Interesting Links for 04-01-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Some truths about ancient Egypt

(tags:Egypt facts )

2. The 14 Features of Fascism

(tags:fascism )

3. Bomb disposal experts called to Edinburgh Central mosque

(tags:Edinburgh Islam terrorism OhForFucksSake )

4. Greta Thunberg and the Romanian pizza boxes: A study in misinformation

(tags:disinformation journalism pizza Romania crime translation )

5. Video game workers establish Microsoft's first union

(tags:USA games Microsoft unions )

6. Finally: The truth about man-flu emerges!

(tags:funny comic flu )

7. Portland Startup to Mine Artisanal Bitcoin Using Only Slide Rules and Graph Paper

(tags:blockchain satire funny )

8. How to get children to take an interest in maths

(tags:mathematics funny comic )

Comments

[mtbc]

At least (3) looks to have been a false alarm.

[andrewducker]

I am very glad.

[danieldwilliam]

The police appear to have blown up someone's lunch.

[agoodwinsmith]

The Greta thing: urban legend forces in full swing - narrativium says: that's a hell of a story.

[hairyears]

(5) Is precarious: that games unit was acquired by merger, and it can be disposed of. Or broken-up.

[poshmerchant]

(4) Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. The Romanian police aren't obliged to confirm or deny anything