Interesting Links for 23-06-2017

That Dire Helium Shortage? Vastly Inflated

(tags: chemistry materials )

Trial! By! Cake!

(tags: history cake funny viaSwampers )

The Pinkest Pink Versus the Blackest Black

(tags: colour art Technology )

Scotland may close its first train station for 31 years

(tags: rail scotland transport )

Workplace gender quotas weed out incompetent men and make businesses more efficient

(tags: gender equality business politics )

Scots ban on puppy tail docking relaxed after Holyrood vote

(tags: dogs scotland )

Helpful criticism from a true fan…

(tags: fandom funny true comic )

Where do you fit in? (Enter your income, discover how many people earn less than you)

(tags: income )

Gender Variance Around the World Over Time

(tags: lgbt history )

House cat challenges a lion

(tags: lions cats video )

Virtual reality controllers take another step forward

(tags: VirtualReality ux )

Brexit: Leave voter realises his fruit farms could collapse without EU migrant workers

(tags: europe UK jobs farming OhForFucksSake )

Ron Howard taking over as director of Star Wars Han Solo film

(tags: StarWars movies )

System detects, translates sarcasm on social media

I bet it works *fantastically*
(tags: meaning language )

If you build it, they will ride: pop-up bike lanes show that demand exists

Oh to have a bike lane to work
(tags: bicycles transport )

Finnish citizens given universal basic income report lower stress levels and greater incentive to work

(tags: GuaranteedIncome finland GoodNews )

Teenage boys wear skirts to school to protest against ‘no shorts’ policy

(tags: clothing heat gender )

New Hampshire Accidentally Approved A Bill Allowing Pregnant Women To Commit Murder

(tags: law women pregnancy usa murder )

Taylor Swift makes $200,000 per week since returning to Spotify

(tags: money spotify streaming music )

UN vote backing Chagos Islands a blow for UK

(tags: uk law unitednations )