Interesting Links for 26-11-2022

[andrewducker]

1. The real reason eggs are being rationed - it's not all down to avian flu, say farmers

(tags:farming eggs uk )

2. Wolves with Toxoplasmosis were 11 times more likely to leave their birth family to start a new pack, and 46 times more likely to become pack leaders

(tags:wolves ToxoplasmaGondii behaviour )

3. Kanye West has a disturbing history of admiring Hitler

(tags:hitler wtf music )

4. The black cat cigarette factory, an interesting piece of London's historical architecture

(tags:architecture cigarettes London Egypt )

5. Russian secret service mistakes LARPers for terrorists and kills them

(tags:Russia spying larp murder OhForFucksSake games )

6. Dead granny's number was up, but texts still came from beyond grave

(tags:death phones Ireland )

7. London Fire Brigade is institutionally misogynist and racist, independent review concludes

(tags:racism misogyny fire London UK OhForFucksSake )

8. List of things named after Norbert Wiener

(tags:names mathematics viaSwampers )

Comments

[nancylebov]

With Kanye West, I'd wondered how he's been treated by Jews in the entertainment industry-- something I've never seen discussed. I'd also wondered whether he might be treated worse because he showed anti-semitism. I never thought it might be something as blatant as being a Hitler enthusiast.

[dewline]

If he was a Hitler fan all along, small wonder he'd be correctly disrespected for that alone. As any person should earn for themselves for that.

[nancylebov]

I'm not just talking about disrespect, I'm including being financially mistreated.

[dewline]

It's a perfect motive for dishing that out to any human.

[cmcmck]

There are times when having an egg allergy has some advantages!

Toxoplasmosis

[channelpenguin]

At least in humans, there's some difference in the affects on behaviour between infected males and females.

"Latent toxoplasmosis, the lifelong infection by a protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, affects about one-third of the world population (Tenter, Heckeroth, & Weiss, 2000). It is associated with the occurrence of specific personality and behavioral traits, such as low novelty-seeking conscientiousness, higher emotional warmth in women, and lower warmth and higher suspiciousness in men, for review see, e.g., (Lindová, Příplatová, & Flegr, 2012). The intensity of many of these changes increases with time passed since the infection (Flegr, Kodym, & Tolarová, 2000; Flegr, Zitkova, Kodym, & Frynta, 1996), suggesting that they represent the effects of the latent infection, not fading effects of a more dramatic but short phase of acute disease."

It also slows reaction times, which is interesting if it also happens in wolves... That DESPITE that, the infected individuals go on to become pack leaders. Um, do we know if they mean both male and female leaders or just the males?