Interesting Links for 11-04-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Plan to remove all hedgehogs from Hebridean isles

(tags:animals scotland )

2. Parliament and government have a once in a generation opportunity to reform the House of Lords: now is the time to seize it

(tags:LordsReform government uk )

3. 9 Rules for New Technology (I don't agree, but I think they're interesting to consider)

(tags:Technology viaPatrickHadfield )

4. How a $2,000 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured

(tags:manufacturing phones USA )

5. Being online doesn't make people more aggressive or hostile; it allows a small number of aggressive people to attack a much larger set of victims.

(tags:internet communication bullying psychology )

6. Levitating Bugs With Sound Could Transform Scientific Photography

(tags:photography sound insects )

Comments

[bens_dad]

2. In theory I agree with Churchill (it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time), but in practice the hereditaries bother me far less than the commons and the politically nominated peers. The Lords Spiritual haven't made the best showing recently either. Even the great and good, appointed without any political slant, are often chosen for their ability to lead rather than their competence in their actual profession.

I have seen the hereditaries save us from the Tories when Labour failed to do so (my memory is vague but it might have been about nurses under Thatcher or Major) so I was not happy to see their influence diluted by political yes-men and women.