Interesting Links for 18-09-2019

[andrewducker]

How geography and gender stack the deck for (or against) you

(tags:billgates geography inequality gender )

The Big Bang Theory lands exclusively on HBO Max in deal reportedly worth more than $1 billion

Amazing how much money streaming TV is having thrown at it
(tags:money business TV comedy )

The Internet Relies on People Working for Free

(tags:software money business internet )

How The Sun reports things differently in the UK and Ireland

(tags:UK Ireland media )

A fascinating personal story which starts with a verified true story and finishes with a grave.

(tags:history video usa )

New polling from YouGov finds 41% backing Lib Dem policy to revoke without a referendum with 38% against.

(tags:libdem UK Europe )

How is it that Boris Johnson got to this point without understanding the single market?

(tags:BorisJohnson Europe uk OhForFucksSake )

Massive Semen Explosion after Blaze Hits Bull Artificial Insemination Facility, Firefighters Forced to Dodge 'Projectiles'

(tags:sperm cows fire headline )

An r/relationships post about a weirdly specific fetish that turns out to be even more specific than that

(tags:relationships wtf )

Dominic Cummings has always tried to subvert democracy

(tags:democracy government UK law )

What would a cyber attack look like in the real world? (nicely constructed video)

(tags:security advertising video )

The cyber-attack that sent an Alaskan community back in time

(tags:Alaska computers technology internet malware )

Comments

[movingfinger]

Does anyone else suspect that that r/relationships thing was entirely to set up the Oedipus joke?

[calimac]

Matanuska-Susitna is where Sarah Palin is from, you know.

Working For Free?

[dewline]

I maintain three or four discussion groups on my ISP...which is a co-op operation that I pay a subscription fee for as a member-user. Used to be that I'd be donating just for the access to the dial-up service (which we also maintain, just in case).