miss_s_b (![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} miss_s_b) wrote,@ 2012-08-03 10:00 am UTC |
| Entry tags: | the blood is the life |
- Bradley Wiggins wrong on helmets
Linking just for the "if you make US wear helmets, we'll lobby for helmets for car drivers then!" paragraph
- 'Dark Knight Rises': Anne Hathaway's Feline Fitness Regime - YouTube
Anne H skewers sexist interviewer on his repeated insistence on asking her about her diet.
- Factcheck: Are cyclists to blame for road accidents?
Mostly not. Suspect you could say the same for bikers, too.
- Head injuries and bicycle helmet laws. [Accid Anal Prev. 1996] - PubMed - NCBI
I'm assuming Accid Anal Prev means accident analysis prevention, not anything more interesting. Still, more grist to the mill of making car drivers wear helmets...
- What if every Olympic sport was photographed like beach volleyball?
Not objecting to the hurdler one bit. Objectifying, yes. Objecting to, no.
- Another unpaid researcher post in UK academia, this time UCL. A shameful tradition. - bengoldacre - secondary blog
Comments worth reading too
- Sex testing and the Olympics: myths, rumours and confirmation bias | Vanessa Heggie | Science | guardian.co.uk
- London 2012 Olympics: US Judoka Kayla Harrison overcomes horror of sexual abuse to aim for gold - Telegraph
I'm glad this girl won.
- Atos assessors told to keep disability benefit approvals low, film suggests | Society | The Guardian
- David Cameron retreats on House of Lords reform - Telegraph
So, is the Torygraph reporting this because they WANT to scupper Cameron's scuppering?