Interesting Links for 09-05-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Labour welcomes Tory MP who attempted to interfere with the judge in her husband's sexual assault case

(tags:Labour OhForFucksSake politics UK )

2. SNP appoint forced-birth anti-LGBT politician funded by the religious-right to deputy first minister

(tags:lgbt abortion snp OhForFucksSake )

3. New Strategy Could Lead to Universal, Long-Lasting Flu Shot

(tags:disease vaccine research )

4. The Problems with the 'Live Action' Disney Remakes

(tags:Disney movies OhForFucksSake )

5. Keir Starmer refuses to comment on Natalie Elphicke's remarks about ex-husband's victims

(tags:Labour women OhForFucksSake )

6. The Billion Dollar War for "Bluey" (the most successful TV show that most people have never seen)

(tags:TV Disney children video viaSwampers )

7. I hadn't realised that the Eurovision backlash over Israel/Palestine was getting pubs to pull their showings

(tags:eurovision Gaza Israel genocide )

8. Major cities and towns in North America replaced by major cities across the Atlantic by latitude.

(tags:maps Europe USA )

9. A desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by being a man and higher scores on psychopathy and sadism

(tags:psychology cars noise )

10. Biden warns Israel US will halt weapons supplies if it invades Rafah

(tags:USA Israel Palestine )

11. Five babies have died with whooping cough in England this year as cases soar.

(tags:disease children )

Comments

[original_aj]

1, 5 - A political party which welcomes Natalie ELphike and rejects Jeremy Corbin has ceased to be the Labour party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY19-2LRX2s is once again very pertinent.

"Aneurin Bevan, your party is dead
And the time for a new one is nigh
Will the last person Left please turn out the lights?
New Labour, just fuck off and die."

[haggis]

The whooping cough thing is so sad and scary. If the mother doesn't get the vaccine, there's a window where the baby is too young to be vaccinated themselves and especially vulnerable if they catch it. It's a horrible disease and the suffering is unnecessary if you get vaccinated.

2

[danieldwilliam]

Kate Forbes will likely be First Minister in about 18 months.

[symbioid]

Oh man the Kate Forbes news is awful. Humza Yousef really screwed the party with the anti-Green push, no?
Sturgeon wasn't perfect, but it feels (as an outsider) like she was probably the best leader they had (I mean Salmond did a good job getting the movement to the fore, but the Alba thing is just egotistical crap, I think). It feels all very much downhill and reactionary from here, am I wrong? So sorry that's the way this is ending up for you guys :(

[ninetydegrees]

I've heard of Bluey and I don't have kids! I'm glad it's gotten the success fans say it deserves. Kids and parents also deserve quality media which showcase inclusivity and intelligent discourse unlike I dunno... most Disney movies for example XD

[poshmerchant]

Major cities and towns in North America replaced by major cities across the Atlantic by latitude.

That map is pretty generous with its definition of major city. Moscow is overlaid with Thompson, Manitoba which is a town of 13,000 and the 7th largest community in Manitoba. The most you can say for Thompson is that it does have a road connection to the rest of Manitoba, unlike some of the other communities of that size in Manitoba.

The closest to a populous place at that latitude is probably Fort McMurray, Alberta with 66,000 people which the map generously assigned to my old hometown of Riga.

[melchar]

Live action Disney remakes have been terrible! They let Disney extend their ownership of the title which more than pays for the movie cost. Any audience paying to see the trainwrecks is gravy. IMO Second Wind was FAR too generous with the commentary.

That said, Second Wind is a wonderful group. I'm glad they survived & have thrived after the escape from 'The Escapist' kerfluffle.