tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209 andrewducker andrewducker 2025-09-01T11:00:04Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4607175 2025-09-01T11:00:04Z 2025-09-01T11:00:04Z public 2 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/big-tech-companies-in-the-us-have-been-told-not-to-apply-the-digital-services-act/" rel="nofollow">1. Big Tech Companies in the US Have Been Told Not to Apply the EU's Digital Services Act</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:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:socialnetworking">socialnetworking</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nitter.net/adamscochran/status/1962148452072124879" rel="nofollow">2. How far away is quantum computing from affecting current cryptography?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cryptography">cryptography</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://algassert.com/post/2500" rel="nofollow">3. Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mathematics">mathematics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgeqe084nn4o" rel="nofollow">4. What do AI fashion models mean for the future of beauty standards</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:fashion">fashion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:beauty">beauty</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-labour-looking-into-changing-the-echr-matters_uk_68b45ed4e4b0da2a07e48e45" rel="nofollow">5. Why Labour Looking Into Changing The ECHR Matters</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rights">rights</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://yoavg.github.io/eternal/" rel="nofollow">6. Who will win the Eternal Struggle?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:war">war</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.linusakesson.net/qweremin/index.php" rel="nofollow">7. The Qweremin (a qwerty theremin)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4607175" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4595557 2025-08-01T11:00:06Z 2025-08-01T11:00:06Z public 7 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/eat-5" rel="nofollow">1. The real reason why modern media is making us dumber</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:media">media</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:aliens">aliens</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02342-y" rel="nofollow">2. Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:polls">polls</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2016460/Tales_of_the_Shire_A_The_Lord_of_The_Rings_Game/" rel="nofollow">3. A cozy farming game set in The Shire? That's not a license to print money at all!</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:farming">farming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lotr">lotr</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://denverite.com/2025/07/25/denver-rent-prices-drop-q2/" rel="nofollow">4. Denver rent is back to 2022 prices after 20,000 homes come on the market</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4595557" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4527346 2025-02-06T12:00:08Z 2025-02-06T12:00:08Z public 30 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-health-in-patient-services-at-astley-ainslie-hospital-to-be-transferred-to-east-lothian-4975476" rel="nofollow">1. In-patient services at Edinburgh's Astley Ainslie hospital to be transferred to East Lothian</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nhs">nhs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKN6XatdVkY" rel="nofollow">2. The Curta Mechanical Calculator (I'd love to have one if they didn't cost so much)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:calculator">calculator</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mechanics">mechanics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:impressive">impressive</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/ai-systems-with-unacceptable-risk-are-now-banned-in-the-eu/" rel="nofollow">3. AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU</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:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m1g8p4yy0o" rel="nofollow">4. Scotland! Will! Not! Ban! Cats!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cats">cats</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/articles/ckgx05gy0p5o" rel="nofollow">5. Time limit for child sex abuse claims to be removed in England and Wales</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rape">rape</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:england">england</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj021dplj8no" rel="nofollow">6. The greatest families behind the greatest showmen - what it's like living life on the road, and how that affects the children</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:family">family</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/neilgaiman/s/OIDDq0EY2s" rel="nofollow">7. Probably the most sensible thing I've read about Neil Gaiman</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neilgaiman">neilgaiman</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/trans-row-nhs-nurse-admits-harassment/" rel="nofollow">8. Nurse who objected to transgender woman in changing room admits harassment</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:NHS">NHS</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:harassment">harassment</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpdx5qjyw25o" rel="nofollow">9. Assaulted woman's divorce case was turned down by 116 Scottish legal aid lawyers</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:austerity">austerity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:divorce">divorce</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:assault">assault</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.uchicago.edu/story/scientists-explore-how-make-quantum-bits-spinel-gemstones" rel="nofollow">10. Scientists explore how to make quantum bits with spinel gemstones</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:materials">materials</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/cia-sent-unclassified-email-names-recent-hires-rcna190872" rel="nofollow">11. CIA sent unclassified email with names of recent hires - at Whitehouse insistence.</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:Intelligence">Intelligence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/dating-advice-online-sucked-into-toxic-manosphere-3512579" rel="nofollow">12. "I looked for dating advice online - and got sucked into the toxic manosphere"</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:men">men</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relationships">relationships</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:feminism">feminism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:patriarchy">patriarchy</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=4527346" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4414822 2024-04-01T11:00:08Z 2024-04-01T11:00:08Z public 3 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://archive.is/ykZHa" rel="nofollow">1. The AI industry has spent $50Bn on chips to generate $3Bn in revenue</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:business">business</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://qntm.org/responsibility" rel="nofollow">2. I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility (a short story)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:simulation">simulation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5w9zlg1r7o" rel="nofollow">3. How do giant turbines travel on rural Scottish roads?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:windpower">windpower</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1774433273978003546.html" rel="nofollow">4. How the amazing Sagrada Família came to be</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:architecture">architecture</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Spain">Spain</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/health/patients-die-needlessly-long-ae-waits-2984259" rel="nofollow">5. Tory mismanagement of the NHS kills 250 people each week in 2023 - and that's just in A&E</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:austerity">austerity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NHS">NHS</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:murder">murder</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://blog.plover.com/2024/03/31/#Australia" rel="nofollow">6. Stuff that is backwards in Australia</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Australia">Australia</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4414822" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4382403 2023-12-31T12:00:05Z 2023-12-31T12:00:05Z public 15 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/29/steinberg-weaponizing-antisemitism/" rel="nofollow">1. For the Safety of Jews and Palestinians, Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jews">Jews</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Israel">Israel</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Palestine">Palestine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://x.com/drjennings/status/1741159586944462990?t=xHKWB1ykiz43kb9KbJb4ig&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">2. The British now basically blame Brexit for *everything*</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:polls">polls</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/things-are-about-to-get-a-lot-worse" rel="nofollow">3. Generative AI produces copyright infringements from the vaguest of prompts</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:copyright">copyright</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/chinas-paranoid-purge-xi-jinping-li-keqiang-qin-gang-li-shangfu/" rel="nofollow">4. China's Xi goes full Stalin with purge</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:china">china</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:authoritarianism">authoritarianism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-12-theory-einstein-gravity-quantum-mechanics.html" rel="nofollow">5. New theory claims to unite Einstein's gravity with quantum mechanics</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gravity">gravity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relativity">relativity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4382403" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4278575 2023-04-12T11:00:09Z 2023-04-12T11:00:09Z public 12 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/opinion/nicola-sturgeon-departure-anti-trans-policy-uk-politics-2259529" rel="nofollow">1. How Nicola Sturgeon's departure has helped to open the floodgates for anti-trans policy in UK politics</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> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/alien-calculus-could-save-particle-physics-from-infinities-20230406/" rel="nofollow">2. 'Alien Calculus' Could Save Particle Physics From Infinities</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mathematics">mathematics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/03/31/kakaia-teper-roznitsa" rel="nofollow">3. Russia's civilian economy is down around 50% as the country shifts to a war economy</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:russia">russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:war">war</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/voters-survey-rishi-sunak-labour-advert-b2317038.html" rel="nofollow">4. Voters want more compassionate politicians, survey suggests amid Labour ad row</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> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/vestas-hails-breakthrough-for-recycling-wind-turbine-blades/" rel="nofollow">5. Wind turbine blades recycling breakthrough</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:windpower">windpower</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:recycling">recycling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/jessRmorley/status/1645728889543569409" rel="nofollow">6. No, current AI is not the solution to healthcare</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://cepa.org/comprehensive-reports/winning-europes-energy-war-with-russia/" rel="nofollow">7. Europe and Ukraine have repulsed Russia's attempts to weaponize energy - so far.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:energy">energy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:russia">russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ukraine">ukraine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:war">war</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/imf-warns-uk-economy-shrink-this-year-worst-g7-2267526" rel="nofollow">8. UK economy to shrink by 0.3% this year, the worst performance in the G7</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economy">economy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/conservative-voters-want-uk-build-more-social-housing-2268110" rel="nofollow">9. Nearly three quarters of Conservative voters want the UK to build more social housing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:polls">polls</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-truck-carrying-40000-pounds-of-toxic-soil-crashes-on-highway/" rel="nofollow">10. Truck carrying 40,000 pounds of toxic soil from East Palestine train derailment site crashes on highway (if you made this up then nobody would believe you)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:environment">environment</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:incompetence">incompetence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:WTF">WTF</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pollution">pollution</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20140715-00/?p=503" rel="nofollow">11. Why does Outlook map Ctrl+F to Forward instead of Find, like all right-thinking programs?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:software">software</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ux">ux</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/traffic-police-to-roll-out-a-new-cunning-way-to-catch-unsuspecting-speeding-and-reckless-motorists-4100488" rel="nofollow">12. Traffic police roll out new way to catch reckless motorists - drones</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drone">drone</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:traffic">traffic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:driving">driving</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:safety">safety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/eve-online-player-uses-obscure-rule-to-pull-off-the-biggest-heist-in-the-games-history/" rel="nofollow">13. EVE Online player uses obscure rule to pull off the biggest heist in the game's history (by buying shares and voting themselves into management)</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:crime">crime</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mmorpg">mmorpg</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:EveOnline">EveOnline</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4278575" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4266801 2023-03-13T12:00:09Z 2023-03-13T12:00:09Z public 2 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2023/03/10/how-brexit-has-weakened-the-narratives-of-nationalist-parties-across-the-eu/" rel="nofollow">1. How Brexit has weakened the narratives of nationalist parties across the EU</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:nationalism">nationalism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/opinion/banning-make-up-short-skirts-toilet-breaks-misogyny-schools-2198265" rel="nofollow">2. Banning make-up, short skirts and toilet breaks is allowing misogyny to run rife in our schools</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:school">school</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:misogyny">misogyny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:clothing">clothing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:girls">girls</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://wchambliss.wordpress.com/2023/02/24/a-dress-rehearsal-for-the-afterlife/" rel="nofollow">3. Buried alive in elven armour - for art</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lotr">lotr</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:archeology">archeology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:art">art</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1634892381345689600?t=of-G6ckpUtKFix1g6ZsH6Q&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">4. Brexit Britain doesn't even make the long list for new manufacturing investment</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:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:investment">investment</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://at.tumblr.com/andrewducker/fuckyeahgoodomens-fuckyeahgoodomens-neil/wk8e52ro2kgf" rel="nofollow">5. Neil Gaiman on what it was like writing with Terry Pratchett</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neilgaiman">neilgaiman</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:terrypratchett">terrypratchett</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/110012228271955670" rel="nofollow">6. Pulsars sometimes speed up because they're slowing down, because of quantum mechanics</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:astronomy">astronomy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:stars">stars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/03/13/china-gay-conversion-camps/" rel="nofollow">7. China's gay conversion camps: survivors tell of abuse, beatings, and electric shocks</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:China">China</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-catholic-group-spent-millions-on-dating-app-data-to-out-gay-priests" rel="nofollow">8. Catholic Group Spends Millions on Dating App Data to Out Gay Priests</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:Catholic">Catholic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gay">gay</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://electrek.co/2023/03/12/believe-it-or-not-the-amish-are-loving-electric-bikes/" rel="nofollow">9. Believe it or not, the Amish are loving electric bikes</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:bicycles">bicycles</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Amish">Amish</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/victorian-vampire-slaying-kit-complete-with-wooden-stake-and-holy-water-set-to-fetch-thousands-at-auction-4060817" rel="nofollow">10. Victorian Vampire slaying kit complete with wooden stake and holy water set to fetch thousands at auction</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:vampire">vampire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:auctions">auctions</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4266801" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4265269 2023-03-09T12:00:07Z 2023-03-09T12:00:07Z public 7 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/HumzaYousaf/status/1633466011310772227" rel="nofollow">1. Oh look, some political leadership I can get behind</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:snp">snp</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:asylum">asylum</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suella-braverman-asylum-bill-moral-degeneration-2195445" rel="nofollow">2. Let's be clear, Suella Braverman's asylum bill is absolute moral degeneration</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:asylum">asylum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/la-sheriff-department-gangs-alex-villanueva-1234691873/" rel="nofollow">3. LA Sheriff's Department Has Gang Members at Highest Levels</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gangs">gangs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://davidallengreen.com/2023/03/legislation-as-an-annual-or-biennial-virility-event/" rel="nofollow">4. Legislation as an annual or biennial virility event</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:law">law</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64892868?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">5. The Tories are coming for sex education</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sex">sex</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:education">education</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/i80g67/schr" rel="nofollow">6. A rare photo of Schrödinger's Cat</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:photo">photo</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaLinkMachineGo">viaLinkMachineGo</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/thegobbledegook/status/1633494746831126529" rel="nofollow">7. The jacket of women's invisibility</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:patriarchy">patriarchy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:clothing">clothing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/chaim-topol-dead-israeli-fiddler-on-the-roof-actor-dies-aged-87-4056660" rel="nofollow">8. Chaim Topol dead: Fiddler on the Roof actor dies aged 87</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:obituary">obituary</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jews">Jews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/us-air-force-skyborg-vista-ai-fighter-jets/" rel="nofollow">9. The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:military">military</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-sunak-braverman-small-boats-b2297133.html" rel="nofollow">10. EU tells Rishi Sunak small boats plan violates international law (and thus endangers our trade agreement with them)</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:asylum">asylum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4265269" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4013908 2021-06-21T11:00:06Z 2021-06-21T11:00:06Z public 5 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/redditships/status/1406343305676398596" rel="nofollow">Help! I don't understand relationships! Can I use crypto to make her not leave me???</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relationships">relationships</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cryptography">cryptography</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/fitterhappierAJ/status/1405190209810178051?s=09" rel="nofollow">Covid causes brain damage (in the parts to do with taste and smell)</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:brain">brain</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-mystery-at-the-heart-of-physics-that-only-math-can-solve/?redirectURL=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.wired.com%252Fstory%252Fthe-mystery-at-the-heart-of-physics-that-only-math-can-solve&amp;redirectURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fthe-mystery-at-the-heart-of-physics-that-only-math-can-solve" rel="nofollow">The Mystery at the Heart of Physics—That Only Math Can Solve</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:mathematics">mathematics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/steamedhamms/status/1406540031041409028?s=09" rel="nofollow">Labour are apparently picking a new group of voters each month to alienate. This month: Muslims!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Islam">Islam</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wtf">wtf</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1014267515696922624" rel="nofollow">How your eyes lie to you. And then lie about the past too.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaEatSoylentGreen">viaEatSoylentGreen</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:eyes">eyes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sight">sight</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brain">brain</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n12/sharon-marcus/more-husband-than-female" rel="nofollow">More Husband than Female: Gender Renegades in the 18th and 19th century</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://packajoy.com/" rel="nofollow">Do you like receiving parcels, but have too much stuff? Packajoy has a solution for you!</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:satire">satire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaEatSoylentGreen">viaEatSoylentGreen</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-mitochondria-be-the-key-to-a-healthy-brain/" rel="nofollow">Could Mitochondria Be the Key to a Healthy Brain?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mitochondria">mitochondria</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disease">disease</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:autism">autism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57526948" rel="nofollow">Review of Scottish education system finds that exams are the problem</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:exams">exams</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Education">Education</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4013908" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4011737 2021-06-15T11:00:14Z 2021-06-15T11:14:22Z public 12 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/jbenton/status/1404245820103348227?s=09" rel="nofollow">The way Louisiana isn't racist. At all.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Education">Education</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:school">school</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.scotblood.co.uk/giving-blood/can-i-give-blood/" rel="nofollow">Scotland's new blood donation rules come into force. (more LGBT friendly than they used to be)</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:blood">blood</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:donations">donations</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/we-have-another-highly-effective-covid-vaccine-based-on-different-tech/" rel="nofollow">We have another highly effective COVID vaccine, based on different tech</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vaccine">vaccine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/scientists-particle-matter-antimatter-subatomic-quark-b1865430.html" rel="nofollow">Scientists discover particle that transforms between matter and antimatter for the first time</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> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/e7vsPqNmlFI" rel="nofollow">Cake mass production (I found this video strangely relaxing - as did Sophia!)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cake">cake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/JoeOtterson/status/1404495349520244736?s=09" rel="nofollow">DC won't let Batman go down on Catwoman</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sex">sex</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:DC">DC</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TV">TV</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comics">comics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/654036528284254208/youngchronicpain-phoenixonwheels" rel="nofollow">How it actually feels to use a cane, wheelchair, and crutches</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disability">disability</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-government-underfunding-documents-b1865694.html" rel="nofollow">Ministers invested less than two-thirds of required 'cost of properly funding childcare in England - pushing prices up, forcing many women to stay at home</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:childcare">childcare</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHIHl8Rw6W8" rel="nofollow">Finally, a song for all the hungover people in the world</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:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:breakfast">breakfast</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaMyBrotherMike">viaMyBrotherMike</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01336-3" rel="nofollow">MDMA-assisted therapy is highly efficacious in individuals with severe PTSD</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ecstasy">ecstasy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ptsd">ptsd</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://onezero.medium.com/anxiety-is-the-dizziness-of-freedom-b5ab45cae2a5" rel="nofollow">Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom (a short story about parallel worlds, parallel lives, and doing the right thing)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:short_story">short_story</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4011737" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3978385 2021-03-29T11:00:09Z 2021-03-29T11:00:09Z public 4 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ai-camera-delivery-tracking-tech-bezos-2021-3?r=US&amp;IR=T" rel="nofollow">Amazon Driver Quits, Saying Final Straw Was New AI Truck Cameras</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:surveillance">surveillance</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Amazon">Amazon</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:driving">driving</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2021/03/27/brain-injuries-are-startlingly-common-among-those-who-have-committed-crimes" rel="nofollow">Brain injuries are startlingly common among those who have committed crimes</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:injury">injury</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brain">brain</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2020/06/leaving-money-on-table-why-is-there-no.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">Leaving Money on the Table: Why is There No New D&D Fiction Being Published?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fiction">fiction</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:publishing">publishing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dungeonsanddragons">dungeonsanddragons</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/brain-psychedelic-drug-users-b1822484.html" rel="nofollow">How the brains of informed psychedelic users are different</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychedelics">psychedelics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19193656.tommy-sheridan-joins-alex-salmonds-new-party/" rel="nofollow">Convicted perjurer Tommy Sheridan joins Alex Salmond's new party (both work for Kremlin-backed news sources, of course)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:independence">independence</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/pUF5esTscZI" rel="nofollow">Using metric paper to double (and halve) our way to the limits of the universe</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: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> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.albaparty.org/womens_conference" rel="nofollow">Alba are having an all woman safe space event to discuss their policies. Any women want to attend and see what they're planning?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56546206" rel="nofollow">Scottish pet shelters at capacity with unwanted lockdown pets</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pets">pets</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/nft" rel="nofollow">Non-Fungible Muggers. Clearly the future of...well, hopefully nothing</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:cryptography">cryptography</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:art">art</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.livejournal.com/157031.html" rel="nofollow">Livejournal switches to taking payments in rubles (not that I've given them any money for a few years)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:livejournal">livejournal</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:russia">russia</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.technollama.co.uk/what-do-you-buy-when-you-buy-an-nft" rel="nofollow">What do you buy when you buy an NFT?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cryptography">cryptography</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:data">data</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:copyright">copyright</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ownership">ownership</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:contracts">contracts</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56558487" rel="nofollow">School abuse claims could be the next UK national scandal</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:school">school</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3978385" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3969917 2021-03-09T12:00:09Z 2021-03-09T12:00:09Z public 4 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56321568" rel="nofollow">Google HR suggested medical leave for racism victims</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Google">Google</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/programmable-optical-quantum-computer-arrives-late-steals-the-show/" rel="nofollow">Programmable optical quantum computing is here!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:optical">optical</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:light">light</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/egyptologists-translate-the-oldest-known-mummification-manual/" rel="nofollow">Egyptologists translate the oldest-known mummification manual</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Egypt">Egypt</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:prehistory">prehistory</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://m.tiktok.com/v/6922374667944692997.html?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowzvvtlGDmthTO9AGy%2F7UFDA5SpcnBYuyyIY2wjsYm3S7sCxz12vfB29sMYB8GYL%2BgGgA%3D&amp;language=en&amp;preview_pb=0&amp;sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAjhdOdqiq5afE81qYKlDq6VlPcfHPClVZ8S65utgZWffP_yc5e1bicbJf_KUsVFmo&amp;share_item_id=6922374667944692997&amp;share_link_id=21D78585-9E19-46C4-8B34-73659DCC6B57&amp;timestamp=1615245274&amp;tt_from=messenger&amp;u_code=dghe0jd6k2miah&amp;user_id=6919885966317159429" rel="nofollow">How fibre optic cable is installed to your home</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/tech963/status/1368956276072386568" rel="nofollow">The Italian electrical system is woefully underpowered</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1368956276072386568.html</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Italy">Italy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LizEngland/20140423/216092/quotThe_Door_Problemquot_of_Game_Design.php" rel="nofollow">"The Door Problem" of Game Design</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doors">doors</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:design">design</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/cocteautriplets/status/1194969892459556864" rel="nofollow">A fascinating slice of Edinburgh history from near where I used to live</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1194969892459556864.html</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://m.dw.com/en/google-image-search-cements-national-stereotypes-of-racy-women/a-56767605" rel="nofollow">Google image search supports national stereotypes</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:photos">photos</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:stereotypes">stereotypes</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3969917" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3955438 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,2009-04-09:27209:3848041 2020-06-08T11:00:09Z 2020-06-08T11:00:09Z public 2 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/zee_zok/status/1269286007364599808?s=09" rel="nofollow">How the US police are taught that non-police are the enemy</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaCharlesStross">viaCharlesStross</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms7capx4Cb8" rel="nofollow">A Comedian Explains the Pandemic to Their Past Self (Part 1)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:timetravel">timetravel</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdyDpP2s-og" rel="nofollow">A Ceomdian Explains the Pandemic to Their Past Self (Part 2)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:timetravel">timetravel</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburgh-professor-renews-call-reword-history-statue-memorialising-man-who-prolonged-slave-trade-2876774" rel="nofollow">Edinburgh professor renews call to reword history on a statue memorialising man who prolonged the slave trade</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:slavery">slavery</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/qpheevr/status/1269637114297298946?s=09" rel="nofollow">It seems that JK Rowling *used* to understand that gender is part of our identity.</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:harrypotter">harrypotter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/AnoniStef/status/1269601356068896775?s=09" rel="nofollow">Rowling's treatment of a trans woman in one of her mystery novels is not good.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jkrowling">jkrowling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/07/minneapolis-city-council-defund-police-george-floyd" rel="nofollow">Minneapolis lawmakers vow to disband police department in historic move</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/start-ups/quantum-dots-shift-sunlights-spectrum-to-speed-plant-growth" rel="nofollow">Quantum Dots Shift Sunlight's Spectrum to Speed Plant Growth</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:plants">plants</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:light">light</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/5/31/21276004/anger-police-killing-george-floyd-protests" rel="nofollow">The anger behind the George Floyd protests, explained in 4 charts</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edward-colston-edinburgh-henry-dundas-18379179" rel="nofollow">Calls to dump Edinburgh's Henry Dundas statue 'into the Forth' after Bristol protest</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:slavery">slavery</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3848041" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3803322 2020-01-06T12:00:11Z 2020-01-06T12:00:11Z public 14 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/AmirAminiMD/status/1213828930458804224?s=09" rel="nofollow">Well, Trump seems to have done a good job of unifying Iran. That was what he wanted, wasn't it?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Iran">Iran</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/sallylait/status/1213799174040379392?s=09" rel="nofollow">Pubs with an anti-technology policy can fuck off</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pubs">pubs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-world-is-not-enough/" rel="nofollow">What are the options for how the universe really works?</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> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/05/us/politics/iranian-americans-border.html" rel="nofollow">U.S. Stops Dozens of Iranian-Americans Returning From Canada</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Iran">Iran</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:America">America</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:immigration">immigration</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://thewitcher.tv/the-witcher-deconstructed-timeline" rel="nofollow">'The Witcher' Deconstructed Timeline (I've only seen episode 1, so saving this for later)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TV">TV</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:timeline">timeline</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fantasy">fantasy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/_CmBkBqsbqA" rel="nofollow">Sophia adores this YouTube video. Can anyone explain to me What The Fuck?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wtf">wtf</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3803322" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3772536 2019-09-24T12:58:45Z 2019-09-24T12:58:45Z public 2 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/10093" rel="nofollow">Why do polling companies disagree over the size of the Conservative lead?</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:polling">polling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/AnaMardoll/status/1176138422630506496?s=09" rel="nofollow">On the use and misuse of the word "Sapiosexual"</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sexuality">sexuality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:asexual">asexual</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/23/cannabis-based-drug-for-childhood-epilepsy-epidyolex-approved-for-use-in-uk" rel="nofollow">Cannabis-based drug for childhood epilepsy approved for use in Europe</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:medicine">medicine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cannabis">cannabis</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/redditships/status/1176144347173138432?s=09" rel="nofollow">Apparently terrible philosophers make terrible husbands</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relationships">relationships</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/PolhomeEditor/status/1176175780998651904?s=09" rel="nofollow">Labour's approach to democracy is... not convincing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:democracy">democracy</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://twitter.com/Peston/status/1176187698886905861?s=09" rel="nofollow">Labour's attitude towards democracy is... not inspiring at all</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:democracy">democracy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/even-huge-molecules-follow-the-quantum-worlds-bizarre-rules/" rel="nofollow">Even Huge Molecules Follow the Quantum World's Bizarre Rules</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/23/thomas-cook-debt-brexit" rel="nofollow">What's to blame for Thomas Cook's collapse? Mostly its debt</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:travel">travel</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/summer-born-children-birthday-depression-mental-health-school-a9116801.html" rel="nofollow">Summer-born children 30% more likely to be diagnosed with depression than older pupils (still quite low, thankfully)</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:age">age</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:school">school</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mentalhealth">mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:depression">depression</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=4317" rel="nofollow">Quantum Computational Supremacy has been achieved! (here's what that means)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Google">Google</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:faq">faq</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/justsaysrisks?s=09" rel="nofollow">RelativelyRisky - converting relative risks into absolute ones</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Risk">Risk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:statistics">statistics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/24/victory-for-google-in-landmark-right-to-be-forgotten-case" rel="nofollow">Google wins case to keep right to be forgotten EU only</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:memory">memory</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:censorship">censorship</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/mediawhizz/status/1176026759344676864?s=09)" rel="nofollow">Six months from now, the government will cut off healthcare for 180,000 British people living in Europe</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/AnaOpp/status/1176403989874823169?s=09" rel="nofollow">Labour conference are refusing to even debate their freedom of movement bill</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:migration">migration</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/106794/leaveeu-boss-arron-banks-cleared-after-probe" rel="nofollow">Leave.EU boss Arron Banks cleared after probe into Brexit referendum campaign loans</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/sep/24/more-than-a-third-of-uk-bank-branches-have-closed-since-2015" rel="nofollow">More than a third of UK bank branches have closed since 2015</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:banks">banks</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/boris-johnson/news/106793/huge-blow-boris-johnson" rel="nofollow">Huge blow for Boris Johnson as Supreme Court rules Parliament shutdown was unlawful</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:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:parliament">parliament</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3772536" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3744462 2019-06-10T18:52:57Z 2019-06-10T18:52:57Z public 8 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://memetician.livejournal.com/201202.html" rel="nofollow">A different kind of string theory: Antoni Gaudi</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:architecture">architecture</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:spain">spain</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:design">design</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/06/17/interactive_map_loss_of_indian_land.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top" rel="nofollow">Interactive Time-Lapse Map Shows How the U.S. Took More Than 1.5 Billion Acres From Native Americans</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:history">history</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/sixthformpoet/status/1137658720698228736?s=09" rel="nofollow">This story is a rollercoaster</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relationships">relationships</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/PastelChum/status/1136470238265040896?s=09" rel="nofollow">Your regular reminder that workplaces which don't have a formal structure are a nightmare</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:organisation">organisation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:work">work</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:valve">valve</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/thelittleleftie/status/1137403702917173255?s=09" rel="nofollow">What Michael Gove has done to the English education system</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:England">England</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Education">Education</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-leaps-long-assumed-to-be-instantaneous-take-time-20190605/" rel="nofollow">Quantum Leaps, Long Assumed to Be Instantaneous, Take Time</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/08/greens-would-not-seek-alliance-in-event-of-snap-general-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&amp;fbclid=IwAR1e_DN8-wPruBT5SQWYjZznkwNb2XT8n5KWDVzG7HWqlqVcgAQObZxfesQ" rel="nofollow">Greens 'would not seek alliance' in event of snap general election</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GreenParty">GreenParty</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48572774" rel="nofollow">Irish fishermen defy Rockall warning from Scottish government</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Ireland">Ireland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fish">fish</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ocean">ocean</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/09/southampton-theatre-cancels-lgbt-play-performances-after-actors-attacked?CMP=share_btn_tw" rel="nofollow">Southampton theatre cancels shows after actors in LGBT play attacked</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:violence">violence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:theatre">theatre</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/08/home-office-racist-refusing-research-visas-africans" rel="nofollow">Racist Home Office refusing visas to African researchers</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:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:research">research</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:visa">visa</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/shortcuts/2019/jun/05/only-2-per-cent-of-actors-make-a-living-how-do-you-become-one-of-them" rel="nofollow">Only 2% of actors make a living.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Some advice: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20140775">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20140775</a></span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:acting">acting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jobs">jobs</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/104439/labour-plunged-sexual-harassment-row-after-top" rel="nofollow">Labour plunged into sexual harassment row after top aide allegedly played down allegations</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:harassment">harassment</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://gizmodo.com/a-new-metal-foam-is-as-bulletproof-as-heavy-steel-armor-1835295929" rel="nofollow">A New Metal Foam Is as Bulletproof as Heavy Steel Armor</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:metal">metal</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:armour">armour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:materials">materials</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190525/00140242276/true-story-copyright-piracy-why-verve-will-only-start-getting-royalties-now-bittersweet-symphony.shtml" rel="nofollow">A True Story Of 'Copyright Piracy': Why The Verve Will Only Start Getting Royalties Now For Bittersweet Symphony</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:copyright">copyright</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3744462" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3692928 2018-12-03T11:00:11Z 2018-12-03T11:00:11Z public 2 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/30/macron-saudi-arabia-mbs-conversation-g20-summit-caught-on-mic?CMP=fb_gu" rel="nofollow">'I am worried': Macron's chat with Saudi prince captured at G20</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:France">France</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:saudiarabia">saudiarabia</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/06/complex-languages/489389/" rel="nofollow">The World's Most Efficient Languages</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFanf">viaFanf</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/stephenpaton134/status/1069232976909746176?s=09" rel="nofollow">The Scottish Tories are sending politicians out to food banks as a PR move</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:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:poverty">poverty</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ViaDrCross">ViaDrCross</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/nov/30/its-the-only-way-forward-madrid-bans-polluting-vehicles-from-city-centre" rel="nofollow">Madrid bans polluting vehicles from city centre</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Spain">Spain</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pollution">pollution</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/12/fractal-structure-produces-fractal-electrons-with-fractal-energies/" rel="nofollow">Fractal structure produces fractal electrons with fractal energies</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fractal">fractal</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/HollieB/status/1069202237581393925?s=09" rel="nofollow">Forget Christmas! It's time for Mari Lwyd, the Welsh midwinter horse skull rap battle tradition!</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Wales">Wales</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:winter">winter</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:horses">horses</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.natcen.ac.uk/news-media/press-releases/2017/september/british-social-attitudes-record-number-of-brits-with-no-religion/" rel="nofollow">53% of British people have no religion. Including 71% of young adults.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.lehmiller.com/blog/2018/8/22/the-stereotypes-gay-men-and-lesbians-hold-about-bisexual-persons" rel="nofollow">The Stereotypes Gay Men and Lesbians Hold About Bisexual Persons</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:stereotypes">stereotypes</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3692928" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3683976 2018-11-02T11:00:15Z 2018-11-02T11:00:15Z public 3 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-arron-banks-national-crime-agency-criminal-offences-referendum-vote-a8612331.html" rel="nofollow">Arron Banks and other Brexit campaigners referred to National Crime Agency over suspected criminal offences during referendum</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:referendum">referendum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-physicists-found-a-new-safer-way-to-navigate/" rel="nofollow">Quantum Physicists Found a New, Safer Way to Navigate</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:magnets">magnets</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:navigation">navigation</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/tv-report-israel-silent-as-iran-hit-by-computer-virus-more-violent-than-stuxnet/" rel="nofollow">Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:israel">israel</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:iran">iran</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:virus">virus</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hacking">hacking</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2018/november/uk-proposes-plastic-packaging-tax/" rel="nofollow">UK proposes plastic packaging tax</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:plastic">plastic</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:recycling">recycling</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/william-sitwell-resigns-jacob-rees-mogg-vegan-waitrose-food-magazine-email-controversy-a8612621.html" rel="nofollow">Everyone please enjoy being outraged about the outrage over Jacob Rees-Mogg’s best mate, the fired Waitrose mag editor</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:freespeech">freespeech</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vegan">vegan</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/medical-cannabis-uk-marijuana-weed-nhs-doctor-law-change-treatment-alfie-dingley-billy-caldwell-a8609126.html" rel="nofollow">Medical cannabis treatments in UK to be limited over doctors' fears and lack of regulation despite new law</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:doctors">doctors</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marijuana">marijuana</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46060381" rel="nofollow">'Hologram' lecturers to teach students at Imperial College London</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:university">university</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Holograms">Holograms</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mobile-phone-cancer-radiation-rats-brain-tumour-cell-heart-mice-toxic-a8613411.html" rel="nofollow">Mobile phone cancer stories are a trend that never goes out of fashion</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cancer">cancer</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:phones">phones</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rats">rats</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/RMCunliffe/status/1057762852407255041?s=09" rel="nofollow">More interesting thoughts on the Waitrose Vegan kerfuffle.</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:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:freespeech">freespeech</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marketing">marketing</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vegan">vegan</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Todd_Spence/status/1057780498519343105?s=09" rel="nofollow">The greatest squirrel feeder ever!</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:video">video</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:horror">horror</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-46059973" rel="nofollow">Major upgrade plan for Edinburgh's botanic garden</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gardens">gardens</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:environment">environment</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2012/05/when-bad-science-kills-or-how-to-spread-aids/" rel="nofollow">Why the “circumcision solution” to the AIDS epidemic in Africa may increase it</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:circumcision">circumcision</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:aids">aids</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Africa">Africa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:research">research</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/11/02/your-native-language-affects-what-you-can-and-cant-see/" rel="nofollow">Your native language affects what you can and can’t see</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:perception">perception</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:colour">colour</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colours_in_Irish.png" rel="nofollow">Colours in Irish</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ireland">ireland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:colour">colour</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3683976" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3604142 2018-02-05T12:00:14Z 2018-02-05T12:00:14Z public 24 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/uma-thurman-says-she-almost-died-was-filming-kill-bill.html" rel="nofollow">Uma Thurman Almost Died While Filming Kill Bill</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:QuentinTarantino">QuentinTarantino</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:safety">safety</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/wales-is-leading-the-way-on-democratic-reform-the-prime-minister-should-take-note/" rel="nofollow">Wales is leading the way on democratic reform. The Prime Minister should take note</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:voting">voting</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Wales">Wales</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:England">England</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/venice-water-levels-are-the-lowest-since-records-began-with-some-canals-almost-completely-dried-up-and-it-has-not-stopped-sinking.html" rel="nofollow">Venice without water</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Italy">Italy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:water">water</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42324984" rel="nofollow">Things that were more likely to kill you in 1970s Britain than today</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:death">death</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/SamuelMarcLowe/status/959762691798814721?s=09)" rel="nofollow">When Jacob Rees Mogg says that Brexit will reduce the cost of food, wine and clothes “by 20 per cent”, whose model, and assumptions, is he relying on?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/watering76/status/958673008398249984" rel="nofollow">A ten-second video which sums up how much of a dick cats are</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cats">cats</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:evil">evil</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.tor.com/2018/01/29/almost-classics-sf-concepts-and-settings-that-deserve-better-execution/" rel="nofollow">Almost-Classics: SF Concepts and Settings That Deserve Better Execution</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-real-supervillain" rel="nofollow">How Superman is finally defeated</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comics">comics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:superheroes">superheroes</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2017/08/23/economists-for-brexit-predictions-are-inconsistent-with-basic-facts-of-international-trade/" rel="nofollow">The Economists for Brexit predictions are inconsistent with the basic facts of international trade</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2018/01/Celebrity-Big-Brother-ann-widdecombe-isn-t-harmless-comedy-old-lady-she-s-homophobe" rel="nofollow">Ann Widdecombe isn’t a harmless comedy old lady – she’s a homophobe</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abortion">abortion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://mybrainmadethis.tumblr.com/post/170513942343/liminalpolytheist-liminalpolytheist" rel="nofollow">Some amusing examples of people improvising when they didn't know the language</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/170511136265/lady-feral-themayfieldtreasury" rel="nofollow">A brief note on the genitals on transgender people</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:genitals">genitals</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/opinion/east-germany-immigration-usa.html?referer=" rel="nofollow">In praise of open borders</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:immigration">immigration</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://aeon.co/ideas/you-thought-quantum-mechanics-was-weird-check-out-entangled-time" rel="nofollow">You thought quantum mechanics was weird: check out entangled time</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:time">time</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/40508725/people-arent-having-babies-because-the-rent-is-too-damn-high" rel="nofollow">People Aren’t Having Babies Because the Rent Is Too Damn High</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:housing">housing</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cities">cities</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://forward.com/fast-forward/393595/holocaust-denier-will-be-gop-nominee-in-illinois-congressional-race/?gamp&amp;attribution=blog-article-listing-1-headline&amp;__twitter_impression=true" rel="nofollow">Actual Nazi Will Be GOP Nominee In Illinois Congressional Race</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nazis">nazis</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:republicans">republicans</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:holocaust">holocaust</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/weird-fish-has-clear-blood" rel="nofollow">The Icefish Has Clear Blood (because it's so damn cold oxygen dissolves into plasma)</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fish">fish</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:blood">blood</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:oxygen">oxygen</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cold">cold</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/9Szts88zY4o" rel="nofollow">Solo: A Star Wars Story (first teaser)</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trailer">trailer</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:StarWars">StarWars</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/05/courier-who-was-fined-for-day-off-to-see-doctor-dies-from-diabetes" rel="nofollow">DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies from diabetes</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:health">health</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:delivery">delivery</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/actualize-network/modern-css-explained-for-dinosaurs-5226febe3525" rel="nofollow">Modern CSS Explained For Dinosaurs</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:css">css</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/baby-boomers-welfare-support-generation-x-millennials-cuts-pensions-new-wealth-tax-a8194726.html" rel="nofollow">Baby boomers to get far more welfare support than Generation X and Millennials</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:welfare">welfare</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</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=3604142" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3583949 2017-11-26T12:00:07Z 2017-11-26T12:00:07Z public 4 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/alexandraerin/status/934163064039133184?s=09" rel="nofollow">A nice look at "Roko's Basilisk" and whether you should be worried that a future AI will raise you from the dead to torture you forever</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">And some more information about the idea's origins, and the misunderstandings around it. https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/WBJZoeJypcNRmsdHx/a-few-misconceptions-surrounding-roko-s-basilisk</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:AI">AI</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/11/ireland-is-puncturing-brexiteers-wishful-thinking/" rel="nofollow">Ireland has punctured Brexiteers’ wishful thinking</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Ireland">Ireland</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="https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-23/the-uncertain-future-of-bitcoin-futures" rel="nofollow">The Uncertain Future of Bitcoin Futures</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:finance">finance</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bitcoin">bitcoin</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/YQj2tuL6HUs" rel="nofollow">Dark Souls Gets Loot Boxes</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/20/delia-derbyshire-doctor-who-theme-co-creator-posthumous-phd" rel="nofollow">Doctor Who theme's co-creator honoured with posthumous PhD</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drwho">drwho</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://newsthump.com/2017/10/16/stop-being-such-a-dick-about-temple-of-love-andrew-eldritch-told/" rel="nofollow">Stop being such a dick about Temple of Love, Andrew Eldritch told</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:goth">goth</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/wild-fox-photography-ivan-kislov/" rel="nofollow">Russian Miner Spends His Breaks Taking Photos Of Foxes In The Arctic Circle</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:russia">russia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:foxes">foxes</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cute">cute</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://because-its-important.tumblr.com/post/167740218566/an-annoying-question" rel="nofollow">What’s the most annoying question to ask a nun (in 1967)</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:anger">anger</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://thornshrike.tumblr.com/post/167832233874/ughstuffandthings-unamusedsloth-unnecessary" rel="nofollow">Everything is better with explosions</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:explosions">explosions</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funnny">funnny</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/12/cancer-common-marriage-wake-up-call-macmillan" rel="nofollow">One in two people will get a cancer diagnosis. Yet our treatment still focuses on the disease, not the person’s specific needs</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cancer">cancer</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disease">disease</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-theory-rebuilt-from-simple-physical-principles-20170830" rel="nofollow">Quantum Theory Rebuilt From Simple Physical Principles</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/24/how-the-sandwich-consumed-britain" rel="nofollow">How the sandwich consumed Britain - and freed us from society itself</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:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/anhistorian/status/934080718816399361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">In honor of Thomas Friedman’s latest love letter to Saudi here is 70 years of the NY Times describing Saudi royals in the language of reform</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:reform">reform</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:saudiarabia">saudiarabia</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/calls-end-christmas-shop-slavery-11575968" rel="nofollow">Young man with Asperger's dumped by B&M after 15 hours of free work as campaigners demand end to 'trial' shifts</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">I don't object to trial shifts. I do object to them being for free! If you're working, you should be paid.</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pay">pay</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:work">work</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaJennieRigg">viaJennieRigg</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3583949" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3580381 2017-11-12T12:00:07Z 2017-11-12T12:00:07Z public 7 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/kids-2" rel="nofollow">The worst thing about having kids</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:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/05/how-i-fell-in-love-with-graphic-novels-celebrity-fans-zadie-ethan-hawke-nick-hornby-amanda-palmer" rel="nofollow">From Zadie Smith to Ethan Hawke: why we love graphic novels</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comics">comics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/11/07/concept-shaped-holes-can-be-impossible-to-notice/" rel="nofollow">Concept-Shaped Holes Can Be Impossible To Notice</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:learning">learning</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mind">mind</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://food.avclub.com/salt-grinders-are-bullshit-and-other-lessons-from-grow-1798259994" rel="nofollow">Salt grinders are bullshit, and other lessons from growing up in the spice trade</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:cooking">cooking</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://hackaday.com/2017/11/07/bionic-eye-trial-approved/" rel="nofollow">Miniature Wireless Bionic Eye Trial Approved</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:eyes">eyes</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cyborg">cyborg</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://millenniumelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/day-6154-time-to-tear-down-this.html" rel="nofollow">Time to Tear Down Parliament Before It Falls Down</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:parliament">parliament</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:reform">reform</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://tttthreads.com/thread/929384584843841537" rel="nofollow">One of the oldest canards in low-denominator comedy is that women are inscrutable and men can't understand them. There's a reason for this and it ain't funny.</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:women">women</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:communication">communication</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/regions/edinburgh-fife-lothians/video-rare-footage-of-edinburgh-in-the-1930s-1-4607457" rel="nofollow">Rare footage of Edinburgh in the 1930s</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/11/why_conservatives_are_more_susceptible_to_believing_in_lies.html" rel="nofollow">Why conservatives are more susceptible to believing in lies.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lies">lies</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/audio-video/how-does-nhs-in-england-work" rel="nofollow">How does the NHS in England work - and how is it changing?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nhs">nhs</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:england">england</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/wisconsin-lawmakers-endorse-radical-constitutional-idea" rel="nofollow">Wisconsin lawmakers endorse radical constitutional idea</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:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wtf">wtf</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcqZHYo7ONs" rel="nofollow">Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox (video explaining why local realism is impossible)</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:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/@oliverhumpage/is-it-ok-to-hate-tories-b010fddfbad2" rel="nofollow">Is it OK to hate tories?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-boris-johnson-theresa-may-michael-gove-secret-letter-a8050291.html" rel="nofollow">Boris Johnson and Michael Gove attempt ‘soft coup’ with letter giving Theresa May Brexit instructions</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3580381" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3552072 2017-08-08T11:00:13Z 2017-08-08T11:00:13Z public 1 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/science/22brain.html?ex=1332216000&amp;en=f5bb061d194af5fa&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss" rel="nofollow">Moral Decision-Making and the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:morality">morality</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brain">brain</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/personality-iq-success-wealth-factors-determining-prospects-intelligence-careers-james-heckman-a7880376.html" rel="nofollow">Personality has greater impact on success than IQ</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:personality">personality</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Intelligence">Intelligence</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:success">success</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.theenergycollective.com/dan-yurman/2409802/study-finds-advanced-reactors-will-competitive-costs" rel="nofollow">Study Finds Advanced Reactors Will Have Competitive Costs</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nuclearpower">nuclearpower</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/07/netflix-comic-book-kick-ass-kingsman-marvel-disney-millarworld" rel="nofollow">Netflix buys comic book company behind Kick-Ass and Kingsman</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comics">comics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tv">tv</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.girlonthenet.com/2017/08/07/love-is-not-dead/" rel="nofollow">Love is not dead because two people fell out of it</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:love">love</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relationships">relationships</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170807155145.htm" rel="nofollow">Bilingual infants as young as 20 months of age efficiently and accurately process two languages</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170807152604.htm" rel="nofollow">Media portrayals of pregnant women, new moms are unrealistic and harmful</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pregnancy">pregnancy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:motherhood">motherhood</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:media">media</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:depression">depression</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/pilot-wave-theory-gains-experimental-support-20160516" rel="nofollow">Pilot-wave quantum theory gains experimental support.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFanf">viaFanf</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.fluentcpp.com/2017/08/04/metaclasses-cpp-summary/" rel="nofollow">A Summary of the Metaclasses Proposal for C++</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:programming">programming</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/anti-drug-policy-government-16-billion-theresa-may-usage-levels-illicit-illegal-a7881356.html" rel="nofollow">Government accused of squandering £1.6bn a year on anti-drug policy</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drugs">drugs</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://thenib.com/time-travel-heals-all-wounds" rel="nofollow">Time Travel Heals All Wounds</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">It's nice to know that things can always be worse.</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:timetravel">timetravel</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.quora.com/Why-dont-more-physicists-subscribe-to-pilot-wave-theory" rel="nofollow">Why don't more physicists subscribe to Pilot Wave Theory</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFanf">viaFanf</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://bankunderground.co.uk/2017/08/08/your-country-needs-funds-the-extraordinary-story-of-britains-early-efforts-to-finance-the-first-world-war/" rel="nofollow">Your country needs funds: The extraordinary story of Britain’s early efforts to finance the First World War</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:finance">finance</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:investment">investment</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wwi">wwi</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="http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/2013/12/the-single-greatest-predictor-of-future-stock-market-returns/" rel="nofollow">The Single Greatest Predictor of Future Stock Market Returns</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:investment">investment</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:markets">markets</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:finance">finance</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://messymatters.com/prediction-without-markets/" rel="nofollow">The enthusiasm for prediction markets has outpaced the evidence</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:markets">markets</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:predictions">predictions</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://gh.bmj.com/content/2/2/e000311" rel="nofollow">Economic sanctions to Iraq didn't actually kill lots of children</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:iraq">iraq</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3552072" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:3551857 2017-08-07T11:00:06Z 2017-08-07T11:00:06Z public 5 <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/a-brief-history-of-quantum-alternatives/" rel="nofollow">A brief history of quantum alternatives</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:quantum">quantum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/05/neil-gaiman-theres-no-point-wearing-a-cowboy-costume-if-its-just-you?CMP=share_btn_tw" rel="nofollow">Neil Gaiman talks about writers’ humility, bygone bestsellers, memory loss, heroes and being exactly famous enough</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neilgaiman">neilgaiman</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:interview">interview</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/e92a4f6c/2/#fullscreen" rel="nofollow">Government debt per capita for European countries</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:debt">debt</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:visualisation">visualisation</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/trent-reznor-nine-inch-nails.html" rel="nofollow">In Conversation: Trent Reznor</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:interview">interview</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/31/break-silence-partition-british-colonial-history-south-asian" rel="nofollow">Break the silence on partition and British colonial history – before it’s too late</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Pakistan">Pakistan</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.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999544/biohacking-finger-magnet-human-augmentation-loss" rel="nofollow">"I hacked my body for a future that never came" (Well, yet)</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cyborg">cyborg</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://extranewsfeed.com/tolerance-is-not-a-moral-precept-1af7007d6376" rel="nofollow">Tolerance is not a moral precept</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:morality">morality</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.tor.com/2017/08/01/tolkiens-map-and-the-messed-up-mountains-of-middle-earth/" rel="nofollow">The Messed Up Mountains of Middle-earth</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:geology">geology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fantasy">fantasy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Tolkien">Tolkien</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-find-the-integer-solutions-to-frac-x-y+z-+-frac-y-z+x-+-frac-z-x+y-4/answer/Alon-Amit?share=1" rel="nofollow">How do you find integer solutions to x/(y + z) + y/(x + z) + z/(x + y) = 4?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mathematics">mathematics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/flesheating-bugs-at-brighton-beach-what-really-ate-sam-and-why-20170807-gxqsab.html" rel="nofollow">Flesh-eating bugs at the beach: What really ate Sam and why</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ocean">ocean</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:meat">meat</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:australia">australia</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br 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