tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209Very cool, if trueandrewduckerandrewducker2023-11-03T12:00:10Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4359545Interesting Links for 03-11-20232023-11-03T12:00:10Z2023-11-03T12:00:10Zpublic9<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-67289999?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">1. Bigots lose Scottish court case over definition of 'woman'</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://x.com/Alfaromeo170/status/1719312020183322691?t=2KnnY6UHxNoD_owTLBoz5w&s=09" rel="nofollow">2. The Information Commissioner found, two years ago, that the Scottish Government didn't use WhatsApp for discussions.</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:government">government</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:communication">communication</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0d83q4ng1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">3. Ancient roman road found in Stirling garden.</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:Rome">Rome</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:archeology">archeology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thebeatles.com/read-what-peter-jackson-says-about-making-beatles-last-music-video" rel="nofollow">4. Peter Jackson Talks About Making The Beatles' Last Music Video</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:peterjackson">peterjackson</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Beatles">Beatles</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/insulin-people-data-diabetes-uk-germany-b2440807.html" rel="nofollow">5. Insulin less temperature-sensitive than previously thought (can cope at temperatures up to 25 degrees for 6 months)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insulin">insulin</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:diabetes">diabetes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:temperature">temperature</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33812/this-plane-wasnt-snooping-on-protesters-in-los-angeles-it-was-dropping-irradiated-bugs" rel="nofollow">6. This Plane Wasn't Snooping On Protesters In Los Angeles, It Was Dropping Irradiated Bugs</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:radiation">radiation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fertility">fertility</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://velo.outsideonline.com/urban/are-cyclists-better-people-than-drivers-this-study-say-so-urbanist-update/" rel="nofollow">7. Cyclists are Better People than Drivers</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cycling">cycling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:morality">morality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:driving">driving</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cars">cars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bicycles">bicycles</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://xkcd.com/2849/" rel="nofollow">8. The TRUTH about stars!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:stars">stars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</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=4359545" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4347465Interesting Links for 02-10-20232023-10-02T11:00:07Z2023-10-02T11:00:07Zpublic9<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://qntm.org/perso" rel="nofollow">1. cripes does anybody remember Google People (a short story)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:short_story">short_story</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Google">Google</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:AI">AI</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:horror">horror</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0315086017300691" rel="nofollow">2. The world's oldest trigonometry table (1,500 years before the Greeks)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:archaeology">archaeology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mathematics">mathematics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://researchinenglish.com/article/2023.8/new-study-disputes-link-between-sexual-frustration-and-xkk2v4nl/" rel="nofollow">3. Extreme Misogyny in Incels Probably Not Caused by Sexual Frustration (instead caused by trying to show how much inceller they are than any of their terrible friends)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:misogyny">misogyny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-insect-brains-melt-and-rewire-during-metamorphosis/" rel="nofollow">4. How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brain">brain</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://x.com/NinaMDiGregorio/status/1708190280283980026" rel="nofollow">5. U2 at the Sphere in Vegas looks mind-blowing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:u2">u2</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:concert">concert</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/center-of-edinburgh-bollard" rel="nofollow">6. The 'Center of Edinburgh' Bollard</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:postoffices">postoffices</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nitter.net/JackMaizels/status/1708231099522883949" rel="nofollow">7. You cannot design a productive city around car transport</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:transport">transport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cities">cities</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=B1J6Ou4q8vE&si=RVXgbNvRL0_Hn_9q" rel="nofollow">8. Animation vs. Math</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mathematics">mathematics</a> <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://youtube.com/watch?v=2VQDqzT4SOM&si=jYaR0xk-meanT0Qw" rel="nofollow">9. Oxford University Mathematician reacts to "Animation vs. Math"</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mathematics">mathematics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animation">animation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/" rel="nofollow">10. The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:security">security</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hacking">hacking</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4347465" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4291704Interesting Links for 17-05-20232023-05-17T11:00:08Z2023-05-17T11:00:08Zpublic12<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://brimleyline.date/" rel="nofollow">1. Today, I crossed the Wilford Brimley Line. And I think I'm doing okay. (Although I've been up since 4:30, so on the inside...)</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:movies">movies</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/32498/Bioware_Mega_Collection/" rel="nofollow">2. If you fancy any of the Dragon Age or Mass Effect games they're currently 90% off on Steam!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:steam">steam</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://matthewhughes.substack.com/p/part-4-what-the-bbcs-rory-carson" rel="nofollow">3. What The BBC's Rory Carson Got Wrong About Private ADHD Treatment.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bbc">bbc</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:adhd">adhd</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://matthewhughes.substack.com/p/part-5-the-bbc-panorama-adult-adhd" rel="nofollow">4. The BBC Panorama adult ADHD investigation is awful</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:adhd">adhd</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bbc">bbc</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:documentary">documentary</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/articles/c51pvxj3j7go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">5. Churches lose voting rights on Highland education policy</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Education">Education</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/13ijhae/came_back_to_a_post_here_but_it_was_removed_from/jkb5o3y/" rel="nofollow">6. JP Morgan are spying on their employees to a ridiculous extent</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:surveillance">surveillance</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:work">work</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/google-bard-seo/" rel="nofollow">7. Large Language Models are inherently vulnerable to privacy and keyword manipulation attacks</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:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001lnxh" rel="nofollow">8. The Perfect Balance - and how we sometimes enjoy being thrown off it. An interesting look at vertigo.</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:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:literature">literature</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bodies">bodies</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/granawkins/status/1658311650607513603" rel="nofollow">9. What did we learn from Biosphere 2?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:earth">earth</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nature">nature</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:research">research</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65612295?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">10. Vauxhall-maker warns Brexit threatens electric cars in UK</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:cars">cars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/articles-reports/2023/05/16/where-world-are-men-most-likely-sit-down-wee" rel="nofollow">11. Where in the world are men most likely to sit down to wee? (Germany. UK in the "least likely" group)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:toilets">toilets</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:urination">urination</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:polls">polls</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://davidallengreen.com/2023/05/why-x-should-be-regulated/" rel="nofollow">12. Why [x] should be regulated.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</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-politics-65619675?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">13. Labour would build on green belt to boost housing, says Starmer</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:construction">construction</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steam-now-offers-90-minute-game-trials-starting-with-dead-space/1100-6514177/" rel="nofollow">14. Steam Now Offers 90-Minute Game Trials, Starting With Dead Space</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:steam">steam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/world/russia-turning-point-ukraine-missiles-run-out-sanctions-chinese-weapons-2344905" rel="nofollow">15. Russia at 'turning point' as missiles run out and West ups sanctions on Chinese firms sending weapons parts</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<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:weaponry">weaponry</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/adhd-diagnosis-patients-assessment-specialist-waiting-uk-data-2344513" rel="nofollow">16. ADHD diagnosis: Patients waiting for assessment by specialist for up to four years in parts of UK</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:adhd">adhd</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</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.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/butterfly-tree-of-life-reveals-an-origin-in-north-america/" rel="nofollow">17. Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaNancyLebov">viaNancyLebov</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:paleontology">paleontology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fossils">fossils</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:America">America</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4291704" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4274047Interesting Links for 31-03-20232023-03-31T11:00:08Z2023-03-31T11:00:08Zpublic15<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/biggest-clues-lives-early-americans-hidden-underwater-submerged-prehistory-180981891/" rel="nofollow">1. Clues to the Lives of North America's First Inhabitants Are Hidden Underwater</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:prehistory">prehistory</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:archeology">archeology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ocean">ocean</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://eig.org/remote-work-family-formation/" rel="nofollow">2. Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:work">work</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:family">family</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:remote">remote</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/us-authoritarian-movement-future/" rel="nofollow">3. The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism</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:authoritarianism">authoritarianism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20230330-01/?p=107989" rel="nofollow">4. "If you want to watch games on your tractor, please use your own iPad"</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:farming">farming</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6791639/" rel="nofollow">5. An Unusual Finding of a Ladybug on Screening Colonoscopy</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:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:unlikely">unlikely</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/new-poll-suggests-quarter-of-renters-dont-report-repairs-to-landlords-over-fears-of-eviction-4085872" rel="nofollow">6. Quarter of British renters don't report repairs over eviction fears</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:rental">rental</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1167042594/disney-desantis-board-reedy-creek-charles" rel="nofollow">7. DeSantis, the Disney board and King Charles III: A power struggle, explained</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:Disney">Disney</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:republicans">republicans</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Florida">Florida</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-greek-and-roman-mythology-walk-around-london-tickets-602666239947?aff=eand" rel="nofollow">8. A Greek and Roman Mythology Walk around London (I've been on one of Tony's walking tours and he's an academic who really knows his stuff)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:London">London</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Greece">Greece</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Rome">Rome</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:walking">walking</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/HowThingWork/status/1640995937685319684" rel="nofollow">9. Growing a chicken in an open egg</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:life">life</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:eggs">eggs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:weird">weird</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65132527" rel="nofollow">10. Finland clears its last hurdle, will join NATO in July</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Finland">Finland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NATO">NATO</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65124741" rel="nofollow">11. UK-Asia trade deal to boost UK economy by...0.08%</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pacific">pacific</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4274047" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4266492Interesting Links for 11-03-20232023-03-11T12:00:08Z2023-03-11T12:00:08Zpublic19<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/insect-brain-first-map-complete-b2297867.html" rel="nofollow">1. Scientists complete first map of an insect brain</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brain">brain</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/11l4kne/hp_have_updated_their_printers_to_outright_ban/" rel="nofollow">2. HP have updated their printers to outright ban 'non-HP' ink</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:printing">printing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/toy-preferences-boys-girls-societal-debates-scraps-data-2199214" rel="nofollow">3. Toy preferences between boys and girls is a classic example of societal debates relying on tiny scraps of data</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:research">research</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:statistics">statistics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gender">gender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:toys">toys</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/jamie-lee-curtis-matinee-concerts-rock-bands/" rel="nofollow">4. Jamie Lee Curtis launches campaign urging U2 and Bruce Springsteen to do matinee shows</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:time">time</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/BaytAlFann/status/1634139540523712512" rel="nofollow">5. Magnificent mosques of India</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:architecture">architecture</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Islam">Islam</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://at.tumblr.com/andrewducker/711437175289528320/pp8qifxw87ke" rel="nofollow">6. Elephants have learned highway robbery</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:elephants">elephants</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-from-addiction/202303/long-term-cannabis-use-cognition-and-the-hippocampus" rel="nofollow">7. Long-Term Cannabis Use, Cognitive Decline, and the Hippocampus</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Intelligence">Intelligence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marijuana">marijuana</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brain">brain</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/gary-lineker-match-of-the-day-full-list-of-pundits-boycotting-bbc-show-in-show-of-solidarity-4060285" rel="nofollow">8. Full list of pundits boycotting BBC football shows over the Gary Lineker censorship</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:asylum">asylum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:censorship">censorship</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bbc">bbc</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:football">football</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01516-2" rel="nofollow">9. Evidence of a predictive coding hierarchy in the human brain listening to speech</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:speech">speech</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brain">brain</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4266492" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4189405Interesting Links for 30-08-20222022-08-30T11:00:11Z2022-08-30T11:00:11Zpublic9<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/26/1119634878/childrens-hospitals-are-the-latest-target-of-anti-lgbtq-harassment" rel="nofollow">1. Children's hospitals targeted by anti-LGBTQ activists online</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:bigotry">bigotry</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:hospital">hospital</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://aeon.co/videos/how-insects-become-airborne-slowed-down-to-a-speed-the-human-eye-can-appreciate" rel="nofollow">2. Insects become airborne, slowed down to a speed the human eye can appreciate</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:slowmotion">slowmotion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:flying">flying</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62712288?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">3. Scotland's new disability benefits system comes into force</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:disability">disability</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:welfare">welfare</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/SarahTheHaider/status/1564397522784845825?t=rvFmqc5EGRDcFSGKzX2lYA&s=09" rel="nofollow">4. What are *your* most contradictory 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> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/08/solving-mazes-with-spring-kinematics/" rel="nofollow">5. Solving mazes with spring kinematics</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:algorithms">algorithms</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=4189405" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4116190Interesting Links for 26-02-20222022-02-26T12:00:10Z2022-02-26T12:00:10Zpublic0<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://timharford.com/2022/02/hard-truths-about-the-gender-pay-gap/" rel="nofollow">Hard truths about the gender pay gap</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gender">gender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gender_equality">gender_equality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pay">pay</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/air-pollution-may-keep-insects-from-stopping-to-smell-the-flowers/" rel="nofollow">Air Pollution Stops Insects From Smelling Flowers</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pollution">pollution</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:flowers">flowers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bees">bees</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/national-museum-of-scotland/audubons-birds-of-america/" rel="nofollow">I highly recommend the exhibition of Audubon's Birds of America at the National Museum Of Scotland (fascinating combination of art, science, and history)</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:birds">birds</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:museum">museum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://theconversation.com/altruism-in-birds-magpies-have-outwitted-scientists-by-helping-each-other-remove-tracking-devices-175246" rel="nofollow">Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crows">crows</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:birds">birds</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:altruism">altruism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Intelligence">Intelligence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tracking">tracking</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/what-it-would-take-to-bring-the-iss-back-to-earth-in-one-piece/" rel="nofollow">What It Would Take to Bring the ISS Back to Earth in One Piece?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:iss">iss</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/c/22925906/pornhub-mindgeek-content-moderation" rel="nofollow">Behind Pornhub's decade-old moderation problems</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:porn">porn</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:web">web</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/DanBecklloyd/status/1496946861466615809?t=3l5kRgXOzpdm6I7-Jin1GA&s=09" rel="nofollow">Playing Wordle to lose as badly as possible</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:words">words</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:loss">loss</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/swift-russia-sanctions-uk-eu" rel="nofollow">Why The UK Wants To Block Russia From SWIFT Payment System While The EU Is Resistant</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:banking">banking</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:russia">russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ukraine">ukraine</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://acoup.blog/2022/02/25/miscellanea-understanding-the-war-in-ukraine/" rel="nofollow">Understanding the War in Ukraine (a great overview by a military historian)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Ukraine">Ukraine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Russia">Russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NATO">NATO</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/NLdZ8Zex1cw" rel="nofollow">The Beginner's Guide to Elden Ring (a most informative video)</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:advice">advice</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/677244770011217920/elodieunderglass-justpastryvideos-x-when-are" rel="nofollow">This is clearly the best of all possible burgers</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:video">video</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4116190" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4111112Interesting Links for 13-02-20222022-02-13T12:00:09Z2022-02-13T12:00:09Zpublic7<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://douglasadams.com/cgi-bin/mboard/info/dnathread.cgi?1546,2" rel="nofollow">Douglas Adams has an interesting answer when asked what kind of computer Arthur Dent had</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fiction">fiction</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:douglasadams">douglasadams</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:HHG2G">HHG2G</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-food-security-ukraine-russia-b2013302.html" rel="nofollow">Russia tensions reveal threat to UK food supplies</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:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Russia">Russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-macron-found-different-tougher-putin-2022-02-10/" rel="nofollow">In Moscow, Macron found a different, tougher Putin</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:Russia">Russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nato">nato</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/inside-the-arms-race-to-build-the-batteries-which-will-power-britain-12537246" rel="nofollow">Britishvolt gigafactory: Britain's best-kept industrial secret is an unexpected solution to saving the planet (I didn't know most of this, fascinating stuff)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:batteries">batteries</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:oil">oil</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:carbon">carbon</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://deadline.com/2022/02/futurama-revived-new-season-hulu-original-cast-john-dimaggio-not-returning-bender-1234929844/" rel="nofollow">'Futurama' Revived At Hulu; John DiMaggio Not Returning As Bender</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Futurama">Futurama</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tv">tv</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animation">animation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/knsMqY80MWk" rel="nofollow">220 musicians perform "Europe - The Final Countdown"</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:russia">russia</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nypost.com/2022/02/10/why-death-on-the-nile-is-every-publicists-worst-nightmare/" rel="nofollow">Why 'Death on the Nile' is every publicist's worst nightmare</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:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/BSL_MDX/status/1492474396723843077?t=ZpXCboAER9z84EtGkww8gA&s=09" rel="nofollow">Evolution is just amazing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:evolution">evolution</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animals">animals</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:snake">snake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:birds">birds</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/FourFourths/status/1492202413314297857?t=WN9b27I5NFkUtwuvtxBy2Q&s=09" rel="nofollow">Thread of metal statues where one part has been stroked so much that it's shiny</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:statue">statue</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4111112" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4100451Interesting Links for 19-01-20222022-01-19T12:00:08Z2022-01-19T12:00:08Zpublic2<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Microsoft">Microsoft</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html" rel="nofollow">The Undoing Of Joss Whedon</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:JossWhedon">JossWhedon</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tv">tv</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:buffy">buffy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-the-discovery-of-an-extra-artery-means-for-human-evolution" rel="nofollow">What the Discovery of an Extra Artery Means for Human Evolution</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:evolution">evolution</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:blood">blood</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaNancyLebov">viaNancyLebov</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/vjP-OVau-RA" rel="nofollow">How board games are made at a Chinese factory</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:boardgames">boardgames</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:China">China</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://fullfact.org/online/nasa-theologians-aliens/" rel="nofollow">NASA hasn't 'just' hired 24 theologians to study future discovery of aliens</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:life">life</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NASA">NASA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sociology">sociology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.786220/full" rel="nofollow">The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful Subgroups of Autism</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:autism">autism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/marvel-zombies-zombicide/description" rel="nofollow">Someone has clearly decided that board games players have too much money</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:boardgames">boardgames</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marvel">marvel</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:zombies">zombies</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/RebeccaMVarney/status/1483177665892737025?t=d7YGxJrqDNPhNAUvoN9fAw&s=09" rel="nofollow">A lovely story about insects and university outreach</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:university">university</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60050699?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">Cost of living rises at fastest pace for 30 years</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:inflation">inflation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economy">economy</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/hs2-high-speed-rail-scotland-net-zero-b1995662.html" rel="nofollow">High speed rail must go to Scotland to help reach net zero</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hs2">hs2</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trains">trains</a> <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:co2">co2</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:globalwarming">globalwarming</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073800454/nasa-scientists-estimate-tonga-blast-at-10-megatons?t=1642586548886" rel="nofollow">NASA: Tonga blast was 10 megatons, more powerful than a nuclear bomb</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:volcano">volcano</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pacific">pacific</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2021/11/01/scaling-carbon-capture/" rel="nofollow">Scaling Carbon Capture</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:carbon">carbon</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:co2">co2</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:globalwarming">globalwarming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scotland-covid-restrictions-omicron-sturgeon-b1995427.html" rel="nofollow">Covid: Scotland Omicron restrictions to end on Monday</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:scotland">scotland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2022/01/18/can-memes-help-people-cope-with-pandemic-induced-anxiety/" rel="nofollow">Can memes help people cope with pandemic-induced anxiety?</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:memetics">memetics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:anxiety">anxiety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://whatever.scalzi.com/2022/01/17/on-the-new-movement-in-sf-f-an-archived-twitter-thread/" rel="nofollow">On the "New Movement" in SF/F (and why there is much more diversity in Hugo awards)</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:diversity">diversity</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/tory-mp-christian-wakeford" rel="nofollow">Tory MP Christian Wakeford Defects To Labour</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> <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:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4100451" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4098180Interesting Links for 14-01-20222022-01-14T12:00:12Z2022-01-14T12:00:12Zpublic8<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/12/austrian-dpa-schrems-ii/" rel="nofollow">In bad news for US cloud services, Austrian website's use of Google Analytics found to breach GDPR</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:privacy">privacy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59986452?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">Covid in pregnancy linked to birth-related complications (but vaccination isn't)</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:pregnancy">pregnancy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-59981983?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">New external system for complaints against Scottish ministers</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:complaints">complaints</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/therealsobreiro/status/1405313761414717441?t=IAiCWGRwDyjal9aDX8g98w&s=09" rel="nofollow">A collection of Simpsons/Watchmen mashups</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Simpsons">Simpsons</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mashup">mashup</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Watchmen">Watchmen</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comics">comics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmjex/what-happened-to-politics-for-all" rel="nofollow">The Inside Story of Politics for All, Twitter's Infamous UK News Account</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:news">news</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/673337935113912320/arsenicinshell-butterflies-dresses-by-bibian-blue" rel="nofollow">Beautiful butterfly dresses!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:clothing">clothing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Wuggle_/status/1480701823182786561?t=Ri7_BidITK-pgzwP6AV4Bw&s=09" rel="nofollow">How to communicate with difficult doctors</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doctors">doctors</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://ballotbox.scot/murdo-fraser-button" rel="nofollow">What If…. the Scottish Conservatives once more become a separate party?</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:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/01/11/covid-omicron-variant-pfizer-cases/9165512002/" rel="nofollow">Unvaccinated in New York 13 times more likely to get hospitalized</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:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:newyork">newyork</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/673349636279418880" rel="nofollow">Orwell on Political Correctness</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GeorgeOrwell">GeorgeOrwell</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/metaverse-for-cows-improve-milk-production-558998.html" rel="nofollow">Putting cows into the Mootrix increases their milk production</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Prior art http://pvponline.com/comic/mon-may-12</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cows">cows</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TheMatrix">TheMatrix</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:VirtualReality">VirtualReality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:weird">weird</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4098180" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4088575Interesting Links for 18-12-20212021-12-18T12:00:08Z2021-12-18T12:00:08Zpublic7<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-court-protocol-frost-b1977982.html" rel="nofollow">Brexit climbdown as UK abandons bid to strip EU judges of Northern Ireland Protocol role</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:justice">justice</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sturgeon-boris-events-scotland-omicron-b1978128.html" rel="nofollow">Nicola Sturgeon asks Boris Johnson for more money so she can cancel events in Scotland</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:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/millipede-1000-legs-western-australia-b1977840.html" rel="nofollow">Scientists discover first-ever 'true' millipede with over 1,000 legs</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/14/eu-same-sex-parents-bulgaria/" rel="nofollow">All EU nations must recognise children of same-sex parents, court rules</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:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/newly-identified-hormone-may-be-a-critical-driver-of-type-1-and-type-2-diabetes/" rel="nofollow">Newly identified hormone may be a critical driver of type 1 and type 2 diabetes</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:diabetes">diabetes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hormones">hormones</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1075292188/sega-saturn-devouring-his-son?gpla=1&gao=1&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAiAh_GNBhAHEiwAjOh3ZFnWQE0EDGnYAOGTtHnOnaZvQgqKo9ZV4ar-u8LBcqjP91bCv-fcvxoCRUAQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_custom2=1844702580&gclid=CjwKCAiAh_GNBhAHEiwAjOh3ZFnWQE0EDGnYAOGTtHnOnaZvQgqKo9ZV4ar-u8LBcqjP91bCv-fcvxoCRUAQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Sega Saturn Devouring His Son (clearly the pinnacle of art)</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:consoles">consoles</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-omicron-sage-modelling-deaths-latest-b1978342.html" rel="nofollow">Ministers believe lockdown more likely as modelling points to 1,000 daily deaths</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:Doom">Doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Christmas">Christmas</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/quidditch-change-name-citing-jk-rowlings-anti-trans-positions-rcna9149" rel="nofollow">Quidditch to change name, citing J.K. Rowling's anti-trans positions</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:harrypotter">harrypotter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jkrowling">jkrowling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sports">sports</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/CosyCIub/status/1471822725777866756?t=fArL17hJmHNbfyIaDDUpRg&s=09" rel="nofollow">Cats and dogs deal differently with optical illusory holes</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cats">cats</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dogs">dogs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:optical_illusion">optical_illusion</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/monster-illustrations-based-on-kids-drawings-aaron-zenz-monstersgo/?fbclid=IwAR3xsOri-HhfAckH_fCUqh9sZ16gaaA6Rt_zmi6njtwveB1CRwuMnvGcjwA" rel="nofollow">Professional Artists Recreate Children's Monster Drawings</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaClare">viaClare</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:monsters">monsters</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:art">art</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4088575" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4058372Interesting Links for 08-10-20212021-10-08T11:00:10Z2021-10-08T11:00:10Zpublic3<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-58828713?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">World's largest floating wind farm planned off Dounreay in Scotland</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:windpower">windpower</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sea">sea</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/dorland-v-larson.html?smid=tw-share" rel="nofollow">When art is drawn from life, who owns it, and who can write about it?</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:organdonor">organdonor</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:intellectual_property">intellectual_property</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://blog.plover.com/2021/10/05/#st-benedict" rel="nofollow">Worst. Miracle. Ever.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/JQL25_hoQ1k" rel="nofollow">7 spectacular moths taking off in slow motion</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:flight">flight</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:slowmotion">slowmotion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-level-up-transport-b1934310.html" rel="nofollow">Broken transport networks outside of London cut off people from possible jobs</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:transport">transport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58828822" rel="nofollow">Sky launches streaming TV service - but only if you buy an actual TV from them (The stupidest idea I've hear so far today)</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:sky">sky</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:streaming">streaming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wtf">wtf</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pfizer-covid-vaccine-effectiveness-booster-b1933873.html" rel="nofollow">Pfizer vaccine: New study shows effectiveness waning six months after second shot - but continues to protect against hospitalisation and death</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:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4058372" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4047887Interesting Links for 15-09-20212021-09-15T11:00:10Z2021-09-15T11:00:10Zpublic7<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58547288?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">The NHS in Scotland: Your gran might be lying on the floor for 10 hours</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:nhs">nhs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/short-term-let-consultation/" rel="nofollow">Edinburgh Council are having a consultation on making the whole city a Short-Term Let Control Area. Fill it out here.</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:rental">rental</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/@sonyahallett/loops-of-concern-ff792eebad03" rel="nofollow">Loops of Concern. A short self-help guide to tackling them</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mentalhealth">mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:autism">autism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pandemic-disability-bias/" rel="nofollow">How COVID-19 Reveals Existing Biases Against The Disability Community</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:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bias">bias</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-we-are-benefitting-hugely-from-brexit-says-estonias-prime-minister/" rel="nofollow">We are benefitting hugely from Brexit, says Estonia's prime minister</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Estonia">Estonia</a> <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:trade">trade</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/china-ambassador-sanctions-mps-uighurs-b1920163.html" rel="nofollow">Parliament bars China's ambassador in retaliation for sanctions on MPs who spoke up for Uyghurs</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:China">China</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genocide">genocide</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/NewsLevenshulme/status/1437857108129628165?s=09" rel="nofollow">Labour groups on councils running themselves awfully</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:bullying">bullying</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/butterflies-parasitic-wasp-finland-b1920045.html" rel="nofollow">Scientists accidentally released butterflies infected by parasitic wasps carrying smaller parasitic wasps</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Parasites">Parasites</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.16.21262044v1" rel="nofollow">Nasal saline irrigation: hospitalizations in COVID-19 patients reduced hospitalisation by a staggering amount</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">medRxiv - The Preprint Server for Health Sciences</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/covid-in-children-infections-skyrocket-30x-now-account-for-30-of-cases/" rel="nofollow">COVID in US children: Infections skyrocket 30X, now account for 30% of cases</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:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://davidallengreen.com/2021/09/some-refreshing-comments-against-the-glamourisation-of-serial-killers/" rel="nofollow">Some refreshing comments against the glamourisation of serial killers and the woo-woo of criminal profiling</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:murder">murder</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:media">media</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://archive.is/egPlc" rel="nofollow">Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:facebook">facebook</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mentalhealth">mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:girls">girls</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:teenagers">teenagers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4047887" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4030017Interesting Links for 04-08-20212021-08-04T11:00:09Z2021-08-04T11:00:09Zpublic5<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28036927" rel="nofollow">Carbon neutral cement - by extracting lime from seawater</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:co2">co2</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cement">cement</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:materials">materials</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/118/31/e2101108118" rel="nofollow">Middle Pleistocene fire use: The first signal of widespread cultural diffusion in human evolution</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fire">fire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:prehistory">prehistory</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/20/apple-holds-out-in-adopting-next-generation-rcs-texting-standard" rel="nofollow">Apple holds out in adopting next-generation RCS texting standard</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:apple">apple</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:communication">communication</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210802-why-x-rated-masterpiece-the-devils-is-still-being-censored" rel="nofollow">Why X-rated masterpiece The Devils is still being censored</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:censorship">censorship</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-red-tape-damage-uk-manufacturing-factories-b1895077.html" rel="nofollow">The UK's safety checks will not be recognised by the EU from 2022 (or vice versa). Manufacturers are not ready.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:safety">safety</a> <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:regulation">regulation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/08/china-bestsellers-june-fiction-list-welcomes-neil-gaiman/" rel="nofollow">Neil Gaiman catapulted into Chinese bestsellers charts after recommendation by wuxia star</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:publishing">publishing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:China">China</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neilgaiman">neilgaiman</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/658533303511613440/its-sorcery-balkanica-lunlumo" rel="nofollow">The delightful friendship of the two men who shared gold for the Olympic high jump</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/google-will-kill-off-very-old-versions-of-android-next-month/" rel="nofollow">Google will kill off very old versions of Android next month</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:obsolescence">obsolescence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:security">security</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nerdist.com/article/flash-gordon-live-action-taika-waititi/" rel="nofollow">Taika Waititi's Flash Gordon Film Is Apparently Live-Action 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:scifi">scifi</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/08/02/were-more-willing-to-engage-with-sexists-if-we-think-they-are-intelligent/" rel="nofollow">We're More Willing To Engage With Sexists If We Think They Are Intelligent</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sexism">sexism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Intelligence">Intelligence</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/fast-efficient-neural-networks-copy-dragonfly-brains" rel="nofollow">Fast, Efficient Neural Networks Copy Dragonfly Brains</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/doj-repatriates-looted-dream-of-gilgamesh-tablet-other-artifacts-to-iraq/" rel="nofollow">DOJ repatriates looted "Dream of Gilgamesh" tablet, other artifacts to Iraq</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:iraq">iraq</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:archeology">archeology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small></dd></dl>
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Darkest magic!</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:ViaDrCross">ViaDrCross</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:magic">magic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-ugly-carpets-of-vegas-are-hideously-clever-social-e-5628834" rel="nofollow">The Ugly Carpets of Vegas are Hideously Clever Social Engineering at Work - Or Are They?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LasVegas">LasVegas</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:design">design</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/environment/we-are-gutted-edinburgh-butterfly-and-insect-world-to-close-doors-for-good-after-nearly-40-years-3306202" rel="nofollow">'Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World to close doors for good after nearly 40 years (I was really looking forward to taking Sophia!)</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:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sad">sad</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://davidallengreen.com/2021/07/why-the-government-did-not-override-an-act-of-parliament-over-overseas-aid-the-concerning-thing-is-that-the-government-acted-in-accordance-with-the-law/" rel="nofollow">Why the government did not 'override' an Act of Parliament over overseas aid - the concerning thing is that the government acted in accordance with the law</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:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:aid">aid</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57838473" rel="nofollow">Labels keep 86% of streaming revenues, leaving a pittance for the artists</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:money">money</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/Vid8lIXmZwE" rel="nofollow">How To Fix Your Joycon Drift Permanently!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Nintendo">Nintendo</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fail">fail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57829261" rel="nofollow">Racism fuelling far-right threat in UK - MI5's Ken McCallum warns</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:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:terrorism">terrorism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57833807" rel="nofollow">EU unveils sweeping climate change plan</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:globalwarming">globalwarming</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cave-derbyshire-foremark-ingleby-b1884069.html" rel="nofollow">Is this Britain's oldest intact home? 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href="https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n18" rel="nofollow">Covid-19 vaccination: What's the evidence for extending the dosing interval?</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:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55645103" rel="nofollow">Scottish Citizens Assembly unveils vision for the future</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:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/12/israel-largest-human-rights-group-apartheid" rel="nofollow">"We are Israel's largest human rights group - and we are calling this apartheid"</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Israel">Israel</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/yellow-mealworm-safe-for-humans-to-eat-says-eu-food-safety-agency" rel="nofollow">Yellow mealworm safe for humans to eat, says EU food safety agency</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</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://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/national-guard-capitol-riots-dc_n_5fff10f1c5b65671988afa5d?ri18n=true" rel="nofollow">Striking Photos Show Hundreds Of National Guard Troops Sleeping Inside U.S. 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href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaZornhau">viaZornhau</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:heroism">heroism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1349460183110529024" rel="nofollow">Are reporters putting Trump's press releases on Twitter facilitating ban evasion?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349460183110529024.html</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/01/orphans-smallpox-vaccine-distribution/617646/" rel="nofollow">How Orphans Helped Distribute the Smallpox Vaccine</a></dt><dd 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href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:testing">testing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/theannalytical/status/1349392166716657664?s=09" rel="nofollow">A collection of terrible gender selectors</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UI">UI</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gender">gender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fail">fail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://timharford.com/2021/01/in-praise-of-the-humble-products-all-around-us/" rel="nofollow">In praise of the humble products all around us</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:work">work</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:design">design</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3943550" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3902667Interesting Links for 16-10-20202020-10-16T11:00:09Z2020-10-16T11:00:09Zpublic6<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256822-microwaving-plastic-waste-can-generate-clean-hydrogen/#Echobox=1602754809" rel="nofollow">Microwaving plastic waste can generate clean hydrogen</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hydrogen">hydrogen</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:plastic">plastic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:microwave">microwave</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/nature-2" rel="nofollow">We have so many things to learn from nature</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nature">nature</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><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/hbzGO_Qonu0" rel="nofollow">How to Keep Players Engaged (Without Being Evil)</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:design">design</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/fire-and-smoke-alarms-in-scottish-homes/" rel="nofollow">Fire and smoke alarms: changes to the law in Scotland (affects every home)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:safety">safety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fire">fire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54551342" rel="nofollow">MPs to investigate whether artists are paid fairly for streaming music (turns out the labels keep almost 90% of the cash)</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:streaming">streaming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chis-bill-mp-vote-undercover-agent-ban-murder-torture-rape-spy-cops-b1050124.html" rel="nofollow">MPs vote to allow undercover agents to commit murder, torture and rape</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:murder">murder</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rape">rape</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:torture">torture</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/" rel="nofollow">The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time</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:fantasy">fantasy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/15/uk-banks-not-ready-negative-interest-rates-natwest-chairman" rel="nofollow">UK banks not ready for negative interest rates</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:banking">banking</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/miguelytob/status/1315749803041619981?s=09" rel="nofollow">If Google disables your account then you can't find out why - even if your husband works there.</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:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/covid-19-antibodies-immunity-coronavirus-vaccines-arizona-university-b1041264.html" rel="nofollow">Coronavirus immunity likely to last for several months after infection</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:virus">virus</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:immune_system">immune_system</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/632099377742217216/would-we-be-friends-if-i-beowulf22121" rel="nofollow">Centaurs are clearly insects</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fantasy">fantasy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:horses">horses</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.expats.cz/czech-tourism/video-amazing-recreation-of-14th-century-construction-of-charles-bridge/" rel="nofollow">VIDEO: Amazing Recreation of 14th-Century Construction of Charles IV Bridge in Prague</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:construction">construction</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:architecture">architecture</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/jbwlhh/megathread_worlds_most_prestigious_scientific/" rel="nofollow">World's most prestigious scientific publications issue unprecedented critiques of the Trump administration</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:science">science</a> <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:viaElfy">viaElfy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-54553948" rel="nofollow">The closed Edinburgh cinema costing £20,000 a month to run</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cinema">cinema</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://blog.google/products/search/hum-to-search" rel="nofollow">Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search</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:search">search</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:google">google</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.cps.org.uk/media/press-releases/q/date/2019/12/22/resentful-renters/" rel="nofollow">3.6 million people in the UK locked out of home buying. And (in a net basis) the last ten years of house building went to landlords.</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:housing">housing</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/business-54543279" rel="nofollow">'I'm sick of influencers asking for free cake' (and some good examples of them working well together)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advertising">advertising</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:socialmedia">socialmedia</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/we-were-wrong-about-betelgeuse-s-size-and-now-its-imminent-death-is-super-unlikely" rel="nofollow">Betelgeuse Is Neither as Far Nor as Large as We Thought</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3902667" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3899586Interesting Links for 10-10-20202020-10-10T11:00:08Z2020-10-10T11:00:08Zpublic5<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1314325498533687297?s=09" rel="nofollow">The robot/insect wars lasted nearly thirty seconds</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:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/Nq-scBkX1t0" rel="nofollow">Hurt Friends - a mashup of "Hurt" to the Friends theme</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:friends">friends</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/news/apple-telegram-belarus/" rel="nofollow">Apple Tells Secure Messaging App Telegram to Take Down Protestor Channels in Belarus</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Apple">Apple</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:protests">protests</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:censorship">censorship</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/petertimmins3/status/1314209756253351939?s=09" rel="nofollow">A company that didn't exist in April just got a contract for £110,000,000 to supply the government with PPE.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:corruption">corruption</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <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.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/it-s-been-so-so-surreal-critics-sweden-s-lax-pandemic-policies-face-fierce-backlash" rel="nofollow">Sweden's deaths per million people matches the USA, 10x that of Norway. Here's how that happened.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Sweden">Sweden</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3899586" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3878028Interesting Links for 28-08-20202020-08-28T11:00:06Z2020-08-28T11:00:06Zpublic1<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/patrick-heneghan-hitlist-mps-2017-election-forde_uk_5f46c61fc5b697186e304d21" rel="nofollow">Labour refused a deal with the Lib Dems at the last election</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">"If people are so desperate to stay in the EU rather than have a socialist government that's their choice"</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:libdem">libdem</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/18672780.netflix-axe-southend-writer-warren-ellis-sexual-abuse-claims/" rel="nofollow">Netflix drop Warren Ellis over sexual coercion</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Reminder for those who missed the website set up by the women he groomed:
https://www.somanyofus.com/</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:WarrenEllis">WarrenEllis</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:netflix">netflix</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53932585" rel="nofollow">Scotland is undergoing depopulation in mainly rural and island council areas</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:demographics">demographics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:urban">urban</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-53936958" rel="nofollow">Police probe after body found on Edinburgh's Salisbury Crags</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:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-want-to-ditch-formula-for-lab-grown-breast-milk/" rel="nofollow">The Quest For Lab-Grown Breast Milk</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:milk">milk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://ericlippert.com/2020/08/21/approximate-results-may-vary/" rel="nofollow">Computers are not good at helping people approximate</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mathematics">mathematics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.tinykat.cafe/on-all-that-fuckery" rel="nofollow">Racism, sexism, and transphobia in the computer industry</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://boingboing.net/2020/08/27/the-pentagon-is-training-an-ar.html" rel="nofollow">The Pentagon is training an army of bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cyborg">cyborg</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:explosives">explosives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:military">military</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/wind-and-solar-are-30-50-cheaper-than-thought-admits-uk-government" rel="nofollow">Wind and solar are 30-50% cheaper than previously thought, admits UK government</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:renewables">renewables</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:solarpower">solarpower</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:windpower">windpower</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://behavioralscientist.org/principles-for-the-application-of-human-intelligence/" rel="nofollow">Principles for the Application of Human Intelligence</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:satire">satire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Intelligence">Intelligence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:decisions">decisions</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:algorithms">algorithms</a> )</small></dd></dl>
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class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:menstruation">menstruation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sports">sports</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/12/national-grid-fires-up-coal-power-station-for-first-time-in-55-days" rel="nofollow">National Grid fires up coal power station for first time in 55 days</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:electricity">electricity</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/health-53722711" rel="nofollow">Coronavirus: England death count review reduces UK toll by 5,000 (matching method used by rest of UK)</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:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:statistics">statistics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/@blackwomenviews/debunking-the-lies-smears-and-distortions-about-kamala-harris-1718881a0ec3" rel="nofollow">Debunking The Lies, Smears, and Distortions about Kamala Harris</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> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/kayetoal/23-of-the-most-beautiful-terry-pratchett-quotes-to-remember#.jlzZ2mQ77" rel="nofollow">23 Of The Most Beautiful Terry Pratchett Quotes To Remember Him By</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:terrypratchett">terrypratchett</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quotes">quotes</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.michaeldantedimartino.com/an-open-letter-to-avatar-the-last-airbender-fans/" rel="nofollow">'Avatar: The Last Airbender' creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have exited the live-action Netflix series</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:avatar">avatar</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animation">animation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TV">TV</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/researchers-find-a-chemical-that-makes-locusts-swarm/" rel="nofollow">Researchers find a chemical that makes locusts swarm</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:behaviour">behaviour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pheromones">pheromones</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-53762033" rel="nofollow">Coronavirus in Scotland: Positive cases spreading 'rapidly' in Orkney</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:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/aug/13/no-silver-lining-for-first-time-home-buyers-even-if-prices-collapse" rel="nofollow">No silver lining for first-time home buyers even if prices collapse</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">"in the 1990s, a typical young couple putting away 5% of their income each year could save enough for a deposit in just four years. By 2019, that figure had risen to 21 years"</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</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.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/08/13/police-use-of-secretive-facial-recognition-software-stopped" rel="nofollow">UK police use of secretive facial recognition software stopped by the courts</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:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:faces">faces</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.faithtaylor.org/blog/2020/8/13/my-landlord-is-evicting-me-over-my-wifes-quarantine-courgette-harvest-1" rel="nofollow">"My Landlord is Evicting Us Over My Wife's Quarantine Courgette Harvest"</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rental">rental</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vegetables">vegetables</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Daily__Owls/status/1293832603808813056?s=09" rel="nofollow">This owl is not impressed</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:owls">owls</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/aug/13/boys-girls-toys-clothes-gendered-stores" rel="nofollow">When children's stores reopen, let's leave boys' and girls' sections behind</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:gender">gender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:toys">toys</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:shops">shops</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:shopping">shopping</a> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3871846" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3868584Interesting Links for 07-08-20202020-08-07T11:00:06Z2020-08-07T11:00:06Zpublic1<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://bostonreview.net/science-nature-race/amy-moran-thomas-how-popular-medical-device-encodes-racial-bias" rel="nofollow">Pulse oximeters give biased results for people with darker skin</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:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:medicine">medicine</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates" rel="nofollow">Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genetics">genetics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:date">date</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/germany-plans-to-dim-lights-at-night-to-save-insects/ar-BB17BlkR" rel="nofollow">Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects</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:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:light">light</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31690-1/fulltext" rel="nofollow">The Cummings effect: How England's trust in the government plummeted</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:trust">trust</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Moss-OConnor.pdf" rel="nofollow">The Dark Triad traits predict authoritarian political correctness and alt-right attitudes</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:politics">politics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://majesticequality.wordpress.com/2019/07/25/dear-philosophers-you-can-trust-the-feminist-consensus-gender-critical-radical-feminism-is-bogus/" rel="nofollow">Taking apart the three major planks of the transphobic movement</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> )</small></dd></dl>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3868584" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3854096Interesting Links for 01-07-20202020-07-01T11:00:08Z2020-07-01T11:00:08Zpublic13<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="http://listen.hatnote.com/#nowelcomes,en" rel="nofollow">Listen to Wikipedia</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sounds">sounds</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/humans-forced-hide-sex-addicted-22262433" rel="nofollow">Humans forced to hide from sex addicted monkeys who set up HQ in disused cinema</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:monkeys">monkeys</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sex">sex</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cinema">cinema</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/nuclear-power-balls-triso-fuel/" rel="nofollow">Nuclear 'Power Balls' May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past</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:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-coronavirus-spending-economic-recovery-speech-plan-a9593056.html" rel="nofollow">Boris Johnson's 'build, build, build' speech: What he said and what he really meant</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:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/06/30/heres-how-our-personality-changes-as-we-age/" rel="nofollow">Here's How Our Personality Changes As We Age</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:personality">personality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:age">age</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/53236921" rel="nofollow">Boris Johnson: Economy speech fact-checked</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://time.com/5744950/trump-cyanide-bombs/" rel="nofollow">Trump Administration Authorizes 'Cyanide Bombs' to Kill Predators Again, Months After Backlash</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:poison">poison</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animals">animals</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nature">nature</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:republicans">republicans</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53237685" rel="nofollow">Germany far right: Elite KSK commando force 'to be partially disbanded'</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:nazis">nazis</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:military">military</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-judges-misconduct-specialreport/special-report-thousands-of-us-judges-who-broke-laws-oaths-remained-on-the-bench-idUSKBN2411WG" rel="nofollow">Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws, oaths remained on the bench</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:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.everythingisgoingtobeokcomic.com/sister-rosetta-tharpe/" rel="nofollow">Did you know about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who invented rock and roll?</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:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/01/petrol-sold-to-nigeria-from-europe-dirtier-than-black-market-bush-fuel" rel="nofollow">Petrol sold to Nigeria from Europe is 200 times worse than EU pollution limits</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:oil">oil</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nigeria">nigeria</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pollution">pollution</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/ministers-urged-to-look-beyond-the-numbers-as-a-stark-report-reveals-39-rise-in-deep-poverty-since-2000" rel="nofollow">Ministers urged to 'look beyond the numbers' as report reveals 39% rise in deep poverty since 2000</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:poverty">poverty</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-53178464/the-robots-that-can-cook-and-serve-your-food" rel="nofollow">The robots that can cook and serve your food (Interesting video. Looks like it's very close to the mainstream)</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:robots">robots</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200625102540.htm" rel="nofollow">One-time treatment generates new neurons, eliminates Parkinson's disease in mice</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mice">mice</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genetics">genetics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disease">disease</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cisco-lawsuit/california-accuses-cisco-of-job-discrimination-based-on-indian-employees-caste-idUSKBN2423YE" rel="nofollow">California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jobs">jobs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/amber-fossils-colour-camouflage-ancient-cuckoo-wasps-beetles-a9595016.html" rel="nofollow">'Extraordinary' amber fossils reveal how ancient insects used colour for camouflage</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:colour">colour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fossils">fossils</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/speech-barnier-eurofi-30062020_en.pdf" rel="nofollow">The EU are being really clear on the UK finance sector, and how much trouble it's going to be in in January.</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: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=3854096" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3841182The Missing Links2020-05-18T15:37:24Z2020-05-18T15:37:24Zpublic3For some reason the links on the 17th missed some. Here they are!<br /><br /><dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-sleep-anxiety/" rel="nofollow">How to Sleep When the World Is Falling Apart</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sleep">sleep</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:anxiety">anxiety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/17/terf-gender-critical-feminism-movement-lesbian-cult-amy-dyess-transphobia/" rel="nofollow">Lesbian who escaped 'gender-cricial' feminism slams it as a cult</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:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lesbians">lesbians</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3084779/coronavirus-hamster-research-proof-effectiveness" rel="nofollow">Mask wearing reduces spread of virus by 75% (in hamsters)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hamster">hamster</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:virus">virus</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://antidepressantsortolkien.now.sh/" rel="nofollow">Antidepressants or Tolkien? (I got 17/24 - how about you?)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Tolkien">Tolkien</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:antidepressants">antidepressants</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:names">names</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/@GeneticJen/some-thoughts-and-disagreements-on-the-matrix-as-a-trans-allegory-9f0754121f85" rel="nofollow">Some thoughts and disagreements on The Matrix as a trans allegory</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TheMatrix">TheMatrix</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</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:metaphor">metaphor</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://marvamsk.wordpress.com/2020/05/16/why-girls-stop-playing-football/" rel="nofollow">Why girls stop playing football</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sport">sport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bullying">bullying</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:patriarchy">patriarchy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.gov.scot/news/contact-tracing-technology-piloted/" rel="nofollow">Contact tracing technology piloted in three Scottish NHS areas</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:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NHS">NHS</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3841182" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3840650Interesting Links for 17-05-20202020-05-17T11:00:06Z2020-05-17T11:00:06Zpublic9<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/OpiniumResearch/status/1261735078868193282?s=09" rel="nofollow">British people finally disapprove of the government's handling of the pandemic</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:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:polls">polls</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-antarcticas-only-insect-resident-survives-freezing-temperatures-180973087/" rel="nofollow">How Antarctica's Only Native Insect Survives the Freezing Temperatures</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:antarctic">antarctic</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3840650" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3832666Interesting Links for 19-04-20202020-04-19T11:00:14Z2020-04-19T11:00:14Zpublic9<dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/irn-bru-cheesecake-quarantine-baking-18080624" rel="nofollow">Quarantine baking: forget banana bread, here's how to make an IRN-BRU cheesecake</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:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viajoexnz">viajoexnz</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-10/popular-youtube-kids-channel-cocomelon-gets-into-merch-and-toys" rel="nofollow">Behind The Scenes Of YouTube's Secretive Top Kids Channel</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">I found this because I was wondering who created the videos Sophia loves</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:YouTube">YouTube</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/africas-huge-locust-swarms-are-growing-at-the-worst-time/" rel="nofollow">Second African locust swarm of the year 20 times bigger than the first</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:insects">insects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Africa">Africa</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2241082-uks-coronavirus-science-advice-wont-be-published-until-pandemic-ends/" rel="nofollow">UK's coronavirus science advice won't be published until pandemic ends</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:advice">advice</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:science">science</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/NoraReed/status/1117300434941534208?s=09" rel="nofollow">This does a great job of explaining the American "civic religion" which looks so strange to most of the rest of the world</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:nationalism">nationalism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1251571059494719490?s=09" rel="nofollow">Here's a police officer totally destroying any trust in police people might have, in full view of his colleagues</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:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.quora.com/What-dont-most-liberals-realize/answer/Peter-Kruger?ch=99&share=95ddcb10&srid=d03" rel="nofollow">What most American liberals don't realize about Republican voters</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:society">society</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1251606098974474244?s=09" rel="nofollow">An overview of the damning Times investigation into how the government failed to take the pandemic seriously until far too late</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:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BorisJohnson">BorisJohnson</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/LettersOfNote/status/1251777820461871105?s=09" rel="nofollow">Boris Johnson hasn't changed in 40 years</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:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="http://jaysonlusk.com/blog/2019/3/29/farming-isnt-just-about-food" rel="nofollow">Thinking of farming as "The food industry" is a mistake</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:farming">farming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/19/european-union-italy-unity-failure-debt-germany-netherlands" rel="nofollow">Just when Italy really needed some unity, the EU failed it - and continues to do so</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:italy">italy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3832666" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments