Interesting Links for 30-04-2026

[andrewducker]

1. Cultural influences on camouflaging and autistic burnout

(tags:society autism )

2. More UK deaths than births expected every year from now on

(tags:UK population )

3. University of Sussex wins landmark free speech case against universities regulator

(tags:LGBT bigotry GoodNews freespeech UK law )

4. Hereditary peers leave House of Lords

(tags:houseoflords GoodNews reform )

5. Biology is a Burrito: A text- and visual-based journey through a living cell

(tags:biology visualisation )

Comments

[calimac]

3) Maybe I should re-read this more carefully, but I couldn't tell who was taking which position.

4) As the article points out, a number of the remaining heriditaries (there were less than a hundred of them) have been offered life peerages, so they're staying. A number of the commenters demand the appointed Lords be replaced by an elected chamber. Bad idea. You've already got an elected chamber, and see how well that works. A freely-chosen PM whom nobody likes. Brilliant. So long as the Lords act as a revising chamber only, and can't override the determined judgment of the Commons, there's nothing wrong with an appointed chamber, and maybe they can come up with ideas that a bunch of blow-dried media-friendly politicians can't.

[andrewducker]

A possibly better write-up of the university case: https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/university-of-sussex-overturns-ofs-decision-on-freedom-of-speech/
But basically they failed to investigate properly, decided their conclusions in advance, misunderstood the law, and basically messed it all up. Presumably because of how the then-Conservative government was leaning on them.

[cmcmck]

It may push HMG into thinking a whole lot more carefully about this whole sorry issue!

All they realy need to do is to sort the equalities act so we (trans people) can't be treated like this any longer.

[andrewducker]

If only Labour was a decent party not infested by fucking awful bigots.