Linklist 11 juli 2021

Were The Years After The Black Death A Golden Age For Medieval Women?

In the 150 years after the Black Death halved London's population, women enjoyed new economic power in the city. Caroline Barron asks whether this era truly was a 'golden age' for English women

The Complicated Future of the Handshake

The pandemic killed this 2,500-year-old greeting as we know it.

All talk, no jabs: the reality of global vaccine diplomacy

Around two-thirds of shots promised bilaterally have arrived, while Covax has received fewer than one per cent of surplus doses pledged

Belgium imposes ventilation rules for businesses to combat new Covid surge

Carbon dioxide monitors must be on public display so customers can see level of fresh air

Four-day week 'an overwhelming success' in Iceland

The majority of workers in Iceland now look set to move to shorter hours for the same pay.

New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral — despite being entirely fictional

joke that mere mention of a new prod would appear in job ads came true and spawned books, songs, forks, cryptocoin, and more

Canadian inferno: northern heat exceeds worst-case climate models

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/02/canadian-inferno-northern-heat-exceeds-worst-case-climate-models

Day of Rage

An In-Depth Look at How a Mob Stormed the Capitol

The Oral History of ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’

Three decades ago, James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Linda Hamilton joined forces again to make the biggest, baddest, most eye-popping sequel ever. Here’s the story of how the machines took over Hollywood.