Weekly links

• The benefits system is still nightmarish (the comments are probably more interesting than the article)
• A discussion of restricted shortlists and the opposition by all major parties to them.
• Incredibly unpleasant treatment of wheelchair users [trigger warning]
• Meloukhia writes a clear description of what 'the default' is and why it needs refusing, in an excellent post. It was precisely this sort of thing I was thinking of when picking the name for this blog.
• Via FWD, a frequent failure in accessibility planning.
• Some point-missing in response to a suggestion to have size be a protected category: BBC News report.
• A nice example of how question wording can massively change the result of polling.
• Once is coincidence, but when a police adviser gets stopped and searched over 100 times it makes it hard to deny that there's still some institutional and individual racism in policing. (via OBV)
• Via Bird of Paradox, the EHRC has produced a report on trans inequality in the UK.
• A US survey on exposure of children to violence (either as victims or witnesses). I expect the UK figures are similarly appalling.
• A call to tax the rich that comes from the rich.
• Boundaries, consent and rape culture
• Think about the stereotypes that mean "'Frail' pensioner a thrill-seeker" makes the news at all.