tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209 andrewducker andrewducker 2024-02-28T12:00:07Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4402659 2024-02-28T12:00:07Z 2024-02-28T12:00:07Z public 21 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/beautiful-edinburgh-hidden-gem-garden-many-locals-dont-know-about-named-most-peaceful-spot-in-uk-4534945" rel="nofollow">1. Beautiful Edinburgh garden many locals don't know about named most peaceful spot in UK (I'd lived here twenty years before I knew it was there)</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:gardens">gardens</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nature">nature</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/743492598931587072?source=share" rel="nofollow">2. If you're wondering why there's a worldwide shortage of ADHD drugs, blame the USA</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:adhd">adhd</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/" rel="nofollow">3. Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users' Data to Train AI Tools</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:Tumblr">Tumblr</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wordpress">wordpress</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/energy-storage/texas-will-add-more-grid-batteries-than-any-other-state-in-2024" rel="nofollow">4. Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state this year, more than doubling its capacity</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Texas">Texas</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:batteries">batteries</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-disturbing-reason-why-tory-mps-wont-use-the-word-islamophobia-2928624" rel="nofollow">5. The reason why Tory MPs won't use the word 'Islamophobia'</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:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2024/02/13/why-do-we-age-dna-damage-a-likely-cause/" rel="nofollow">6. Small steps forward in understanding the links between DNA damage and aging</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genetics">genetics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:aging">aging</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/world/uk-gender-pay-gap-comparison-2928981" rel="nofollow">7. How the gender pay gap in the UK compares to other nations</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gender">gender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wages">wages</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pay">pay</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/atmospheric-rivers-map" rel="nofollow">8. Atmospheric rivers mapped by scientists in California</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rain">rain</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:weather">weather</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://newatlas.com/environment/surrey-cooling-effects-green-spaces-waterways/" rel="nofollow">9. Botanical gardens can cool city air by an average of 5 °C (and other green spaces are also effective, if less so)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gardens">gardens</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cities">cities</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:temperature">temperature</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4402659" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:4352407 2023-10-13T11:00:08Z 2023-10-13T11:00:08Z public 19 <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-hs2-cut-rail-freight-lorries-b2425458.html" rel="nofollow">1. Misery for motorists as Rishi Sunak's HS2 cut set to put half a million more lorries on the road</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hs2">hs2</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/utilitas/article/benthams-mugging/9C67002F344B20661A6C35C960F25A86" rel="nofollow">2. Bentham's Mugging (a short play, wherein moral purity is found wanting)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:morality">morality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/10/11/activitypub/" rel="nofollow">3. WordPress makes its posts available via the Fediverse (Mastodon, etc)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:WordPress">WordPress</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:socialmedia">socialmedia</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qojNZne9uI" rel="nofollow">4. 'Brahmastra Part One: Shiva' - for those people who like a very pretty religious superhero musical</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trailer">trailer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:india">india</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/this-is-fucked-yall" rel="nofollow">5. On Whataboutery in response to Hamas.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<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:terrorism">terrorism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://scrollprize.org/firstletters" rel="nofollow">6. Breakthrough in reading unopened ancient scrolls by scanning them</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:archaeology">archaeology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:prehistory">prehistory</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67088547" rel="nofollow">7. France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:France">France</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Palestine">Palestine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:protests">protests</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nitter.net/_CatintheHat/status/1668577909836075008" rel="nofollow">8. Covid can cause our brain cells to fuse together causing cognitive impairment.</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> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-princes-street-closed-due-27899611" rel="nofollow">9. Edinburgh Princes Street closed due to 'incident' as buses and trams affected</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:transport">transport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:buses">buses</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trams">trams</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinburghs-princes-street-closed-and-buses-and-trams-disrupted-after-man-found-dead-in-early-hours" rel="nofollow">10. Edinburgh's Princes Street closed and buses and trams disrupted after man found dead in early hours</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4352407" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-09:27209:2796426 2012-11-17T11:00:02Z 2012-11-17T11:00:02Z public 0 <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/11/16/whats-your-bitcoin-strategy-wordpress-now-accepts-bitcoin-across-the-planet/">Wordpress will now accept payments in Bitcoins</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bitcoin">bitcoin </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ WordPress"> WordPress</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/"></a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.3ders.org/articles/20121107-voxeljet-builds-aston-martin-models-for-james-bond-film-skyfall.html">Want a cheap Aston Martin to blow up for your James Bond movie? Print it.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/3dprinting">3dprinting </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ cars"> cars</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ specialeffects"> specialeffects </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ JamesBond"> JamesBond </a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21566629-liberalising-migration-could-deliver-huge-boost-global-output-border-follies">Liberalising migration could deliver a huge boost to global output</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/immigration">immigration</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ economics"> economics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/"></a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243692">Breakfast, lunch and dinner: Have we always eaten them?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/food">food</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ history"> history</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ eating"> eating</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://io9.com/5960275/what-did-damon-lindelof-add-to-prometheus-the-biggest-differences-with-the-original-draft">What did Damon Lindelof add to Prometheus? The Biggest Differences from the Original Draft</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaJohnCoxon">viaJohnCoxon</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/movies">movies</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/prometheus">prometheus</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.attendly.com/the-noob-who-thought-programming-was-easy-a-reaction-gif-story-friday-funnies-episode-22/">The noob who thought programming was easy (a funny story, told in moving pictures)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/programming">programming</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/software">software</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20354669">India textbook says meat-eaters lie and commit sex crimes. Mmmm, tasty lies.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/meat">meat</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/india">india</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://ironjeff.dreamwidth.org/156298.html">An interesting suggestion on how to set the budget for FEMA.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/government">government</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/emergency">emergency</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/money">money</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/usa">usa</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=2796426" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments