Interesting Links for 02-07-2025

[andrewducker]

1. How Common is Multiple Invention?

(tags:invention research history viaFanf )

2. The death of business attire? Just 7% of workers wear a suit to work

(tags:clothing work UK )

3. FOI Exposes EHRC Anti-Trans Bias: Private Meetings, Legal Echoes, and Policy Capture

(tags:rights UK bigotry OhForFucksSake corruption )

Comments

[cmcmck]

3.

See this:

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/02/lemkin-institute-trans-red-flag/

[andrewducker]

So fucking awful.

2.

[emperor]

I thought the linked What do Brits think counts as smart casual was actually more interesting :)

Re: 2.

[andrewducker]

I am intrigued that jeans score so highly.
And that wearing a jumper over your shirt knocks points off!

Re: 2.

[fub]

For a work event for my US-based employer, the dress code is "business casual", with expressly specified that jeans of a single colour, with no rips or distressing, is fine for that.

Re: 2.

[calimac]

Yes it was. But I find it hard to parse. I almost always, whether at work or not, wear a button-up shirt with collar and dress trousers, but nobody would call me dress casual. I still look like a schlub.

If I want to dress up - e.g. when I was on the public service desk at work, or most recently attending my brother's wedding - I wear what's called (in the US at least) a sports coat, with a tie. I've never had a suit, which I define as a formal outfit with matching jacket and trousers.