Interesting Links for 07-02-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Fake papers are contaminating the world's scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research

(tags:fraud research OhForFucksSake )

2. The Batbible (given to new writers when they start working on Batman)

(tags:batman comics writing )

3. The world has probably passed "peak air pollution"

(tags:pollution environment GoodNews )

4. Trans doctor left upset and afraid by nurse

(tags:NHS transgender harassment UK )

5. Federal health workers terrified after 'anti-DEI' website publishes list of 'targets' - most of whom are black

(tags:USA fascism racism )

6. Nintendo patent explains Switch 2 Joy-Cons' "mouse operation" mode

(tags:nintendo Technology games )

7. What are the Democrats doing to counter Trump?

(tags:politics democrats USA )

Comments

[dewline]

2. That document was probably handed out to new writers right up to about 2000, at which point the "No Man's Land" arc kicked a few of the assumptions out of the picture. It's been 35 years since O'Neil wrote it, and I'd be interested in seeing what revisions have been made by subsequent editors.

[cmcmck]

4. I was appalled by the BBC taking pics of Beth Upton on her way to the tribunal (which they are not supposed to do) and stating they she was 'hiding her face behend a scarf'. It was a freezing cold morning and since she was also being harrassed..................

I was also angry that that nurse was permitted by the tribunal to misgender the doctor. the nurse had openly admitted that she was the one doing the original harrassing and was allowed to continue the harrassment in the tribunal so why is this nonsense continuing?

Handist mice ?

[bens_dad]

The left and right Switch controllers both have joysticks, but the left one is nearer the top and the tight one nearer the bottom. One will be much easier to use with the thumb than the other.

Re: Handist mice ?

[andrewducker]

Hopefully you'll be able to use whichever one you like. Seems unlikely you'll need to use two mice at once. Although you never know!