Interesting Links for 12-02-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Brexit leads to unsafe meat and African Swine Fever warnings as UK border checks on food stop

(tags:food UK Europe trade Doom disease )

2. Ancient Pompeii site installs 'invisible' solar panels that look like Roman terracotta tiles

(tags:solarpower Italy archeology )

3. Of Course Mastodon Lost Users. Scalloped growth is not evidence of a platform in decline.

(tags:socialnetworking growth distribution )

4. Tories and Labour meet for secret talks on Brexit failures

(tags:UK Europe labour conservatives trade )

5. What medieval attitudes tell us about our evolving views of sex

(tags:sex gender history society )

Comments

[cmcmck]

5. Medieval people at least had the realisation that both genders needed to enjoy the act of sex for it to be a real success!

[original_aj]

I am deeply amused by the fact that, because they believed a woman also had to orgasm for conception, puritan ministers preached sermons on the importance of ensuring your wife orgasms. Sadly I am not allowed to do this as a re-enactment character.... :(

[cmcmck]

I'm a specialist 17th century historian and it never ceases to amuse me just what Puritan ministers were expected to preach on!

[anef]

I'm really gobsmacked by those solar tiles - I guess we'll all soon be using that tech on our roofs!