Interesting Links for 18-03-2023

[andrewducker]

1. In pictures: The Crown films in St Andrews

(tags:StAndrews monarchy TV Scotland )

2. Studies Link Marijuana Legalization to All Sorts of Positive Public Health Outcomes

(tags:marijuana health legalisation )

3. Still hard to believe that someone could go from this to losing his family and friends to bigotry

(tags:LGBT bigotry TV writing transgender )

4. Your reminder that AI art is *also* wrong. It's just that it looks pretty so most people don't notice.

(tags:art ai wrong )

Comments

[wildeabandon]

3. Is it weird that that actually makes me feel quite sad for him?

[andrewducker]

Oh yes, I have a small amount of "It's a shame he's got himself so wrapped up in this stuff that he can't see how much he's wrecked his own life."sympathy.

But not as much as the sympathy for the people whose lives he's made worse.

[cmcmck]

3. I don't find it hard to believe sadly but then I'm trans as you're aware and this is precisely what happened to me.

Off topic, did you notice Murrell has resigned?

[andrewducker]

I did.
I don't know if it'll affect anything very much in any long run. Not as much as the leadership election, in any case.

Studies Link Marijuana Legalization to All Sorts of Positive Public Health Outcomes

[anef]

Didn't you post something recently about the long-term deleterious effects of dope on the brain?

Re: Studies Link Marijuana Legalization to All Sorts of Positive Public Health Outcomes

[andrewducker]

Yup. But none of these studies discredit that one.