Interesting Links for 18-09-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Probably the best customer service email in the history of mankind

(tags:bakery food customerservice funny )

2. Research into who is in The Queue

(tags:Queen death polls )

3. If we don't get rid of the monarchy then can we at least get rid of its privileges?

(tags:monarchy law UK )

4. Labour MP Clive Lewis breaks ranks to criticise monarchist lies

(tags:monarchy politics uk )

5. Women's software contributions are accepted more often. Unless people can tell that they're from women

(tags:gender bias software )

6. American Dark Money, the Mercers and the Conservative Party: A Network of Influence

(tags:money conservatives )

7. Border conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. I wonder about general destabilisation in the region

(tags:viaDanielDWilliam )

8. 18 incredible Edinburgh buildings we can't believe were demolished

(tags:Edinburgh history architecture viaDanielDWilliam )

Comments

[conuly]

5. Women's software contributions are accepted more often. Unless people can tell that they're from women

I genuinely don't know why I'm surprised to read that.

On an unrelated note, I have a request. I don't have a twitter account and don't intend to get one, and every time you post a link such as https://twitter.com/Joeedwa19939743/status/1570705433580699652?t=vEgbujt3ge_vr6PfGzAD2g&s=09 twitter insists on cutting me off early. However, if I click a link such as https://twitter.com/Joeedwa19939743/status/1570705433580699652 then twitter does not decide to be an asshole.

Do you mind stripping out all the stuff from the URLs after the ? when you post twitter links? If you do, no worries, I can keep on stripping them out myself after the fact.

[andrewducker]

No problem, I shall try to remember! Thank you for letting me know.

[simont]

Oh, is that why that sometimes happens?

My workaround is to replace the https://twitter.com/ at the front of the URL with https://nitter.net/ and leave the rest unchanged, which is also a generally less Javascripty experience and tends to behave more predictably. The only thing it doesn't work well for is videos.

[conuly]

Yes, that is why.