Interesting Links for 30-08-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Suspects in foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows aimed to kill 'tens of thousands'

(tags:terrorism music Austria )

2. UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns

(tags:safety rail UK Labour OhForFucksSake )

3. The UK's problem isn't inequality it's lack of growth

(tags:inequality growth economics UK )

4. IRS reports collecting $1 billion from rich households' back taxes

(tags:tax USA GoodNews )

5. 'The Neverending Story' Getting New Film Series Adaptation (I hope they do a more faithful adaptation this time. I think it would actually work best as a TV series)

(tags:movies )

6. The secret inside One Million Checkboxes

(tags:internet communication art )

Comments

[simont]

I remember seeing adverts on TV for The Neverending Story as a child, but never watched it, or found out what it was about.

As a result, I always had the idea that it ought to have been sold on a VHS cassette in which the tape was connected in a loop and just kept on and on going round.

[suncani]

3. As always, hate the headline appreciate bits of the article, and have to remind myself its not an in depth piece with room for nuance . I am always entertained/despairing when I go to cons and hear the difference between the England based london-centric people and the not london/home counties people talking.

[andrewducker]

Yes. There's definitely more nuance. And there is definitely inequality. But *rising* inequality isn't the issue in the UK, per se. Growth in prices without growth in wages is.

[kerk_hiraeth]

We don't need a Neverending TV series; already have Grey's Anatomy & NCIS... ;-)

Actually never seen it; nor Labryinth, though both are almost as ubiquitous as soaps; not seen one of those since my mother died in the late 80s, but sometimes you know the plot whether you want to or not.

Same thing with Game of Thrones; not seen a single episode, but it feels like I have.

kerk