More random links
- Church of England General Synod approves female bishops
- "The synod had been threatened with parliamentary action if the measure had failed, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, had prepared contingency plans to dissolve it and call fresh elections if the vote had gone the wrong way. But the crisis was averted by a change of mind, and vote, among lay members." Sounds ever so slightly coercive though I what should you expect from a state church.
- Mom Jailed Because She Let Her 9-Year-Old Daughter Play in the Park Unsupervised
- The kid was apparently given a phone and sent to play for a few hours while the mom was at work as apparently the laptop she'd previously been using at the mom's workplace had been stolen.
- Free as a Snowbird? Maybe not
- I hate tax / immigration law. Basically as of end of June the US and Canada have started data sharing on the time their citizens spend in each other's countries rather than only tracking when they're admitted. Strangely US immigration and the IRS track time in slightly different ways. I've never been even remotely close to the limits but they're still annoying.
- Scientists Blow The Lid on Cancer & Sunscreen Myth
- "a major study conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that women who avoid sunbathing during the summer are twice as likely to die as those who sunbathe every day."