Interesting Links for 29-05-2024

[andrewducker]

1. 'Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement

(tags:cement co2 globalwarming )

2. New male contraceptive is safe, effective and reversible (in mice so far, but looks hopeful)

(tags:contraception men mice )

3. Sophia is thoroughly enjoying me reading her "Harriet the Invincible", which inverts fairy tales in a fun way

(tags:children fairytale stories )

4. Labour's treatment of Diane Abbott is a great example of why I just don't trust the current leadership

(tags:labour politics uk )

5. The danger of convicting with statistics

(tags:statistics law crime viaDanielDWilliam )

Comments

[andrewducker]

3) Sophia first watched Sleeping Beauty aged 3 (I think. Maybe 2.) And I've read her the story on several occasions too.

4) Agreed. She said a stupid thing, but she's not a terrible person.

5) That's my understanding. It bothers me deeply.

[calimac]

4) What's worse about the punishment is that Abbott's point was not really wrong: it was just ineptly and insultingly phrased. A professional politician ought to do better than that, and a slap on the wrist was deserved, but not a thunderbolt from Zeus.