Bastards!

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How Dare They??

24 hours in a single photo

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Interesting Links for 4-2-2011

• How to find problems to work on
  (tags: blogs inspiration research learning academia)
• For the first time in history, UK manufacturer's have more money in the bank than borrowed from it.
  (tags: banking manufacturing business uk)
• Football fans still ignoring how transfer market makes mockery of their allegiance
  (tags: football funny business)
• MPs with mental illness will no longer be automatically disqualified
  (tags: mental_health government politics uk)
• Carl Sagan and his Fully Armed Spaceship of the Imagination (a webcomic)
  (tags: comic science funny astrology homeopathy)
• A good description of what it feels like to have depression
  (tags: depression)
• Jesus vs Dr Who - part 2
  (tags: doctorwho religion webcomic comic funny)
• Jesus vs Dr Who - part 1
  (tags: doctorwho religion comic funny drwho)
• Liverpool withdraws from government 'big society' pilot
  (tags: government uk)
• Protestors use technology to outwit police and avoid kettling.
  (tags: protestors protests uk police)
• The utter futility of scratch card games online with the UK National Lottery (and not for the reason you think)
  (tags: gambling games lottery)
• How to become a dentist in four hours. AWESOME. I WANNA BE A DENTIST!
  (tags: satire)
• Documents in Julian Assange Rape Investigation Leak Onto Web - more details. Unpleasant stuff.
  (tags: rape JulianAssange law)

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry

via opusfluke



via the former of lizzie_and_ari

I haven't done this in a while

I used to be a bit further to the left (I think about a -2), but I'm fairly sure I've been about that libertarian for a while now.

Looking on my friends list on FB, most of them are further left than me, and about 70% are more authoritarian (although the vast majority are in the bottom left corner).

Take the test here.

Not that I expect this to change anyone's mind

But this is a fantastic speech:

This explains everything

via henriksdal