Interesting Links for 22-12-2011

[andrewducker]

• The Silliest Things said to a group of SF editors, writers and academics
  (tags: funny scifi epicfail )
• Building new London homes is cheaper than providing temporary housing
  (tags: building housing london )
• All publicly-funded research data should be made freely accessible says UK government
  (tags: GOVERNMENT uk research data free )
• No payouts for damage during the summer "riots". Because they weren't riots. Apparently.
  (tags: riots police uk law )
• Dog+Ducks=CUTE
  (tags: dogs ducks cute photo )
• The biology behind severe PMS
  (tags: pms menstruation hormones emotion women biology )
• Judge says extradition from US quicker than from UK
  (tags: extradition uk usa law )
• A fantastic teacher shows her class that they don't have to conform to gender roles
  (tags: Education gender bullying children lgbt discrimination )
• Stupid Things the British Believe About Americans (and vice versa)
  (tags: usa uk beliefs culture )
• Microsoft Bringing HTML5 and JavaScript to Office 15
  (tags: office microsoft javascript html5 html )
• What really caused the eurozone crisis?
  (tags: euro europe finance )
• Want to know if you're depressed? Look at a picture of your mother.
  While lying in an MRI scanner, of course.
  (tags: psychology mother parents depression )

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Because there isn't enough red tape surrounding university funding already, and *of course* the only kind of research out there is business and technology focused.
Headdesk.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

that teacher is AWESOME!

Until I was 14 or so, anyone who didn't know me automatically called me "son". I was never the princess when the dressing up box came out. I played with bikes, knives, climbing trees and setting fire to stuff , music, judo and and later, computers and karate. Most of my friends were boys. On the rare occasions my mum put me in a dress/skirt I pretty much looked like a boy in drag [I had very short hair by 70's standards because it is *horrible* to look after]. Fortunately I was pretty oblivious as to whether anyone thought this was weird, and my parents never really subscribed to the whole boys toys/girls toys thing. I got microscopes, books, crystal growing kits, scalextrix (sp?) and toy soldiers and matchbox cars - and, yes, the odd baby/sindy doll.

I do joke that I didn't really grow up as a girl at all.

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Konrad Lorenz, reincarnated as a dog.

[simont]

"Ducklings always travel in single file, to hide their numbers."

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Interesting recap of the eurozone crisis. I had no idea German unions had unilaterally agreed to keep wages down.

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

Realy makes me wonder why new council homes aren't being built? Sheer inertia and stupidity, or hidden reasons (like it would cause house prices to stop rising)?

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

It's interesting that letting the German banks who made the bad loans take part of the loss doesn't seem to be conceived of as part of dealing with the mess . . .
The Germans seem to think that everyone ought to go to a heavily export-oriented economy like they did. the Lake Woebegon solution.