https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ Very cool, if true - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:00:07 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios andrewducker personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/707796/27209 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ 100 80 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3863685.html Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:00:07 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3863685.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2020/07/28/scotland-debt/" rel="nofollow">Scotland won't need to repay the UK's national debt if it's independent unless the UK does as well - and there's almost no chance of that (happy to see any well written responses to this)</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:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:debt">debt</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:independence">independence</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaDanielDWilliam">viaDanielDWilliam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jul/28/soap-dodger-meet-the-doctor-who-says-we-have-been-showering-wrong" rel="nofollow">Soap dodger: meet the doctor who says we have been showering wrong</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:microbiome">microbiome</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:soap">soap</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cleanliness">cleanliness</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/gdmorejon/status/1287862670834663424?s=09" rel="nofollow">Das Kapital in 8 tweets.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1287862670834663424.html</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:capitalism">capitalism</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Twitter">Twitter</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="http://sandlab.cs.uchicago.edu/fawkes/" rel="nofollow">Software that changes photos of you so that your friends will still recognise you but facial recognition won't</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:faces">faces</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:software">software</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:recognition">recognition</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/us/politics/russia-disinformation-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow">Russian Intelligence Agencies Push Disinformation on Coronavirus Pandemic</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Russia">Russia</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:pandemic">pandemic</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/625007976821014528/the-conversation-surrounding-cultural" rel="nofollow">Turns out I pretty much agree with the original meaning of "cultural appropriation" before it got twisted out of shape</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:culture">culture</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:race">race</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cultural_appropriation">cultural_appropriation</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3863685" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3863685.html uk independence recognition cultural_appropriation scotland pandemic faces software cleanliness society economics capitalism debt russia viadanieldwilliam links soap microbiome twitter race culture public 11 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3820977.html Sun, 08 Mar 2020 12:00:13 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3820977.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/iNabber69/status/1235614615964282881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1235841267034030080&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2020%2F03%2F06%2Fthis-mums-guide-to-how-we-make-tea-in-america-is-100-wtf%2F" rel="nofollow">How Americans make tea</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:usa">usa</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:video">video</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-uk-supermarkets-supply-food-delivery-matt-hancock-a9384366.html" rel="nofollow">Coronavirus: Supermarkets say Matt Hancock's promise on food supplies is 'totally made up'</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:supermarkets">supermarkets</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:conservatives">conservatives</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:lies">lies</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3351379.html" rel="nofollow">2020 will be the most geriatric U.S. presidential election ever</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:age">age</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:usa">usa</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/kpx2-EMfdbg" rel="nofollow">Billie Eilish and producer/brother Finneas talk about how they made Bad Guy</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> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/NSBxzFH9eLI" rel="nofollow">"Bad Guy (but in a major key)" is relentlessly cheerful</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:viaNancyLebov">viaNancyLebov</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/KoryStamper/status/1236041125301022720?s=09" rel="nofollow">"Quarantine" has a pretty interesting etymology</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:disease">disease</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19085605" rel="nofollow">The Nature of Women's Rape Fantasies: An Analysis</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:rape">rape</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fantasy">fantasy</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sex">sex</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/PalliThordarson/status/1236549305189597189?s=09" rel="nofollow">Why does soap work so well on the coronavirus?</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:virus">virus</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:soap">soap</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:chemistry">chemistry</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sadanduseless.com/dog-balloons-gallery/" rel="nofollow">Dog Balloons That Floated To The Ceiling And Got Stuck</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:dogs">dogs</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFergus">viaFergus</a> )</small></dd></dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3820977" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3820977.html women conservatives disease dogs politics sex age food rape usa vianancylebov supermarkets soap chemistry video funny virus uk language music fantasy links viafergus history tea lies public 7 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3622561.html Sat, 07 Apr 2018 11:00:11 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3622561.html <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://thenib.com/if-men-flirted-like-birds" rel="nofollow">If men flirted like birds</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:birds">birds</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:men">men</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:relationships">relationships</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:comic">comic</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://cargocollective.com/oddworx/Icons-Unmasked" rel="nofollow">Icons Unmasked (What lies behind various iconic characters)</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:art">art</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:celebrity">celebrity</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:character">character</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/01/from-nazi-germany-to-australia-the-incredible-true-story-of-historys-longest-kayak-journey" rel="nofollow">From Nazi Germany to Australia: The Incredible True Story of Oskar Speck and History’s Longest Kayak Journey</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:Australia">Australia</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wwii">wwii</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ocean">ocean</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.nber.org/papers/w10175.pdf" rel="nofollow">Allowing unilateral divorce causes a drop in both domestic violence and women murdered by their partners</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:violence">violence</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:divorce">divorce</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/04/06/what-are-the-psychological-effects-of-losing-your-religion/" rel="nofollow">What are the psychological effects of losing your religion?</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="http://timharford.com/2018/04/a-clever-nudge-to-improve-diversity/" rel="nofollow">A clever nudge to improve diversity</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gender">gender</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:diversity">diversity</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:race">race</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/april/food-allergy-is-linked-to-skin-exposure-and-genetics/" rel="nofollow">Food allergy is linked to skin exposure, genetics, and baby wipes</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:babies">babies</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:allergies">allergies</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:soap">soap</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/BorderIrish/status/981882290707091456" rel="nofollow">The Irish Border - a children's story</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ireland">ireland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:NorthernIreland">NorthernIreland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:satire">satire</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/03/30/the-myth-of-the-criminal-immigrant?ref=hp-1-112" rel="nofollow">Do immigrants lead to crime? A recent study says no.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:immigration">immigration</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:crime">crime</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-india-uk-trade-deal-britain-ambassador-yashvardhan-sinha-a8292091.html" rel="nofollow">India 'not in a rush' to sign trade deal with Britain</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:India">India</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trade">trade</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180405120327.htm" rel="nofollow">Genetic link to IBS identified in women</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:IBS">IBS</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:women">women</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:genetics">genetics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/11/6/884/2223400" rel="nofollow">Scientists can look at your brain and tell how how strong your emotional response to music will be</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:emotion">emotion</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:brain">brain</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3622561" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3622561.html crime viaswampers uk babies allergies trade ibs ireland violence immigration links relationships music art wwii europe genetics ocean comic funny australia society brain gender satire race history diversity emotion birds india food psychology divorce religion law women character celebrity germany men soap northernireland public 4 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3052920.html Mon, 12 May 2014 11:00:03 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3052920.html <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://vimeo.com/94502406">A pretty, funny, and horrifying short movie about the universe's laziest space delivery man.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/animation">animation</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/video">video</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://tylervigen.com/">Some fantastically spurious correlations</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/statistics">statistics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/correlation">correlation</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.vox.com/a/maps-explain-the-middle-east">40 Maps That Explain The Middle East</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/maps">maps</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/religion">religion</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/history">history</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/geography">geography</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/middle_east">middle_east</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-public-wrong-about-nearly-everything-survey-shows-8697821.html">British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/statistics">statistics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/business/defending-the-open-internet.html?hpw&amp;rref=business&amp;_r=0">Defending the Open Internet</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/internet">internet</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/freedom">freedom</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/may/10/hindsight-in-advance-premortem-this-column-change-life">If you want to know what might go wrong, imagine it already did</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/management">management</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/risk">risk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/planning">planning</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/05/but-what-does-the-end-of-humanity-mean-for-me/361931/">But What Would the End of Humanity Mean for Me?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/singularity">singularity</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/StephenHawking">StephenHawking</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/apocalypse">apocalypse</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/technology/writers-feel-an-amazon-hachette-spat.html?ref=business&amp;_r=0">Amazon using dirty tricks in its war against a publisher</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/amazon">amazon</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/publishing">publishing</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://quirkytizzy.livejournal.com/739740.html">Saved, by the banker who said no.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/banking">banking</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/mortgages">mortgages</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/chemicals-in-soap-can-cause-male-infertility-claim-scientists-9353159.html">Chemicals in soap can cause male infertility</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/men">men</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/fertility">fertility</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/soap">soap</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27340835">The huge cost of developing drugs</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/drugs">drugs</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/research">research</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/money">money</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/medicine">medicine</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3052920" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3052920.html uk banking fertility singularity research apocalypse stephenhawking links history geography planning statistics amazon middle_east publishing animation religion freedom technology maps correlation management funny video men mortgages soap internet drugs risk medicine money public 0