Interesting Links for 18-01-2016

[andrewducker]

• Scottish workers have more disposable income than London earners (And a better standard of living)
  • money Scotland UK England
• 5 Reasons Dredd Is Secretly One Of The Greatest Feminist Films Of The Decade
  • JudgeDredd movies feminism
• The Smoky, Loud, and Terribly Lonely World of the Professional Pachinko Player
  • Japan gambling
• Did you know that blood turns green if you're far enough underwater?
  • blood video scuba
• This satirical Chinese account live-tweeted the GOP debate, and it was amazing
  • china satire republicans
• Watching someone fix their ingrown toenail with a tiny torture tool is hypnotizing.
  • health Japan video feet viaSwampers
• Note to Journalists: London is not Britain
  • London uk media representation
• I love Twitter
  • Twitter funny
• Greggs to launch gluten-free range in 2016
  • gluten food wheat
• Get bullied online after you shared your feelings? People are a lot less supportive.
  • bullying psychology
• The Tennis Racket (match-fixing at the highest levels)
  • tennis sports gambling fraud
• An unbiased look at the Best Picture nominees of 2016
  • movies awards funny viaMyBrotherHugh
• Teletext time travel - recovering old teletext data from VHS cassettes
  • history text tv uk
• New quantum record as ball of atoms ends up in two spots at once
  • quantum physics

Comments

[heliopausa]

I think (but don't know) that "The Relevant Organs" is not Chinese, but is, for satirical purposes, pretending to be Chinese. The satire is usually directed at Chinese targets - in this case it's used to hit at both Chinese and US targets.

[andrewducker]

Thank you!