Interesting Links for 13-05-2021
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andrewducker- Pet a dog and you'll do better for weeks!
- (tags:mentalhealth stress psychology dogs viaMyBrotherHugh )
- Photoshopping Paddington into movies: Star Wars edition
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- Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B in revenue
- (tags:tax OhForFucksSake Netherlands )
- Covid vaccine: UK decision to delay second dose vindicated by new research
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- National Trust archaeologists surprised by likely age of Cerne Abbas Giant (late Saxon)
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- "Help! A Male Colleague Thinks I'm Scary"
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- Solar and wind's competitiveness over coal is accelerating (80% of US coal plants either non-competitive or actively shutting down)
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- France blocks post-Brexit EU financial services deal with UK over fishing row
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- Richard Garfield: Getting Lucky (a fascinating analysis of the role of luck in games, and why it's so important)
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- The different ways of calculating the end of Ramadan
- (tags:islam moon calendars time viaLilysea )
- xkcd's "Map Projections", animated
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- Member of the Scottish Parliament takes oath of allegiance in Welsh (also, BSL, Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Doric, Scots, Gaelic, Canadian French, German, Welsh, Orcadian and Zimbabwean Shona)
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- British government is lying when refusing to rescue visa-free music tours of EU, lawyers confirm
- (tags:uk government lying BorisJohnson Conservatives music europe )
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Date: 2021-05-13 01:02 pm (UTC)Speaking of Firsts in Wales...
Date: 2021-05-13 01:08 pm (UTC)https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/first-ever-openly-nonbinary-mayor-elected-by-wales-town/ar-BB1gFEUB
Re: Speaking of Firsts in Wales...
Date: 2021-05-13 01:28 pm (UTC)FYI
Date: 2021-05-13 07:02 pm (UTC)Re: FYI
Date: 2021-05-13 07:12 pm (UTC)Re: FYI
Date: 2021-05-13 07:15 pm (UTC)Re: FYI
Date: 2021-05-13 07:20 pm (UTC)(I'm going to blame lack of sleep)
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Date: 2021-05-16 09:18 am (UTC)