tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209 andrewducker andrewducker 2025-11-10T12:39:17Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4631329 2025-11-10T12:00:07Z 2025-11-10T12:39:17Z public 12 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487" rel="nofollow">1. How the world's richest man is boosting the British right</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fascism">fascism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ElonMusk">ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:twitter">twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bias">bias</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/" rel="nofollow">2. James Watson: From DNA pioneer to untouchable pariah</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:biography">biography</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:DNA">DNA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/" rel="nofollow">3. Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/" rel="nofollow">4. Reminder that the New York Times regularly prints hateful nonsense (an article about someone they tried to interview about Zohran Mamdani)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:newyork">newyork</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:journalism">journalism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaKenny">viaKenny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n20pRks-qP4" rel="nofollow">5. A bunch of engineers built a drifting wheelchair for an injured coworker. It looks awesome.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disability">disability</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02461-1" rel="nofollow">6. The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:biology">biology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genetics">genetics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:earth">earth</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/louvre-fedora-man-ap-photo-c0d59847ef5f836a0c5ac49de8bff441" rel="nofollow">7. Meet the teen behind the Louvre 'Fedora Man' mystery photo</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:france">france</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:photos">photos</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Paris">Paris</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:style">style</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dr8gzdz1wo" rel="nofollow">8. New flu virus mutation could see 'worst season in a decade' (get your vaccinations!)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:flu">flu</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251104012959.htm" rel="nofollow">9. Long-term Melatonin use associated with much higher risk of heart problems and death</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:medicine">medicine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:heart">heart</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/democrats-shutdown-mistake/684878/" rel="nofollow">10. Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyn22z24ndo" rel="nofollow">11. Scotland's first commercial windfarm will be able to deliver five times more clean power than before after being upgraded</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:windpower">windpower</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4631329" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4495780 2024-11-14T12:00:09Z 2024-11-14T12:00:09Z public 16 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/opinion/i-no-longer-trust-opinion-polls-3378149" rel="nofollow">1. I no longer trust opinion polls</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:polls">polls</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fail">fail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=SvY9Uq7I30Y&amp;si=mWwqvBuIIdgOgar1" rel="nofollow">2. Secret Level - an anthology TV series based around various computer games</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TV">TV</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animation">animation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meeting" rel="nofollow">3. The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:communication">communication</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-supporters-donald-trump-split-ticket-reasons-establishment-1983849" rel="nofollow">4. AOC Shares Reasons Why Her Supporters Voted for Trump</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:voting">voting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure-i-voted-for-someone-whose-policies-might-kill-you-but-nows-the-time-to-put-aside-our-differences" rel="nofollow">5. Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but Now's the Time to Put Aside Our Differences</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6k9wg03e8o" rel="nofollow">6. Baby red panda dies from firework stress, says Edinburgh Zoo</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:panda">panda</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fireworks">fireworks</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4495780" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4432709 2024-05-24T11:00:09Z 2024-05-24T11:00:09Z public 5 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/business/national-grid-green-upgrade-new-pylons-uk-3070669" rel="nofollow">1. New pylons to be installed across the UK in National Grid's £30bn green upgrade</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:infrastructure">infrastructure</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/751281262054047744?source=share" rel="nofollow">2. For whom Good Omens is being written</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neilgaiman">neilgaiman</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:terrypratchett">terrypratchett</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:alzheimers">alzheimers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TV">TV</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.itv.com/news/2024-05-21/fa-resists-government-pressure-to-change-its-transgender-inclusion-policy#Echobox=1716359079" rel="nofollow">3. Football Association resists government pressure to change its transgender inclusion policy</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:football">football</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sports">sports</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/with-weight-loss-drugs-booming-companies-target-dieters-with-new-foods/" rel="nofollow">4. The next food marketing blitz is aimed at people on new weight-loss drugs</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:weight">weight</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drugs">drugs</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9xxd8w57kjo" rel="nofollow">5. Daily cannabis use overtakes drinking for first time in US</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marijuana">marijuana</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:alcohol">alcohol</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://dieworkwear.com/2018/07/04/the-suit-died-but-for-good-reasons/" rel="nofollow">6. The Suit Died, but for Good Reasons</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:clothing">clothing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:monarchy">monarchy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:class">class</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://charity.wtf/2024/01/05/questionable-advice-my-boss-says-we-dont-need-any-engineering-managers-is-he-right/" rel="nofollow">7. Managers - what are they good for?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:management">management</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:software">software</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.404media.co/google-is-paying-reddit-60-million-for-fucksmith-to-tell-its-users-to-eat-glue/" rel="nofollow">8. Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Reddit">Reddit</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Google">Google</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:safety">safety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:headline">headline</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4432709" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4407993 2024-03-14T12:00:07Z 2024-03-14T12:00:07Z public 46 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Mt3nJBZ80" rel="nofollow">1. Did you know there was an old rifle range under Edinburgh's Waverley Station? (6 minutes in to this video)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:guns">guns</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trains">trains</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/12/investing/boeing-is-in-big-trouble/index.html" rel="nofollow">2. What's been going on with Boeing? (they seem to have forgotten that making planes requires attention to detail)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:safety">safety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/764-com-child-predator-network/" rel="nofollow">3. A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major internet platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68518623" rel="nofollow">4. Giant redwoods: The world's largest trees are thriving in the UK. (Except for not reproducing)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trees">trees</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-all-you-can-eat-buffets" rel="nofollow">5. The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://thelivingfossils.substack.com/p/the-existential-relief-of-having" rel="nofollow">6. The Existential Relief of Having Children</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:anxiety">anxiety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:stress">stress</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:parenting">parenting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:life">life</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://filmstories.co.uk/news/the-abyss-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-uk-release-the-bbfc-comments-on-its-cancellation/#:~:text=The%20UK%204K%20Ultra%20HD,promised%20remaster%20of%20the%20movie" rel="nofollow">7. The Abyss 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray UK release | The BBFC comments on its cancellation</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rats">rats</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animals">animals</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jamescameron">jamescameron</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BluRay">BluRay</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/sarahmarvelous/3322942829984860428?igsh=MWdyc2o2dnp4a3lycw%3D%3D" rel="nofollow">8. Do your pets help you make food? You ain't seen nothing yet!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cows">cows</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/611864/lgbtq-identification.aspx" rel="nofollow">9. LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6% (and dramatically higher in Gen Z)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:demographics">demographics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03-05-ai-reveals-prostate-cancer-not-just-one-disease" rel="nofollow">10. AI reveals prostate cancer has two distinct subtypes</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cancer">cancer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:prostate">prostate</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=_oYSiPBUuC8&amp;si=XMLNVdmaV_cERlvb" rel="nofollow">11. The full version of Tenacious D's - ...Baby One More Time cover is out. And even more awesome than you'd expect</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BritneySpears">BritneySpears</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:awesome">awesome</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:panda">panda</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/diane-abbott-racist-sexist-tory-party-donor-frank-hester-labour-starmer-b2512016.html" rel="nofollow">12. Yes, the Tories are outrageously racist and sexist - but Labour is guilty too (writes Diane Abbott)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://newatlas.com/energy/sand-battery-finland/" rel="nofollow">13. Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sand">sand</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:heat">heat</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:battery">battery</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:finland">finland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/menopause-whales-live-longer-study-b2512062.html" rel="nofollow">14. The only other mammals to go through the menopause live longer because of it</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:menstruation">menstruation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:whales">whales</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:longevity">longevity</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/office-for-national-statistics-short-term-lets-and-edinburgh-a-story-of-capacity-and-impact/" rel="nofollow">15. New ONS figures show how Edinburgh's share of short term lets is massive by comparison to practically everywhere else in the UK</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rental">rental</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:holidays">holidays</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tourism">tourism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68556914" rel="nofollow">16. New extremism definition unveiled by British government. Is very vague.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://forward.com/culture/592580/j-k-rowling-holocaust-denial-trans/" rel="nofollow">17. I see that J.K. Rowling is now engaging in anti-trans Holocaust denial</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Holocaust">Holocaust</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jkrowling">jkrowling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/opinion/assisted-dying-in-canada-is-accepted-but-the-uk-should-tread-carefully-2954597" rel="nofollow">18. Assisted dying in Canada is accepted - but the UK should tread carefully</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:euthanasia">euthanasia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:canada">canada</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68451536" rel="nofollow">19. I was getting bored of running - then I found joggling</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:juggling">juggling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:running">running</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jogging">jogging</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:exercise">exercise</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4407993" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4263148 2023-03-04T12:00:10Z 2023-03-04T12:00:10Z public 16 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/privileges-committeeboris-johnson-report" rel="nofollow">1. Privileges Committee Believes Boris Johnson May Have Misled House On Partygate</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BorisJohnson">BorisJohnson</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lies">lies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/germany-ap-brussels-swedish-co2-emissions-b2293492.html" rel="nofollow">2. EU countries postpone vote on combustion engine ban (because Germany wants to be allowed to keep making them)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cars">cars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pollution">pollution</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbots-emily-m-bender.html" rel="nofollow">3. ChatGPT Is Nothing Like a Human, And having it pretend to be one leads us in very difficult directions</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:morality">morality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/11/theres-a-good-reason-why-so-many-terrorists-are-engineers/" rel="nofollow">4. There's a Good Reason Why So Many Terrorists Are Engineers</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:terrorism">terrorism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1631773605414551552?t=LohCDv2fshSb6g_Zrk5lCw&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">5. "Eat Out To Help Out" caused an increase in Covid cases. Matt Hancock covered it up.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Pandemic">Pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:restaurant">restaurant</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:murder">murder</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:censorship">censorship</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/01/iowa-same-sex-marriage-ban-gay/" rel="nofollow">6. Iowa: Republicans propose ban on same-sex marriage</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marriage">marriage</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:republicans">republicans</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://oolong.medium.com/weird-pride-day-232465b67dd9#repost" rel="nofollow">7. Happy Weird Pride Day!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:weird">weird</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pride">pride</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.foodtimeline.org/" rel="nofollow">8. Food Timeline: food history research service</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4263148" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4229617 2022-12-12T12:00:13Z 2022-12-12T12:00:13Z public 7 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-terminal-engineering-feat-germany-11670513353" rel="nofollow">1. The Five-Year Engineering Feat Germany Pulled Off in Months</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Germany">Germany</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gas">gas</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:energy">energy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Russia">Russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:impressive">impressive</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/10/25/660191806/what-happens-when-a-country-bans-spanking" rel="nofollow">2. Countries that have banned spanking have lower rates of violence amongst children</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:violence">violence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:spanking">spanking</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63859184" rel="nofollow">3. Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Cancer">Cancer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genes">genes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/where-do-teaching-skeletons-come-from/" rel="nofollow">4. Where Do US Teaching Skeletons Come From?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:education">education</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bodies">bodies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/aspartame-sweetener-anxiety-link-behaviour-b2242037.html" rel="nofollow">5. Aspartame makes mice anxious. And their children. and their grandchildren</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:anxiety">anxiety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mice">mice</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=UPSRaqFcguY&amp;feature=share" rel="nofollow">6. If you're in London you should go see The Wolves in the Walls</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wolves">wolves</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:theatre">theatre</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:puppets">puppets</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:London">London</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neilgaiman">neilgaiman</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/i4YRXNtosNQ?feature=share" rel="nofollow">7. On White Girls Wearing Braids as Cultural Appropriation</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cultural_appropriation">cultural_appropriation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hair">hair</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:race">race</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/weather/edinburgh-zoo-webcam-captures-the-adorable-moment-penguins-play-in-the-snow-3949914" rel="nofollow">8. I object to headlines about Edinburgh Zoo penguins playing adorably in the snow when the video clearly shows them just standing about acting entirely normal!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:headline">headline</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:journalism">journalism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:penguins">penguins</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://at.tumblr.com/andrewducker/703373261793263616/0q6sqw5733x0" rel="nofollow">9. This lizard is behaving exactly the same as our cat, Jim</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animals">animals</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:behaviour">behaviour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@em0/109494729273725207" rel="nofollow">10. What happens to your smartphone when it gets stolen?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:iphone">iphone</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4229617" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4217032 2022-11-11T12:00:11Z 2022-11-11T12:00:11Z public 12 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/08/1062886/heres-how-a-twitter-engineer-says-it-will-break-in-the-coming-weeks/" rel="nofollow">1. Twitter has already started suffering minor issues, it's going to get a lot worse</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/700539883908972544/samthefrank-fetus-cakes-nighthood" rel="nofollow">2. Animating over reality with pens, transparencies, and white-out</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animation">animation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63499057" rel="nofollow">3. KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion (for *cheesy chicken* of all things!)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:chicken">chicken</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:kfc">kfc</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Holocaust">Holocaust</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jews">Jews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/10/does-twitter-have-any-employees-left-who-remember-that-the-company-is-under-a-strict-consent-decree-with-the-ftc/" rel="nofollow">4. Does Twitter Have Any Employees Left Who Remember That The Company Is Under A Strict Consent Decree With The FTC?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1590696859869536256" rel="nofollow">5. Highlighting the many "successes" of Twitter's new identify verification system</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Identity">Identity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.platformer.news/p/inside-the-twitter-meltdown" rel="nofollow">6. Inside the Twitter meltdown</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Swilua/status/1590417106956582912?t=kxvJbeQWT7Hfh1ERlWuNdA&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">7. Clearly the best artist's assistant</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dog">dog</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:art">art</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4217032" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4204363 2022-10-12T11:00:10Z 2022-10-12T11:00:10Z public 9 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/A9hCzjBc7Q4" rel="nofollow">1. Three Decades of Akira Slide Homages</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Akira">Akira</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.medialens.org/2022/mass-media-omerta-burying-al-jazeeras-the-labour-files/" rel="nofollow">2. Mass Media Omertà: Burying Al Jazeera's 'The Labour Files'</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:journalism">journalism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/ake44z/elon-musk-vladimir-putin-ukraine" rel="nofollow">3. Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ElonMusk">ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Russia">Russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Ukraine">Ukraine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:war">war</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:propaganda">propaganda</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/TheDreadShips/status/1579946470543077376?t=h7leHdpWXOk3PX-0IAJ1Uw&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">4. The female engineering genius who failed her exams 37 times</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wwii">wwii</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ships">ships</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-city-plan-ban-on-greenbelt-development-could-cost-3600-jobs-claims-study-3875959" rel="nofollow">5. Edinburgh plans to displace manufacturing for housing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pound-falls-bank-of-england-governor-not-extend-emergency-support-1906721" rel="nofollow">6. Pound falls sharply after Bank of England governor says he will not extend emergency support</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economy">economy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4204363" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4174059 2022-07-21T11:00:08Z 2022-07-21T11:00:08Z public 6 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/18/dma-council-gives-final-approval-to-new-rules-for-fair-competition-online/" rel="nofollow">1. New EU rules come in affecting Google, Apple, etc. The fallout is going to be *fascinating*</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:google">google</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:apple">apple</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/sizewell-c-location-nuclear-power-station-uk-b2127347.html" rel="nofollow">2. Sizewell C nuclear power station approved by UK government amid energy crisis</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nuclearpower">nuclearpower</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nyx-ai.github.io/stylegan2-flax-tpu/" rel="nofollow">3. This Food Does Not Exist 🍪🍰🍣🍹</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fake">fake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/sonicmega/status/1549651495997476864?t=bnhiqTGoy1W90azUGYlPZQ&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">4. The cute lovable robot dogs now have assault rifle attachments</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:robots">robots</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dogs">dogs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:guns">guns</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/quidditch-changes-its-name-to-distance-itself-from-jk-rowling-12655525" rel="nofollow">5. Quidditch changes its name to distance itself from JK Rowling</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jkrowling">jkrowling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sports">sports</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://katymontgomerie.medium.com/addressing-the-claims-in-jk-rowlings-justification-for-transphobia-7b6f761e8f8f" rel="nofollow">6. Addressing The Claims In JK Rowling's Justification For Transphobia</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jkrowling">jkrowling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-i-discovered-an-important-question-a-doctor-should-ask-a-patient/2015/03/09/ca350634-bb9c-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html" rel="nofollow">7. A doctor discovers an important question patients should be asked</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaEatSoylentGreen">viaEatSoylentGreen</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/edinburgh-secures-blockbuster-doctor-who-exhibition-for-shows-60th-anniversary-year-3776635" rel="nofollow">8. Edinburgh secures blockbuster Doctor Who exhibition for show's 60th anniversary year</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drwho">drwho</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-62246260" rel="nofollow">9. Scotland's Drugs Death Taskforce chief says punishing addicts must stop</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drugs">drugs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:addiction">addiction</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://practical.engineering/blog/2022/6/20/4-myths-about-construction-debunked" rel="nofollow">10. 4 Myths About Construction: Debunked</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:myths">myths</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:construction">construction</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:FactCheck">FactCheck</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-red-tape-musicians-elton-john-b2127653.html" rel="nofollow">11. Brexit red tape: Bookings of UK musicians at EU's biggest festivals crash by 45%</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4174059" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4076605 2021-11-20T12:00:10Z 2021-11-20T12:00:10Z public 12 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.imfineimfine.com/p/you-are-a-sim?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzk2NDEzOCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDM4MDU4OTMsIl8iOiJQcmRueCIsImlhdCI6MTYzNzMzMzMxMywiZXhwIjoxNjM3MzM2OTEzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNDMyMDM4Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.8KadVyu_TkfmCn8JE4auzObNr78_8VM1Lx-BMVzqvMA" rel="nofollow">What's life like with executive dysfunction?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:behaviour">behaviour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mentalhealth">mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:organisation">organisation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tidiness">tidiness</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/closedtous/" rel="nofollow">York council are making it impossible for people with disabilities to access the city centre</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disability">disability</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:yorkshire">yorkshire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://necromolds.com/" rel="nofollow">Necromolds: When wargaming meets Playdoh!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gaming">gaming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wargames">wargames</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sculpture">sculpture</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/transport-for-north-tfn-rail-b1960906.html" rel="nofollow">Boris Johnson strips Transport for the North of powers after it criticises his rail plan</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trains">trains</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/new-covid-drugs-are-here-and-they-could-change-the-pandemic/" rel="nofollow">New Covid Drugs Are Here—and They Could Change the Pandemic</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Pandemic">Pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:medicine">medicine</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/amp/games-workshop-fights-back-against-fascist-hate-symbols-in-the-warhammer-40k-community/" rel="nofollow">Games Workshop fights back against fascist hate symbols in the Warhammer 40K community</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:warhammer">warhammer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fascism">fascism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.onbeyondzarathustra.com/traintoomelas" rel="nofollow">The Ones Who Take the Train to Omelas (mostly for the pictures)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:short_story">short_story</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.satellite-evolution.com/post/pangea-aerospace-successfully-hot-fire-tests-the-first-methalox-aerospike-engine-in-the-world" rel="nofollow">Pangea Aerospace successfully hot fire tests the first MethaLox aerospike engine in the world</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/jayb0b/status/1461994265723260930?t=wNvjTvNStPfpSYbrfkPTGw&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">Looks like I'll be skipping the Wheel of Time TV show</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TV">TV</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fantasy">fantasy</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4076605" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4063650 2021-10-20T11:00:06Z 2021-10-20T11:00:06Z public 8 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/tragedy-the-last-duel-flopping-box-office/" rel="nofollow">The Tragedy of The Last Duel Flopping at the Box Office (I do actually fancy this. But I'm not going to a cinema until cases are 1/20 of what they are now)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:RidleyScott">RidleyScott</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dominic-raab-afghanistan-kabul-b1940968.html" rel="nofollow">The British ambassador to Afghanistan repeatedly warned Dominic Raab that Kabul would swiftly fall into Taliban hands</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:afghanistan">afghanistan</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-delta-sub-variant-latest-b1941062.html" rel="nofollow">New Delta sub-variant is 15% more transmissible</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/three-names-new-edinburgh-primary-21849818.amp" rel="nofollow">New Edinburgh primary school to get one of three names as shortlist unveiled (Sophia will be there in 2 years)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:school">school</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:names">names</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/TheClaudiaBlack/status/1450199944686604301?t=1hZuWlQD5PPRefWFHW3cqw&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">The time Claudia Black gave James McAvoy advice</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:acting">acting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://qntm.org/abolish" rel="nofollow">So You Want To Abolish Time Zones...</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:time">time</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.droid-life.com/2021/04/24/android-12-extra-dim-awesome-feature/amp/" rel="nofollow">Android 12's Extra Dim Feature is One of My Favorites</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Android">Android</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:darkness">darkness</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:light">light</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:phones">phones</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1450522487679295504?t=n-f35hJ5tYm0OOXwWQ821g&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">An interesting fact that political campaigners ought to know</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marketing">marketing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comics">comics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/665533455789096960/whatshouldwecallhomer-marisolinspades" rel="nofollow">Memes of classical history</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:meme">meme</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/hachx0/status/1450140177284927499?t=2GcDE1gk5ANlhM7GTDJ79g&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">Engineers know who is to blame for the Trolley Problem</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/us-pig-kidney-transplant-human-b1941625.html" rel="nofollow">Surgeons perform first successful transplant using pig kidney in a human</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pigs">pigs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:humans">humans</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:organs">organs</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4063650" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4053421 2021-09-27T11:00:11Z 2021-09-27T11:00:11Z public 12 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-rayner-labour-conference-tories-b1927146.html" rel="nofollow">Angela Rayner defends pointing out that PM and senior Tories are scum</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-starmer-corbyn-conor-mcginn-wes-streeting-b1927228.html" rel="nofollow">Labour's eternal civil war really is awful</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-labour-nationalisation-energy-companies-b1927267.html" rel="nofollow">Labour delegates vote to nationalise energy firms in defeat for Keir Starmer</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_6393a3cab16cabbe7bfa1e77505a6ef8" rel="nofollow">It's not your age that's slowing your metabolism, new research says.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:age">age</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:metabolism">metabolism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fitness">fitness</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/student-loan-repayment-graduate-earnings-b1927413.html" rel="nofollow">Government to cut threshold for graduate repayment of student loans</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:university">university</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2002/11/engineering-pornography/" rel="nofollow">How do you repair a major underground power cable? (Impressive engineering feats!)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:impressive">impressive</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-wQnWUhX5Y" rel="nofollow">Repairing Underground Power Cables Is Nearly Impossible (a video on the story I shared earlier - complete with an update!)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:impressive">impressive</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/nhs-doctors-novavax-trial-travel-boosters" rel="nofollow">NHS Doctors Who Volunteered In Novavax Trial Say They're Unable To Travel Or Get Boosters</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vaccination">vaccination</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:research">research</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/LydiaCaradonna/status/1442398205669519363?s=09" rel="nofollow">What it's like when the police raid a brothel</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sexwork">sexwork</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/respect" rel="nofollow">Do you *really* respect other people's beliefs?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:belief">belief</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4053421" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4021748 2021-07-11T11:00:10Z 2021-07-11T11:00:10Z public 24 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/quest-for-green-cement-draws-big-name-investors-to-300b-industry/" rel="nofollow">Quest for "green" cement draws big name investors to $300B industry</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Extra info https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27795416</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:materials">materials</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:co2">co2</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cement">cement</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2021/07/off-patent-osteoporosis-drug-also-found-to-extend-lifespan.html" rel="nofollow">Off-Patent Osteoporosis Drug Also Found to Extend Lifespan</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lifespan">lifespan</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="http://m.nautil.us/issue/102/hidden-truths/the-planets-with-the-giant-diamonds-inside" rel="nofollow">The Planets with the Giant Diamonds Inside (inside two fascinating planets you don't hear much about)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:planets">planets</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:astronomy">astronomy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/why-gamers-love-speedrunning/" rel="nofollow">Why Do Gamers Love Speedrunning So Much Anyway?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:speed">speed</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://bylinetimes.com/2021/07/08/governments-mass-infection-plan-pushed-by-great-barrington-declaration-lobbying-effort-to-end-covid-protections/" rel="nofollow">Government's Mass Infection Plan pushed by Great Barrington Declaration Lobbying Effort to End COVID Protections</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conspiracy">conspiracy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vaccine">vaccine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/mask-wearing-anti-social-personality-traits-study-brazil-b1347252.html" rel="nofollow">Not wearing a mask is associated with antisocial traits</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-fund-boris-johnson-aid-cop26-b1877116.html" rel="nofollow">Boris Johnson's £11.6bn climate fund to be swiped from aid budget</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:globalwarming">globalwarming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:aid">aid</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/656396056453595136/what-is-the-child-annihilating-zipline" rel="nofollow">What is "The child-annihilating zipline"? (with bonus terrible kitchen redesign)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/no-bids-over-70-indian-coal-mines-up-auction-2021-07-09/" rel="nofollow">No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:coal">coal</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4021748" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4013339 2021-06-20T11:00:10Z 2021-06-20T11:00:10Z public 2 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theroot.com/texas-governor-signs-law-banning-teachers-from-talking-1847109904" rel="nofollow">Texas Governor Signs Law Banning Teachers From Talking About Racism</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://boingboing.net/2021/06/18/doctor-invents-a-hiccup-curing-straw-with-a-90-success-rate.html" rel="nofollow">Doctor invents a hiccup-curing straw with a 90% success rate</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hiccups">hiccups</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theroot.com/make-juneteenth-great-again-the-caucasians-guide-to-ce-1847124121" rel="nofollow">The Caucasian's Guide to Celebrating Juneteenth</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:holidays">holidays</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2016-05-daughter-know-ok-angry/index.html" rel="nofollow">Does Your Daughter Know It's OK To Be Angry?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:anger">anger</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:emotion">emotion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:patriarchy">patriarchy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://hackaday.com/2021/06/10/injection-molded-glass-breakthrough-shatters-ceiling-of-work-methods/" rel="nofollow">Injection-Molded Glass Breakthrough Shatters Ceiling Of Work Methods</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:glass">glass</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaNancyLebov">viaNancyLebov</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://ij.org/press-release/north-carolina-board-tells-retired-engineer-he-cant-talk-about-engineering/" rel="nofollow">North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about engineering</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit-red-tape-stops-royal-british-legion-selling-poppies-in-the-eu-1059903" rel="nofollow">Brexit red tape stops Royal British Legion selling poppies in the EU online</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:charity">charity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/BylineTV/status/1406253970096525314?s=09" rel="nofollow">Brexit farmer faces the consequences of his own actions</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:farming">farming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/the-efforts-to-make-text-based-ai-less-racist-and-terrible/" rel="nofollow">The efforts to make text-based AI less racist and terrible</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/ljsj-courses-under-the-microscope-after-female-teacher-loses-title/" rel="nofollow">Lecturer loses job in London over being a rabbi while also a woman</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:judaism">judaism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:academia">academia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/g7-summit-was-super-spreading-event-for-cornwall-as-cases-rocket-2450-after-johnson-and-biden-visit-1060710" rel="nofollow">G7 summit was 'super spreading' event for Cornwall as cases rocket 2,450% after Johnson and Biden visit</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-57541231" rel="nofollow">Assisted dying bill to be lodged at Scottish Parliament</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:euthanasia">euthanasia</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4013339" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3972969 2021-03-16T12:00:07Z 2021-03-16T12:00:07Z public 11 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/unpacking-roblox-and-its-popularity/" rel="nofollow">What You Need to Know About 'Roblox'—and Why Kids Are Obsessed</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-uk-legal-action-b1817334.html" rel="nofollow">EU launches legal action against UK over serious Northern Ireland protocol breach</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NorthernIreland">NorthernIreland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/03/15/do-liberals-and-conservatives-really-have-different-moral-foundations-differences-may-be-less-clear-cut-than-often-claimed/" rel="nofollow">Do Liberals And Conservatives Really Have Different Moral Foundations?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:voting">voting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/1371043505267736578?s=09" rel="nofollow">Have some very impressive balance/acrobatics</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:impressive">impressive</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/03/justice-leagues-snyder-cut-review-no-longer-whedonesque-and-all-the-better/" rel="nofollow">Justice League's Snyder cut review: No longer Whedonesque—and all the better</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:DC">DC</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:superheroes">superheroes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:review">review</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1370808516752068608?s=09" rel="nofollow">An impressive feat of engineering</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Netherlands">Netherlands</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:roads">roads</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.gov.scot/news/100-000-more-affordable-homes/" rel="nofollow">Scotland aims to build 100,000 more affordable homes</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://newsthump.com/2021/03/14/beatings-will-continue-until-women-know-their-place-confirm-met-police/" rel="nofollow">Beatings will continue until women know their place, confirm Met Police</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:violence">violence</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/caenhillcc/status/1371556805785100296?s=09" rel="nofollow">Who wants to see a baby emu hatch?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:birds">birds</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:eggs">eggs</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/mHB5yzcz7xY" rel="nofollow">Yakko's World but Barack Obama Singing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:barackobama">barackobama</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:world">world</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mashup">mashup</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56407251" rel="nofollow">Covid: UK vaccination surge expected in coming days as 10 million doses arrive from India</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vaccination">vaccination</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:india">india</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590174519300157" rel="nofollow">Seasonal energy storage in aluminium for 100 percent solar heat and electricity supply</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:materials">materials</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:storage">storage</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:metal">metal</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/YPDmNaEG8v4" rel="nofollow">Performance vs Trust (and why you don't always want the most effective person)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trust">trust</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:performance">performance</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3972969" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3968704 2021-03-06T12:00:06Z 2021-03-06T12:00:06Z public 10 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56287913" rel="nofollow">Women in 20s told 'get pregnant' to ease endometriosis symptoms</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pregnancy">pregnancy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-covid-contracts-court-b1813003.html" rel="nofollow">Lying liar Boris Johnson lied to parliament over Covid contracts, court order shows</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lies">lies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BorisJohnson">BorisJohnson</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:contracts">contracts</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56174954" rel="nofollow">What is going on with government Covid contracts?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:contracts">contracts</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:corruption">corruption</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://spacefem.livejournal.com/1043982.html" rel="nofollow">Why I hate "The Knack" (the idea that some people are born to be engineers, and nobody else can be one)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/yfreemark/status/1265625948789133314" rel="nofollow">The amount of money that the average young person can expect to have has dropped dramatically over the last 30 years.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wealth">wealth</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:inequality">inequality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:visualisation">visualisation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/gpdqu4/the_finances_of_harvard_university_2004_vs_201920/" rel="nofollow">Why have Harvard University's expenses gone up 45% between: 2004 and 2019?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:university">university</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:accounting">accounting</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp2IuT-cgHc" rel="nofollow">The Notorious B.I.G. raps H.P. Lovecraft's Nemesis (produced using AI speech synthesis. Impressive stuff)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hplovecraft">hplovecraft</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq" rel="nofollow">NFTs, explained: what they are, and why they're suddenly worth millions</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:art">art</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cryptography">cryptography</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:WTF">WTF</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/AANiffenegger/status/1367614034619596801?s=09" rel="nofollow">Someone forgot to tell Audrey Niffenegger they were making a musical of The Time Traveller's Wife (which she wrote)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:books">books</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wtf">wtf</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:musicals">musicals</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/over50s-booking-holidays-angering-young-people_uk_604136ddc5b617a7e41398d8?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004" rel="nofollow">Young People 'On The Brink Of Revolution' As Older Generations Book Holidays Abroad</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:age">age</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:inequality">inequality</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3968704" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3945981 2021-01-19T12:00:08Z 2021-01-19T12:00:08Z public 5 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/are-we-really-engineers/" rel="nofollow">Asking engineers what they think of software engineering</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:softwareengineering">softwareengineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:software">software</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFanf">viaFanf</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/_LuisRoso/status/1351183479107674113?s=09" rel="nofollow">Are you envious of Umberto Eco's library?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:library">library</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:books">books</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/news/eu-needs-masterplan-to-move-financial-business-from-london" rel="nofollow">"EU needs masterplan to move financial business away from London" says largest parliamentary group</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:finance">finance</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3945981" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3941686 2021-01-11T12:00:06Z 2021-01-11T12:00:06Z public 2 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/LiteraryMouse/status/1347873482550468609" rel="nofollow">Trump's coup was stochastic, incompetent, and undeservedly more successful than it should have been. Here's what happened with the planning and on the day</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1347873482550468609.html</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:coup">coup</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/happyharada/status/1347829712555540481?s=09" rel="nofollow">Wethespoons wants to kill your grandparents</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:alcohol">alcohol</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/10/wild-deer-set-to-wreak-havoc-in-uk-woodlands-as-venison-demand-plunges?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow">The UK needs to reintroduce wolves as soon as possible!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:deer">deer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nature">nature</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/food-in-antarctica?fbclid=IwAR3azuvcTRpbg3NtjXaZCiThQbq4x9rzz9aiUjHlkxdvu4qltKoeC7wx5Ao" rel="nofollow">How staff at the US Antarctic base eat (and with only one food delivery per year)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cooking">cooking</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:antarctic">antarctic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaJane">viaJane</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/us-capitol-riots-arrest-pelosi-desk/index.html" rel="nofollow">Feds say police found a pickup truck full of bombs and guns near Capitol insurrection</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:coup">coup</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/10/does-vitamin-d-combat-covid" rel="nofollow">If you're not already taking vitamin D please please start</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vitaminD">vitaminD</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/sf/laith.htm" rel="nofollow">Why some engineering types are particularly susceptible to crackpot theories</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:science">science</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conspiracy">conspiracy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/10/business/citigroup-bluecross-commerce-bank-pac-donations/index.html" rel="nofollow">Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:coup">coup</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55612735" rel="nofollow">Covid in Scotland: Vaccination programme ramps up</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vaccination">vaccination</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-55582303" rel="nofollow">Scotland's beaver repopulation is not going well</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:beavers">beavers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://davidallengreen.com/2021/01/can-a-presidential-pardon-be-revoked/" rel="nofollow">Can a presidential pardon be revoked?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3941686" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3935684 2020-12-27T12:00:07Z 2020-12-27T12:00:07Z public 8 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2020/dec/24/nature-photographer-of-the-year-2020-the-winners" rel="nofollow">Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 - the winners</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:environment">environment</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:photos">photos</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/25/world/europe/brexit-britain-european-union.html?referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow">The US view on the brexit deal</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/H5IRLp8q2pM" rel="nofollow">Stunning Milky Way time-lapse photobombed by Aurora Borealis</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:astronomy">astronomy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:timelapse">timelapse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:beautiful">beautiful</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:auroraborealis">auroraborealis</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-kruger-effect-probably-not-real" rel="nofollow">The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:statistics">statistics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://blog.dave.tf/post/ip-addr-parsing/" rel="nofollow">Fun with IP address parsing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:numbers">numbers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:standards">standards</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-eu-trade-deal-questions-b1779157.html" rel="nofollow">Key questions about UK's relationship with EU still unanswered, experts warn, after deal published</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://reut.rs/2IZmvpy" rel="nofollow">Norway outlaws hate speech against trans people</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Norway">Norway</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/yYAw79386WI" rel="nofollow">How Differential Steering Let's Cars Drive Around Corners</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cars">cars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:design">design</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3935684" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3847070 2020-06-04T11:00:08Z 2020-06-04T11:00:08Z public 2 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thebrunelmuseum.com/engineering-connections/" rel="nofollow">Victorian Engineering Connections (everyone, apparently, knew everyone)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:visualisation">visualisation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/618477247438995456/hauntedpamplemousse-oodlenoodleroodle-im" rel="nofollow">Feminist action, not feminist identity</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Identity">Identity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:feminism">feminism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/mount-vernon-police-tapes-innocent-people-were-framed" rel="nofollow">Police corruption in the USA really does seem to be endemic</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:corruption">corruption</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.cbr.com/lego-stop-advertising-police-sets-pledges-4-million/" rel="nofollow">LEGO Asks Retailers to Stop Advertising Police Sets, Pledges $4M to Fight Racism</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Lego">Lego</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/madeleine-mccann-disappearance-police-reveal-details-about-latest-suspect-11999972" rel="nofollow">Madeleine McCann: Jailed German paedophile at centre of new police inquiry</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/WardieJerusalem/status/1268316960099573762?s=09" rel="nofollow">Spanish porn star Nacho Vidal, who likes to advertise his aromatic candles shaped like male genitalia on Twitter, has been arrested on manslaughter charges following a man's death during a mystic ritual in which he inhaled psychedelic toad venom</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:headline">headline</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychedelics">psychedelics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/JanFredrikD/status/1268270255509512193?s=09" rel="nofollow">Video of a mud slide dragging multiple houses into the sea</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Norway">Norway</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/04/were-horrified-by-whats-going-on-in-the-usa-of-course-nothing-like-that-could-happen-here" rel="nofollow">Australians horrified by the USA should look to themselves. There have been 432 Aboriginal deaths in custody since 1991 yet there has not been a single conviction</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:australia">australia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/city-built-slaves-remembering-edinburghs-18351617" rel="nofollow">A city built by slaves - remembering Edinburgh's shameful slave trade history</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:slavery">slavery</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3847070" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3749890 2019-06-30T14:29:24Z 2019-06-30T14:29:24Z public 11 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers" rel="nofollow">Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:design">design</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:software">software</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:outsourcing">outsourcing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1144671244069101569?s=09" rel="nofollow">The Conservatives are suffering entryism from Brexit extremists</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://thenib.com/before-stonewall?fbclid=IwAR1qrj-9PXvLjb9Wo7P6pGWD_8OV91lZDMNh75iqXKX271ueq8l7sOqlXow" rel="nofollow">Stonewall was not the start - it took a decade of resistance to reach that point</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:protests">protests</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaLilysea">viaLilysea</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.tor.com/2019/06/13/babylon-5-is-the-greatest-most-terrible-sf-series/" rel="nofollow">Babylon 5 Is the Greatest, Most Terrible SF Series</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tv">tv</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Babylon5">Babylon5</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:review">review</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="http://arethebritsatitagain.com/" rel="nofollow">Are the Brits at it again?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.agu.org/press-release/researchers-model-how-octopus-arms-make-decisions/" rel="nofollow">Researchers model how octopus arms make decisions (and talk to each other without informing the brain)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:octopus">octopus</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:communication">communication</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nerves">nerves</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neuroscience">neuroscience</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2019/06/gildas.html" rel="nofollow">Britain: Ruined since the 5th century</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46427501" rel="nofollow">Scotland's only breast milk bank is looking for volunteers</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:milk">milk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:breastfeeding">breastfeeding</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/28/german-far-right-group-used-police-data-to-compile-death-list" rel="nofollow">German far-right group used police data to compile death list</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fascism">fascism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:germany">germany</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/she-led-britains-largest-lgbt-charity-this-is-why-she-chose?fbclid=IwAR090XooFqeGLv3Melc6cpS7jLvEA14k-WZJXzL33QJF7XLNmQKzzuBKJRo" rel="nofollow">Stonewall's CEO Reveals Why She Decided To Fight For Transgender Rights</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Transgender">Transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/hordie/status/1144381078523842565?s=09" rel="nofollow">Have some relationship advice</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Some great comments too</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relationships">relationships</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/iyagovos/status/1144604273730359296?s=09" rel="nofollow">The computer games industry is renowned for terrible jobs. This is worst than most</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jobs">Jobs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://boingboing.net/2019/06/28/gamgee-proudfoot-took.html" rel="nofollow">Three Halflings in a Trenchcoat: a homebrew fighter class for D&D</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dungeonsanddragons">dungeonsanddragons</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/ray-harryhausen-titan-cinema" rel="nofollow">Ray Harryhausen | Titan of Cinema | National Galleries of Scotland (next year)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:specialeffects">specialeffects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/odavies9/status/1145060985457250304?s=09" rel="nofollow">How tea killed the fairies</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tea">tea</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:myths">myths</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pakistan-asylum-seeker-uk-home-office-immigration-honour-killing-a8968996.html" rel="nofollow">UK to deport aspiring astrophysicist, 23, to Pakistan where she faces death or forced marriage to cousin</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pakistan">pakistan</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.stanford.edu/2018/02/08/avoiding-blackouts-100-renewable-energy/" rel="nofollow">100% renewable energy without blackouts (by 2050)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:renewables">renewables</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3749890" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3657282 2018-07-31T11:00:19Z 2018-07-31T11:00:19Z public 20 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45006340" rel="nofollow">Germany gripped by #MeTwo racism debate</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:germany">germany</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180730104859.htm" rel="nofollow">Fear of litigation is a key factor in decision to perform C-sections</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:childbirth">childbirth</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lawsuit">lawsuit</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/supergutman/status/1023373755043729408?s=09" rel="nofollow">People ask for evidence of Labour antisemitism...</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jews">Jews</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/peter-willsman-labour-party-antsemitism-jewish-trump-jeremy-corbyn-a8470496.html" rel="nofollow">Calls for Corbyn ally on Labour's ruling body to be suspended after claiming antisemitism row was invented by Jewish 'Trump fanatics'</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jews">Jews</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0529-6" rel="nofollow">Terraforming Mars harder than you'd think</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mars">mars</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/inside-the-world-of-racist-science-fiction.html" rel="nofollow">Inside the World of Racist Science Fiction</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:republicans">republicans</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198745" rel="nofollow">Shockingly, people think God looks like they do</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nap.edu/read/24994/chapter/5#60" rel="nofollow">Rates of Sexual Harassment in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:harassment">harassment</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:academia">academia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:science">science</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:medicine">medicine</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2427193336" rel="nofollow">I continue to doubt that there ever was a Jesus</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jesus">Jesus</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:christianity">christianity</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-boys-and-men-disappearing-from-psychology" rel="nofollow">Wanted: more male psychologists</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:men">men</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://ardacraft.me/" rel="nofollow">ArdaCraft - Middle Earth in Minecraft</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Minecraft">Minecraft</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lotr">lotr</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Crist" rel="nofollow">Religious revelation and the origin of Lord of the Rings</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lotr">lotr</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45016893" rel="nofollow">Possibly the world's ugliest baby</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sharks">sharks</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:theft">theft</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:babies">babies</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/lapsed-historian/an-empire-of-stars-d6b24f92cbc7" rel="nofollow">An Empire of Stars - How Britain beat the odds to independently achieve space flight, and then abandoned it on the very same day.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3657282" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3656888 2018-07-29T11:00:12Z 2018-07-29T11:00:12Z public 3 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-politics-bannon/ex-trump-strategist-bannon-targets-britain-in-anti-eu-campaign-idUSKBN1KH260" rel="nofollow">British cabinet ministers meeting with far right nationalist</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-44991229" rel="nofollow">Mary Berry plays drums with Rick Astley at Camp Bestival</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:headline">headline</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cooking">cooking</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/thundermessage-reddits-blockchain-rival-uses-bitcoin-lightning-network-features/" rel="nofollow">ThunderMessage, Reddit's Blockchain Rival, Uses Bitcoin & Lightning Network Features</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bitcoin">bitcoin</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:discussion">discussion</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/the-death-of-a-tld" rel="nofollow">The death of a TLD</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://scifistorm.org/2018/07/28/new-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-series-will-be-sequel-not-reboot/" rel="nofollow">New Buffy: The Vampire Slayer series will be sequel, not reboot</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tv">tv</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:buffy">buffy</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a22550688/sweden-dropped-a-laser-guided-bomb-on-a-forest-fire/" rel="nofollow">Sweden Dropped a Laser-Guided Bomb on a Forest Fire</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Sweden">Sweden</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fire">fire</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://fortune.com/2018/07/27/germany-brandenburg-forest-fire-munitions/" rel="nofollow">Firefighters In Germany Have to Deal With Buried Explosives</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Germany">Germany</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fire">fire</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:explosives">explosives</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/wind/the-troubled-quest-for-the-superconducting-wind-turbine" rel="nofollow">The Troubled Quest for the Superconducting Wind Turbine</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:windpower">windpower</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:superconductors">superconductors</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/97__km/status/1022273182030594049?s=09" rel="nofollow">Levi's now make their distressed jeans with lasers, and it's amazing</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:clothing">clothing</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lasers">lasers</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.dignityindying.org.uk/news/poll-assisted-dying/" rel="nofollow">Largest ever poll on assisted dying shows 82% of public support change in the law</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:euthanasia">euthanasia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-pilots-refuse-deport-asylum-seekers-lufthansa-angela-merkel-migrants-a8092276.html" rel="nofollow">Pilots stop 222 asylum seekers being deported from Germany by refusing to fly</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Germany">Germany</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:asylum">asylum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/28/dcms-report-fake-news-disinformation-brexit-facebook-russia" rel="nofollow">A withering verdict: MPs report on Zuckerberg, Russia and Cambridge Analytica</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:russia">russia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:democracy">democracy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/army-on-standby-for-no-deal-brexit-emergency-dz3359lrf" rel="nofollow">Army on standby for no-deal Brexit emergency</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:military">military</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Katebrowne14/status/1023155444527890432?s=09" rel="nofollow">The British government still doesn't understand what the EU is</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/First100years/status/1023493458881912834?s=09" rel="nofollow">Today marks 98 years since the first female jurors in England were sworn in.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:feminism">feminism</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3656888" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3600727 2018-01-23T12:10:50Z 2018-01-23T12:10:50Z public 46 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-lightning-network-could-make-bitcoin-faster-and-cheaper/" rel="nofollow">The Lightning Network Could Make Bitcoin Faster—and Cheaper</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bitcoin">bitcoin</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42772343" rel="nofollow">Top architect insists Scotland - Ireland bridge is feasible</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bridge">bridge</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ireland">ireland</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42778234" rel="nofollow">Whatever happened to the Brexit talks?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/terrifying-how-a-single-line-of-computer-code-put-thousands-of-innocent-turks-in-jail-1.4495021" rel="nofollow">'Terrifying': How a single line of computer code put thousands of innocent Turks in jail</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:turkey">turkey</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-42724320" rel="nofollow">The (almost) complete history of 'fake news'</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fake">fake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:reporting">reporting</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:news">news</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:media">media</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-engineering-earths-climate-could-seriously-imperil-life/" rel="nofollow">Once you start engineering Earth's climate you can't stop</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:globalwarming">globalwarming</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/alexdecampi/status/955450884217073664?s=09" rel="nofollow">How to deal with Twitter trolls</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:troll">troll</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:harassment">harassment</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:twitter">twitter</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://nypost.com/2018/01/21/police-union-slashes-number-of-get-out-of-jail-free-cards-issued/" rel="nofollow">New York *literally* has a "get out of jail" card. 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href="https://twitter.com/ireland/status/954792642327523329?s=09" rel="nofollow">Why Churchill was a vicious racist villain</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Africa">Africa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:afghanistan">afghanistan</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://civicskunk.works/seattles-15-minimum-wage-experiment-is-a-success-2fd7c921031d" rel="nofollow">Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Experiment Is a Success</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:minimumwage">minimumwage</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small> 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href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42774902" rel="nofollow">Driver behaviour transformed by A90 average speed cameras</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:speed">speed</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:driving">driving</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:safety">safety</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cameras">cameras</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/22/578664161/nursing-home-recreates-communist-east-germany-for-dementia-patients" rel="nofollow">Nursing Home Recreates Communist East Germany for Dementia Patients</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dementia">dementia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:age">age</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:care">care</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:germany">germany</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:memory">memory</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/trump-puts-30-tariff-on-imported-solar-cells-and-modules/" rel="nofollow">Trump puts 30% tariff on imported solar cells and modules</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:solarpower">solarpower</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:china">china</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://qz.com/1180434/europes-central-banks-are-starting-to-replace-us-dollar-reserves-with-the-chinese-yuan/" rel="nofollow">Europe's central banks are 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