Interesting Links for 11-07-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Do electric vehicles produce more tyre and brake pollution than their petrol and diesel counterparts?

(tags:pollution cars )

2. EU signs off on data transfers deal with US

(tags:europe usa dataprotection )

3. Edinburgh Aiport is getting new scanners in 2024 which will mean we can carry more liquids.

(tags:edinburgh airport flying security )

4. Webb telescope inspects the heart of the Phantom Galaxy

(tags:astronomy space viaNancyLebov )

5. Immigration policies don't deter migrants from coming to the US -- border rules only make the process longer and more difficult

(tags:immigration usa OhForFucksSake viaBenWerdmuller )

6. Labour to use AI to speed up benefit claims and match unemployed people with jobs

(tags:ai jobs unemployment labour )

7. Same-sex sexual behaviour is widespread in macaque monkeys

(tags:monkeys primates sex lgbt homosexuality )

8. Sunak and Braverman's trans jokes 'unacceptable and dangerous' says Parliament equalities chief

(tags:Conservatives bigotry lgbt transgender )

Comments

[wildeabandon]

8. It's a pleasant surprise to see a Tory sticking her neck out in support of trans people like that. Good for her!

[andrewducker]

Agreed.

There actually seem to be a chunk of Tories who haven't gone for the Culture War. Sadly, not the majority.

[cmcmck]

I've never quite understood why Caroline Nokes is a Tory in the first place.

[hilarita]

4. Pity ESA is stuck calling it that, and not just using JWST.

6. Hopefully this is in a way compatible to GDPR. And also in a way that means that entry-level jobs aren't overwhelmed with even more useless applications than they are already (when being interviewer for a junior admin job, we got a whole load of no-hope applications that didn't meet the minimum standards from people who were clearly being poked by their job coach).

8. Glad to see this, if somewhat surprised.

[toothycat]

5. Now I have this stuck in my head again

7: Very disappointed

[ng_moonmoth]

The researchers spent all their effort looking at what the males were up to. Not one word of any sort about what the females were doing, or who they were having sex with. This is an endemic problem in too many fields of scientific research, and persists despite years of having it pointed out.

Re: 7: Very disappointed

[channelpenguin]

Yeah, what's with that? It's just nuts.

Re: 7: Very disappointed

[ng_moonmoth]

Right. Just nuts. No ovaries :-)

Re: 7: Very disappointed

[channelpenguin]

Rofl

Re: 7: Very disappointed

[andrewducker]

That makes total sense. Thank you.

[zz]

3) the pointless invasive security bullshit since 9/11 is part of why i don't enjoy flying any more.

[andrewducker]

It really isn't fun. I'm delighted that we'll be able to take liquids through again.

[mellowtigger]

#1 re: car pollution
I call shenanigans. I'm glad the article tore into the calculations of tire mass and loss over distance. They prove that the point about particulate matter pollution is just absurd.

1. Do electric vehicles produce more tyre and brake pollution than their petrol and diesel counterpa

[anef]

Well, that's good news! Hopefully by the time we come to buy a new car there will be some method of charging them at home that does not require off-street parking.

Re: 1. Do electric vehicles produce more tyre and brake pollution than their petrol and diesel count

[andrewducker]

Yeah, we're going to need lots of on street charging, or charging in various locations like car parks so you can charge whenever you're out.