Interesting Links for 07-11-2018

Federal Judge Blocks Native Americans in North Dakota from Voting

(tags: usa voting racism OhForFucksSake )

Why is British media so transphobic?

(tags: transgender lgbt UK media )

UK renewable energy capacity surpasses fossil fuels for first time

(tags: renewables uk GoodNews electricity )

Restaurants fail for many reasons – don’t try to pin this on millennials

(tags: restaurant business )

Why Caligula should be Theresa May’s role model

(tags: history rome Conservatives uk europe )

I cannot, from the information here, see any way that a deal is happening between the UK and the EU

The UK will not accept a backstop which is permanent. The EU will not accept a backstop which is not permanent. The EU will not sacrifice its internal integrity for a third party. May hasn’t got the votes to push, well, anything through.
(tags: uk europe doom )

Children’s screen time has little effect on sleep

(tags: screens phones tv sleep children )

Can Hong Kong Sell Its Residents on Watery Graves?

(tags: water death HongKong )

Family tree of 400 million people shows genetics has limited influence on longevity

(tags: longevity genetics )

Experts testing cladding after Grenfell banned from criticising Theresa May under gagging clauses

(tags: censorship government UK OhForFucksSake )

Labour says it will vote down a blind Brexit deal with no details about future relationship

(tags: UK europe labour politics )

Midterms 2018: Weed Wins on Election Day

(tags: marijuana legalisation usa GoodNews )

This report into autism and mental health provision in Scotland does not make for happy reading

(tags: autism mentalhealth scotland )