Interesting Links for 21-06-2024

[andrewducker]

1. A brief summary of what Starmer has achieved

(tags:Labour OhForFucksSake politics UK )

2. New injection is 100% successful at preventing HIV

(tags:hiv GoodNews )

3. The "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes" Soundtrack is full of the best puns

(tags:funny monkey music movies )

4. Ways in which people will try to abuse "parental authority" on the internet

(tags:internet parents abuse socialmedia )

Comments

[toothycat]

1 -> people responding to that with "so Labour is basically the Tories, then?" And the depressing truth is that no. No, it is not. The whole Overton window has shifted way way to the right over the last couple of decades. Today's Labour may be where the Tories were back then, but /the distance between the two remains the same/.

I am lucky enough to be in a constituency where I am comfortable voting my conscience, but if that is not the case for you, I encourage you to vote tactically, because wherever Labour is now, the alternative remains much worse.

[misbegotten]

Michael Giacchino loves to do puns in the titles of tracks! Check out the ones on the first Star Trek reboot (though some of them are a lot funnier if you know what scene he is referencing).

[calimac]

1) Isn't this the same sort of complaint that was made about Tony Blair?

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[channelpenguin]

I don't find those puns all that great to be honest.