Interesting Links for 01-06-2013

[andrewducker]

• What we can learn from one of the worst charities in the world
  (tags: viaCipherGoth ethics charity )
• College in Sweden is free but students still have a ton of debt. How can that be?
  (tags: sweden debt money children education )
• Giant genome study finds tiny links between genetics and schooling (0.02%)
  (tags: genetics education )
• Nearly 1 billion people have been taken out of extreme poverty in 20 years. The world should aim to do the same again
  (tags: poverty )
• The world is slowly turning into the one Max Headroom promised us
  (tags: thefuture internet entertainment )
• Some women want to stay home with children and feminism needs to make peace with that
  (tags: feminism women )
• Earth Structural Layer Cake. (I am damned impressed)
  (tags: cake earth )
• Patrick Stewart continues to be an amazing person
  (tags: abuse PatrickStewart ptsd )
• Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella as armed graffiti
  (tags: graffiti disney )
• Why is this program erroneously rejected by three C++ compilers?
  (tags: funny viaTheFerrett coding )
• The former president of the Association of Chief Police Officers agrees with me on privacy and terrorism
  (tags: uk terrorism police privacy )
• Wikipedia has a list of notable sandwiches. Guess which one is top!
  (tags: food wikipedia bacon )
• I love that there is Mass Effect fanfic seven times as long as Lord of The Rings
  (tags: MassEffect fanfic )
• A Prison Letter from a CIA Whistleblower
  (tags: prison cia usa )
• 5 Celebrities You Won't Believe Were Badass Soldiers/Heroes
  (tags: heroism actors )
• Gender Bias in College Admissions Tests
  (tags: gender education )
• If this was a pill, you’d do anything to get it
  (tags: usa healthcare )
• 10 popular myths debunked
  (tags: myths )
• Patients offered the choice of local anaesthetic+a movie vs general anaesthetic
  (tags: movies healthcare )

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[pseudomonas]

Mmm, roast aardvark and cucumber baguette.