Interesting Links for 12-10-2011

[andrewducker]

• Woman promised a Toyota as a prize, sues when she won a toy Yoda, and wins!
  (tags: law StarWars competition)
• Biggest four UK ISPs switching to opt-in system for pornography. Can't wait to see what gets caught up in this...
  (tags: web internet censorship)
• Woman Sues Because The Trailer Was Not Like The Movie
  (tags: trailers movies usa)
• Letter from a psychopath
  (tags: psychology psychopath)
• EU bans pre-ticked website boxes to aid consumers
  (tags: web eu europe law)
• New information about how the solar system began (and why Pluto is not a planet)
  (tags: pluto astronomy solarsystem)
• Man jailed after reporting theft of his cannabis plants
  (tags: EpicFail cannabis drugs scotland)
• Relationship satisfaction linked to oral contraception
  (tags: contraception relationships hormones)
• Ginger root supplement reduced colon inflammation markers
  (tags: food health)
• Peanut allergy turned off by tricking immune system
  (tags: peanuts allergies health)
• Tighter expenses rules harming MPs' mental health. Now, if only they understood the same about benefit claimants...
  (tags: parliament politics money mentalhealth uk)

Comments

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

I am glad they are finally getting round to publicising some of the negs to hormonal contraception. Over my life (personal experiencem observation and reading the research as it comes out) I have come to the conclusion that it is pretty damned evil - plain IUDs should get a lot more use/publicity - sure, they can be not without some minor issues for some people, but they don't do stuff that f*cks with your head like hormomes do, (or break like condoms do...)

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Limited sympathy for the folks phoning in to a radio programme.

More sympathy for the woman working in the bar who appears to have tried really hard at her job in order to win an incentive.