Interesting Links for 13-12-2025

[andrewducker]

1. How Screen Time Affects Childhood Brain Development

(tags:brain children funny screens )

2. Four reasons why the UK is already at war with Russia

(tags:Russia UK war )

3. Looking Back at the Work of John Varley, 1947-2025

(tags:scifi obituary )

4. Dating a man who's most likely autistic

(tags:autism relationships )

Comments

[melchar]

#3 - Dang, Varley was a writer who had some excellent ideas and memorable characters. He will be missed.

[andrewducker]

Absolutely.

[zz]

2 - i'm convinced brexit and terfdom were significantly amplified by russian manipulation, to the extent that without it neither would have reached the tipping point

[andrewducker]

The former, for sure.

The latter, only if they're also working to stoke the culture wars in the USA.

[channelpenguin]

Seems likely, but maybe it didn't need as much help over there, hard to tell.

[zz]

they've been driving wedges into american society since soviet times, so nothing new.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exploitation_of_American_race_relations#Soviet_Union
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_measures#Supporting_political_movements
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_and_Black_Lives_Matter

[andrewducker]

Sadly true.