Interesting Links for 21-01-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Covid Inquiry has my informal messages, says Sturgeon

(tags:Scotland communication pandemic )

2. Turns out that when you run the Hugo awards in a non-democratic country the voting results may look... questionable.

(tags:Hugo voting convention scifi )

3. The UK desperately needs to build massive amounts of housing

(tags:UK housing Scotland )

4. US to get first dedicated high-speed railway - helped by Network Rail

(tags:UK USA trains California )

Comments

[drplokta]

My uninformed guess would be that they’re buying rolling stock that can technically go at 186mph so that they can call it high-speed rail for PR purposes, but they won’t be building much of the track to that standard and will actually be running at similar speeds to the main lines in the UK.

[andrewducker]

Could well be. The line doesn't look very straight, and I expect that they've not actually designed it so that they can run a non-stopping service.