip-searching hundreds of children, mostly black boys

(tags:racism children UK police OhForFucksSake )

3. The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends"

(tags:trains children authoritarianism morality writing tv )

4. This slide down a waterslide is a *world* of nope from me.

(tags:height water video aieeee! )

5. A Proposed African Superstate: the East African Federation

(tags:africa trade politics )

6. What is Race?

(tags:race ontology video )

7. One in five civil servants can't afford travel to work and a third skip meals due to cost of living crisis

(tags:uk poverty )

8. Supermarkets to label 'green' foods from pesto to sausages as study finds vegan products 90% more eco-friendly

(tags:environment food )

9. The plans for giant seaweed farms in European (and Scottish) waters

(tags:scotland europe sea plants farming )

Comments

[mtbc]

Goodness, having just come from near the Smokies to near the Cairngorms, it's quite a surprise to learn they may once have been much closer to each other.

[andrewducker]

It would have been an easier move, I'm sure!

[dewline]

1. There's a "Wow" moment!

2. Reminded of this line from Bruce Cockburn's song "You've Never Seen Everything":

...and the Mounties are strip-searching schoolgirls...because they can...

5. They're talking about Nyota Uhura's backyard, as recently established in Strange New Worlds.

And I see the proposal has a history going back a few decades, as well as a flag.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Federation

7. We're going to see similar things in Washington, Ottawa, Paris, Brussels...