Interesting Links for 18-05-2017

What is the Antikythera Mechanism? Five things you didn't know about 'the world's first computer'

(tags: computers history space time greece Technology )

Life is getting ever more volatile – or is it?

(tags: economics jobs history life change )

Good Lord. An article that actually understands why so many Scots want Independence

(tags: scotland independence Conservatives uk politics )

Scrapping university fees is a terrible idea, and there are far better places to put the money

(tags: fees university economics Education )

Lib Dem Manifesto Analysis

(tags: politics libdem )

Boris Johnson berated in Sikh temple after promoting alcohol

(tags: politics alcohol religion OhForFucksSake )

British man arrested for not giving up passwords at Heathrow to police

(tags: uk surveillance OhForFucksSake )

How the wrong cat litter took down a nuclear waste repository

(tags: cats nuclear OhForFucksSake )

Reality Check: Could legalising cannabis raise £1bn?

(tags: drugs money uk )

The Economist: Labour is right—Karl Marx has a lot to teach today’s politicians

(tags: economics history )

Summary of LGBT+ Content in the Lib Dem Manifesto

(tags: lgbt libdem politics uk )

"May You Live In Interesting Times" - not actually a Chinese curse!

(tags: china fraud quotes )

Oculus Research on Focal Surface Display (projecting onto a varied surface to give different focal lengths)

(tags: VirtualReality research )

Last week, PWR BTTM was the Next Big Thing in punk. Now the band is in ruins, and fans are reeling.

(tags: music assault )

Dutch king reveals double life as an airline pilot for KLM

(tags: royalty netherlands flying viaSwampers )

If you watched Syria from space, you'd have seen the lights go out

(tags: syria war electricity )

The Cyrillic glyph so rare it's only used in one word

(tags: language russia )

Why the obituary for Eudocia Tomas Pulido didn’t tell the story of her life in slavery

(tags: slavery death )