https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ Very cool, if true - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:00:11 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios andrewducker personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/707796/27209 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ 100 80 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4087166.html Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:00:11 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4087166.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/670668406365863937/things-i-wish-autism-research-actually-tried-to" rel="nofollow">How autistic people are different - what's the research?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:research">research</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:autism">autism</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59673321?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">Why doesn't Scotland have tougher Covid measures? (Because Westminster won't give them the money to pay for them)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:scotland">scotland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-boris-johnson-leave-voters-b1976935.html" rel="nofollow">Leave voters go cold on Boris Johnson's 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:BorisJohnson">BorisJohnson</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/pfizers-anti-covid-drug-still-looks-effective-after-further-analysis/" rel="nofollow">Pfizer's anti-COVID drug still looks effective after further analysis (no deaths, 80% drop in hospitalisation)</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:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-research-finds-immune-system-responds-to-mrna-treatment-for-cancer/" rel="nofollow">Mayo Clinic research finds immune system responds to mRNA treatment for cancer</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:immune_system">immune_system</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cancer">cancer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:GoodNews">GoodNews</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://log4jmemes.com/" rel="nofollow">log4j memes (If you laughed at these then I'm sorry about how your last few days have gone)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:logging">logging</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:java">java</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:security">security</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:meme">meme</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-59681188?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">Polar bear cub born at Highland Wildlife Park</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bears">bears</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=4087166" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4087166.html meme pandemic immune_system goodnews security java bears ohforfuckssake logging links europe uk borisjohnson scotland autism research cancer public 9 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3607166.html Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:00:16 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3607166.html <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="http://newsthump.com/2017/10/02/satire-editor-wearily-hits-repost-on-mass-shooting-article-again/" rel="nofollow">Satire editor wearily hits “Repost” on mass shooting article again</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:guns">guns</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/not-so-fast-why-you-should-think-twice-before-restricting-your-diet" rel="nofollow">Not so fast: why you should think twice before restricting your diet</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:health">health</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:diet">diet</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-ny-times-fires-tech-writer-quinn-norton-and-its-complicated/" rel="nofollow">The NY Times Fires Tech Writer Quinn Norton, and It’s Complicated</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:internet">internet</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:journalism">journalism</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://federalnewsradio.com/tom-temin-commentary/2018/01/irs-clutches-its-modernization-holy-grail/" rel="nofollow">IRS struggles to convert 50-year-old assembly language to Java</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:programming">programming</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:java">java</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tax">tax</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/15/undiagnosed-adult-adhd-could-cost-uk-billions-a-year-report-finds" rel="nofollow">Undiagnosed adult ADHD could cost UK billions a year</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:adhd">adhd</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://timharford.com/2018/02/review-of-the-tyranny-of-metrics-by-jerry-muller/" rel="nofollow">Review of The Tyranny of Metrics</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:management">management</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:numbers">numbers</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:statistics">statistics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43071901" rel="nofollow">Transgender woman breastfeeds baby in first recorded case, study says</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transgender">transgender</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:breastfeeding">breastfeeding</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/dylanmarron/status/963816505883414528?s=09" rel="nofollow">Every Single Word: edited down popular movies to only the words spoken by people of color.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:race">race</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:videos">videos</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/rcolvile/status/964068495616040961?s=09" rel="nofollow">Things Corbyn has said, done or written re: foreign policy</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">There are a few of these where I actually agree (Although I might not have phrased it that way). But many where I really don't.</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Labour">Labour</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/po8crg/status/964106898277650432?s=09" rel="nofollow">Why gun control works and drugs control doesn't. (In the UK)</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:drugs">drugs</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:guns">guns</a> <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:society">society</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amp/trump-signs-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-n727221?__twitter_impression=true" rel="nofollow">One year ago: Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:guns">guns</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:republicans">republicans</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.askamanager.org/2017/06/my-employee-insinuated-i-was-having-an-affair-with-my-husband.html" rel="nofollow">My employee insinuated I was having an affair … with my husband</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relationships">relationships</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:work">work</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advice">advice</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://audreyii-fic.tumblr.com/post/170886347853/the-entirely-unnecessary-demise-of-barnes-noble/amp?__twitter_impression=true" rel="nofollow">The entirely unnecessary demise of Barnes & Noble (appalling, appalling management and terrible business decisions they don't understand how people work)</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:business">business</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:books">books</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/15/hmrc-wins-tax-case-against-bbc-presenter" rel="nofollow">HMRC wins tax case against BBC presenter</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:BBC">BBC</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:tax">tax</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/ketamine-antidepressant-brain-scientists-psychiatrists-nature-depression-suicidal-thoughts-mood-a8212936.html" rel="nofollow">Remarkable secrets of ketamine's antidepressant effect unlocked by scientists</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ketamine">ketamine</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:depression">depression</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/markpopham/status/964157761427787777?s=09" rel="nofollow">Why "gun training" is not the answer</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:guns">guns</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:failure">failure</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/janelytvynenko/doctored-reporter-tweets#.pbVoVE1zg" rel="nofollow">Twitter Says Impersonating A Journalist During A Mass Shooting Doesn't Violate Its Rules</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:journalism">journalism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:abuse">abuse</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/YesWeCrann/status/962961571403137029?s=09" rel="nofollow">See a baby learn in real time</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:baby">baby</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42749973" rel="nofollow">Britain's bus coverage hits 28-year low</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">I wonder how much urbanisation is affecting this</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:buses">buses</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:transport">transport</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://rossdawson.com/blog/best-futurists-ever-isaac-asimov-shaped-robotics-space-exploration-predicted-internet/" rel="nofollow">Isaac Asimov's 1964 predictions of 2014</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:thefuture">thefuture</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:asimov">asimov</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:predictions">predictions</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sinn-fein-dup-deal-walk-out-northern-ireland-documents-release-a8213521.html" rel="nofollow">Sinn Fein claims released documents show DUP walked out on deal to restore Northern Ireland government</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NorthernIreland">NorthernIreland</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.splcenter.org/20180205/alt-right-killing-people" rel="nofollow">The Alt-Right Is Killing People</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:murder">murder</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/02/14/alt-right-campus-free-speech-adl-splc/" rel="nofollow">While the Media Panicked About Campus Leftists, the Far Right Surged</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:racism">racism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:university">university</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.libdemvoice.org/beyond-the-european-union-inequality-in-british-society-is-the-biggest-issue-that-we-face-56692.html" rel="nofollow">Inequality in British society is the biggest Issue that we face</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:inequality">inequality</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3607166" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3607166.html ohforfuckssake thefuture politics murder computers links movies predictions transgender fraud republicans tax advice race northernireland asimov statistics diet programming adhd labour health work satire drugs videos usa racism baby transport breastfeeding society numbers uk viaswampers video bbc journalism depression java inequality management writing buses law twitter failure books technology ketamine abuse relationships funny food internet university guns business history public 16 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3317981.html Thu, 12 Nov 2015 12:00:10 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3317981.html <ul class="links"> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/nov/11/priced-out-of-london-moved-to-denmark" rel="nofollow">Priced out of London, they moved to Denmark</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/housing">housing</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/denmark">denmark</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://www.girlonthenet.com/2015/11/11/teenage-kicks-versus-having-sex-in-your-thirties/" rel="nofollow">Teenage kicks versus having sex in your thirties</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sex">sex</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/age">age</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://hgoebl.github.io/DavidWebb/" rel="nofollow">A tiny, lightweight, Java library for making HTTP requests</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/web">web</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/java">java</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/programming">programming</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="https://www.thumbtack.com/blog/bar-mitzvah-djs/" rel="nofollow">Why Are Bar Mitzvah DJs So Expensive?</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> 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the NHS a fortune</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/NHS">NHS</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/charity">charity</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/parachute">parachute</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/epicfail">epicfail</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaCipherGoth">viaCipherGoth</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://fortune.com/2015/09/24/ebook-sales/" rel="nofollow">E-book sales aren't falling: Amazon is winning, publishers are losing</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/publishing">publishing</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ebooks">ebooks</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Amazon">Amazon</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a 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href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/marvel">marvel</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/science">science</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/men-and-women-biased-about-studies-of-stem-gender-bias-in-opposite-directions-48924" rel="nofollow">Men and women biased about studies of STEM gender bias – in opposite directions</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/gender">gender</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/psychology">psychology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/research">research</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://amuseoffyre.tumblr.com/post/133007778580/hoiplatapolloi-gifsboom-perfect-magnets" rel="nofollow">Anyone tell me if this magnet video is real or CGI?</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/magnets">magnets</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/video">video</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crickhowell-welsh-town-moves-offshore-to-avoid-tax-on-local-business-a6728971.html" rel="nofollow">Welsh town moves offshore to avoid tax on local business</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tax">tax</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/UK">UK</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/wales">wales</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="link" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="http://nautil.us/issue/30/identity/how-the-western-diet-has-derailed-our-evolution" rel="nofollow">How The Western Diet Is Killing Your Microbial Balance</a> <ul> <li style="font-size:smaller" class="link-tags"> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/diet">diet</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/microbiome">microbiome</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/health">health</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/food">food</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3317981" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3317981.html health programming party psychology sex age research ebooks uk acting publishing parrot media tv science movies wales links gender ohforfuckssake charity cold diet marvel race tax magnets denmark epicfail nhs web food relationships history money dinosaurs omgwtf jewish captainamerica music viaciphergoth child_abuse birds java housing video amazon parachute celebrity microbiome public 0 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3157168.html Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:00:02 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3157168.html <ul class="links"> <li 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science gender links games children netflix type-systems names history nanotech money school funny barackobama thehobbit monarchy explosions technology vitamind viafanf depression java brains archaeology genetics touch amazon video housing solarpower mind public 0 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/2902521.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:01 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/2902521.html <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/06/iran-may-have-just-elected-a-glasgow-man-as-president/">Iran just elected a Glaswegian as president.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/iran">iran</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/glasgow">glasgow</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=E3418SeWZfQ#!">Javapocalypse (and I am now totally onboard with the idea of movies about programming languages)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/programming">programming</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/apocalypse">apocalypse</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/java">java</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.girlonthenet.com/2013/06/16/book-extract-on-internet-dating/">Why internet dating is the best way to meet people.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/internet">internet</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/relationships">relationships</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://hairyears.livejournal.com/243414.html">On coalitions, courts, and the future after Legal Aid</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/law">law</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/16/gchq-intercepted-communications-g20-summits">GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/spying">spying</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2013/06/big-multiple-sclerosis-breakthrough.html">Big Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viaDrJon">viaDrJon</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/medicine">medicine</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://zenpencils.com/comic/92-chris-guillebeau-11-ways-to-be-average/">11 ways to live an entirely average life.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/life">life</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/advice">advice</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-wealth-reduces-compassion">Wealth makes you selfish</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/behaviour">behaviour</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/money">money</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/wealth">wealth</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-bad-science-scandal-how-factfabrication-is-damaging-uks-global-name-for-research-8660929.html">The bad science scandal: how fact-fabrication is damaging UK's global name for research</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/fraud">fraud</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/science">science</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/15/throwing-children-in-prison-turns-out-to-be-a-really-bad-idea/">Throwing children in prison turns out to be a really bad idea</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/prison">prison</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/children">children</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/viafanf">viafanf</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.digitalrights.ie/2008/07/01/liberty-v-uk-european-court-of-human-rights-finds-mass-surveillance-system-violates-the-right-to-privacy/">Between 1990 and 1997 the UK government monitored all phone calls leaving Ireland</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/spying">spying</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ireland">ireland</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130601133925.htm">Exposure to general anaesthesia could increase the risk of dementia in elderly by 35 percent</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/dementia">dementia</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/elderly">elderly</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/17/baying-mob-mps-politics-rotten">A baying mob of MPs shows politics is rotten to the core</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bullying">bullying</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=2902521" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/2902521.html internet bullying programming elderly iran relationships glasgow medicine prison uk money apocalypse spying behaviour ireland law science wealth children links java dementia politics viafanf life advice viadrjon fraud public 2 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/2684207.html Wed, 02 May 2012 11:00:21 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/2684207.html <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17908839">MPs announce that Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to run News Corp</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/media">media</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ news"> news</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ RupertMurdoch"> RupertMurdoch</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ uk"> uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.libdemvoice.org/reform-of-the-common-agricultural-policy-a-lib-dem-success-story-28319.html">The EU's Common Agricultural Policy is slowly being reformed.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/agriculture">agriculture</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ europe"> europe</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ law"> law</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ money"> money</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17906017">Unrealistic expectations of relationships are a scourge on society.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/relationships">relationships </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ family"> family </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ society"> society</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ uk"> uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/kevin-feige-avengers/">How Marvel took The Avengers from a throwaway reference in Iron Man to a record-breaking movie</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/movies">movies</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ Marvel"> Marvel</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ comics"> comics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ IronMan"> IronMan </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ thor"> thor</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ CaptainAmerica"> CaptainAmerica </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ hulk"> hulk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/"></a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.barchester.com/Media/News/2012/5/sleep-cancels-out-obesity-gene.htm">Sleep cancels out obesity gene</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sleep">sleep</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ obesity"> obesity</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ health"> health</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://en.rsf.org/pakistan-sindh-high-court-orders-government-24-04-2012,41977.html">Pakistani province's high court orders government to stop censoring websites illegally</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/government">government</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ pakistan"> pakistan</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ freespeech"> freespeech </a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.einval.com/~sgb/yapq/">See which parties voted the way that you would want them to.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ politics"> politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/"> </a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/">Want to know what TV comes out when? Then this is the most awesome site in the universe.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tv">tv</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17893212?postId=112395975#comment_112395975">The dilemmas of TV filming - camera types are changing, and the different styles cause different emotional effects</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/video">video</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ news"> news</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ reporting"> reporting</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ technology"> technology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/"> </a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-17905437">Nine more people arrested for naming a rape victim on Twitter.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/privacy">privacy</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ rape"> rape</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ uk"> uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ law"> law</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ twitter"> twitter</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://wormworldsaga.com/chapters/chapter03/EN/index.php">Wormworld saga chapter 3 is out. The art is still gorgeous.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/beautiful">beautiful</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/art">art</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/wormworld">wormworld</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/theres-a-war-on-part-1-troubles-been-brewing/">On rape within the BDSM community</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sex">sex</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/consent">consent</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bdsm">bdsm</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/rape">rape</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/kink">kink</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://fullfact.org/factchecks/have_26_per_cent_fewer_houses_been_built_under_the_coalition-27072">Have 26 per cent fewer houses been built under the Coalition?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/housing">housing</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.publishers.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=2224:consumer-ebooks-sales-increased-by-366-in-2011&amp;catid=503:pa-press-releases-and-comments&amp;Itemid=1618">Consumer ebooks sales increased by 366% in 2011. Still only 6% of physical books.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/publishing">publishing</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/books">books</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ebooks">ebooks</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17913621">Microsoft removes racy apps from Windows Phone store. So glad my apps aren't censored.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/mobile_phones">mobile_phones</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/microsoft">microsoft</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sex">sex</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/censorship">censorship</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="https://developers.google.com/speed/articles/spdy-for-mobile">SPDY Performance on Mobile Networks. (From the figures, I think SPDY caches will be damned useful)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/internet">internet</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/http">http</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/spdy">spdy</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-04-final-fantasy-13-2-characters-model-prada">Final Fantasy 13-2 characters model Prada. (Okay, gaming is now officially completely mainstream)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/fashion">fashion</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/computer_games">computer_games</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.widefault.com/mods/pmrm/p-msff.htm">A computer built into a radiation detector. Gloriously retro-looking</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/art">art</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/computers">computers</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://blog.xamarin.com/2012/05/01/android-in-c-sharp/">Android Ported to C# - staggeringly faster</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/android">android</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ java"> java</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ c#"> c#</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/letters/vote-for-the-person-not-the-party-to-have-councillors-of-independent-mind.17470197">Vote for the person, not the party, in your local council elections (if you're in a country with a sensible voting system)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ voting"> voting</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17907712">Scottish children drinking less fizzy drinks, drinking lots of alcohol, doing no exercise, are very happy.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/scotland">scotland</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ children"> children</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ happiness"> happiness</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ alcohol"> alcohol</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ health"> health</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ diet"> diet</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/trust-me-im-lying.html">Radical Honesty - a step too far?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/honesty">honesty</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ truth"> truth</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ lying"> lying</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ society"> society</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/30/cutting-red-tape-tax-will-not-revive-britain">Cutting red tape and taxes will not revive Britain - it's spending it in the best places that will help.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tax">tax</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ bureaucracy"> bureaucracy </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ government"> government</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ uk"> uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ business"> business</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://slashdot.org/story/04/10/20/1518217/neal-stephenson-responds-with-wit-and-humor">Neal Stephenson answers interview questions (including the one about his epic battle with William Gibson). Old, but good.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/nealstephenson">nealstephenson </a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ writing"> writing</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ money"> money</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ encryption"> encryption</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ interview"> interview </a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.wor-ld.org.uk/press-releases/protection-of-freedoms-act-landmark-achievement-in-fight-for-civil-liberties-brake/">Protection of Freedoms Act landmark achievement in fight for civil liberties.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/freedom">freedom</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ rights"> rights</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ uk"> uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ libdem"> libdem </a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=2684207" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/2684207.html bureaucracy twitter privacy books housing thor video law comics business computer_games voting government libdem reporting relationships fashion happiness microsoft censorship spdy kink hulk politics wormworld nealstephenson computers android europe alcohol media mobile_phones publishing honesty ebooks health encryption bdsm news technology c# writing java agriculture captainamerica consent pakistan money art ironman scotland rights internet tax freedom diet marvel freespeech truth sleep tv movies lying http interview links children society beautiful rape uk family sex obesity rupertmurdoch public 59