Interesting Links for 03-07-2017

[andrewducker]

Inside Pakistan’s sex-toy industry (tags: Pakistan sextoys sex viaElfy ) Most US women won't dine alone with opposite sex (tags: women food society usa ) All aboard the dog train! (tags: dogs video trains ) Ladybirds, ladybugs, and… cows? (Is there an award for least accurately named thing?) (tags: language names insects ) British officials

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[bart_calendar]

OMG. You dudes made a deal with EDF?

Jesus those guys are always late, always overbudget and kill consumers with fees.

[andrewducker]

And, in this case, for something which might not even be needed, and is likely to be more expensive than other sources.

I'm not against nuclear power, in theory, but I'm not convinced that this is a good idea.

[fub]

Re the "cake and eat it" article:

“[Brexit secretary David Davis] is in the middle somewhere. His method of negotiating is always to be shameless in asking for something you can’t get because then you’ll end up in a place closer to what you want than if you start with a realistic offer"
This shows a shocking lack of understanding of how negotiations work. "Meeting in the middle" is what second-hand car salesmen trick their customers into, not professional behaviour of negotiators for trade agreements.

[andrewducker]

Yup. A lot of British people seem to think that you negotiate international agreements like that, and it's terrifying.

[fub]

From where I'm sitting, UK politics seems like a rapidly disintegrating amateur hour at a comedy club that's about to go bankrupt.
Which would be funny if it were not for the prosperity and future prospects of the UK citizens that are threatened.