Interesting Links for 14-02-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Why the UK's Public Finances are in Even Worse Shape than You Think (A different measure of the economy that shows how bad things have gotten over the last few decades)

(tags:UK economics video doom )

2. What language do the British people find offensive?

(tags:language offensive UK swearing viaPatrickHadfield )

3. Statement on Ukraine by Germany, France, Poland, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the European External Action Service and the European Commission

(tags:Ukraine Europe uk )

4. US Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong.

(tags:USA economics statistics poverty )

5. The one true test of whether something is a sandwich

(tags:ontology food )

6. A 'True Crime' Documentary Series Has Millions of Views. The Murders Are All AI-Generated

(tags:crime fraud ai lies viaPatrickHadfield )

7. German Navy Says Warships Were Sabotaged, Warns of Russian Threat

(tags:germany navy russia sabotage ships )

Comments

[armiphlage]

2) As a Canadian, I don't see how "beaver" is offensive. Ernest Thompson Seton did use "beavering" to describe inefficient lumberjacking techniques, but otherwise the noble animal has a regal, powerful connotation.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Canadian_Nickel_-_reverse.png

[andrewducker]

If only all countries thought of the animal so nobly.

[armiphlage]

Our national emblem!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Hamilton/comments/c7nyiy/happy_canada_day_hamilton/#lightbox

[andrewducker]

I love it!