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