Interesting Links for 13-07-2016

[andrewducker]

Theresa May revealed as Margaret Thatcher’s final Horcrux

(tags: margaretthatcher harrypotter politics uk funny )

'Zeno effect' verified—atoms won't move while you watch

(tags: physics quantum )

What to Make of Finnegans Wake? (Fascinating, in-depth piece by Michael Chabon)

(tags: writing language sleep )

British prime ministerial statistics

(tags: uk government history )

Pokémon Go Nudes Are A Thing Now

(tags: nsfw nudity games )

The Westboro Baptist Church Is Getting Owned In Pokémon Go

I am still not sure that they aren't a performance art act.
(tags: religion games lgbt EpicWTF viaBartCalendar )

Woman gives herself a C-section and saves her own baby

(tags: babies women childbirth )

Mandarin Ducks and Koi Carp (pretty as a picture)

(tags: beautiful animals fish )

Naming pokemon using autocorrect

(tags: language games names )

Having a hard time with wall-to-wall ridiculous politics? Have a seal with the hiccups!

(tags: animals cute animated_gif )

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte urges people to kill drug addictsdrugs

(tags: drugs politics OhForFucksSake )

Successful diets add healthy foods rather than removing unhealthy ones

(tags: food diet psychology )

Honeymoon for one: Woman's sad photos after husband denied visa

(tags: travel photos funny )

Psychologists still don't know why you are oblivious to your blinks

(tags: vision psychology perception )

Comments

[dalglir]

With regards to blinks - perhaps they are filtered out In a similar way that airplane noise is filtered out when living in the final approach path of an airport? (We live about a runway's length from the end of EDI main runway).

[andrewducker]

Yeah, we just get used to them, like most things.

[dalglir]

Hiccuping seal. Just: Almost choked on my coffee and loud guffawing and some odd looks in Starbucks right now.