Interesting Links for 02-11-2023

[andrewducker]

1. A Jewish woman finds that staff at The Guardian are about as compassionate as you'd expect

(tags:Jews guardian Israel Palestine OhForFucksSake )

2. Latest Long Covid research update

(tags:Pandemic )

3. Giant white stag made of boulders re-emerges on Aberdeenshire hill

(tags:Scotland deer viaDanielDWilliam art )

4. Medical researcher discovers integration, gets 75 citations

(tags:mathematics communication doctors )

5. The Family Recipes That Live On in Cemeteries

(tags:death recipe )

6. City of Edinburgh Council set to declare housing emergency

(tags:housing edinburgh )

7. Autumn colours in Scotland's woodlands, parks and streets

(tags:autumn scotland photos )

8. Religious people have the most positive experiences. People in less religious countries have the most positive experiences. What a fascinating contradiction.

(tags:religion experience happiness )

9. BT are going to remove 85 phone kiosks from Edinburgh, clearing up a bunch of vandalised eyesores.

(tags:edinburgh phones )

10. "I'm only going to have sober sex - even one drink can ruin it"

(tags:sex alcohol )

Comments

[channelpenguin]

10. is obvious (probably anywhere except UK?). I've definitely converted a few people to this view in my time. (I haven't drunk alcohol in nearly 20 years. But I knew this before that!).

[andrewducker]

Yeah, the UK has a terrible relationship with alcohol. Seems to be getting slowly better, judging by the stats in the article though.

[channelpenguin]

26% of under 25s *report* not drinking at all. Wow. Even if any sizeable proportion are fibbing, that's significant. Because that means abstinence from alcohol is seen as admirable ... or at least acceptable. Which is a big change.

Hmm. What proportion of UK under 25s are of one of the religions (or sects) that forbid alcohol? Can't be that high though, even if it's increased...

[cmcmck]

I stopped drinking alcohol at uni forty odd years back due to watching it kill a friend.

Sect wise I'm a Quaker and forbid would be the wrong word (we never order people over belief) but we strongly adivise moderation.