Links

Nov. 12th, 2023 02:32 pm
redfiona99: (Default)
[personal profile] redfiona99
Law and order:

'I asked to go to jail, rather than stay homeless' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42057173

Miscellaneous:

Girl's lost teddy flown 200 miles home to Orkney from Edinburgh - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-42094340

Life on London's first Aids ward - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41930950

Politics:

Reports of the death of German stability are greatly exaggerated - https://www.economist.com/kaffeeklatsch/2017/11/21/reports-of-the-death-of-german-stability-are-greatly-exaggerated From 2017, but most of it is still solid. I read enough German to always be *intrigued* by how the English-speaking press reports German politics.

Science:

Galapagos finches caught in act of becoming new species - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42103058

Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41990981 From 2017, I'd love a follow up. As a scientist, biohackers freak me out.

Sport:
Cricket:

Hashim Amla retires from international cricket - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hashim-amla-retires-from-international-cricket-1196991 From 2019

Football:

Victor Moses - the asylum-seeking orphan who conquered the Premier League - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42060348

Golf:

An inch shorter and 27 operations later, golfer Marc Cayeux's comeback continues - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/41996122 In injuries which make mine seem piddling.

Snooker:
NEIL ROBERTSON: '128-PLAYER EVENTS ARE LIKE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, YOU MUST CRAWL THROUGH CRAP' - https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/northern-ireland-open/2017-2018/neil-robertson-128-player-events-are-snooker-s-shawshank-redemption-you-must-crawl-through-crap_sto6418475/story.shtml Robertson, and several other of the good players, were excessive whingepots on this topic.

Profile

redfiona99: (Default)
redfiona99

June 2025

S M T W T F S
12 34 56 7
8 91011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jun. 10th, 2025 08:01 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios