Wednesday 3 September 2014

Links, Wednesday 3rd September

Never forget: while left-wing religious fundamentalists are okay on some issues, any commitment they have to human rights is basically accidental. Irish Times

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This in the context where many countries still require forced sterilisation or other unwanted medical interventions before a person is allowed to formally transition.

"Unlike in most of the countries that allow new gender recognition, trans people in Denmark now do not even need a medical expert statement, but can simply self-determine. There are still restrictions – the minimum age is 18, and there is a six-month waiting period before the person has to reconfirm their wish to have their gender legally changed – but the law seems to be moving in the right direction." Guardian

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What does it say about me that I sort of resent having to give credit to Nick Clegg for doing a good thing?

"The major new initiative, first announced by Nick Clegg in 2013, will see every five to seven-year-old at England’s 16,500 primary schools eligible for free dinners." Guardian

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Huh

"Your science teacher was wrong. Not about genetics as a concept -- that's pretty solid -- but about tongue rolling being an example of it. As early as the 1950s, studies had already been done that showed rolling your tongue isn't a trait passed down from your parents. It's something you learn." Cracked

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"In March 1985, Wales and Lesotho established the world’s first nation-to-nation twinning." M&G

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"The long-running attempts to break into high-profile users' accounts could explain how photos from as long ago as December 2011 – two months after Apple launched iCloud – could appear in the lists of files held by some group members." Guardian








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