Britain:
UK 2015 General Election Map, Wikipedia
[B2] Relatedly, an anti-war site formerly associated with Jeremy Corbyn is taking a lot of heat for some incendiary articles, including the appearance of: Blaming the west for Paris, praising Daesh’s internationalism, and making an exception of their “no war” policy when it comes to Israel.
[B3] While the US continues to go off its rocker on the subject, David Cameron sees ecigarettes as a legitimate path to cessation and an NHS Board has reversed a previous decision to ban ecigarettes on hospital grounds.
[B4] The Big Sort: Not just an American thing anymore.
[B5] Of course the British are figuring out how to arm a British astronaut with tea.
Gender:
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[G2] Women who were fired for being pregnant scored a victory in the courts, though something of a modest one. Meanwhile, an MP in Britain is in trouble for threatening to fire a staff member for taking leave.
[G3] New research suggests that Buffy the Vampire Slayer – and even her more scantily-clad counterparts – really is good for empowering women. More on gender identity norms.
[G4] Awkward: Google ads have apparently been steering women towards lower-paying jobs with their ad algorithms.
[G5] Michigan State sent out a letter questioning the family decisions of faculty. As in, the decision to choose having a family. My wife has gotten this “talk” twice, actually. (Both times from women, as it happens.) (Childless women, though in one case due to tragedy.)
Society:
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[S2] A would-be jumper was saved by some quick-thinking police and his own cat.
[S3] An international group of architects seek to build a new Colossus of Rhodes.
[S4] The life-saving potential of urine-powered socks.
[S5] Adam Ozimek lays down his predictions for 2045.
Technology:
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[T2] From a consumer standpoint, I’m glad that they’re making breakthroughs in storage space… but memory is the bigger hold-up lately and given the industry trends towards streaming that’s likely to remain the case. On the other hand, presumably cheaper storage will allow for better cloud usage and the like, maybe?
[T3] Amiga Computers turned 30. For those of you two young to remember, in technological terms the Amiga was the iPhone of personal computing. I remember seeing them long past their prime, in the mid-90’s, and they still blew Windows and Macs out of the water.
[T4] Some people may understandably hate it, but Waze is a great app, but it does ask you to navigate some pretty difficult maneuvers. Fortunately, this may be coming to an end.
[T5] This is pretty awesome. Obviously, all we see is a part of the face and some of the most difficult stuff CG is the hair. But… cool all the same.
[T6] iPhones are being dumbed down, and for once, and for once it’s not Apple’s fault. It’s the FDA’s.
Politics:
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[P2] What it’s like in Marco Rubio’s classroom.
[P3] Freddie wants the Democrats to move beyond the Coalition of the Cool. I understand where he’s coming from ideologically, but tactically it seems to have worked pretty well.
[P4] I don’t think Ted Cruz would make a very good president, but he’s doing some pretty impressive stuff at the campaign level.
[P5] Barton Swaim, of The Speechwriter fame, writes The Perfect Republican Stump Speech.
Religion:
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[R2] Jeffrey Taylor of Salon says “Hooray for Satan and Satanists!”
[R3] When Pat Robertson interviewed Al Gore. You can really see where Darrell Hammond got his material in this.
[R4] Tiffany Brodesser-Akner looks at Cool Jesus, faith for Millenials and the cool set.
[R5] FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs is a real creep, it turns out.