Interesting Links for 09-03-2015

[andrewducker]

• What would a minority government in the UK look like?
  (tags: government uk politics )
• I definitely need a licence to crenellate
  (tags: castle architecture history )
• This is what happens to your brain when you stop eating sugar
  (tags: sugar diet brain )
• Probably the best metal cover of the Bee Gees ever.
  (tags: beegees HeavyMetal music video )

Comments

[apostle_of_eris]

In 1869, the city of Chicago built a new civic water system. Next to the pumping station there was a 140-foot tall standpipe to maintain a head of pressure in the system. Given the times, it was enclosed in "a castellated monstrosity with pepper boxes stuck all over it" (Oscar Wilde).
But it was a rare survivor of the fire, two years later, and is sort of a civic mascot or something. It is also the inspiration for the design of White Castle hamburger stands.

[andrewducker]

That's actually pretty awesome looking. It's a shame that almost no modern buildings are that decorative.

[resonant]

Why wait so late to teach about consent? In Ontario, renowned for its outdated curriculum, we'll be teaching it to six-year-olds.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1844927/ontario-revises-sex-education-curriculum/

[andrewducker]

I agree.

But I'm happy to celebrate a step in the right direction.