Interesting Links for 13-05-2024
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andrewducker- 1. Terry Pratchett On Trans Folk
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- 2. What's the difference between the British and Finnish welfare systems?
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- 3. Wes Streeting explains why Labour are fine with starving children
- (tags:Labour children welfare poverty OhForFucksSake )
- 4. What happened to the Great Library of Alexandria?
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- 5. 30,000 rare oysters being reintroduced to Firth of Forth
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- 6. Small nuclear reactors don't add up as a viable energy source
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- 7. Internet use is linked to higher wellbeing
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- 8. Economic performance is stronger when Democrats hold the White House
- (tags:economics usa republicans democrats politics )
- 9. The Aurora Borealis from Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
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- 10. Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'
- (tags:whales speech language )
- 11. Have no doubt: we are at war with Russia
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Date: 2024-05-14 03:25 am (UTC)Regarding (1) and the tweet about Sir Terry signing a book, I replied to a pair of screenshots that included it "That second one hits me right in the feels every time. I imagine Sir Terry listening, thinking for a moment, and subtly smiling as he figures out exactly how to make the ambigram work...all so quickly that not even the next person in line would have noticed."
That reply got a like from Rhianna Pratchett, which still feels great when I think about it.