Interesting Links for 14-11-2015

• On being an "Unnamed Woman Activist" in the Daily Mail
  • DailyMail sexism politics
• When you try to post something, and your life turns into a variant of "Who's on First"
  • funny life
• How to fact-check things before passing them on.
  • facts research
• Big-ass pre-historic animals are awesome-looking.
  • prehistory animals awesome
• LIFE TIP: DATE SOMEONE WHO THINKS YOU’RE FUCKING AMAZING
  • relationships advice
• I'm relieved to discover that the "racists refuse to let a black nurse treat their child" story is probably false.
  • racism fraud
• Tomo: Worn Electrical Impedance Tomography for Hand Gesture Recognition
  • electricity recognition control video
• Aung San Suu Kyi wins outright majority in Myanmar election
  • democracy
• SteamOS gaming performs significantly worse than Windows
  • Linux steam valve Games Windows
• Single course of antibiotics can mess up the gut microbiome for a year
  • antibiotics microbiome
• Different people need different stories
  • stories writing
• The world is entering a third stage of a rolling debt crisis
  • debt economics
• 9-year-old turns mother in for drunk-driving. From inside the car
  • alcohol parenting police Canada viaTheWeaselKing
• Free Comics Issues - Books on Google Play
  • comics Google free
• Failed Windows 3.1 system blamed for shutting down Paris airport
  • computers history Windows France
• Judge borrows Taylor Swift lyrics to throw out legal case
  • music law funny
• Three Republican presidential candidates attend "Death to the gays" rally
  • LGBT usa politics homophobia religion republicans OhForFucksSake
• 37 Video Games Summarized in 140 Characters or Less
  • funny Games Twitter

In which my wife tries to kill me

Or rather, in which I take something out of the cupboard carelessly, so that when she opens it 30 seconds later two glasses and a cup fall out, shatter on the floor behind me, and chunks of ceramic gouge huge chunks of flesh out of me.

Ok, fine. I have a small cut in my ankle which bled all over the floor for about a minute until I pressed a paper kitchen towel on it. I'd forgotten quite how red blood is when there's a bunch of it.

We thought it might require a stitch. Quite glad it didn't, as we have people coming round this evening! I'm definitely getting a scar though. Scars are cool, right?

Image under a cut to save you the trauma of my severe wounds.( Read more... )