Interesting Links for 02-09-2021
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andrewducker- The rise of period pants: are they the answer to menstrual landfill - and women's prayers?
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- Scots to need vaccine passports for large events
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- Scotland had fourth hottest summer on record
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- Round animals!
- Anyone complaining that some of them are unhealthy will be roundly booed.
(tags:animals ) - Beware of all of these dogs. Their cuteness levels are too high
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- Google's new AI photo technology guesses what details might have been there in a very believable way!
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- Pair complete UK's longest straight-line challenge
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- White 'old boys' network holding ethnic minority surgeons back from job promotions
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- Dogs can distinguish between deliberate acts and accidents
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- Five Myths About the Taliban's New Arsenal
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- What happens to your brain when you give up sugar?
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- Neil Gaiman's 11 Geekiest Cameo Appearances
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- Mayday trailer - Metaphorical sirens as female revenge fantasy. Looks interesting, and rather gorgeously shot.
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- I'd wondered why John Varley's "Irontown Blues" hadn't had great reviews. And now I know!
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Date: 2021-09-02 03:46 pm (UTC)Last item: To my mind, saying a book "hadn't had great reviews" means that the reviewers didn't think the book was very good. What this would explain is why the book had few reviews, whether the reviewers liked it or not (if that is indeed the case: I'm not following SF reviews very much).
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Date: 2021-09-02 07:35 pm (UTC)Oh well, that puts me in my place.
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Date: 2021-09-04 01:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-04 05:50 am (UTC)Sorry! I wasn’t being very serious.
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