Interesting Links for 12-03-2021

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Playing with ultra-thin dolls could make girls as young as five want skinnier bodies(tags:girls weight health toys dolls psychology ViaDrCross )Scotland-England link removed for overhaul(tags:UK Scotland England bridge )'Appalling' speech by equalities minister was final straw, says LGBT+ adviser who quit government(tags:UK conservatives lgbt OhForFucksSake )'Harry Potter' actor Katie Leung was told to deny she was target of racist attacks(tags:racism harrypotter movies )£1m Green gravity energy project gets off the ground at Edinburgh's Leith docks(tags:electricity gravity Edinburgh Scotland )The weird and wonderful world of Eiffel Tower replicas and derivatives(tags:France weird design architecture viaDanielDWilliam )Scotland makes it illegal to stir up hatred against minorities (and abolishes blasphemy laws)(tags:Scotland abuse law blasphemy )Peer-reviews for grants are not reliable(tags:research fail funding )UK exports to Europe drop 40% in January(tags:UK Europe trade Doom )How tiny things add up - in business, bureaucracy, and racism(tags:viaDanielDWilliam racism business UK Europe trade journalism )Britain cannot be reformed, it must be destroyed(tags:UK racism price journalism viaDanielDWilliam ) Another successful Covid vaccine announced!(tags:pandemic vaccine GoodNews ) BBC cancels comedy show for being successful while not being Pro Brexit or Conservativehttps://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1370256264509464577.html
(tags:BBC OhForFucksSake comedy tv )Amazon Yanks Books That Frame LGBTQ Identity as Mental Illness(tags:mentalhealth lgbt Amazon GoodNews ) Original post on Dreamwidth - there are
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