Interesting Links for 19-08-2016

Plans for 2,000 homes at Edinburgh Marina receive full approval

(tags: edinburgh housing construction trams )

All Olympic 100m winners compared in one race

(tags: visualisation race olympics history )

US ready to 'hand over' the internet's naming system

(tags: internet names usa )

Uber and Volvo partner up, robot ride-sharing starts this summer

(tags: automation cars )

What was "Romantic Fantasy" and why did it go away?

(tags: writing women fantasy history publishing )

The traffic-directing zebra-people of Bolivia

(tags: transport cities fun )

Scientists are working on a neuroprosthesis to mimic, repair and improve cognition

(tags: cyborg Technology brains thefuture )

"To blame" - an interesting piece of the English Language I hadn't thought about before.

(tags: language english )

Reductress Is Devoting Its Entire Site to Rape Jokes That Punch Up

(tags: rape comedy )

What does the future of hosting websites look like?

(tags: funny web Technology viaFanf )

The Gold Medal For The Best Interview In Rio Goes To...

(tags: ireland interview olympics )

PowerShell is open sourced and is available on Linux

(tags: linux microsoft opensource computers )

Behind the thread that shows all of the bits of No Man's Sky that were promised, but not delivered

(tags: games fraud internet reddit )

A flooded road + a four-wheel-drive vehicle + a surfboard = WIN

(tags: funny russia water roads )

Star Trek Beyond cast lip sync to various popular songs. (I may have fallen in love with Karl Urban)

(tags: music StarTrek )

Scotch distillers admit all scotch actually tastes the same

(tags: alcohol satire )

A ridiculously cute dog. (Pomeranian-Husky cross who is almost a cartoon)

(tags: dogs cute )

The Arabic Text bag that's been making the rounds? You can buy it here

(tags: language funny terrorism society )

Donald Trump's disastrous rise to Republican nominee explained brilliantly

(tags: politics usa epicfail republicans )