Interesting Links for 07-12-2020
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- The 1,700 year old skyscraper city that's being destroyed by the weather
- (tags:weather history yemen architecture viaDanielDWilliam )
- How the Brothers Grimm went hunting for fairytales, accidentally changed the course of historical linguistics, and kickstarted a new field of scholarship in folklore.
- (tags:history Germany language stories fairytale )
- Excel formulas become Turing complete
- (tags:programming spreadsheet Microsoft )
- If you are giving the Guardian money then you are supporting bigoted lies that kill children
- (tags:guardian bigotry LGBT transgender OhForFucksSake )
- Forget London, Brexit fight is about Paris and Berlin
- (tags:Germany France Europe UK trade )
- Why a "soft Brexit" was never on the table - by an MP who tried to prevent a hard one
- (tags:UK politics Europe history )
- Charlie Stross on how the next month or so are likely to look (Bad. Very bad)
- (tags:UK Europe Doom charlesstross )
- Zalando boss to quit so his wife can focus on her career while he looks after the kids
- (tags:work women family )
- The 'virtual nannies' looking after kids via Zoom
- (tags:childcare children remote )
- Kids can eat free in Asda cafes throughout December
- (tags:children food supermarkets UK )
- What might travel, holidays, and commuting look like over the next ten years?
- (tags:thefuture travel work holidays )