Interesting Links for 30-05-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The Immovable Ladder is definitely a metaphor for *something*

(tags:religion wtf )

2. Eating Disorder Helpline Fires Staff, Transitions to Chatbot After Unionization

(tags:eatingdisorders unions OhForFucksSake )

3. Edinburgh in 1873: A look back at what Edinburgh life was like 150 years ago

(tags:edinburgh scotland history )

4. If any of you enjoy cricket then here's a fun story

(tags:cricket sport )

Comments

[rhythmaning]

I LOVE the cricket thread!!!

[hilarita]

1. I read a book on the history of the Holy Sepulchre a few years back (sadly the book is somewhere I can't trivially check the title) and the disputes between the various Christian sects that mean that the bloody thing is about 1mm away from falling down in a heap. An immovable ladder is just the visible sign of the incredibly petty disputes...

4. <3

[haggis]

1. And in an extremely non-metaphorical sense, evidence of high quality ladder making in 18th C Jerusalem! For a wooden ladder to have survived that long in the open air is impressive!

[hairyears]

(2) Is one of the downsides of charitable work being an activity for those who are rich in time, and the executive work being the preserve of the successful and affluent: it degenerates into top-down direction by managerialists with dictatorial hostility to worker involvement, and a mediocre accountant's evaluation of the work that the charity tries to do.