Interesting Links for 13-01-2016

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• Actual Facts Related To The Bowie Social Media Shitstorm Today
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• A radical new approach to generating human organs is to grow them inside pigs or sheep.
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• DNA-testing kit 23andme: patient-powered healthcare or just confusing? (Now available in the UK!)
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• David Bowie: The internet pioneer
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• Carl Sagan, David Bowie, and the coincidental expectation of death.
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• Bobby Jindal left office today. 100,000 residents of Louisiana will gain health care tomorrow.
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• On “Progressive Alliances” and Lib-Labbery
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• Why You Should Fix Your Inconsistent Sleep Schedule
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• 'English votes' rules used for first time in House of Commons
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• Star Wars: A New Hope vs. The Force Awakens
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• Some sample pages from a Miracleman comic Marvel commissioned several years ago
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• Voxel Quest is looking really, really impressive as a game engine
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• A horrific collision of misogyny and caste after a Dalit woman wins an election. (CW:rape)
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• Why US Radio Stations Probably Couldn't Just Play David Bowie Music As A Tribute: Copyright Law Is Messed Up
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• The Great Pyramid was built for the son of the man with the worst pyramids of all time.
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• This new theory explains why Stormtroopers are such terrible shots
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• MPs to vote on national anthem for England (I vote for Abba's "Waterloo")
  • What song would you choose to represent England?
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• Towards an understanding of technical debt
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Ben Kenobi Remembers

"Obi-Wan Remembers The Truth" (Watch on YouTube)

Giving blood for the first time.

I've always been scared of giving blood. And I have no idea why.

Not _terrified_ of it. It's not a phobia, and I've given samples blood for testing purposes with very little fuss on numerous occasions.

But every time I've considered giving blood I've procrastinated over it to the point of it never actually happening.

Apparently in my current mood I'm doing things I wouldn't ordinarily do, and finding it easier to step over those barriers. And so when Storm asked who would join her next Tuesday, I volunteered instantly.

Which I did deliberately, knowing that this would then bind me to doing it. And by writing this, I'm further binding myself. And once I've done it once, it should be easier to do repeatedly.

If anyone else in Edinburgh wants to volunteer, let me know...