tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209 Very cool, if true andrewducker andrewducker 2026-03-05T12:00:37Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4671154 Interesting Links for 05-03-2026 2026-03-05T12:00:37Z 2026-03-05T12:00:37Z public 2 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://whatever.scalzi.com/2026/03/03/indefinite-book-club-hiatus/" rel="nofollow">1. AI ruins inviting authors to book clubs</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:writing">writing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/library/library-news/24-02-2026-are-ai-generated-summaries-suitable-for-studying-and-research" rel="nofollow">2. Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research?</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:knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4671154" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4257150 Interesting Links for 13-02-2023 2023-02-13T12:00:10Z 2023-02-13T12:00:10Z public 5 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/2/9/23591710/antisemitism-trans-rights-lgbtq-desantis-putin-bigotry-republicans-florida-sanders-steinberg" rel="nofollow">1. Jews, bicycle riders and trans folk</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:Jews">Jews</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:Russia">Russia</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-02-trove-spices-world-sunken-fifteenth-century.html" rel="nofollow">2. Trove of spices from around the world found on sunken fifteenth-century Norse ship</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:boats">boats</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Sweden">Sweden</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/protesters-clash-at-tate-britain-during-drag-queen-kids-story-telling-event-held-to-mark-lgbt-history-month-4024106" rel="nofollow">3. Protesters clash at Tate Britain during drag queen kids story-telling event held to mark LGBT+ History Month</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:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:art">art</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web" rel="nofollow">4. ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">It's not clear that it's technically possible to retain the acceptable kind of blurriness while eliminating the unacceptable kind</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:text">text</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7983349/#:~:text=A%20total%20of%2010%2C300%20adults,from%207.5%25%20to%2073.9%25" rel="nofollow">5. 84% of studies find that Adenovirus 36 causes people to put on weight</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Weight">Weight</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:virus">virus</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:obesity">obesity</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/tashakaminsky/status/1624939075479248898" rel="nofollow">6. What if Judaism advertised the way that Christianity does?</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:judaism">judaism</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=4257150" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4068250 Interesting Links for 31-10-2021 2021-10-31T12:00:10Z 2021-10-31T12:00:10Z public 0 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/10/john-carmack-sounds-a-skeptical-note-over-metas-metaverse-plans/" rel="nofollow">John Carmack issues some words of warning for Meta and its metaverse plans</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:socialnetworking">socialnetworking</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:VirtualReality">VirtualReality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:johncarmack">johncarmack</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/ellardent/status/1454234990779248641?t=M5HUvsw13lglagJsGUcK_A&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">A few short examples of why Ringo Starr was a great drummer</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drums">drums</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Beatles">Beatles</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/technology/activision-blizzard-diversity-workplace.html" rel="nofollow">Activision Blizzard to Improve Diversity and Workplace Culture</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gaming">gaming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/666540119022518272" rel="nofollow">Bored animals at empty zoos are entertained by each other (the second video is lovely)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:zoo">zoo</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animals">animals</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/pain-doesnt-lie-hard-candy-david-slade-2006/" rel="nofollow">Pain Doesn't Lie: On Elliott Page's Performance In Hard Candy</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:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:horror">horror</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rape">rape</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/USAmbUK/status/1454404931763462144?t=Yjzp8e1hkBuOczv8VPcl_A&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">The US Embassy sample Scottish cuisine ahead of their trip to Glasgow</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:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://offbyone.us/posts/how-to-help-a-student-get-unstuck/" rel="nofollow">How to help a student get unstuck</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:programming">programming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/tree-rings-show-modern-cyclones-rainiest-in-centuries/" rel="nofollow">Tree Rings Show Modern Cyclones Are the Rainiest in Centuries</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:weather">weather</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trees">trees</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/this-is-the-worlds-oldest-image-of-a-ghost/" rel="nofollow">This is the world’s oldest image of a ghost</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:supernatural">supernatural</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4068250" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4002761 Interesting Links for 26-05-2021 2021-05-26T11:00:06Z 2021-05-26T11:00:06Z public 7 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/misophonia-scientists-discover-the-brain-connection-responsible-for-supersensitivity-to-noise/" rel="nofollow">Scientists discover brain connection responsible for misophonia (feeling disgusted when you hear other people chew)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:eating">eating</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sound">sound</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brain">brain</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://river-runner.samlearner.com/" rel="nofollow">River Runner - drop a raindrop anywhere in the contiguous United States and see where it ends up</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rain">rain</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:visualisation">visualisation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rivers">rivers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/25/liz-truss-lgbt-panel-disbanded-gender-recognition-self-id/" rel="nofollow">Liz Truss: LGBT panel disbanded after trans self-ID row</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:conservatives">conservatives</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://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/covid-cases-after-vaccination-are-still-very-rare-variants-arent-changing-that/" rel="nofollow">COVID cases after vaccination are still very rare—variants aren't changing that</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:vaccination">vaccination</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/RobertGReeve/status/1397032784703655938?s=09" rel="nofollow">How your phone spies on you without listening to a word you've said</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:advertising">advertising</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:socialmedia">socialmedia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:phones">phones</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/61214440/posts/10103676633195013/?sfnsn=scwspmo" rel="nofollow">Talk to your local academics!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:academia">academia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:university">university</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2021-05-milky-unusual-astronomers.html" rel="nofollow">Milky Way not unusual, astronomers find</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:astronomy">astronomy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/google-launches-its-third-major-operating-system-fuchsia/" rel="nofollow">Google launches its third major operating system, Fuchsia</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:operatingsystems">operatingsystems</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4002761" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3955438 Interesting Links for 07-02-2021 2021-02-07T12:00:10Z 2021-02-07T12:00:10Z public 4 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55960355" rel="nofollow">Government plans to reverse Cameron NHS reforms - and reduce privatisation</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NHS">NHS</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/beat-saber-the-best-vr-game-has-sold-4-million-copies" rel="nofollow">Beat Saber, the best VR game, has sold 4 million copies</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:VirtualReality">VirtualReality</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-steel-might-finally-kick-its-coal-habit/" rel="nofollow">Making steel without emissions</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:materials">materials</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55964150" rel="nofollow">Covid in Scotland: Vaccines exceeding expectations</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:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/immigration-economic-effect-uk-towns-b1798198.html" rel="nofollow">UK towns with more immigrants do much better economically</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:immigration">immigration</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:success">success</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/02/jobs-where-workers-have-the-highest-risk-of-dying-from-covid-study.html" rel="nofollow">Jobs where workers have the highest risk of dying from Covid (line cook is the highest, top 5 are all manual labour)</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:death">death</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/b-aGIvUomTA" rel="nofollow">Don't fall for quantum hype (a video by a researcher in the area about why it's heavily oversold)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hyperbole">hyperbole</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/furlough-homeschooling-equality-mothers-lockdown-b1787375.html" rel="nofollow">Refusing furlough to working mothers shows gender equality is going backwards</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:parenting">parenting</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://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/" rel="nofollow">The Secret Bipartisan Campaign That Saved the 2020 US Election</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.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/02/06/parents-of-daughters-are-more-likely-to-divorce-than-those-with-sons" rel="nofollow">Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than those with sons - but only once those girls become teenagers</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:parenting">parenting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:teenagers">teenagers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:girls">girls</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/exports-to-the-eu-have-plummeted-by-68-since-brexit-12211169" rel="nofollow">Exports to the EU have plummeted by 68% since Brexit</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:trade">trade</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.caitlingreen.org/2020/11/arabic-and-persian-accounts-of-cornish-tin-trade.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">Some Arabic and Persian accounts of the export of tin from Cornwall to Egypt and Iran in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Cornwall">Cornwall</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:metal">metal</a> <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:Iran">Iran</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/bgvgi3ShcmY" rel="nofollow">How Marvel Starts The Action Scenes From Movies Years Before Filming</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:CGI">CGI</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marvel">marvel</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2019/02/07/debunking-the-misconception-of-the-flat-earth/" rel="nofollow">We've known the earth was round for 2,500 years</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:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3955438" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3927009 Interesting Links for 08-12-2020 2020-12-08T12:00:05Z 2020-12-08T12:00:05Z public 7 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/12/this-arizona-college-student-has-taken-over-60-driverless-waymo-rides/" rel="nofollow">Driverless taxi rides are rolling out slowly. Very slowly</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:automation">automation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:taxi">taxi</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/thirty-years-of-against-measurement/" rel="nofollow">We still don't know that quantum physics "means". That may never change.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:failure">failure</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://kotaku.com/the-secret-to-the-success-of-bastion-pyre-and-hades-1838082618" rel="nofollow">The Secret To The Success Of Bastion, Pyre, And Hades: No Forced Crunch, Yes Forced Vacations</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:working_hours">working_hours</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&amp;threadID=41586" rel="nofollow">A classic SF short story about the future of vat grown food</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:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ArthurCClarke">ArthurCClarke</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/07/asia/india-mystery-illness-intl-hnk-scli/index.html" rel="nofollow">Unidentified illness hospitalizes more than 300 people in India</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:disease">disease</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/timjhogan/status/1336008808011853828?s=09" rel="nofollow">The trailer for the Colonel Sanders movie is just amazing</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:chicken">chicken</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trailer">trailer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:kfc">kfc</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wtf">wtf</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54999365" rel="nofollow">So you want a career in computer games tournaments?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Did you know the computer games business is bigger than film, TV and music combined?</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:education">education</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/connolly_reece/status/1335584701965332481" rel="nofollow">British celebrity chefs as Greek gods</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1335584701965332481.html</span><br /></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/12/07/cyberpunk-2077-epileptic-psa" rel="nofollow">Cyberpunk 2077 is basically designed to trigger epilepsy</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:brain">brain</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disability">disability</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=3927009" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3769355 Interesting Links for 12-09-2019 2019-09-12T12:44:38Z 2019-09-12T12:44:38Z public 21 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/adaptation-if-computers-are-so-smart-how-come-they-cant-read/" rel="nofollow">If Computers Are So Smart, How Come They Can't Read?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:reading">reading</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/09/electric-eel-three-species-what-a-shock/597709/" rel="nofollow">The Iconic Electric Eel Is Actually Three Species (None of which are eels)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fish">fish</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/10/ssc-journal-club-relaxed-beliefs-under-psychedelics-and-the-anarchic-brain/" rel="nofollow">Do psychedelics relax your belief system?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:belief">belief</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychedelics">psychedelics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lsd">lsd</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-autism-good-social-psychologists.html" rel="nofollow">Those with autism make good social psychologists</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://metro.co.uk/2019/09/05/our-outdated-political-system-is-to-blame-for-whats-happening-in-parliament-10678207/" rel="nofollow">Our political system is to blame for what's happening in Parliament</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://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-49664390" rel="nofollow">New Edinburgh children's hospital delayed until autumn next year</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hospital">hospital</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conference">conference</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fail">fail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://bylinetimes.com/2019/09/11/brexit-disaster-capitalism-8-billion-bet-on-no-deal-crash-out-by-boris-johnsons-leave-backers/" rel="nofollow">Brexit Disaster Capitalism: £8 Billion Bet on No Deal Crash-Out by Boris Johnson's Leave Backers</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:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49661870" rel="nofollow">In-game spending should be regulated by gambling laws and so-called loot boxes banned entirely for children, MPs say.</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:money">money</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/11/lots-of-people-going-around-with-mild-hallucinations-all-the-time/" rel="nofollow">Lots Of People Going Around With Mild Hallucinations All The Time</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hallucinations">hallucinations</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:perception">perception</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychedelics">psychedelics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/poll-51-of-northern-ireland-voters-back-united-ireland-according-to-lord-ashcroft-survey-38488280.html" rel="nofollow">Poll: 51% of Northern Ireland voters back united Ireland</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NorthernIreland">NorthernIreland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:polls">polls</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ireland">ireland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR7SG2C7IVU&amp;safe=active&amp;safe=active" rel="nofollow">José Vs. Joe: Who Gets A Job?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:names">names</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jobs">jobs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-queen-lie-brexit-prorogue-parliament-suspend-reason-latest-a9102216.html" rel="nofollow">Boris Johnson denies lying to the Queen over suspension of parliament (I _totally_ believe him)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BorisJohnson">BorisJohnson</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lies">lies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:queen">queen</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3769355" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3734410 Interesting Links for 08-05-2019 2019-05-08T11:57:39Z 2019-05-08T11:57:39Z public 3 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2019/05/07/european-election-analysis-open-closed-divide-means-voters-c" rel="nofollow">European election analysis: Open-closed divide means voters can switch parties more easily</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://aux.avclub.com/ted-chiang-the-mind-behind-arrival-returns-with-anoth-1834449060" rel="nofollow">Arrival's Ted Chiang returns with the awe-inducing Exhalation</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:scifi">scifi</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/andrewducker/status/1125732003578511360" rel="nofollow">Wherein I have an interesting discussion about religion and emotional knowledge</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:emotion">emotion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/@Metatone/a-strawman-on-ep-election-tactical-voting-for-remainers-9b17edcdbcfd" rel="nofollow">Tactical voting for Remainers in the European Elections</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:voting">voting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1501387" rel="nofollow">Disney announces a ton of Star Wars and Marvel movies</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Disney">Disney</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:StarWars">StarWars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marvel">marvel</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-great-solicited-dick-pic-experiment" rel="nofollow">The Great Solicited Dick Pic Experiment</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:penis">penis</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:twitter">twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bodies">bodies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:men">men</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sex">sex</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-48187756" rel="nofollow">Stone mosaics will not be returned to Rose Street in Edinburgh</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-was-right-cheap-cameras-could-replace-lidar-1834266742" rel="nofollow">Elon Musk Was Right: Cheap Cameras Could Replace Lidar on Self-Driving Cars</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vision">vision</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cars">cars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:automation">automation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxIGtXVJjR0/?igshid=bts2vgv2f8o3" rel="nofollow">Where different breeds of dogs come from</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:dogs">dogs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3734410" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3702577 Interesting Links for 07-01-2019 2019-01-07T11:00:22Z 2019-01-07T11:00:22Z public 18 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/em/dyson.pdf" rel="nofollow">Why is Maxwell's theory so hard to understand?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFanf">viaFanf</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/lasers-vs-microwaves-the-billiondollar-bet-on-the-future-of-magnetic-storage" rel="nofollow">Lasers vs. Microwaves: A Billion-Dollar Bet on the Future of Magnetic Storage</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lasers">lasers</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:harddrive">harddrive</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:storage">storage</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:microwave">microwave</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MarkPack/~3/usInnITnL1U/" rel="nofollow">Four foreign elections should should pay attention to in 2019, and none are American</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Germany">Germany</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:india">india</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:australia">australia</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work" rel="nofollow">How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:happiness">happiness</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:work">work</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:burnout">burnout</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-46348917" rel="nofollow">The concrete sound mirrors that once protected Britain</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sound">sound</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://raisingfutureadults.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-hand-licking-incident.html" rel="nofollow">The Hand Licking Incident (or how to work with your children to solve their problems)</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3702577" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3628375 Interesting Links for 27-04-2018 2018-04-27T11:00:15Z 2018-04-27T11:00:15Z public 11 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/@bozhobg/facebook-doesnt-plan-to-be-gdpr-compliant-7f775231c497" rel="nofollow">Facebook Doesn’t Plan to be GDPR Compliant</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:surveillance">surveillance</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:privacy">privacy</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/04/26/steny-hoyer-audio-levi-tillemann/" rel="nofollow">Secretly Taped Audio Reveals Democratic Leadership Pressuring Progressive to Leave Race</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:democrats">democrats</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/25/605092520/high-paying-trade-jobs-sit-empty-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-university" rel="nofollow">High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up for University</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jobs">jobs</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Education">Education</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/genealogy-websites-identify-rape-suspect-who-eluded-police-for-40-years/" rel="nofollow">Genealogy websites identify rape suspect who eluded police for 40 years</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genetics">genetics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rape">rape</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/dlsmithies/status/989597598842372101?s=09" rel="nofollow">How little do lawyers get for prosecuting a crime?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/theobertram/status/989617525574045697?s=09" rel="nofollow">How to win at Question Time</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">This, by the way, is why I don't watch this kind of tv.</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tv">tv</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://theweek.com/articles/763465/last-man-who-knew-everything" rel="nofollow">The last man who knew everything</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43907248" rel="nofollow">Sinclair Spectrum designer Rick Dickinson dies</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3628375" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3582285 Interesting Links for 20-11-2017 2017-11-20T12:05:39Z 2017-11-20T12:05:39Z public 5 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/years-campaigning-world-waking-need-international-mens-day/" rel="nofollow">But when is International Women's Day?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:men">men</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mentalhealth">mentalhealth</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:health">health</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/LetToysBeToys/status/932113165814550528?s=09" rel="nofollow">How childhood gender-stereotyping damages boys</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:boys">boys</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:stereotypes">stereotypes</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:toys">toys</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:men">men</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/zoeimogen/status/932172258759540736?s=09" rel="nofollow">Fact checking the "half of all trans prisoners are sex offenders" reporting</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:media">media</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.stereogum.com/1972241/morrissey-defends-kevin-spacey-and-harvey-weinstein-saying-victims-shouldve-known-what-could-happen/news/" rel="nofollow">Morrissey Defends Kevin Spacey And Harvey Weinstein, Saying Victims Should’ve Known What Could Happen</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/morrissey-was-never-in-the-smiths-say-fans-20171013137412" rel="nofollow">Morrissey was never in The Smiths, say fans</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/cathalmalone/status/897794527305629697?s=09" rel="nofollow">The UK government doesn't understand The Good Friday Agreement</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Ireland">Ireland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NorthernIreland">NorthernIreland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://mightygodking.com/2017/11/16/mastodon-twitter-and-you-or-not-you/" rel="nofollow">Why decentralised social networks aren't catching on</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:decentralisation">decentralisation</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:socialnetworking">socialnetworking</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/167662725175/katswenski-my-website-my-facebook-page-see" rel="nofollow">I found the best post on Tumblr!</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:squirrel">squirrel</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oney_Judge#Escape" rel="nofollow">How George Washington tried to get back his escaped slave</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:slavery">slavery</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/upshot/as-women-take-over-a-male-dominated-field-the-pay-drops.html?referer=" rel="nofollow">As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pay">pay</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gender">gender</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:patriarchy">patriarchy</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.libdemvoice.org/a-message-from-the-chair-of-lgbt-liberal-democrats-55896.html" rel="nofollow">A message from the Chair of LGBT+ Liberal Democrats</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:libdem">libdem</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_Wikipedia_cannot_claim_the_earth_is_not_flat" rel="nofollow">Why Wikipedia cannot claim the earth is not flat</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/11/20/whats-different-about-the-brains-of-the-minority-of-us-who-feel-other-peoples-physical-pain/" rel="nofollow">A quarter of people actively feel pain when they see others in pain</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">I do get a sense of nausea when I see some kind of injuries being inflicted on people. Fascinating how different people's reactions can be.</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pain">pain</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/11/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain.html" rel="nofollow">Were there camels in Roman Britain?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rome">rome</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:camels">camels</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-how-many-bankers-were-jailed-for-their-part-in-the-financial-crisis" rel="nofollow">FactCheck: how many bankers were jailed for their part in the financial crisis?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:banking">banking</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8x53xb/meet-the-spreadsheet-that-can-solve-nyc-transit-and-the-man-who-made-it" rel="nofollow">Meet The Spreadsheet That Can Solve NYC Transit (and the Man Who Made It)</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:newyork">newyork</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:spreadsheet">spreadsheet</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3582285" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3455857 Interesting Links for 30-09-2016 2016-09-30T11:00:05Z 2016-09-30T11:00:05Z public 1 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-confirms-plans-for-separate-london-work-permits-to-stop-postbrexit-exodus-of-skilled-a3355466.html" rel="nofollow">Sadiq Khan confirms plans for 'London work permits' to stop post-Brexit exodus</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Someone should definitely tell Nicola Sturgeon.</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:london">london</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:immigration">immigration</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-britain-germany-france-idUKKCN11T1WV" rel="nofollow">German minister offers to fly to London and explain Europe to him</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sept11-saudi-idUSKCN11Y2D1" rel="nofollow">Congress rejects Obama veto, Saudi September 11 bill becomes law</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:saudiarabia">saudiarabia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:obama">obama</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37506501/no-mans-sky-investigated-over-misleading-adverts" rel="nofollow">No Man's Sky investigated over misleading adverts</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advertising">advertising</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37470750" rel="nofollow">Do you know your Trotskyists from your anarcho-syndicalists?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:names">names</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://danieldwilliam.livejournal.com/149051.html" rel="nofollow">On Being Surprised Three Time By Energy Markets in One Week</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:energy">energy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:renewables">renewables</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/09/29/civilization-vi-brings-the-series-back-to-its-best/" rel="nofollow">Civilization VI Brings The Series Back To Its Best</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:review">review</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/09/29/jj-abrams-a-portal-movie-announcement-is-coming-soon" rel="nofollow">J.J. Abrams: A Portal Movie Announcement is Coming Soon</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/28/memory-isrib-peter-walter/" rel="nofollow">Curious molecule that makes mice smart sets off a whirlwind</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Intelligence">Intelligence</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brains">brains</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mice">mice</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-34391241?SThisFB" rel="nofollow">Shares on sale for Edinburgh solar project</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:solarpower">solarpower</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanieldDWilliam">viaDanieldDWilliam</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://vimeo.com/154959544" rel="nofollow">Helsinki CompuCafe video from 1995 (The first internet cafe!)</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://beltane.org/2016/09/09/guardians-games-and-gateways-join-us-as-a-steward/" rel="nofollow">If you're in Edinburgh and would like to help out at Samhain (and have a great view) then we need you...</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:performance">performance</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewhickey.info/2016/09/29/yet-another-rant-about-class-from-me/" rel="nofollow">How do you feel when politicians criticise your employer?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:work">work</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.libdemvoice.org/assad-appeasement-aleppo-and-the-collapse-of-international-law-52009.html" rel="nofollow">Assad, Appeasement, Aleppo and the Collapse of International Law</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:syria">syria</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.dw.com/en/tax-authorities-in-denmark-buy-panama-papers-evidence/a-35928320" rel="nofollow">Tax authorities in Denmark buy ′Panama Papers′ evidence</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tax">tax</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:denmark">denmark</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/30/restaurants-risk-being-named-and-shamed-in-government-obesity-cr/" rel="nofollow">Government plans to tell people where to buy huge delicious desserts</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wtf">wtf</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://nautil.us/issue/40/learning/how-much-more-can-we-learn-about-the-universe" rel="nofollow">How Much More Can We Learn About the Universe?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-trace-society-s-myths-to-primordial-origins/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_ARTC_FEAT" rel="nofollow">Scientists Trace Society's Myths to Primordial Origins</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:myths">myths</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:stories">stories</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:prehistory">prehistory</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:culture">culture</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3455857" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3405196 Interesting Links for 23-05-2016 2016-05-23T11:00:12Z 2016-05-23T11:00:12Z public 1 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/@colinedwards/the-most-completely-insane-thing-ive-ever-seen-in-a-cinema-7c44ce68f50f#.5bk71wgxt" rel="nofollow">BBC Scotland's levels of disrespect for Scottish people are frankly, ridiculous</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comedy">comedy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bbc">bbc</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=4117" rel="nofollow">This is pretty-much how I feel about sex-talk</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sex">sex</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conversation">conversation</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://mythcreants.com/blog/five-signs-your-story-is-sexist-against-men/" rel="nofollow">Five Signs Your Story Is Sexist – Against Men</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:men">men</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sexism">sexism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:patriarchy">patriarchy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaTheFerrett">viaTheFerrett</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/144764562475/jhameia-officialleoneabbacchio" rel="nofollow">Lion dancers have amazing skills</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dancing">dancing</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:martialarts">martialarts</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2016/may/21/wrong-pension-calculations-retirement?CMP=share_btn_fb" rel="nofollow">Workers will have to save much more or stay in their jobs longer if they want a decent pension</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pension">pension</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/22/hollywood-in-the-grip-of-child-abuse-scandal-similar-to-jimmy-sa/" rel="nofollow">Elijah Wood: 'Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile'</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/britain-has-an-ethnic-problem-the-english/article15792740/" rel="nofollow">Britain has an ethnic problem: the English</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UKIP">UKIP</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Education">Education</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:immigration">immigration</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-still-prepared-to-call-for-war-crimes-investigation-into-tony-blair-a7042926.html" rel="nofollow">Jeremy Corbyn still prepared to call for war crimes investigation into Tony Blair</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:war">war</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tonyblair">tonyblair</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/22/official-advice-to-eat-low-fat-diet-is-wrong-says-health-charity?CMP=share_btn_tw" rel="nofollow">Official advice on low-fat diet and cholesterol is wrong, says health charity</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:diet">diet</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fat">fat</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:health">health</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36357584" rel="nofollow">Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson to marry</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marriage">marriage</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36356363" rel="nofollow">Wild animals at UK homes include lions, zebras and crocodiles</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animals">animals</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3d37nP9fmMvmPtJn4YRyS2b/how-to-speak-sci-fi?intc_type=singletheme&amp;intc_location=avs&amp;intc_campaign=dangerousvisions&amp;intc_linkname=article_scifi_contentcard5" rel="nofollow">By Grabthar's Hammer! Who can suggest sci-fi quotes that are more essential than these eight?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quotes">quotes</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2016/05/21/the-busy-beaver-game/" rel="nofollow">The Busy Beaver Game, and the limits between the knowable and the unknowable</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mathematics">mathematics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computing">computing</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:knowledge">knowledge</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3405196" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3283042 Interesting Links for 23-08-2015 2015-08-23T11:00:09Z 2015-08-23T11:00:09Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://andrewhickeywriter.tumblr.com/post/127234290761/abgcomics-sunday-strip-watchmen-its-pretty" rel="nofollow">Watchmen - made with newspaper comic-strip characters</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/comics">comics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/watchmen">watchmen</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/calvinandhobbes">calvinandhobbes</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/dilbert">dilbert</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="https://twitter.com/sehnaoui/status/634740838673702912?s=09" rel="nofollow">The Washington Post shares photos of the TSA master keys...</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/lock">lock</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/security">security</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/fail">fail</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/perfect-security/" rel="nofollow">There have only been 70 years where you could consider locks completely trustworthy</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/lock">lock</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/history">history</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/mum-wondering-if-she-is-to-blame-for-edinburgh-show-20150819101255" rel="nofollow">Mother wondering if she is to blame for Edinburgh Fringe show</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/parenting">parenting</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/fringe">fringe</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="https://markfiddaman.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/6-links-jeremy-corbyn-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about/" rel="nofollow">6 Links Jeremy Corbyn Doesn’t Want You to Know About (Oh dear, this doesn't look good)</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Labour">Labour</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/satire">satire</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/08/big-question-tap-water-go-stale-overnight" rel="nofollow">Why Does Tap Water Go Stale Overnight?</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/water">water</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/taste">taste</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/throwback-thursday-the-fundamental-limits-of-knowledge-200b10b86c8" rel="nofollow">The Fundamental Limits Of Knowledge About The Start Of The Universe</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/physics">physics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/22/jeremy-corbyn-economists-backing-anti-austerity-policies-corbynomics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow">40 leading economists point out that Jeremy Corbyn's policies are not actually extreme</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/economics">economics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Labour">Labour</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-interleaving-effect-mixing-it-up-boosts-learning/" rel="nofollow">The Interleaving Effect: Mixing It Up Boosts Learning</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/practice">practice</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2015/08/23/what-the-alternate-hugo-ballot-would-likely-have-been/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TobiasBuckell+%28Tobias+S.+Buckell+Online%29" rel="nofollow">What the alternate Hugo Ballot would likely have been</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Hugo">Hugo</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/awards">awards</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/why-more-and-more-women-are-identifying-as-bisexual-and-no-label--not-lesbian-10459146.html" rel="nofollow">More and more women are identifying as bisexual and 'no label' rather than lesbian</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/identity">identity</a> )</li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://ineedatumblrforthisshit.tumblr.com/post/127340591619/mj-irl-theinturnetexplorer-the-evolution-of" rel="nofollow">A footsoldier's equipment, from 1066 to the modern day</a> <ul> <li class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/military">military</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/history">history</a> )</li> </ul> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3283042" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3167378 Interesting Links for 21-12-2014 2014-12-21T11:00:02Z 2014-12-21T11:00:02Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://alistapart.com/article/tweaking-the-moral-ui">Code of Conduct as a moral User Interface</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/feminism">feminism</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/conference">conference</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/conventions">conventions</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/abuse">abuse</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/harrassment">harrassment</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viasupergee">viasupergee</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://slatestarscratchpad.tumblr.com/post/105665321551/they-say-you-dont-understand-something-unless-you">Proof of understanding through recursive grandmothers</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141219160606.htm">Early exposure to antidepressants affects adult anxiety, serotonin transmission (in mice)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/serotonin">serotonin</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/antidepressants">antidepressants</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/anxiety">anxiety</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://liv.dreamwidth.org/453723.html">Health at every size - some useful data and research, written up very clearly</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/health">health</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/weight">weight</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/obesity">obesity</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/diet">diet</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/facebook-blocks-russian-page-supporting-navalny-putins-biggest-critic/2014/12/20/a8c782b8-8877-11e4-abcf-5a3d7b3b20b8_story.html">Facebook blocks Russian page supporting Navalny, Putin's biggest critic</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Russia">Russia</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/censorship">censorship</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773619">Bug report: Page load fail makes it difficult to cook cornbread in the woodstove</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bug">bug</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/web">web</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theawl.com/2014/12/the-triumphant-rise-of-the-shitpic">The Triumphant Rise of the Shitpic</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/photos">photos</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/meme">meme</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/replication">replication</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/digital">digital</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3167378" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3150845 Interesting Links for 23-11-2014 2014-11-23T11:00:02Z 2014-11-23T11:00:02Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/11/20/why-ukips-rivals-are-fighting-wrong-battle/">Why Ukip’s rivals are fighting the wrong battle</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/UKIP">UKIP</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/immigration">immigration</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/UK">UK</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaJennieRigg">viaJennieRigg</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/103173899927/a-few-preemptive-words-about-episode-408">An explanation for why today's Legend of Korra was a clips episode (albeit the best I've ever seen)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tv">tv</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/avatar">avatar</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/business">business</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/20/bogus-journal-accepts-profanity-laced-anti-spam-paper/">Bogus Journal Accepts Profanity-Laced Anti-Spam Paper</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/academia">academia</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viasupergee">viasupergee</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaSoonLee">viaSoonLee</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/not-suppost-to-cry-9yearold-lists-the-worst-things-about-being-a-boy-9874978.html">9-year-old lists the worst things about being a boy (I'd go with most of these)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/gender">gender</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/masculinity">masculinity</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/patriarchy">patriarchy</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/men">men</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2014/11/have-homeopaths-reached-peak-stupid.html">Huzzah for the homeopaths, who are working very hard to heal the oceans!</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ocean">ocean</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/magic">magic</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/homeopathy">homeopathy</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/london-taxi-test-knowledge/?_r=2">The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/taxi">taxi</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/London">London</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/gps">gps</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/brains">brains</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/22/media-gagged-westminster-child-abuse-ring?CMP=twt_gu">Security services accused of aiding Westminster paedophilia cover-up</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/paedophilia">paedophilia</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/abuse">abuse</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/spying">spying</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/21/fed-too-big-to-jail_n_6201476.html">US government admits it's been shielding big banks from criminal prosecution</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/crime">crime</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/usa">usa</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/banking">banking</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/banks">banks</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://news.osu.edu/news/2014/11/21/study-doubling-saturated-fat-in-the-diet-does-not-increase-saturated-fat-in-blood/">Doubling Saturated Fat in the Diet Does Not Increase Saturated Fat in Blood (but increasing carbs does)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/fat">fat</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/carbohydrates">carbohydrates</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/diet">diet</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/food">food</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/health">health</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3150845" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3051362 Interesting Links for 08-05-2014 2014-05-08T11:00:03Z 2014-05-08T11:00:03Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/mink-is-a-3d-printer-for-makeup/">Mink Is A 3D Printer For Makeup</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/3dprinting">3dprinting</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/cosmetics">cosmetics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaJulie">viaJulie</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-story-behind-the-worst-movie-on-imdb/">The Story Behind the Worst Movie on IMDb</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/imdb">imdb</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/movies">movies</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/may/07/avril-lavigne-meet-and-greet-sham">Avril Lavigne has shown up meet-and-greets for the sham they are</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/music">music</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/money">money</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://thecodelesscode.com/case/138">Software:The Province of Eternal Crisis</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Software">Software</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2014/04/26/free-speech-and-the-means-of-communication/">Free Speech and the Means of Communication</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/capitalism">capitalism</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/freespeech">freespeech</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/04/23/superheroes_and_male_body_image_hollywood_workout_programs_are_impossible.html?wpisrc=obnetwork">Superheroes and male body image: Hollywood workout programs are impossible for normal people.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/exercise">exercise</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bodyimage">bodyimage</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/men">men</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/movies">movies</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140506190545.htm">Surgeons use flourescent dye to see inside you - so robots can remove your gall bladder</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/surgery">surgery</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/robots">robots</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/technology">technology</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140506190742.htm">New 'magnifying glass' helps spot delinquency risks in youth</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/youth">youth</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/crime">crime</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/behaviour">behaviour</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140507095756.htm">Psilocybin inhibits the processing of negative emotions in the brain</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/psilocybin">psilocybin</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/psychedelics">psychedelics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/emotion">emotion</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://aqueercalling.com/2014/05/01/christian-formation-and-the-cost-of-the-culture-wars/">I am not surprised that educated Christians are aghast at the ignorance of their co-religionists</a> <br><span class="link-description">Excellent comment policy too!</span><br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/religion">religion</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Christianity">Christianity</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaDanieldDWilliam">viaDanieldDWilliam</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://amuseoffyre.tumblr.com/post/85031825965/stream-space-lunulata-no-really-watch">You can stop searching, I've found the ultimate musical instrument</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/music">music</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/mario">mario</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/video">video</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://contemporaryelfinchild.tumblr.com/post/84953327509/since-that-dragon-chart-has-quickly-become-my-most">A size chart of Middle Earth dragons</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/dragons">dragons</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/lotr">lotr</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/thehobbit">thehobbit</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://eatsoylentgreen.tumblr.com/post/84996812646/dogs-race-humans">When I am king, this is how dog-racing will be done</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/dogs">dogs</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/animated_gif">animated_gif</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/awesome">awesome</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/42-of-europes-banking-crisis-paid-by-ireland-219703.html#.U2ZtPhvk0dc.facebook">42% of Europe’s banking crisis paid by Ireland (Thanks, Ireland!)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ireland">ireland</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/banking">banking</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-27315498">Surgeons in Devon trial smart glasses in theatre</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/surgery">surgery</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/googleglass">googleglass</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/london-police-to-use-wearable-video-cameras-in-public-interactions/">London police to use wearable video cameras in public interactions</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/police">police</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/transparentsociety">transparentsociety</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/simulation-shows-that-dark-energy-and-matter-can-reproduce-the-universe/">Simulation shows that dark energy and matter can reproduce the Universe</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/simulation">simulation</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/physics">physics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/space">space</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.esquire.com/_mobile/blogs/culture/star-wars-roger-christian?src=spr_TWITTER&amp;spr_id=1456_56440152">The Man Who Literally Built Star Wars</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/starwars">starwars</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/design">design</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/06/wheres-all-the-animal-vagina-research/">Where’s All The Animal Vagina Research?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/vagina">vagina</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/science">science</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/genitals">genitals</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaJennieRigg">viaJennieRigg</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3051362" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3037975 Interesting Links for 07-04-2014 2014-04-07T11:00:02Z 2014-04-07T11:00:02Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/06/british-army-women-combat-roles-general">British army should consider giving women close-combat roles, says general</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/gender">gender</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/military">military</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/UK">UK</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://m.ottawasun.com/2014/04/05/e-cigarettes-can-save-lives">E-cigarettes can save lives</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/nicotine">nicotine</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/health">health</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://pando.com/2014/04/03/after-pando-shows-clear-evidence-of-fraud-on-indiegogo-company-responds-by-deleting-anti-fraud-guarantee/">After Pando shows clear evidence of fraud, Indiegogo responds by… deleting anti-fraud guarantee</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/CrowdFunding">CrowdFunding</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/fraud">fraud</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="https://theconversation.com/game-of-thrones-why-hasnt-westeros-had-an-industrial-revolution-25240">Why hasn't Westeros had an industrial revolution?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/history">history</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/gameofthrones">gameofthrones</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://pme2013.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/is-it-homophobic-to-oppose-same-sex.html?m=1">Is it Homophobic to oppose Same Sex Marriage?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/marriage">marriage</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/homophobia">homophobia</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.libdemvoice.org/alison-mcinnes-msp-writesthe-scottish-justice-secretary-is-wrong-to-say-stop-and-search-is-an-operational-matter-39095.html">Stop and Search is up by 500% in parts of Scotland. And not for any good reasons</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/scotland">scotland</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/police">police</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/04/06/88370-see-the-differences-between-the-trailer-and-the-theatrical-release-of-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug/">The differences between the trailer for Desolation of Smaug and the final version show much effort went into it.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/thehobbit">thehobbit</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/cgi">cgi</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/movies">movies</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/06/brits-love-wine-headache-wine-trade">Brits do like a bottle of vino, but not enough to pay more than £6</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/wine">wine</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/alcohol">alcohol</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.thewhig.com/2012/11/28/mans-high-tech-paradise-lost">Blind man gains sight through cyborg technology, loses it again when surgeon dies. (Something odd about this story)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/cybernetics">cybernetics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/eyes">eyes</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/technology">technology</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/06/gay-conversion-therapy-nhs-health-minister">Gay conversion therapy should have no place in NHS, says health minister</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/nhs">nhs</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/06/game-of-thrones-how-does-the-tv-series-compare-to-the-books">How many minutes do you get to the page when filming a book?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/books">books</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tv">tv</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/movies">movies</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.toiletsarlacc.com/zs6wwbebqq1ywyrohx6bbefeifgp8h">Toilet Sarlacc. Allow me to repeat myself. SARLACC TOILET!!!</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/toilets">toilets</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/starwars">starwars</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://eatsoylentgreen.tumblr.com/post/81605478772/nihilistxvx-learned-helplessness-this">A Child's Guide to Anarchy</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/anarchy">anarchy</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/children">children</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/books">books</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.jwz.org/blog/2014/04/what-if-the-moon-was-a-disco-ball/">What if the Moon was a Disco Ball?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/space">space</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/video">video</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/SUSPICIOUS-MINDS">Suspicious Minds: Why no one trusts people in authority</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/society">society</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/history">history</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/conspiracy">conspiracy</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://comicneue.com/">Finally! A modern replacement for Comic Sans!</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/font">font</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/design">design</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3037975" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3009297 Interesting Links for 02-02-2014 2014-02-02T11:00:10Z 2014-02-02T11:00:10Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://angular-tips.com/blog/2013/08/watch-how-the-apply-runs-a-digest/">A great explanation of how Angular's $watch, $apply, and $digest work</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/angular">angular</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/javascript">javascript</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_a_deadline">There is a deadline for saving knowledge</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/wikipedia">wikipedia</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/tsa-screener-confession-102912.html">Dear America, I Saw You Naked And yes, we were laughing. Confessions of an ex-TSA agent.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tsa">tsa</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/security_theatre">security_theatre</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/usa">usa</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K36twB9zD0">The small world is very, very different to the one we're used to.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/quantum">quantum</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/video">video</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://blog.xkcd.com/2014/01/31/the-baby-name-wizard/">Names are fascinating. (And I hadn't realised they change so much)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/names">names</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Embleer_Frith/status/429341175288709120/photo/1">Anarchists ruin _everything_</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/anarchy">anarchy</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/six-month-treatment-limits-problems-with-peanut-allergies/">Six month treatment limits problems with peanut allergies</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/allergies">allergies</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/peanuts">peanuts</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/01/who-wants-male-contraceptive-pill-chauvinism">The ridiculous reasons why we still don't have a male pill (Will someone please crowdfund this?)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/contraception">contraception</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/men">men</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funding">funding</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://kickfailure.tumblr.com/">Kick Failure - mercilessly picking on the worst projects on Kickstarter</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/kickstarter">kickstarter</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/epicfail">epicfail</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://tallguywrites.livejournal.com/148012.html">The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/autism">autism</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/comic">comic</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/science">science</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/medicine">medicine</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.fastcolabs.com/3018568/why-your-startup-cant-find-developers">Apparently startups can't find developers because they're appallingly run, badly paid cliques.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/startups">startups</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/jobs">jobs</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/fail">fail</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3009297" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:2958355 Interesting Links for 21-10-2013 2013-10-21T11:00:01Z 2013-10-21T11:00:01Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/NoIn2014">@NoIn2014 is a work of genius</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/scotland">scotland</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/independence">independence</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/587153.html">What is the Doctor running from? (Nice theory about the 50th anniversary)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/drwho">drwho</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.micaelwidell.com/p/19/">Life is all about killing the magic</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/life">life</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/13-nutrition-lies-that-made-the-world-sick-and-fat-2013-10#1-eggs-are-bad-for-your-health-1">13 Nutrition Lies That Made The World Sick And Fat</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/food">food</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/health">health</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viafanf">viafanf</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/sweden-becomes-first-western-nation-to-reject-low-fat-diet-dogma-in-favor-of-low-carb-high-fat-nutrition/">Sweden Becomes First Western Nation to Reject Low-fat Diet Dogma in Favor of Low-carb High-fat Nutrition</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sweden">sweden</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/food">food</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/health">health</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viafanf">viafanf</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/radiohead-big.jpg">Radiohead songs graphed by genre</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/music">music</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/visualisation">visualisation</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viafanf">viafanf</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/radiohead">radiohead</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/magazine/stephen-kings-family-business.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0">Stephen King’s Family Business</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/writing">writing</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/stephenking">stephenking</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24604218">UK nuclear power plant gets go-ahead</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/nuclearpower">nuclearpower</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/roots-government-shutdown">The Roots of the Government Shutdown (The Primary systems lead to idealogues)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/usa">usa</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/11/scotland-12288-union-public">Enough of the Scottish subsidy myth</a> <br><span class="link-description">Are there any _impartial_ costings?</span><br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/independence">independence</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=2958355" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:2887796 Interesting Links for 14-05-2013 2013-05-14T11:00:01Z 2013-05-14T11:00:01Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/science/engineering-the-325000-in-vitro-burger.html?hp&amp;_r=2&amp;pagewanted=all&amp;">Engineering the $325,000 In-Vitro Burger</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/thefuture">thefuture</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/food">food</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://fullfact.org/factchecks/childcare_costs_ratios-28918">Childcare in the UK: the tightest and most expensive?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/childcare">childcare</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://io9.com/why-everything-you-know-about-wolf-packs-is-wrong-502754629">There are no alpha-wolves in the wild.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/behaviour">behaviour</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/wolves">wolves</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://io9.com/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-heres-why-496098276">Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/wine">wine</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/alcohol">alcohol</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://stevegreen.livejournal.com/730808.html">Tom Baker vs Ray Harryhausen: Drink!</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tombaker">tombaker</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/alcohol">alcohol</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.andrewrilstone.com/2013/05/journey-to-center-of-tardis-711.html">Why is the writing in the current run of Dr Who so bad?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tv">tv</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/writing">writing</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/drwho">drwho</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8qglSV74XY">Space Marine cosplay FTW</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/wargames">wargames</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/cosplay">cosplay</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/warhammer">warhammer</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/geekery">geekery</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://geoguessr.com/">Geo Guessr is rather good geographical fun. I got 9522 points.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/geography">geography</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://cogentcomment.com/2013/03/19/so-youre-tired-of-hearing-about-rape-culture/">So you're tired of hearing about "rape culture"?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/RapeCulture">RapeCulture</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10049454/Dont-make-fun-of-renowned-Dan-Brown.html">A brilliant satire of Dan Brown</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/DanBrown">DanBrown</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/satire">satire</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130513152359.htm">The body clocks of severely depressed people are altered at a cellular level</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/depression">depression</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/05/d-waves-quantum-optimizer-pitted-against-traditional-computers/">D-Wave’s quantum optimizer pitted against traditional computers</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/computers">computers</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/quantum">quantum</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://theoreticalminimum.com/">Learn physics from scratch</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/physics">physics</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/05/sheerwind-funnel-system-claims-to.html">Sheerwind funnel system claims to produce 6 times more energy than conventional wind and costs competitive with natural gas and hydro power</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/windpower">windpower</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?_r=0">Angelina Jolie speaks out on her double mastectomy</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/breasts">breasts</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/cancer">cancer</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/AngelinaJolie">AngelinaJolie</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/healthcare">healthcare</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-22511962">Isle of Man gay couple refused rental agreement (legally)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/lgbt">lgbt</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22426144">Church of England attendance continues to fall, but only slightly.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/religion">religion</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/272-39/17381-obamacare-is-already-forcing-private-insurers-to-lower-their-premiums">Obamacare Is Already Forcing Private Insurers to Lower Their Premiums</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/usa">usa</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/healthcare">healthcare</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/police-appeal-stop-and-search-payout">Family racially abused by police learn law to win their case - police then raid their home.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/police">police</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/racism">racism</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viafanf">viafanf</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/04/24/0956797612464058.abstract">Political extremists understand complex policies less well than they think they do.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/decisions">decisions</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/psychology">psychology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/misunderstanding">misunderstanding</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=2887796" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:2876838 Interesting Links for 18-04-2013 2013-04-18T11:00:02Z 2013-04-18T11:00:02Z public 4 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22184232">New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/newzealand">newzealand</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/marriage">marriage</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/lgbt">lgbt</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/we-are-all-thatcherites-now-david-cameron-leads-tributes-to-margaret-thatcher-and-defends-funeral-costs-8576206.html">David Cameron can, as usual, fuck right off.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/davidcameron">davidcameron</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/margaretthatcher">margaretthatcher</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://revk.www.me.uk/2013/04/viewing-web-page-is-not-breach-of.html">Viewing a web page is not breach of copyright (Good to have that confirmed)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/law">law</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/web">web</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/copyright">copyright</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/04/how-pixar-used-moores-law-to-predict-the-future/">How Pixar Used Moore's Law to Predict the Future</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/thefuture">thefuture</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/computers">computers</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/pixar">pixar</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW4DXOAXF8U">When New Zealand passed their marriage equality legislation, parliament burst into song.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/newzealand">newzealand</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaSoonLee">viaSoonLee</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/marriage">marriage</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/video">video</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://bart-calendar.livejournal.com/2564393.html">How To Attract A Man</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/men">men</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/attraction">attraction</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/04/17/and-now-a-small-example-of-what-a-generation-gap-looks-like/">And Now, A Small Example of What a Generation Gap Looks Like</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/thefuture">thefuture</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/phones">phones</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://ak.vbroek.org/2013/04/15/this-image-should-not-be-seen-by-the-whole-world/">This Image Should NOT be Seen by the Whole World</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/brazil">brazil</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sociology">sociology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/meme">meme</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://robinince.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/the-fascism-of-knowing-stuff/">The Fascism of Knowing Stuff</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaDaveon">viaDaveon</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/vanhalen.asp">Why Van Halen's rider had a "no brown M&M's" clause in it</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/music">music</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/business">business</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://imgur.com/AFlDUBn">Someone finally took the "Dragons fucking cars" meme to the next level.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/epicwtf">epicwtf</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/dragons">dragons</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/cars">cars</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://grist.org/business-technology/none-of-the-worlds-top-industries-would-be-profitable-if-they-paid-for-the-natural-capital-they-use/">None of the world’s top industries would be profitable if they paid for the environmental damage they cause.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/environment">environment</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/economics">economics</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://kgajos.eecs.harvard.edu/ag/">Click on a few dots and program will guess your age. (I'm 37!)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/age">age</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://reprog.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/things-that-americans-find-incomprehensible-about-the-uk/">Things that Americans find incomprehensible about the UK (who'se got more?)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/society">society</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/usa">usa</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22197797">New Star Wars film yearly from 2015</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/movies">movies</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/starwars">starwars</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=2876838" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:2766760 Interesting Links for 16-09-2012 2012-09-16T11:00:01Z 2012-09-16T11:00:01Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jul/16/doctor-who-villains-list">Every Doctor Who villain since 1963 - as a spreadsheet and visualised</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaJennieRigg">viaJennieRigg</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/visualization">visualization</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/data">data</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/DrWho">DrWho</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://2000adonline.com/news/13-09-2012/she_is_the_law/">An interview the Olivia "Judge Anderson" Thirlby. Some interesting insight.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/interview">interview</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/JudgeDredd">JudgeDredd</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-case-dismissed-on-employment-law-reform/8360">A fact-check on employment law reform</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/law">law</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/security">security</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/employment">employment</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/the-astronomical-unit-gets-fixed-1.11416">The astronomical unit gets fixed</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/physics">physics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/science">science</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/astronomy">astronomy</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2012/09/15/2b2k-truth-as-meta/">How the web is changing our approach to knowledge for the better</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/communication">communication</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/web">web</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://jessicavalenti.tumblr.com/post/31529596454/major-news-org-wants-to-know-how-i-lost-my-baby-weight">Feminist Author writes about childbirth. Major news outlet says "Yes, but how did you lose the weight afterwards?"</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/news">news</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/media">media</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/weight">weight</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/children">children</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/feminism">feminism</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://generatedcontent.org/post/31441135779/mobileweb-row">If you want to design your app to be seen on the most globally popular phones, they'll need to scale a long way down.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/web">web</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/mobile">mobile</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/design">design</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/phones">phones</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.happyplace.com/2672/a-template-for-every-awful-facebook-discussion-youve-ever-witnessed">A Template For Every Awful Facebook Discussion You've Ever Witnessed</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/discussion">discussion</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/satire">satire</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/facebook">facebook</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/sep/16/voters-support-anti-immigrant-party?cat=uk&amp;type=article">UK Voters more likely to back an anti-Muslim party than reject it (old people are the worst, of course)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/islam">islam</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.change.org/nomorepage3">A petition to get The Sun to remove the topless models from page 3</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/petition">petition</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/newspapers">newspapers</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/nudity">nudity</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity">A new game from the makers of Planescape Torment and Fallout:New Vegas? On Kickstarter? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/games">games</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/roleplaying">roleplaying</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/kickstarter">kickstarter</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=2766760" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:2763456 Interesting Links for 09-09-2012 2012-09-09T11:00:00Z 2012-09-09T11:00:00Z public 2 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U4zemqaq68&amp;feature=player_embedded">Ladies, wouldn't life be easier if you had a Cloaca? Well, now you can, with Cloaxia!</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaJWZ">viaJWZ</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/video">video</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/women">women</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/birds">birds</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com/1422139.html">As proof that you are now living in the future, have an awesome jetpack video.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/video">video</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/thefuture">thefuture</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Human_Stain#The_book.27s_author_requests_this_article_be_corrected">A fascinating discussion on Wikipedia on how to deal with Philip Roth's claims about the book he wrote.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/truth">truth</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/citation">citation</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/wikipedia">wikipedia</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/writing">writing</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/opinion/how-pot-helps-parenting.html?_r=2&amp;ref=global">How Pot Helps Parenting</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/parenting">parenting</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/drugs">drugs</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/marijuana">marijuana</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/07/1129029/-The-Onion-Gives-Up">The Onion Gives Up (a press release)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/usa">usa</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/TheOnion">TheOnion</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19516237">Does the sex debate exclude men?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/society">society</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/men">men</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sex">sex</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/05/Four-Geeky-Laws-That-Rule-Our-World/">Four Geeky Laws That Rule Our World</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Technology">Technology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/science">science</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/network">network</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/geekery">geekery</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/psychology">psychology</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=2763456" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:2753935 Interesting Links for 21-08-2012 2012-08-21T11:00:01Z 2012-08-21T11:00:01Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/YourWordsAreWasted.aspx">Stop giving your words away to social websites that treat them badly.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/web">web</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ socialnetworking"> socialnetworking </a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5389-jeremy-hunt-announces-2015-target-to-give-uk-fastest-broadband-in-europe.html">Britian is actually on-track to have the fastest broadband in Europe</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/broadband">broadband</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ internet"> internet</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ uk"> uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ europe"> europe</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://wernah.com/2012/03/i-fucking-google-everything/">I Fucking Google Everything (store information in my head? I'm using it for far more interesting things!)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/google">google</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ knowledge"> knowledge</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ internet"> internet</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ thefuture"> thefuture </a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2012/08/legal-myths-about-assange-extradition">Legal myths about the Assange extradition</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/JulianAssange">JulianAssange</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ extradition"> extradition</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ law"> law</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ rape"> rape</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&amp;MainCatID=11&amp;id=20120819000054">Bo Xilai's former mistress on display in Body Worlds?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/China">China</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ wtf"> wtf</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ viaRoy"> viaRoy</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/jesus-what-is-it-now-says-man-putting-down-swamp-t,28763/?ref=auto">'Jesus, What Is It Now?' Says Man Putting Down Swamp Thing Comic To Answer Phone Call From Wife</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/TheOnion">TheOnion</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/alanmoore">alanmoore</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120820132332.htm?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29">Spirituality correlates to better mental health regardless of religion</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/mental_health">mental_health</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/belief">belief</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/religion">religion</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120820110809.htm?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29">Pro-anorexic blogging seems to be actively helpful</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/mental_health">mental_health</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/anorexia">anorexia</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/dweck">Believe you can change and it's more likely you'll grow.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/children">children</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/motivation">motivation</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/success">success</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/psychology">psychology</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120820152100.htm?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29">Protein in semen acts on female brain to prompt ovulation</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/women">women</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/menstruation">menstruation</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sperm">sperm</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/pregnant-woman-relieved-to-learn-her-rape-was-ille,29258/">Pregnant Woman Relieved To Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/TheOnion">TheOnion</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ rape"> rape</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ politics"> politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ usa"> usa</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19316443#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa">The top ten jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/jokes">jokes</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ funny"> funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ Edinburgh"> Edinburgh</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://dogshaming.tumblr.com/">Dogshaming</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/dogs">dogs</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ tumblr"> tumblr</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/">Amazon Glacier - remote tape backup for 1c per month per gigabyte. That's pretty tempting for my music/video collection.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/backup">backup</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ amazon"> amazon</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/08/why-do-we-let-prudocracy-police-our-sexual-fantasies">Why do we let the Prudocracy police our sexual fantasies (rathern than telling them to mind their own damn business)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sex">sex</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ fantasy"> fantasy</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ obscenity"> obscenity </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ freespeech"> freespeech </a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=2753935" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments