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redfiona99) wrote2015-11-23 01:02 am
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Health and Social Policy
CDC: about 20 million new STI's in the US each year, costing the American healthcare system nearly $16 billion. Young people (ages 15-24) are particularly affected, accounting for half (50 percent) of all new STIs, although they represent just 25 percent of the sexually experienced population. - https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3sati0/cdc_about_20_million_new_stis_in_the_us_each_year/ - This doesn’t surprise me and I blame the bizarre focus on birth control pills as “the” prophylactic. I get funny looks from the youth of today for the whole ‘no glove, no love’ thing. I do feel like shouting that kids are not the worst STD you can get, but I doubt that would get the message across better.
Language:
Languages Are Products of Their Environments - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/11/04/langauge-environment-acoustics/#.VlJhs_nhDIU
English is not normal: No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language - https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-english-so-weirdly-different-from-other-languages If you read just one of these articles this week, this should be the one. via![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nwhyte
Literature:
THE OBSESSIVELY DETAILED MAP OF AMERICAN LITERATURE'S MOST EPIC ROAD TRIPS - http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-obsessively-detailed-map-of-american-literatures-most-epic-road-trips
Miscellaneous:
I analyzed 10,000 Craigslist missed connections. Here’s what I learned. - http://www.vox.com/a/craigslist-missed-connections/i-analyzed-10-000-craigslist-missed-connections-here-s-what-i-learned
Do fish fart? Plus: angels dancing on the head of a pin (cont.) - http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2364/do-fish-fart-plus vianwhyte
Why do hammerhead sharks look like that? - http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151110-why-do-hammerhead-sharks-look-like-that?ocid=twert
12 Things We Learned From Terry Gilliam's Wild Memoir - http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/12-things-we-learned-from-terry-gilliams-wild-memoir-20151109
Meet King Bansah: Part-Time Monarch, Full-Time Auto Mechanic - http://www.vice.com/read/meet-king-bansah-part-time-monarch-full-time-auto-mechanic-v22n11
Music:
How to create the perfect cover version - http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/0adabb48-dcad-4c01-9fd2-68ccff6bf8e8 Obviously, YMMV, but interesting nonetheless.
Afghanistan's first female conductor - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34581264
Photography:
6 Photographers Shoot the Same Guy But He Gives Each of Them a Different Backstory - http://twistedsifter.com/2015/11/a-portrait-session-with-a-twist/ This is interesting, and unconscious biases of the people taking photographs (or say, writing news articles) should always be considered.
Politics:
Women in full-time jobs 'work for nothing' until 2016 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34764812
Myanmar election: Unusual candidates - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34696037
When disabled people took to the streets to change the law - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-34732084
Sport:
Sir Elton John is more than a sport fan, he's a sports fund - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/34746342 Which could be subtitled 'in which Elton John is awesome'.
Football:
Iceland: How a country with 329,000 people reached Euro 2016 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30012357
Player Focus: Donnarumma Justifying Mihajlovic Gamble at Milan - http://www.whoscored.com/News/9xckpehd8es63ukdls1riq/Show/Player-Focus-Donnarumma-Justifying-Mihajlovic-Gamble-at-Milan Not just about Baby Gigi! but also a fantastic story about Mihajlovic.
Rugby League:
St George Illawarra Dragons recruit Tyrone McCarthy's African mission - http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/st-george-illawarra-dragons/st-george-illawarra-dragons-recruit-tyrone-mccarthys-african-mission-20151113-gkybpm.html
Technology:
9 Emojis That Look Completely Different on Other Phones - http://mentalfloss.com/uk/trivia/35560/9-emojis-that-look-completely-different-on-other-phones via @TwistedSifter on twitter
CDC: about 20 million new STI's in the US each year, costing the American healthcare system nearly $16 billion. Young people (ages 15-24) are particularly affected, accounting for half (50 percent) of all new STIs, although they represent just 25 percent of the sexually experienced population. - https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3sati0/cdc_about_20_million_new_stis_in_the_us_each_year/ - This doesn’t surprise me and I blame the bizarre focus on birth control pills as “the” prophylactic. I get funny looks from the youth of today for the whole ‘no glove, no love’ thing. I do feel like shouting that kids are not the worst STD you can get, but I doubt that would get the message across better.
Language:
Languages Are Products of Their Environments - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/11/04/langauge-environment-acoustics/#.VlJhs_nhDIU
English is not normal: No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language - https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-english-so-weirdly-different-from-other-languages If you read just one of these articles this week, this should be the one. via
nwhyteLiterature:
THE OBSESSIVELY DETAILED MAP OF AMERICAN LITERATURE'S MOST EPIC ROAD TRIPS - http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-obsessively-detailed-map-of-american-literatures-most-epic-road-trips
Miscellaneous:
I analyzed 10,000 Craigslist missed connections. Here’s what I learned. - http://www.vox.com/a/craigslist-missed-connections/i-analyzed-10-000-craigslist-missed-connections-here-s-what-i-learned
Do fish fart? Plus: angels dancing on the head of a pin (cont.) - http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2364/do-fish-fart-plus via
nwhyteWhy do hammerhead sharks look like that? - http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151110-why-do-hammerhead-sharks-look-like-that?ocid=twert
12 Things We Learned From Terry Gilliam's Wild Memoir - http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/12-things-we-learned-from-terry-gilliams-wild-memoir-20151109
Meet King Bansah: Part-Time Monarch, Full-Time Auto Mechanic - http://www.vice.com/read/meet-king-bansah-part-time-monarch-full-time-auto-mechanic-v22n11
Music:
How to create the perfect cover version - http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/0adabb48-dcad-4c01-9fd2-68ccff6bf8e8 Obviously, YMMV, but interesting nonetheless.
Afghanistan's first female conductor - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34581264
Photography:
6 Photographers Shoot the Same Guy But He Gives Each of Them a Different Backstory - http://twistedsifter.com/2015/11/a-portrait-session-with-a-twist/ This is interesting, and unconscious biases of the people taking photographs (or say, writing news articles) should always be considered.
Politics:
Women in full-time jobs 'work for nothing' until 2016 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34764812
Myanmar election: Unusual candidates - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34696037
When disabled people took to the streets to change the law - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-34732084
Sport:
Sir Elton John is more than a sport fan, he's a sports fund - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/34746342 Which could be subtitled 'in which Elton John is awesome'.
Football:
Iceland: How a country with 329,000 people reached Euro 2016 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30012357
Player Focus: Donnarumma Justifying Mihajlovic Gamble at Milan - http://www.whoscored.com/News/9xckpehd8es63ukdls1riq/Show/Player-Focus-Donnarumma-Justifying-Mihajlovic-Gamble-at-Milan Not just about Baby Gigi! but also a fantastic story about Mihajlovic.
Rugby League:
St George Illawarra Dragons recruit Tyrone McCarthy's African mission - http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/st-george-illawarra-dragons/st-george-illawarra-dragons-recruit-tyrone-mccarthys-african-mission-20151113-gkybpm.html
Technology:
9 Emojis That Look Completely Different on Other Phones - http://mentalfloss.com/uk/trivia/35560/9-emojis-that-look-completely-different-on-other-phones via @TwistedSifter on twitter