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Women Athletes Gave Up Gonads And More To Continue Olympic Competition: (tags: women testosterone mutilation OhForFucksSake olympics sports )
Nice breakdown of costs and profits on a Kickstarter novel: (tags: kickstarter business publishing CrowdFunding viaTheFerrett )
My favourite commentary on No Man's Sky: (tags: games funny video )
How to lie with statistics: (tags: statistics fraud maths comic )
Tax avoidance: Accountants face tougher penalties: (tags: tax law uk )
The meaning of trust in the age of Airbnb: (tags: trust poverty economics )
What Great Listeners Actually Do: (tags: conversation psychology )
Prenatal BPA exposure linked to anxiety and depression in boys: (tags: babies hormones depression anxiety pregnancy men plastic )
One view on psych meds and genetic testing: (tags: genetics psychology )
What do we actually know about how drug tolerance works?: (tags: medicine psychology genetics drugs )
This comment on my post about dick pics illustrates things nicely: (tags: men women penis internet )
Why didn't Larrabee fail?: (tags: computers graphics processor )
Black incarceration hasn’t been this low in a generation - The Washington Post: (tags: race prison usa )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3493706.html

This person wrote a #1 app for the iPhone. Here are revenue numbers and what they learned.: (tags: iphone apps games money advice )
Web host 123-reg deletes sites in clean-up error: Just two days after someone faked it. Aah, the hilarity.
(tags: web epicfail )
University of Edinburgh to monitor staff location: (tags: edinburgh university surveillance )
Many railway lines in Britain that were closed in the 1960s are re-opening: (tags: trains uk history transport )
CGA Graphics - Not as bad as you thought!: (tags: graphics computers history video )
On the Election of Scottish Opposition: (tags: politics scotland )
This is what shoggoths look like: (tags: cthulhu ai art video )
Independence supporters should not cast second vote for SNP at Holyrood election, says study: (tags: politics voting scotland )
Poll says the Labour brand is putting off Scots voters: (tags: labour politics scotland )
Saudis are going for the kill but the oil market is turning anyway: (tags: oil middle_east )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3441987.html

Sell everything ahead of stock market crash, say RBS economists
- shares economics economy
Actual Facts Related To The Bowie Social Media Shitstorm Today
- consent age DavidBowie
A radical new approach to generating human organs is to grow them inside pigs or sheep.
- organs pigs sheep humans research
DNA-testing kit 23andme: patient-powered healthcare or just confusing? (Now available in the UK!)
- genetics
David Bowie: The internet pioneer
- DavidBowie internet history
Carl Sagan, David Bowie, and the coincidental expectation of death.
- CarlSagan DavidBowie coincidence death
Bobby Jindal left office today. 100,000 residents of Louisiana will gain health care tomorrow.
- USA healthcare poverty OhForFucksSake
On “Progressive Alliances” and Lib-Labbery
- politics UK
Why You Should Fix Your Inconsistent Sleep Schedule
- "...even in daytime workers, there is a link between a disruption in circadian rhythm and known metabolic risk factors for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases."
- sleep
'English votes' rules used for first time in House of Commons
- uk politics
Star Wars: A New Hope vs. The Force Awakens
- starwars funny comic
Some sample pages from a Miracleman comic Marvel commissioned several years ago
- Miracleman comics
Voxel Quest is looking really, really impressive as a game engine
- games graphics impressive
A horrific collision of misogyny and caste after a Dalit woman wins an election. (CW:rape)
- rape India politics misogyny
Why US Radio Stations Probably Couldn't Just Play David Bowie Music As A Tribute: Copyright Law Is Messed Up
- usa DavidBowie music radio copyright
The Great Pyramid was built for the son of the man with the worst pyramids of all time.
- egypt history architecture design epicfail
This new theory explains why Stormtroopers are such terrible shots
- starwars
MPs to vote on national anthem for England (I vote for Abba's "Waterloo")
- What song would you choose to represent England?
- music england politics viaSwampers
Towards an understanding of technical debt
- programming design debt

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3396672.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3241795.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3230966.html

Schools urged to teach about consent in sex education
(tags: sex education )
What It’s Like to Carry Your Nobel Prize through Airport Security
(tags: nobel vianwhyte security )
No Smoke, No Mirrors: The Dutch Pension Plan
(tags: pensions netherlands )
How well is the "Right to be forgotten" working out?
(tags: rights internet Google )
When astronauts had to deal with floating turds: A transcript from Apollo 10
(tags: faeces space history )
MPs take historic decision to recognise Palestinian state
(tags: Palestine Israel politics UK )
Star Trek Fact Check (fascinating behind-the-scenes information)
(tags: StarTrek facts viaLovelyAngel )
20 Facts That Should Be Common Knowledge But Aren't
(tags: facts viaPatrickHadfield )
Inside Disney’s new Production Renderer
(tags: Disney 3d graphics animation )
Guy writes chilling post about being a stalker
(tags: stalking terrifying )
Always bet on text
(tags: text communication )
The Green Party is not doing itself any favours with its media operations
(tags: GreenParty politics media UK )
Proportion of Britons in work finally returns to pre-recession levels (in different places, and for less money)
(tags: work jobs UK )
Robert Downey, Jr. Joins Captain America 3
(tags: movies marvel )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3168924.html

Fish – Now By Prescription
(tags: fish healthcare )
Have You Hugged a Concrete Pillar Today?
(tags: concrete materials billgates )
Mother of ecstasy-death teen calls for legalisation and education
(tags: legalisation drugs UK )
If you share conspiracy theories on Facebook/Twitter then you are _part of the problem_
(tags: Facebook socialnetworking conspiracy twitter )
Things you shouldn't crowdfund: #1 An airline.
(tags: airlines CrowdFunding )
Zelda: Wind waker Tech and Texture Analysis
(tags: zelda games graphics )
Photos of Alaska: Then And Now.
(tags: Alaska snow globalwarming )
Life with a Toddler
(tags: children comic )
Starbucks to Provide Free College Education to Thousands of Workers
(tags: education usa business )
The Best of TV: Analyzing IMDB Data on 90,000 TV Series
(tags: tv )
Chinese gov’t reveals Microsoft’s secret list of Android-killer patents
(tags: Microsoft android patents china )
Rich pay 35% of their income in tax, poorest pay 43%
(tags: tax uk )
Green party peer put on database of extremists after police surveillance
(tags: green police surveillance )
The True Cost of Hidden Money (and what we can do about it)
(tags: tax money )
Patient sings through surgery to save voice
(tags: surgery hypnosis singing )
What happened to the Northern Conservative Vote?
(tags: conservatives uk politics )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3108069.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3054599.html

Engagements: 23 Oct 2013: House of Commons debates - TheyWorkForYou
(tags: web censorship uk )
Scottish independence white paper: key facts
(tags: scotland independence )
Once You Use Bitcoin You Can't Go 'Back' — And That's Its Fatal Flaw (Interesting POV)
(tags: bitcoin )
Scottish independence: White Paper key extracts
(tags: independence scotland )
I have never understood the rules of cricket
(tags: cricket games video funny epicfail viajohnbobshaun )
5 Time management tricks I learned from years of hating Tim Ferriss
(tags: productivity funny writing )
Is the War Doctor now considered as the canonical ninth Doctor?
(tags: drwho NeilGaiman canon )
How Doctor Who Will Actually End
(tags: drwho comic )
This is what happens when you let students review their teachers
(tags: reviews education funny )
Unpaid Internships Must Be Destroyed
(tags: work employment law usa )
YouTube hilariously impotent against ASCII comment pornographers
(tags: youtube porn google epicfail comments )
Study finds one in 10 high school students hurt by dating partners in the last year.
(tags: relationships abuse usa )
Art Makes You Smart
(tags: art thinking intelligence museums )
Ocean Wave Simulation
(tags: webgl ocean graphics )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3010268.html

Netflix's New Look Is a Glimpse at the Future of TV
(tags: netflix tv vod )
What's wrong with the Google+ YouTube Integration.
(tags: google googleplus youtube fail )
How NSA and GCHQ hacked OPEC and others
(tags: uk usa spying opec )
How Feminism Hurts Men
(tags: feminism )
TV: Like Twitter only mind-numbingly slow.
(tags: tv media twitter )
Quesada Details Miracleman's Return
(tags: Miracleman comics NeilGaiman )
The Math Trick Behind MP3s, JPEGs, and Homer Simpson’s Face
(tags: mathematics mp3 compression graphics )
This is why I'm not watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
(tags: marvel comic review tv )
A valuable weapon in war against drug-resistant superbugs
(tags: antibiotics drugs )
China will look to Thorium Molten Salt Reactors to for energy without water cooling for Arid regions starting in 2040
(tags: nuclearpower thorium china )
The new Motorola "Moto G" looks impressive - mid-range phone at a low-end price.
(tags: motorola android phones )
Tony Blair kept Cabinet in the dark over Iraq deliberately as ministers evaluated the case for war in 2003
(tags: tonyblair war iraq )
The glass ceiling illustrated in one ‘meet the staff’ web page
(tags: gender work )
What a real post baby body looks like.
(tags: bodies women pregnancy )
What Chinese students think of American food
(tags: china usa food )
Menstrual cycle influences concussion outcomes
(tags: menstruation women healthcare )
Tiny spreadsheet in 30 lines of Javascript.
(tags: javascript excel impressive )
86 year old makes a beautiful rage comic
Click to view.
(tags: comic life history )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3002215.html

Petition : Put an end to commercial 'parenting club' reps in Maternity Units
(tags: petition children nhs )
Ads Are Coming To Gmail For Android
(tags: advertising gmail )
AMD's Direct3D alternative is a fascinating move in the consumer 3D API space
(tags: computers technology 3d amd graphics )
By the end of 2014 solar power should no longer need subsidy in many countries.
(tags: solarpower )
French Gendarmerie converts to linux - lowers costs by 40%
(tags: opensource france linux )
Flat-Pack Energy: Ikea Selling Solar Panels
(tags: uk solarpower ikea )
How should long-term unemployment be tackled? (I like the IPPR suggestion)
(tags: uk jobs )
How the BBC copes with a massive range of browsers.
(tags: html5 html web bbc )
Is poor NHS care killing 2,000 children a year?
(tags: nhs )
What we really don’t know about the Celts
(tags: history )
It is very hard to be sad while watching a husky frolic in leaves
(tags: dogs viaSkreidle video )
Street Harassment: Is a Man Running Over a 14-Year Old Girl for Refusing Sex Serious Enough?
(tags: sex assault )
This Guy's Eaten Nothing but Raw Meat for Five Years
(tags: food )
Sometimes, people on the internet are absolutely lovely
(tags: niceness kickstarter internet )
How to be miserable in ten easy steps
(tags: happiness advice )
What the US shutdown means for people outside the US - and what's coming next...
(tags: finance usa )
There are now several gene therapies in late-stage human trials.
(tags: genetics medicine )
Musicians spot mistakes more quickly and more accurately than non-musicians
(tags: music mistakes )
Food verbiage that should be banned
(tags: food language viafanf )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2978822.html

Google engineer spills the beans on DRM - It's about controlling hardware companies
(tags: google drm )
High-carb intake in infancy has lifelong effects
(tags: diet metabolism children carbohydrates )
Bolshoi ballet was 'giant brothel' claims former dancer
(tags: prostitution sex russia ballet )
Hyper-Realistic CGI Is Killing Photographers, Thrilling Product Designers
(tags: cgi advertising graphics photography )
Diamonds Are Bullshit
(tags: history diamonds advertising )
Music sales are not affected by piracy
(tags: music copyright piracy )
Why taxi drivers will ask you which way to go.
(tags: driving taxis )
The Guide For Americans Visiting Europe
(tags: europe travel advice usa )
Sugar, not fat, exposed as deadly villain in obesity epidemic
(tags: diet sugar )
A brief (recent) history of the Lib Dems’ flagship tax-cut for the low-paid
(tags: history uk tax libdem )
The women who voted before women had the vote
(tags: history women voting )
Fascinating to see the SDP/Liberal splt in the Lib-Dem responses to the budget.
(tags: politics libdem )
Dizzying complexity: what happens when you visit the Google home page.
(tags: technology complexity )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2888511.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2819670.html

There is no economic case for regional pay
(tags: libdem pay uk economics )
Bring in migrants to cut billions from deficit
(tags: immigration economics uk )
10 Reasons Why Oxytocin Is The Most Amazing Molecule In The World
(tags: psychology emotion oxytocin )
If you "Like" something on Facebook, you just gave it permission to post in your Timeline.
(tags: advertising facebook )
Pupil Premium's first year: Grade A or could do better?
(tags: school UK education politics )
What happens if a batter tries to hit a baseball thrown at 90% of the speed of light?
(tags: baseball funny science xkcd physics )
Free users can now create LJ polls
(tags: polls livejournal )
The best post I've read on rape jokes.
To which I would add that jokes are subjective. Declaring that X "is not funny" just doesn't parse as a sentence to me, and indicates that the speaker has failed to understand humour in particular and taste in general.
(tags: humour rape jokes )
A handy Higgs Boson flowchart. Can you understand it?
(tags: funny flowchart physics higgs )
The video for Amanda Palmer's "Want It Back" is lots of fun. (Warning: Stop motion nudity)
(tags: stopmotion music video AmandaPalmer )
Angela Merkel backs parental right to chop bits off their baby's penis
(tags: germany circumcision )
Indifferent cats in amateur porn
(tags: nsfw funny cats porn )
Stunning image shows boy watching solar eclipse... taken from 1.5 miles away
(tags: viaPhilmoPhlegm eclipse photo )
Some bird and bat species are disproportionately affected by wind turbines
(tags: viaPhilmoPhlegm wildlife bats birds wind )
1200 years ago, Earth was struck by a mysterious energy burst.
(tags: radiation science history )
How to Make a Rape Joke
(tags: humour jokes rape )
Logging Spider - I had no idea we now had walking machines this awesome
(tags: awesome transport Technology )
How to spec out a truly ridiculous music system
(tags: funny amplification music )
There's a Defense Grid 2 Kickstarter. Go give them all your money!!!
(tags: epicwin kickstarter DefenseGrid )
What divorced readers did with their wedding rings
(tags: relationships divorce jewelry wedding )
I try to avoid doing this, because I loathe it when others do it.
(tags: geeks culture society nerd )
Super Resolution From a Single Image
(tags: computers graphics resolution research )
Scenes From A Multiverse takes on Game Of Thrones
(tags: GameOfThones funny comic )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2748710.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2705179.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2700141.html

Combining images from Disney movies with drunken text messages for sheer internet awesomeness!
(tags: disney alcohol text funny )
WebGL Water. Nice demo.
I remember when this kind of thing would take up the complete CPU of my computer, while running as native code.
(tags: webgl javascript html5 3d graphics water )
This is what it looks like when the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere bans advertising
(tags: brazil advertising saopaulo )
Belarus makes it illegal to use non-Belarusian websites.
(tags: belarus internet censorship law )
A fascinating piece on the lead hacker behind the world's busiest spam botnet
(tags: spam hacking )
Invisible Undersea Monster Makes Marine Biologist Scream
(tags: octopus video biology camouflage )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2616408.html

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