Interesting Links for 09-01-2018
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andrewducker- On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint
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- Chris Grayling's 27 Seconds as Conservative Party Chairman
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- Donald Trump's tweets aren't random - he's live-tweeting his favourite tv
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- The couple who got engaged and married on the same day
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- The plummeting Conservative membership makes the party ripe for entryism
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- How to argue, in eight easy steps
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- Lemurs mob BBC News reporter
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- The Omnicopter, A Super Agile Omni-Directional Drone That Can Play Catch With a Ball
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- Goodbye iPod, and Thanks for All the Tunes
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- Is everything Johann Hari knows about depression wrong?
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- Plans unveiled for new Northern Forest from Liverpool to Hull
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- Beginner's guide to longevity research
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- The reshuffle that wasn't: May blows it again
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- 7 articles that are basically free therapy
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- Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology
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- Iran Bans English in Primary Schools
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- Jeremy Corbyn insists UK cannot remain in single market after Brexit
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- China wants an orderly exit from Bitcoin mining
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- Tory MSPs back call for Scottish Parliament to reject UK Brexit Bill
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- A 430-Year-Old World Map, Taking Up 60 Square Feet
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- New insights into lifetime personality change
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- Women more likely to suffer winter depression and mood changes
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Date: 2018-01-09 06:13 pm (UTC)You're right, sorry. Should have been clearer. I'm referring to a slightly different point, which is that the press have been referring to it as a demotion.
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Date: 2018-01-09 06:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-09 06:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-09 06:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-09 06:39 pm (UTC)My original point - that the narrative of demotion lacks credibility because of the relative sizes of the two briefs.
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Date: 2018-01-09 06:44 pm (UTC)