https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ Very cool, if true - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:00:07 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios andrewducker personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/707796/27209 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ 100 80 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4631329.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:00:07 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4631329.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487" rel="nofollow">1. How the world's richest man is boosting the British right</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fascism">fascism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ElonMusk">ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:twitter">twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bias">bias</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/" rel="nofollow">2. James Watson: From DNA pioneer to untouchable pariah</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:biography">biography</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:DNA">DNA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/" rel="nofollow">3. Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/" rel="nofollow">4. Reminder that the New York Times regularly prints hateful nonsense (an article about someone they tried to interview about Zohran Mamdani)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:newyork">newyork</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:journalism">journalism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaKenny">viaKenny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n20pRks-qP4" rel="nofollow">5. A bunch of engineers built a drifting wheelchair for an injured coworker. It looks awesome.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disability">disability</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02461-1" rel="nofollow">6. The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:biology">biology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genetics">genetics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:earth">earth</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/louvre-fedora-man-ap-photo-c0d59847ef5f836a0c5ac49de8bff441" rel="nofollow">7. Meet the teen behind the Louvre 'Fedora Man' mystery photo</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:france">france</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:photos">photos</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Paris">Paris</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:style">style</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dr8gzdz1wo" rel="nofollow">8. New flu virus mutation could see 'worst season in a decade' (get your vaccinations!)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:flu">flu</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251104012959.htm" rel="nofollow">9. Long-term Melatonin use associated with much higher risk of heart problems and death</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:medicine">medicine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:heart">heart</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/democrats-shutdown-mistake/684878/" rel="nofollow">10. Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyn22z24ndo" rel="nofollow">11. Scotland's first commercial windfarm will be able to deliver five times more clean power than before after being upgraded</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:windpower">windpower</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4631329" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4631329.html video usa windpower dna engineering elonmusk ohforfuckssake flu goodnews fascism bias links politics genetics viapatrickhadfield photos paris police crime scotland viakenny biology funny history france newyork style earth disability journalism doom heart twitter medicine biography satire public 12 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4495780.html Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:00:09 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4495780.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/opinion/i-no-longer-trust-opinion-polls-3378149" rel="nofollow">1. I no longer trust opinion polls</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:polls">polls</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fail">fail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=SvY9Uq7I30Y&amp;si=mWwqvBuIIdgOgar1" rel="nofollow">2. Secret Level - an anthology TV series based around various computer games</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TV">TV</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animation">animation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meeting" rel="nofollow">3. The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:communication">communication</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-supporters-donald-trump-split-ticket-reasons-establishment-1983849" rel="nofollow">4. AOC Shares Reasons Why Her Supporters Voted for Trump</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:voting">voting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure-i-voted-for-someone-whose-policies-might-kill-you-but-nows-the-time-to-put-aside-our-differences" rel="nofollow">5. Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but Now's the Time to Put Aside Our Differences</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6k9wg03e8o" rel="nofollow">6. Baby red panda dies from firework stress, says Edinburgh Zoo</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:panda">panda</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fireworks">fireworks</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4495780" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4495780.html viaswampers voting satire funny tv history panda links politics games doom fireworks fail death animation communication usa engineering polls public 16 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4432709.html Fri, 24 May 2024 11:00:09 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4432709.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/business/national-grid-green-upgrade-new-pylons-uk-3070669" rel="nofollow">1. New pylons to be installed across the UK in National Grid's £30bn green upgrade</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:infrastructure">infrastructure</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/751281262054047744?source=share" rel="nofollow">2. For whom Good Omens is being written</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neilgaiman">neilgaiman</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:terrypratchett">terrypratchett</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:alzheimers">alzheimers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TV">TV</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.itv.com/news/2024-05-21/fa-resists-government-pressure-to-change-its-transgender-inclusion-policy#Echobox=1716359079" rel="nofollow">3. Football Association resists government pressure to change its transgender inclusion policy</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:football">football</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sports">sports</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/with-weight-loss-drugs-booming-companies-target-dieters-with-new-foods/" rel="nofollow">4. The next food marketing blitz is aimed at people on new weight-loss drugs</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:weight">weight</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drugs">drugs</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9xxd8w57kjo" rel="nofollow">5. Daily cannabis use overtakes drinking for first time in US</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marijuana">marijuana</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:alcohol">alcohol</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://dieworkwear.com/2018/07/04/the-suit-died-but-for-good-reasons/" rel="nofollow">6. The Suit Died, but for Good Reasons</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:clothing">clothing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:monarchy">monarchy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:class">class</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://charity.wtf/2024/01/05/questionable-advice-my-boss-says-we-dont-need-any-engineering-managers-is-he-right/" rel="nofollow">7. Managers - what are they good for?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:management">management</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:software">software</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.404media.co/google-is-paying-reddit-60-million-for-fucksmith-to-tell-its-users-to-eat-glue/" rel="nofollow">8. Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Reddit">Reddit</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Google">Google</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:safety">safety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:headline">headline</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4432709" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4432709.html tv alzheimers safety advice infrastructure lgbt sports google ai clothing monarchy electricity management marijuana software terrypratchett weight headline history writing football alcohol uk reddit neilgaiman food links class goodnews epicfail transgender engineering ohforfuckssake drugs usa public 5 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4407993.html Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:00:07 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4407993.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Mt3nJBZ80" rel="nofollow">1. Did you know there was an old rifle range under Edinburgh's Waverley Station? (6 minutes in to this video)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:guns">guns</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trains">trains</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/12/investing/boeing-is-in-big-trouble/index.html" rel="nofollow">2. What's been going on with Boeing? (they seem to have forgotten that making planes requires attention to detail)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:safety">safety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/764-com-child-predator-network/" rel="nofollow">3. A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major internet platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68518623" rel="nofollow">4. Giant redwoods: The world's largest trees are thriving in the UK. (Except for not reproducing)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trees">trees</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-all-you-can-eat-buffets" rel="nofollow">5. The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://thelivingfossils.substack.com/p/the-existential-relief-of-having" rel="nofollow">6. The Existential Relief of Having Children</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:anxiety">anxiety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:stress">stress</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:parenting">parenting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:life">life</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://filmstories.co.uk/news/the-abyss-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-uk-release-the-bbfc-comments-on-its-cancellation/#:~:text=The%20UK%204K%20Ultra%20HD,promised%20remaster%20of%20the%20movie" rel="nofollow">7. The Abyss 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray UK release | The BBFC comments on its cancellation</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rats">rats</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animals">animals</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jamescameron">jamescameron</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BluRay">BluRay</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/sarahmarvelous/3322942829984860428?igsh=MWdyc2o2dnp4a3lycw%3D%3D" rel="nofollow">8. Do your pets help you make food? You ain't seen nothing yet!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cows">cows</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/611864/lgbtq-identification.aspx" rel="nofollow">9. LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6% (and dramatically higher in Gen Z)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:demographics">demographics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03-05-ai-reveals-prostate-cancer-not-just-one-disease" rel="nofollow">10. AI reveals prostate cancer has two distinct subtypes</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cancer">cancer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:prostate">prostate</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=_oYSiPBUuC8&amp;si=XMLNVdmaV_cERlvb" rel="nofollow">11. The full version of Tenacious D's - ...Baby One More Time cover is out. And even more awesome than you'd expect</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BritneySpears">BritneySpears</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:awesome">awesome</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:panda">panda</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/diane-abbott-racist-sexist-tory-party-donor-frank-hester-labour-starmer-b2512016.html" rel="nofollow">12. Yes, the Tories are outrageously racist and sexist - but Labour is guilty too (writes Diane Abbott)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://newatlas.com/energy/sand-battery-finland/" rel="nofollow">13. Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sand">sand</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:heat">heat</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:battery">battery</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:finland">finland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/menopause-whales-live-longer-study-b2512062.html" rel="nofollow">14. The only other mammals to go through the menopause live longer because of it</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:menstruation">menstruation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:whales">whales</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:longevity">longevity</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/office-for-national-statistics-short-term-lets-and-edinburgh-a-story-of-capacity-and-impact/" rel="nofollow">15. New ONS figures show how Edinburgh's share of short term lets is massive by comparison to practically everywhere else in the UK</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rental">rental</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:holidays">holidays</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tourism">tourism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68556914" rel="nofollow">16. New extremism definition unveiled by British government. Is very vague.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://forward.com/culture/592580/j-k-rowling-holocaust-denial-trans/" rel="nofollow">17. I see that J.K. Rowling is now engaging in anti-trans Holocaust denial</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Holocaust">Holocaust</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jkrowling">jkrowling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/opinion/assisted-dying-in-canada-is-accepted-but-the-uk-should-tread-carefully-2954597" rel="nofollow">18. Assisted dying in Canada is accepted - but the UK should tread carefully</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:euthanasia">euthanasia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:canada">canada</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68451536" rel="nofollow">19. I was getting bored of running - then I found joggling</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:juggling">juggling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:running">running</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jogging">jogging</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:exercise">exercise</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4407993" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4407993.html racism anxiety abuse lgbt jamescameron parenting rats safety bigotry prostate trains holidays music menstruation juggling children engineering video demographics usa cows awesome cancer language longevity labour movies finland sand internet euthanasia history funny crime whales heat government jogging running edinburgh ai rental holocaust economics life battery ohforfuckssake stress exercise guns epicfail manufacturing bluray business britneyspears tourism philosophy trees jkrowling transgender uk animals housing food canada links politics conservatives panda airplanes public 46 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4263148.html Sat, 04 Mar 2023 12:00:10 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4263148.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/privileges-committeeboris-johnson-report" rel="nofollow">1. Privileges Committee Believes Boris Johnson May Have Misled House On Partygate</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BorisJohnson">BorisJohnson</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lies">lies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/germany-ap-brussels-swedish-co2-emissions-b2293492.html" rel="nofollow">2. EU countries postpone vote on combustion engine ban (because Germany wants to be allowed to keep making them)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cars">cars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pollution">pollution</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbots-emily-m-bender.html" rel="nofollow">3. ChatGPT Is Nothing Like a Human, And having it pretend to be one leads us in very difficult directions</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:morality">morality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/11/theres-a-good-reason-why-so-many-terrorists-are-engineers/" rel="nofollow">4. There's a Good Reason Why So Many Terrorists Are Engineers</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:terrorism">terrorism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1631773605414551552?t=LohCDv2fshSb6g_Zrk5lCw&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">5. "Eat Out To Help Out" caused an increase in Covid cases. Matt Hancock covered it up.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Pandemic">Pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:restaurant">restaurant</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:murder">murder</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:censorship">censorship</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/01/iowa-same-sex-marriage-ban-gay/" rel="nofollow">6. Iowa: Republicans propose ban on same-sex marriage</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marriage">marriage</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:republicans">republicans</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://oolong.medium.com/weird-pride-day-232465b67dd9#repost" rel="nofollow">7. Happy Weird Pride Day!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:weird">weird</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pride">pride</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.foodtimeline.org/" rel="nofollow">8. Food Timeline: food history research service</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4263148" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4263148.html pandemic terrorism history weird fraud politics links food cars ai morality censorship philosophy language lgbt usa pollution marriage ohforfuckssake borisjohnson murder engineering republicans restaurant lies pride europe public 16 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4229617.html Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:00:13 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4229617.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-terminal-engineering-feat-germany-11670513353" rel="nofollow">1. The Five-Year Engineering Feat Germany Pulled Off in Months</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Germany">Germany</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gas">gas</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:energy">energy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Russia">Russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:impressive">impressive</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/10/25/660191806/what-happens-when-a-country-bans-spanking" rel="nofollow">2. Countries that have banned spanking have lower rates of violence amongst children</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:violence">violence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:spanking">spanking</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63859184" rel="nofollow">3. Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Cancer">Cancer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genes">genes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/where-do-teaching-skeletons-come-from/" rel="nofollow">4. Where Do US Teaching Skeletons Come From?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:education">education</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bodies">bodies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/aspartame-sweetener-anxiety-link-behaviour-b2242037.html" rel="nofollow">5. Aspartame makes mice anxious. And their children. and their grandchildren</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:anxiety">anxiety</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mice">mice</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=UPSRaqFcguY&amp;feature=share" rel="nofollow">6. If you're in London you should go see The Wolves in the Walls</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wolves">wolves</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:theatre">theatre</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:puppets">puppets</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:London">London</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neilgaiman">neilgaiman</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/i4YRXNtosNQ?feature=share" rel="nofollow">7. On White Girls Wearing Braids as Cultural Appropriation</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cultural_appropriation">cultural_appropriation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hair">hair</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:race">race</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/weather/edinburgh-zoo-webcam-captures-the-adorable-moment-penguins-play-in-the-snow-3949914" rel="nofollow">8. I object to headlines about Edinburgh Zoo penguins playing adorably in the snow when the video clearly shows them just standing about acting entirely normal!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:headline">headline</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:journalism">journalism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:penguins">penguins</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://at.tumblr.com/andrewducker/703373261793263616/0q6sqw5733x0" rel="nofollow">9. This lizard is behaving exactly the same as our cat, Jim</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animals">animals</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:behaviour">behaviour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@em0/109494729273725207" rel="nofollow">10. What happens to your smartphone when it gets stolen?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:iphone">iphone</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4229617" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4229617.html penguins wolves cancer goodnews usa video race engineering ohforfuckssake children psychology bodies london india crime headline viapatrickhadfield links food neilgaiman violence animals iphone energy hair puppets russia cultural_appropriation impressive genes anxiety mice spanking gas education journalism behaviour germany theatre public 7 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4217032.html Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:00:11 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4217032.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/08/1062886/heres-how-a-twitter-engineer-says-it-will-break-in-the-coming-weeks/" rel="nofollow">1. Twitter has already started suffering minor issues, it's going to get a lot worse</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/700539883908972544/samthefrank-fetus-cakes-nighthood" rel="nofollow">2. Animating over reality with pens, transparencies, and white-out</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:animation">animation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63499057" rel="nofollow">3. KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion (for *cheesy chicken* of all things!)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:chicken">chicken</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:kfc">kfc</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Holocaust">Holocaust</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jews">Jews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/10/does-twitter-have-any-employees-left-who-remember-that-the-company-is-under-a-strict-consent-decree-with-the-ftc/" rel="nofollow">4. Does Twitter Have Any Employees Left Who Remember That The Company Is Under A Strict Consent Decree With The FTC?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1590696859869536256" rel="nofollow">5. Highlighting the many "successes" of Twitter's new identify verification system</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Identity">Identity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.platformer.news/p/inside-the-twitter-meltdown" rel="nofollow">6. Inside the Twitter meltdown</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Swilua/status/1590417106956582912?t=kxvJbeQWT7Hfh1ERlWuNdA&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">7. Clearly the best artist's assistant</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dog">dog</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:art">art</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4217032" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4217032.html epicfail animation jews law video dog ohforfuckssake engineering art viaswampers identity holocaust chicken viapatrickhadfield kfc links twitter doom public 12 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4204363.html Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:00:10 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4204363.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/A9hCzjBc7Q4" rel="nofollow">1. Three Decades of Akira Slide Homages</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Akira">Akira</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.medialens.org/2022/mass-media-omerta-burying-al-jazeeras-the-labour-files/" rel="nofollow">2. Mass Media Omertà: Burying Al Jazeera's 'The Labour Files'</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:journalism">journalism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/ake44z/elon-musk-vladimir-putin-ukraine" rel="nofollow">3. Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ElonMusk">ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Russia">Russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Ukraine">Ukraine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:war">war</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:propaganda">propaganda</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/TheDreadShips/status/1579946470543077376?t=h7leHdpWXOk3PX-0IAJ1Uw&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">4. The female engineering genius who failed her exams 37 times</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wwii">wwii</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ships">ships</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-city-plan-ban-on-greenbelt-development-could-cost-3600-jobs-claims-study-3875959" rel="nofollow">5. Edinburgh plans to displace manufacturing for housing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:manufacturing">manufacturing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pound-falls-bank-of-england-governor-not-extend-emergency-support-1906721" rel="nofollow">6. Pound falls sharply after Bank of England governor says he will not extend emergency support</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economy">economy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4204363" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4204363.html viaswampers propaganda history links akira journalism uk doom housing manufacturing edinburgh labour women ships video wwii war russia ukraine economy engineering elonmusk public 9 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4174059.html Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:00:08 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4174059.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/18/dma-council-gives-final-approval-to-new-rules-for-fair-competition-online/" rel="nofollow">1. New EU rules come in affecting Google, Apple, etc. The fallout is going to be *fascinating*</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:google">google</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:apple">apple</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/sizewell-c-location-nuclear-power-station-uk-b2127347.html" rel="nofollow">2. Sizewell C nuclear power station approved by UK government amid energy crisis</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nuclearpower">nuclearpower</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nyx-ai.github.io/stylegan2-flax-tpu/" rel="nofollow">3. This Food Does Not Exist 🍪🍰🍣🍹</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fake">fake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/sonicmega/status/1549651495997476864?t=bnhiqTGoy1W90azUGYlPZQ&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">4. The cute lovable robot dogs now have assault rifle attachments</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:robots">robots</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dogs">dogs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:guns">guns</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/quidditch-changes-its-name-to-distance-itself-from-jk-rowling-12655525" rel="nofollow">5. Quidditch changes its name to distance itself from JK Rowling</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jkrowling">jkrowling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sports">sports</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://katymontgomerie.medium.com/addressing-the-claims-in-jk-rowlings-justification-for-transphobia-7b6f761e8f8f" rel="nofollow">6. Addressing The Claims In JK Rowling's Justification For Transphobia</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jkrowling">jkrowling</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-i-discovered-an-important-question-a-doctor-should-ask-a-patient/2015/03/09/ca350634-bb9c-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html" rel="nofollow">7. A doctor discovers an important question patients should be asked</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaEatSoylentGreen">viaEatSoylentGreen</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/edinburgh-secures-blockbuster-doctor-who-exhibition-for-shows-60th-anniversary-year-3776635" rel="nofollow">8. Edinburgh secures blockbuster Doctor Who exhibition for show's 60th anniversary year</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drwho">drwho</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:edinburgh">edinburgh</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-62246260" rel="nofollow">9. Scotland's Drugs Death Taskforce chief says punishing addicts must stop</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drugs">drugs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:addiction">addiction</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://practical.engineering/blog/2022/6/20/4-myths-about-construction-debunked" rel="nofollow">10. 4 Myths About Construction: Debunked</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:myths">myths</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:construction">construction</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:FactCheck">FactCheck</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-red-tape-musicians-elton-john-b2127653.html" rel="nofollow">11. Brexit red tape: Bookings of UK musicians at EU's biggest festivals crash by 45%</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4174059" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4174059.html nuclearpower europe drwho myths law lgbt sports google factcheck ai healthcare edinburgh doom bigotry viaeatsoylentgreen apple music trade engineering video drugs robots guns fake addiction construction transgender jkrowling death uk regulation food links dogs scotland public 6 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4076605.html Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:00:10 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4076605.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.imfineimfine.com/p/you-are-a-sim?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzk2NDEzOCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDM4MDU4OTMsIl8iOiJQcmRueCIsImlhdCI6MTYzNzMzMzMxMywiZXhwIjoxNjM3MzM2OTEzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNDMyMDM4Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.8KadVyu_TkfmCn8JE4auzObNr78_8VM1Lx-BMVzqvMA" rel="nofollow">What's life like with executive dysfunction?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:behaviour">behaviour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mentalhealth">mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:organisation">organisation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tidiness">tidiness</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/closedtous/" rel="nofollow">York council are making it impossible for people with disabilities to access the city centre</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disability">disability</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:yorkshire">yorkshire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://necromolds.com/" rel="nofollow">Necromolds: When wargaming meets Playdoh!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gaming">gaming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wargames">wargames</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sculpture">sculpture</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/transport-for-north-tfn-rail-b1960906.html" rel="nofollow">Boris Johnson strips Transport for the North of powers after it criticises his rail plan</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trains">trains</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/new-covid-drugs-are-here-and-they-could-change-the-pandemic/" rel="nofollow">New Covid Drugs Are Here—and They Could Change the Pandemic</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Pandemic">Pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:medicine">medicine</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/amp/games-workshop-fights-back-against-fascist-hate-symbols-in-the-warhammer-40k-community/" rel="nofollow">Games Workshop fights back against fascist hate symbols in the Warhammer 40K community</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:warhammer">warhammer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fascism">fascism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.onbeyondzarathustra.com/traintoomelas" rel="nofollow">The Ones Who Take the Train to Omelas (mostly for the pictures)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:short_story">short_story</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.satellite-evolution.com/post/pangea-aerospace-successfully-hot-fire-tests-the-first-methalox-aerospike-engine-in-the-world" rel="nofollow">Pangea Aerospace successfully hot fire tests the first MethaLox aerospike engine in the world</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/jayb0b/status/1461994265723260930?t=wNvjTvNStPfpSYbrfkPTGw&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">Looks like I'll be skipping the Wheel of Time TV show</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:TV">TV</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fantasy">fantasy</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4076605" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4076605.html behaviour links warhammer gaming transport space medicine uk sculpture wargames pandemic tv organisation scifi trains tidiness fantasy engineering ohforfuckssake short_story mentalhealth comic yorkshire disability fascism public 12 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4063650.html Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:00:06 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4063650.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/tragedy-the-last-duel-flopping-box-office/" rel="nofollow">The Tragedy of The Last Duel Flopping at the Box Office (I do actually fancy this. But I'm not going to a cinema until cases are 1/20 of what they are now)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:RidleyScott">RidleyScott</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dominic-raab-afghanistan-kabul-b1940968.html" rel="nofollow">The British ambassador to Afghanistan repeatedly warned Dominic Raab that Kabul would swiftly fall into Taliban hands</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:afghanistan">afghanistan</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:epicfail">epicfail</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-delta-sub-variant-latest-b1941062.html" rel="nofollow">New Delta sub-variant is 15% more transmissible</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/three-names-new-edinburgh-primary-21849818.amp" rel="nofollow">New Edinburgh primary school to get one of three names as shortlist unveiled (Sophia will be there in 2 years)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:school">school</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:names">names</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/TheClaudiaBlack/status/1450199944686604301?t=1hZuWlQD5PPRefWFHW3cqw&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">The time Claudia Black gave James McAvoy advice</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:acting">acting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://qntm.org/abolish" rel="nofollow">So You Want To Abolish Time Zones...</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:time">time</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.droid-life.com/2021/04/24/android-12-extra-dim-awesome-feature/amp/" rel="nofollow">Android 12's Extra Dim Feature is One of My Favorites</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Android">Android</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:darkness">darkness</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:light">light</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:phones">phones</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1450522487679295504?t=n-f35hJ5tYm0OOXwWQ821g&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">An interesting fact that political campaigners ought to know</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:marketing">marketing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comics">comics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/665533455789096960/whatshouldwecallhomer-marisolinspades" rel="nofollow">Memes of classical history</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:meme">meme</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/hachx0/status/1450140177284927499?t=2GcDE1gk5ANlhM7GTDJ79g&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow">Engineers know who is to blame for the Trolley Problem</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:philosophy">philosophy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/us-pig-kidney-transplant-human-b1941625.html" rel="nofollow">Surgeons perform first successful transplant using pig kidney in a human</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pigs">pigs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:humans">humans</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:organs">organs</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4063650" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4063650.html funny meme history phones scifi school humans viaswampers pandemic marketing organs movies uk names politics links advice android epicfail acting pigs darkness edinburgh philosophy ridleyscott light engineering ohforfuckssake time afghanistan comics public 8 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4053421.html Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:00:11 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4053421.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-rayner-labour-conference-tories-b1927146.html" rel="nofollow">Angela Rayner defends pointing out that PM and senior Tories are scum</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-starmer-corbyn-conor-mcginn-wes-streeting-b1927228.html" rel="nofollow">Labour's eternal civil war really is awful</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-labour-nationalisation-energy-companies-b1927267.html" rel="nofollow">Labour delegates vote to nationalise energy firms in defeat for Keir Starmer</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_6393a3cab16cabbe7bfa1e77505a6ef8" rel="nofollow">It's not your age that's slowing your metabolism, new research says.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:age">age</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:metabolism">metabolism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fitness">fitness</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/student-loan-repayment-graduate-earnings-b1927413.html" rel="nofollow">Government to cut threshold for graduate repayment of student loans</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:university">university</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2002/11/engineering-pornography/" rel="nofollow">How do you repair a major underground power cable? (Impressive engineering feats!)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:impressive">impressive</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-wQnWUhX5Y" rel="nofollow">Repairing Underground Power Cables Is Nearly Impossible (a video on the story I shared earlier - complete with an update!)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:impressive">impressive</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/nhs-doctors-novavax-trial-travel-boosters" rel="nofollow">NHS Doctors Who Volunteered In Novavax Trial Say They're Unable To Travel Or Get Boosters</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vaccination">vaccination</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:research">research</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/LydiaCaradonna/status/1442398205669519363?s=09" rel="nofollow">What it's like when the police raid a brothel</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sexwork">sexwork</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/respect" rel="nofollow">Do you *really* respect other people's beliefs?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:belief">belief</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4053421" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4053421.html metabolism money university age funny politics links conservatives sexwork uk police fitness labour video research impressive electricity comic belief ohforfuckssake vaccination engineering public 12 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4021748.html Sun, 11 Jul 2021 11:00:10 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4021748.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/quest-for-green-cement-draws-big-name-investors-to-300b-industry/" rel="nofollow">Quest for "green" cement draws big name investors to $300B industry</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Extra info https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27795416</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:materials">materials</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:co2">co2</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cement">cement</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2021/07/off-patent-osteoporosis-drug-also-found-to-extend-lifespan.html" rel="nofollow">Off-Patent Osteoporosis Drug Also Found to Extend Lifespan</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lifespan">lifespan</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="http://m.nautil.us/issue/102/hidden-truths/the-planets-with-the-giant-diamonds-inside" rel="nofollow">The Planets with the Giant Diamonds Inside (inside two fascinating planets you don't hear much about)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:planets">planets</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:astronomy">astronomy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/why-gamers-love-speedrunning/" rel="nofollow">Why Do Gamers Love Speedrunning So Much Anyway?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:speed">speed</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://bylinetimes.com/2021/07/08/governments-mass-infection-plan-pushed-by-great-barrington-declaration-lobbying-effort-to-end-covid-protections/" rel="nofollow">Government's Mass Infection Plan pushed by Great Barrington Declaration Lobbying Effort to End COVID Protections</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conspiracy">conspiracy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vaccine">vaccine</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/mask-wearing-anti-social-personality-traits-study-brazil-b1347252.html" rel="nofollow">Not wearing a mask is associated with antisocial traits</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-fund-boris-johnson-aid-cop26-b1877116.html" rel="nofollow">Boris Johnson's £11.6bn climate fund to be swiped from aid budget</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:globalwarming">globalwarming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:aid">aid</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/656396056453595136/what-is-the-child-annihilating-zipline" rel="nofollow">What is "The child-annihilating zipline"? (with bonus terrible kitchen redesign)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/no-bids-over-70-indian-coal-mines-up-auction-2021-07-09/" rel="nofollow">No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:coal">coal</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4021748" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4021748.html india pandemic planets psychology materials conspiracy vaccine history games links coal speed uk co2 space aid death viadanieldwilliam lifespan cement globalwarming astronomy government engineering children ohforfuckssake public 24 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4013339.html Sun, 20 Jun 2021 11:00:10 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4013339.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theroot.com/texas-governor-signs-law-banning-teachers-from-talking-1847109904" rel="nofollow">Texas Governor Signs Law Banning Teachers From Talking About Racism</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://boingboing.net/2021/06/18/doctor-invents-a-hiccup-curing-straw-with-a-90-success-rate.html" rel="nofollow">Doctor invents a hiccup-curing straw with a 90% success rate</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hiccups">hiccups</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theroot.com/make-juneteenth-great-again-the-caucasians-guide-to-ce-1847124121" rel="nofollow">The Caucasian's Guide to Celebrating Juneteenth</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:holidays">holidays</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2016-05-daughter-know-ok-angry/index.html" rel="nofollow">Does Your Daughter Know It's OK To Be Angry?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:anger">anger</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:emotion">emotion</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:patriarchy">patriarchy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://hackaday.com/2021/06/10/injection-molded-glass-breakthrough-shatters-ceiling-of-work-methods/" rel="nofollow">Injection-Molded Glass Breakthrough Shatters Ceiling Of Work Methods</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:glass">glass</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaNancyLebov">viaNancyLebov</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://ij.org/press-release/north-carolina-board-tells-retired-engineer-he-cant-talk-about-engineering/" rel="nofollow">North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about engineering</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit-red-tape-stops-royal-british-legion-selling-poppies-in-the-eu-1059903" rel="nofollow">Brexit red tape stops Royal British Legion selling poppies in the EU online</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:charity">charity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/BylineTV/status/1406253970096525314?s=09" rel="nofollow">Brexit farmer faces the consequences of his own actions</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:farming">farming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/the-efforts-to-make-text-based-ai-less-racist-and-terrible/" rel="nofollow">The efforts to make text-based AI less racist and terrible</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bigotry">bigotry</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/ljsj-courses-under-the-microscope-after-female-teacher-loses-title/" rel="nofollow">Lecturer loses job in London over being a rabbi while also a woman</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:judaism">judaism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:academia">academia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/g7-summit-was-super-spreading-event-for-cornwall-as-cases-rocket-2450-after-johnson-and-biden-visit-1060710" rel="nofollow">G7 summit was 'super spreading' event for Cornwall as cases rocket 2,450% after Johnson and Biden visit</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-57541231" rel="nofollow">Assisted dying bill to be lodged at Scottish Parliament</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:euthanasia">euthanasia</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4013339" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4013339.html euthanasia anger holidays scotland pandemic society regulation hiccups technology uk doom judaism bigotry links emotion women ai farming racism ohforfuckssake charity engineering europe academia usa glass vianancylebov video patriarchy public 2 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3972969.html Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:00:07 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3972969.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/unpacking-roblox-and-its-popularity/" rel="nofollow">What You Need to Know About 'Roblox'—and Why Kids Are Obsessed</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-uk-legal-action-b1817334.html" rel="nofollow">EU launches legal action against UK over serious Northern Ireland protocol breach</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NorthernIreland">NorthernIreland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/03/15/do-liberals-and-conservatives-really-have-different-moral-foundations-differences-may-be-less-clear-cut-than-often-claimed/" rel="nofollow">Do Liberals And Conservatives Really Have Different Moral Foundations?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:voting">voting</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/1371043505267736578?s=09" rel="nofollow">Have some very impressive balance/acrobatics</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:impressive">impressive</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/03/justice-leagues-snyder-cut-review-no-longer-whedonesque-and-all-the-better/" rel="nofollow">Justice League's Snyder cut review: No longer Whedonesque—and all the better</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:DC">DC</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:superheroes">superheroes</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:review">review</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1370808516752068608?s=09" rel="nofollow">An impressive feat of engineering</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Netherlands">Netherlands</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:roads">roads</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.gov.scot/news/100-000-more-affordable-homes/" rel="nofollow">Scotland aims to build 100,000 more affordable homes</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:housing">housing</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://newsthump.com/2021/03/14/beatings-will-continue-until-women-know-their-place-confirm-met-police/" rel="nofollow">Beatings will continue until women know their place, confirm Met Police</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:violence">violence</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/caenhillcc/status/1371556805785100296?s=09" rel="nofollow">Who wants to see a baby emu hatch?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:birds">birds</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:eggs">eggs</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/mHB5yzcz7xY" rel="nofollow">Yakko's World but Barack Obama Singing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:barackobama">barackobama</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:world">world</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mashup">mashup</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56407251" rel="nofollow">Covid: UK vaccination surge expected in coming days as 10 million doses arrive from India</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vaccination">vaccination</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:india">india</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590174519300157" rel="nofollow">Seasonal energy storage in aluminium for 100 percent solar heat and electricity supply</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:materials">materials</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:storage">storage</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:metal">metal</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/YPDmNaEG8v4" rel="nofollow">Performance vs Trust (and why you don't always want the most effective person)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trust">trust</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:performance">performance</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3972969" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3972969.html birds dc superheroes review impressive electricity europe music trade materials barackobama satire games doom eggs women viadanieldwilliam metal video northernireland storage vaccination children engineering viaswampers voting india scotland psychology trust mashup netherlands roads links politics world uk violence police movies housing performance transport public 11 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3968704.html Sat, 06 Mar 2021 12:00:06 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3968704.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56287913" rel="nofollow">Women in 20s told 'get pregnant' to ease endometriosis symptoms</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pregnancy">pregnancy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-covid-contracts-court-b1813003.html" rel="nofollow">Lying liar Boris Johnson lied to parliament over Covid contracts, court order shows</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lies">lies</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BorisJohnson">BorisJohnson</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:contracts">contracts</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56174954" rel="nofollow">What is going on with government Covid contracts?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:contracts">contracts</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:corruption">corruption</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://spacefem.livejournal.com/1043982.html" rel="nofollow">Why I hate "The Knack" (the idea that some people are born to be engineers, and nobody else can be one)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/yfreemark/status/1265625948789133314" rel="nofollow">The amount of money that the average young person can expect to have has dropped dramatically over the last 30 years.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wealth">wealth</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:inequality">inequality</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:visualisation">visualisation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/gpdqu4/the_finances_of_harvard_university_2004_vs_201920/" rel="nofollow">Why have Harvard University's expenses gone up 45% between: 2004 and 2019?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:university">university</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:accounting">accounting</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp2IuT-cgHc" rel="nofollow">The Notorious B.I.G. raps H.P. Lovecraft's Nemesis (produced using AI speech synthesis. Impressive stuff)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:hplovecraft">hplovecraft</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq" rel="nofollow">NFTs, explained: what they are, and why they're suddenly worth millions</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:art">art</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cryptography">cryptography</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:WTF">WTF</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/AANiffenegger/status/1367614034619596801?s=09" rel="nofollow">Someone forgot to tell Audrey Niffenegger they were making a musical of The Time Traveller's Wife (which she wrote)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:books">books</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wtf">wtf</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:musicals">musicals</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/over50s-booking-holidays-angering-young-people_uk_604136ddc5b617a7e41398d8?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004" rel="nofollow">Young People 'On The Brink Of Revolution' As Older Generations Book Holidays Abroad</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:age">age</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:inequality">inequality</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3968704" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3968704.html engineering borisjohnson ohforfuckssake inequality lies visualisation art government musicals video accounting cryptography ai corruption women wealth healthcare business contracts uk links wtf pregnancy history hplovecraft university age scifi books music pandemic public 10 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3945981.html Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:00:08 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3945981.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/are-we-really-engineers/" rel="nofollow">Asking engineers what they think of software engineering</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:softwareengineering">softwareengineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:software">software</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:regulation">regulation</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFanf">viaFanf</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/_LuisRoso/status/1351183479107674113?s=09" rel="nofollow">Are you envious of Umberto Eco's library?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:library">library</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:books">books</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/news/eu-needs-masterplan-to-move-financial-business-from-london" rel="nofollow">"EU needs masterplan to move financial business away from London" says largest parliamentary group</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:finance">finance</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3945981" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3945981.html books viafanf history finance software links video library engineering regulation society europe doom softwareengineering uk public 5 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3941686.html Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:00:06 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3941686.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/LiteraryMouse/status/1347873482550468609" rel="nofollow">Trump's coup was stochastic, incompetent, and undeservedly more successful than it should have been. Here's what happened with the planning and on the day</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1347873482550468609.html</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:coup">coup</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/happyharada/status/1347829712555540481?s=09" rel="nofollow">Wethespoons wants to kill your grandparents</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:alcohol">alcohol</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/10/wild-deer-set-to-wreak-havoc-in-uk-woodlands-as-venison-demand-plunges?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow">The UK needs to reintroduce wolves as soon as possible!</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:deer">deer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nature">nature</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/food-in-antarctica?fbclid=IwAR3azuvcTRpbg3NtjXaZCiThQbq4x9rzz9aiUjHlkxdvu4qltKoeC7wx5Ao" rel="nofollow">How staff at the US Antarctic base eat (and with only one food delivery per year)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cooking">cooking</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:antarctic">antarctic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaJane">viaJane</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/us-capitol-riots-arrest-pelosi-desk/index.html" rel="nofollow">Feds say police found a pickup truck full of bombs and guns near Capitol insurrection</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:coup">coup</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/10/does-vitamin-d-combat-covid" rel="nofollow">If you're not already taking vitamin D please please start</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vitaminD">vitaminD</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/sf/laith.htm" rel="nofollow">Why some engineering types are particularly susceptible to crackpot theories</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:science">science</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conspiracy">conspiracy</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/10/business/citigroup-bluecross-commerce-bank-pac-donations/index.html" rel="nofollow">Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:coup">coup</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55612735" rel="nofollow">Covid in Scotland: Vaccination programme ramps up</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:vaccination">vaccination</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-55582303" rel="nofollow">Scotland's beaver repopulation is not going well</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:beavers">beavers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://davidallengreen.com/2021/01/can-a-presidential-pardon-be-revoked/" rel="nofollow">Can a presidential pardon be revoked?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3941686" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3941686.html vaccination viajane ohforfuckssake engineering science beavers coup antarctic usa law deer food nature uk alcohol cooking politics links history vitamind conspiracy money scotland pandemic public 2 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3935684.html Sun, 27 Dec 2020 12:00:07 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3935684.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2020/dec/24/nature-photographer-of-the-year-2020-the-winners" rel="nofollow">Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 - the winners</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:environment">environment</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:photos">photos</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaPatrickHadfield">viaPatrickHadfield</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/25/world/europe/brexit-britain-european-union.html?referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow">The US view on the brexit deal</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:USA">USA</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Doom">Doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/H5IRLp8q2pM" rel="nofollow">Stunning Milky Way time-lapse photobombed by Aurora Borealis</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:astronomy">astronomy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:timelapse">timelapse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:beautiful">beautiful</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:auroraborealis">auroraborealis</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-kruger-effect-probably-not-real" rel="nofollow">The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:statistics">statistics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://blog.dave.tf/post/ip-addr-parsing/" rel="nofollow">Fun with IP address parsing</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:numbers">numbers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:standards">standards</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-eu-trade-deal-questions-b1779157.html" rel="nofollow">Key questions about UK's relationship with EU still unanswered, experts warn, after deal published</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://reut.rs/2IZmvpy" rel="nofollow">Norway outlaws hate speech against trans people</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Norway">Norway</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/yYAw79386WI" rel="nofollow">How Differential Steering Let's Cars Drive Around Corners</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cars">cars</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:design">design</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3935684" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3935684.html engineering europe astronomy usa video numbers lgbt goodnews cars transgender environment beautiful standards timelapse uk technology doom auroraborealis photos computers viapatrickhadfield internet links design psychology statistics trade viaswampers norway public 8 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3847070.html Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:00:08 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3847070.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thebrunelmuseum.com/engineering-connections/" rel="nofollow">Victorian Engineering Connections (everyone, apparently, knew everyone)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:visualisation">visualisation</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/618477247438995456/hauntedpamplemousse-oodlenoodleroodle-im" rel="nofollow">Feminist action, not feminist identity</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Identity">Identity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:feminism">feminism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/mount-vernon-police-tapes-innocent-people-were-framed" rel="nofollow">Police corruption in the USA really does seem to be endemic</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:corruption">corruption</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.cbr.com/lego-stop-advertising-police-sets-pledges-4-million/" rel="nofollow">LEGO Asks Retailers to Stop Advertising Police Sets, Pledges $4M to Fight Racism</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Lego">Lego</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/madeleine-mccann-disappearance-police-reveal-details-about-latest-suspect-11999972" rel="nofollow">Madeleine McCann: Jailed German paedophile at centre of new police inquiry</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:children">children</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/WardieJerusalem/status/1268316960099573762?s=09" rel="nofollow">Spanish porn star Nacho Vidal, who likes to advertise his aromatic candles shaped like male genitalia on Twitter, has been arrested on manslaughter charges following a man's death during a mystic ritual in which he inhaled psychedelic toad venom</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:headline">headline</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:death">death</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychedelics">psychedelics</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/JanFredrikD/status/1268270255509512193?s=09" rel="nofollow">Video of a mud slide dragging multiple houses into the sea</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Norway">Norway</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/04/were-horrified-by-whats-going-on-in-the-usa-of-course-nothing-like-that-could-happen-here" rel="nofollow">Australians horrified by the USA should look to themselves. There have been 432 Aboriginal deaths in custody since 1991 yet there has not been a single conviction</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:australia">australia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/city-built-slaves-remembering-edinburghs-18351617" rel="nofollow">A city built by slaves - remembering Edinburgh's shameful slave trade history</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:slavery">slavery</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Scotland">Scotland</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3847070" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3847070.html police society links headline history norway identity scotland feminism lego visualisation engineering racism children video usa australia slavery abuse corruption psychedelics edinburgh death public 2 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3749890.html Sun, 30 Jun 2019 14:29:24 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3749890.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers" rel="nofollow">Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:design">design</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:software">software</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:outsourcing">outsourcing</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1144671244069101569?s=09" rel="nofollow">The Conservatives are suffering entryism from Brexit extremists</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://thenib.com/before-stonewall?fbclid=IwAR1qrj-9PXvLjb9Wo7P6pGWD_8OV91lZDMNh75iqXKX271ueq8l7sOqlXow" rel="nofollow">Stonewall was not the start - it took a decade of resistance to reach that point</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lgbt">lgbt</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:protests">protests</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaLilysea">viaLilysea</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.tor.com/2019/06/13/babylon-5-is-the-greatest-most-terrible-sf-series/" rel="nofollow">Babylon 5 Is the Greatest, Most Terrible SF Series</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tv">tv</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Babylon5">Babylon5</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:review">review</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="http://arethebritsatitagain.com/" rel="nofollow">Are the Brits at it again?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.agu.org/press-release/researchers-model-how-octopus-arms-make-decisions/" rel="nofollow">Researchers model how octopus arms make decisions (and talk to each other without informing the brain)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:octopus">octopus</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:communication">communication</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:nerves">nerves</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:neuroscience">neuroscience</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2019/06/gildas.html" rel="nofollow">Britain: Ruined since the 5th century</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46427501" rel="nofollow">Scotland's only breast milk bank is looking for volunteers</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:milk">milk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:breastfeeding">breastfeeding</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/28/german-far-right-group-used-police-data-to-compile-death-list" rel="nofollow">German far-right group used police data to compile death list</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fascism">fascism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:germany">germany</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/she-led-britains-largest-lgbt-charity-this-is-why-she-chose?fbclid=IwAR090XooFqeGLv3Melc6cpS7jLvEA14k-WZJXzL33QJF7XLNmQKzzuBKJRo" rel="nofollow">Stonewall's CEO Reveals Why She Decided To Fight For Transgender Rights</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Transgender">Transgender</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/hordie/status/1144381078523842565?s=09" rel="nofollow">Have some relationship advice</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Some great comments too</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relationships">relationships</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/iyagovos/status/1144604273730359296?s=09" rel="nofollow">The computer games industry is renowned for terrible jobs. This is worst than most</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jobs">Jobs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://boingboing.net/2019/06/28/gamgee-proudfoot-took.html" rel="nofollow">Three Halflings in a Trenchcoat: a homebrew fighter class for D&D</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dungeonsanddragons">dungeonsanddragons</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/ray-harryhausen-titan-cinema" rel="nofollow">Ray Harryhausen | Titan of Cinema | National Galleries of Scotland (next year)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:specialeffects">specialeffects</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/odavies9/status/1145060985457250304?s=09" rel="nofollow">How tea killed the fairies</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tea">tea</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:myths">myths</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pakistan-asylum-seeker-uk-home-office-immigration-honour-killing-a8968996.html" rel="nofollow">UK to deport aspiring astrophysicist, 23, to Pakistan where she faces death or forced marriage to cousin</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pakistan">pakistan</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://news.stanford.edu/2018/02/08/avoiding-blackouts-100-renewable-energy/" rel="nofollow">100% renewable energy without blackouts (by 2050)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:renewables">renewables</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:electricity">electricity</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3749890" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3749890.html protests relationships doom advice germany games dungeonsanddragons design tv specialeffects jobs pakistan electricity europe software outsourcing review lgbt myths communication octopus renewables police uk breastfeeding vialilysea movies conservatives links airplanes history nerves neuroscience funny scotland tea ohforfuckssake babylon5 engineering fascism milk transgender thefuture public 11 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3657282.html Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:00:19 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3657282.html <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45006340" rel="nofollow">Germany gripped by #MeTwo racism debate</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:germany">germany</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180730104859.htm" rel="nofollow">Fear of litigation is a key factor in decision to perform C-sections</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:childbirth">childbirth</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lawsuit">lawsuit</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:healthcare">healthcare</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/supergutman/status/1023373755043729408?s=09" rel="nofollow">People ask for evidence of Labour antisemitism...</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jews">Jews</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/peter-willsman-labour-party-antsemitism-jewish-trump-jeremy-corbyn-a8470496.html" rel="nofollow">Calls for Corbyn ally on Labour's ruling body to be suspended after claiming antisemitism row was invented by Jewish 'Trump fanatics'</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jews">Jews</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0529-6" rel="nofollow">Terraforming Mars harder than you'd think</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:mars">mars</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/inside-the-world-of-racist-science-fiction.html" rel="nofollow">Inside the World of Racist Science Fiction</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scifi">scifi</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:republicans">republicans</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198745" rel="nofollow">Shockingly, people think God looks like they do</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nap.edu/read/24994/chapter/5#60" rel="nofollow">Rates of Sexual Harassment in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:harassment">harassment</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:academia">academia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:science">science</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:medicine">medicine</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2427193336" rel="nofollow">I continue to doubt that there ever was a Jesus</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Jesus">Jesus</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:christianity">christianity</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-boys-and-men-disappearing-from-psychology" rel="nofollow">Wanted: more male psychologists</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:men">men</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://ardacraft.me/" rel="nofollow">ArdaCraft - Middle Earth in Minecraft</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Minecraft">Minecraft</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lotr">lotr</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Crist" rel="nofollow">Religious revelation and the origin of Lord of the Rings</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lotr">lotr</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:religion">religion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45016893" rel="nofollow">Possibly the world's ugliest baby</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sharks">sharks</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:theft">theft</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:babies">babies</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://medium.com/lapsed-historian/an-empire-of-stars-d6b24f92cbc7" rel="nofollow">An Empire of Stars - How Britain beat the odds to independently achieve space flight, and then abandoned it on the very same day.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:space">space</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3657282" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3657282.html history scifi psychology jesus space medicine society uk christianity germany links lotr theft jews lawsuit harassment childbirth sharks minecraft mars healthcare men babies labour women racism republicans engineering religion science academia public 20 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3656888.html Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:00:12 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3656888.html <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-politics-bannon/ex-trump-strategist-bannon-targets-britain-in-anti-eu-campaign-idUSKBN1KH260" rel="nofollow">British cabinet ministers meeting with far right nationalist</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Conservatives">Conservatives</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-44991229" rel="nofollow">Mary Berry plays drums with Rick Astley at Camp Bestival</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:headline">headline</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cooking">cooking</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/thundermessage-reddits-blockchain-rival-uses-bitcoin-lightning-network-features/" rel="nofollow">ThunderMessage, Reddit's Blockchain Rival, Uses Bitcoin & Lightning Network Features</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bitcoin">bitcoin</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:discussion">discussion</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/the-death-of-a-tld" rel="nofollow">The death of a TLD</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://scifistorm.org/2018/07/28/new-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-series-will-be-sequel-not-reboot/" rel="nofollow">New Buffy: The Vampire Slayer series will be sequel, not reboot</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tv">tv</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:buffy">buffy</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a22550688/sweden-dropped-a-laser-guided-bomb-on-a-forest-fire/" rel="nofollow">Sweden Dropped a Laser-Guided Bomb on a Forest Fire</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Sweden">Sweden</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fire">fire</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://fortune.com/2018/07/27/germany-brandenburg-forest-fire-munitions/" rel="nofollow">Firefighters In Germany Have to Deal With Buried Explosives</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Germany">Germany</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fire">fire</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:explosives">explosives</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/wind/the-troubled-quest-for-the-superconducting-wind-turbine" rel="nofollow">The Troubled Quest for the Superconducting Wind Turbine</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:physics">physics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:windpower">windpower</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:superconductors">superconductors</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/97__km/status/1022273182030594049?s=09" rel="nofollow">Levi's now make their distressed jeans with lasers, and it's amazing</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:clothing">clothing</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lasers">lasers</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.dignityindying.org.uk/news/poll-assisted-dying/" rel="nofollow">Largest ever poll on assisted dying shows 82% of public support change in the law</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:euthanasia">euthanasia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-pilots-refuse-deport-asylum-seekers-lufthansa-angela-merkel-migrants-a8092276.html" rel="nofollow">Pilots stop 222 asylum seekers being deported from Germany by refusing to fly</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Germany">Germany</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:asylum">asylum</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/28/dcms-report-fake-news-disinformation-brexit-facebook-russia" rel="nofollow">A withering verdict: MPs report on Zuckerberg, Russia and Cambridge Analytica</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:russia">russia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:democracy">democracy</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/army-on-standby-for-no-deal-brexit-emergency-dz3359lrf" rel="nofollow">Army on standby for no-deal Brexit emergency</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:military">military</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/Katebrowne14/status/1023155444527890432?s=09" rel="nofollow">The British government still doesn't understand what the EU is</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/First100years/status/1023493458881912834?s=09" rel="nofollow">Today marks 98 years since the first female jurors in England were sworn in.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:feminism">feminism</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3656888" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3656888.html military explosives women asylum ohforfuckssake engineering windpower discussion airplanes history headline euthanasia buffy lasers physics uk bitcoin fraud conservatives links internet law clothing superconductors europe fire russia facebook tv feminism music sweden democracy doom cooking germany public 3 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3600727.html Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:10:50 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3600727.html <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-lightning-network-could-make-bitcoin-faster-and-cheaper/" rel="nofollow">The Lightning Network Could Make Bitcoin Faster—and Cheaper</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bitcoin">bitcoin</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42772343" rel="nofollow">Top architect insists Scotland - Ireland bridge is feasible</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bridge">bridge</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ireland">ireland</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42778234" rel="nofollow">Whatever happened to the Brexit talks?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/terrifying-how-a-single-line-of-computer-code-put-thousands-of-innocent-turks-in-jail-1.4495021" rel="nofollow">'Terrifying': How a single line of computer code put thousands of innocent Turks in jail</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:turkey">turkey</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-42724320" rel="nofollow">The (almost) complete history of 'fake news'</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fake">fake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:reporting">reporting</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:news">news</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:media">media</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-engineering-earths-climate-could-seriously-imperil-life/" rel="nofollow">Once you start engineering Earth's climate you can't stop</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:engineering">engineering</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:globalwarming">globalwarming</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/alexdecampi/status/955450884217073664?s=09" rel="nofollow">How to deal with Twitter trolls</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:troll">troll</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:harassment">harassment</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:twitter">twitter</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://nypost.com/2018/01/21/police-union-slashes-number-of-get-out-of-jail-free-cards-issued/" rel="nofollow">New York *literally* has a "get out of jail" card. What The Fuck is going on over there?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:police">police</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:newyork">newyork</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:WTF">WTF</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:corruption">corruption</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/energy-and-environment/2018/1/16/16895594/colorado-renewable-energy-future?__twitter_impression=true" rel="nofollow">In Colorado, a glimpse of renewable energy’s insanely cheap future</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:renewables">renewables</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/ireland/status/954792642327523329?s=09" rel="nofollow">Why Churchill was a vicious racist villain</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Africa">Africa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:afghanistan">afghanistan</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://civicskunk.works/seattles-15-minimum-wage-experiment-is-a-success-2fd7c921031d" rel="nofollow">Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Experiment Is a Success</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:minimumwage">minimumwage</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small> 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