Interesting Links for 07-03-2018

The experiment which proved the theory of relativity wrong

(tags: physics errors history )

Could US-Canada border solve Irish dilemma? (Spoilers: No)

(tags: ireland NorthernIreland uk europe usa canada borders )

France to fix legal age of sexual consent as 15

(tags: Consent law france sex )

What If Online Movie Ratings Weren’t Based Almost Entirely On What Men Think?

(tags: gender movies ratings )

Eight reasons UK ended up in this Brexit mess

(tags: uk europe history media EpicStupidity )

Secret NYPD Files: Officers Who Lie And Brutally Beat People Can Keep Their Jobs

(tags: newyork police OhForFucksSake )

“As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted” – How British media restarted after WWII

(tags: wwii history media bbc viaSwampers )

Conway’s Game Of Life in APL – a short video which uses programming paradigms I’ve not encountered before. Math fans will appreciate

(tags: mathematics programming life video impressive )

When it’s so cold that water freezes as it hits the beach

(tags: water ice cold video )

Who’s a good boy? Why ‘dog-speak’ is important for bonding with your pet

(tags: dogs communication language )

So, Theresa May, renters are human beings too? It doesn’t feel like it

(tags: rental housing uk )

The dirty industry of fast fashion is causing an environmental emergency

(tags: fashion clothes OhForFucksSake pollution environment )

‘Silver bullet’ to suck CO2 from air and halt climate change ruled out

(tags: technology globalwarming co2 thefuture )

“I’m a Sinn Féin MP. This is why I won’t go to Westminster, even over Brexit”

(tags: NorthernIreland Ireland politics uk )

Ten statistics people keep quoting even though they’re nonsense

(tags: statistics fraud myths beliefs )

Nick Offerman Joins Amazon’s Neil Gaiman Series ‘Good Omens’

(tags: neilgaiman terrypratchett tv )

Brexit: EU Parliament sets out stance on future UK relations

(tags: uk europe )

Great discussion of “secret family recipes” – including the first meta-secret recipe I’ve encountered!

(tags: recipe secrecy )

Was St Gildas the first Brexiteer? Or was he a Romeoaner?

(tags: history uk rome europe )

Disagreements beteeen Kosovo and Serbia cause electronic clocks across Europe to run 6 minutes behind

(tags: time electricity europe fail )

Lessons from Spotify

(tags: spotify music business )

Your co-workers probably know you better than you know yourself

(tags: psychology Intelligence personality )

Where we currently are on Brexit

(tags: doom thefuture europe uk )