Interesting Links for 14-11-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Scientists perplexed to find each nostril works separately to sense world

(tags:smell noses )

2. If the UK government wants parents to work then wraparound care needs to be fixed

(tags:parents work childcare uk )

3. Nearly Everyone With Mild Cognitive Impairment Goes Undiagnosed

(tags:brains neuroscience fail )

4. 'Coyote vs. Acme' Shelved by Warner Bros, Taking $30M Tax Writeoff

(tags:movies business OhForFucksSake )

5. US election results show rights still bewilderingly popular

(tags:rights women USA politics funny )

6. Dutch elections: is a new version of PR on the way?

(tags:Netherlands proportional_representation )

7. When Israel-Palestine Peace Was Within Reach

(tags:Israel Palestine history )

8. What words were added to the dictionary the year you were born? (Gaia, Bipolar Disorder, and Woke for me)

(tags:words history dictionary )

9. What's Biden's record on trans rights?

(tags:transgender politics USA democrats )

10. "I've Been To Over 20 Homeschool Conferences. The Things I've Witnessed At Them Shocked Me."

(tags:school Education children politics usa )

Comments

[nancylebov]

1. It makes sense-- how else can you tell where a smell is coming from?

There may be more differences than that. I await further research.

People aren't as symmetrical as they look.

[cmcmck]

9. And meanwhile, our own government's record on trans rights?...................

[calimac]

8) Cognitive dissonance!

[greenwoodside]

2. Yes, very much so. It's a case of economic interests and social justice pointing in the same direction. (Couldn't read the article because of the paywall, but the concept is something I've been behind since adulthood.)

8. A few nice things including bhangra, emoticon, steampunk and tatsoi.

[mountainkiss]

OCTOTHORPE

(which really should not be allowed to be a word, because it's half Latin and half Viking, but still.)

[mountainkiss]

Also I read (5) as "US election results show right still bewilderingly popular".

[mountainkiss]

Clickbait headline callout on the last

8.

[channelpenguin]

hehe, no phishing!

10.

[channelpenguin]

homeschooling is not allowed in Germany. This might not be 100% good in some people's eyes, but still...

[mountainkiss]

Intrigued that “woke” is that old.

words added in my birth year (8)

[snippy]

I am SO OLD.

clean room; nocebo; fiber-optic; kilobit; READ-ONLY MEMORY.

[hairyears]

8. Art Deco, ECBDIC, multitasking, and insider trading.

I thought 'Art Deco' was a canard from the 1920's!