Interesting Links for 10-07-2024

[andrewducker]

1. What's the state of housing in the UK (spoilers: terrible)

(tags:uk housing )

2. More than half of anti-abortion MPs lose seats in election

(tags:abortion uk politics )

3. Vatican to trans people - please resist the urge to become God

(tags:catholicism transgender god )

4. Scotland's 2024 General Election in numbers

(tags:Scotland election statistics )

5. This is the best write-up I've seen of the Neil Gaiman assault allegations. The whole thing sounds like a mess.

(tags:neilgaiman assault )

6. New weight-loss and diabetes drugs linked to lower risk of 10 cancers (if you have diabetes)

(tags:diabetes cancer medicine )

7. Iain (M) Banks: Two Authors, One Man (An exhibition at the University of Stirling)

(tags:IainBanks writing )

8. UK's sugar tax led to a nearly 50 per cent reduction in children's added sugar intake from sodas and other soft drinks

(tags:sugar children tax )

9. Evolution explained by Rage Against The Machine

(tags:music evolution funny viaMyBrotherMike )

Comments

[cmcmck]

Has it never occurred to the Vatican that people like my goodself are living proof that their god must have a strange sense of humour?

[gingicat]

I've had "well, I thought I was consenting but in retrospect I was pressured" situation once or twice, including a months-long fwb situation. If I didn't know, how did the guy?

That said, there's a reason I tell everyone I know "if you're not sure, say no and leave. If the no is not respected and you can't leave, it's not consensual."

[symbioid]

Pope... You're thinking of Transhumanism. You are making the same sort of mistake when I ask people not to smoke you and realize I was referring to Cathinone not Catholicism.

[hairyears]

8 is worth bookmarking, as proof that taxation works.