Interesting Links for 09-05-2026

[andrewducker]

1. A year ago the CDC's cruise ship inspectors were laid off. What could have gone wrong?

(tags:disease USA republicans OhForFucksSake )

2. How a potato-based diet changed the genetics of people for generations

(tags:potato food SouthAmerica genetics )

3. The roleplaying magazine with a 51 year history

(tags:history roleplaying publishing )

4. What even *is* a hundred?

(tags:language numbers history )

5. Poland is a model for economic growth

(tags:Poland economics growth europe )

6. "Hot, sexy, dangerous boys cannot be copyrighted"

(tags:publishing romance copyright law USA viaLilysea )

7. Reform support seems to have dropped from its peak

(tags:politics uk )

8. "No, you can't bring back hanging." A handy guide for newly elected Reform councillors

(tags:politics funny satire UK )

9. Trans youth denied hormones twice as likely to attempt suicide

(tags:suicide transgender children bigotry LGBT )

10. 'Tortured by transphobia': The woman left in pain by the NHS

(tags:LGBT transgender bigotry NHS pain )

Comments

[cmcmck]

And not just trans youth- trans people on general being given a hard time by the NHS and others are far more likely and the figure was frighteningly high anyway.

[cellio]

I participated in Alarums & Excursions during the 80s (and maybe longer? don't remember now), and have a couple crates full of them in the attic. Lee did a great job with it. It was "indie press, compiled" and it was novel for its time. While I enjoyed reading about new ideas, rules systems, scenarios, and so on, it was even stronger for its community-building. You'd publish your 'zine's main content and then you'd have replies to the previous issue. Some of those conversations went on for months, and sometimes it was just "RAEBNC" ("read and enjoyed but no comment") -- but even those RAEBNCs told you that someone out there read what you wrote, and that was encouragement to continue.