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Storing time data as UTC is not a silver bullet (wish I'd read this last time I'd written something with dates in it): (tags:date calendars software data )
The British government's view is that in the event of No Deal there both will and won't be a border in Ireland: (tags:ireland NorthernIreland europe uk OhForFucksSake )
The obscene moral spectacle of Theresa May's resignation: (tags:conservatives politics EpicStupidity UK europe )
Facebook to ban white nationalist content: (tags:facebook racism )
Brexit: Arlene Foster says DUP will not support withdrawal agreement in crushing blow for Theresa May: (tags:UK NorthernIreland europe hope DUP )
How Inuit Parents Raise Kids Without Yelling ??? And Teach Them To Control Anger: (tags:psychology children parenting Inuit emotion anger )
Indicative votes: A People's Vote just became much more likely: (tags:UK europe politics hope )
How the UK lost Brexit battle (decisions made two years ago led us inexorably to this point): (tags:UK europe politics )
The number of new coal plants being built has collapsed by 84% in 3 years: (tags:coal electricity globalwarming GoodNews )
Mercury is the closest planet to all seven other planets (video): (tags:physics space video viaSwampers )
The Library of Rare Colours (video): (tags:video colour art history )
Edinburgh sees 80% surge in job adverts: (tags:jobs edinburgh )
How Do Blind People Who've Never Seen Colour Think About Colour?: (tags:blindness colour psychology )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3777512.html

Keith Flint death: Prodigy front man dies aged 49: (tags:music UK death )
The World Wide Fund for Nature Funds Guards Who Have Tortured And Killed People: (tags:nature charity OhForFucksSake )
Ministers halt discussion of tax transparency bill - because it was going to impose transparency on Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man: (tags:tax uk )
Tobacco giants say getting rid of packaging pictures of diseased organs will cost them millions after Brexit: (tags:uk europe cigarettes viaSwampers )
This is the best memorial to Keith Flint.: (tags:childbirth music death )
Virgin Atlantic removes make-up requirement from cabin crew: (tags:airlines makeup work women GoodNews )
UK government doesn't understand how EU works, says its former ambassador to Brussels: (tags:europe uk doom )
Artists Become Famous through Their Friends, Not the Originality of Their Work: (tags:art Fame socialnetworking )
Incredible shift in immigration attitudes in the UK: 64% were negative in 2011, now down to 26%.: (tags:immigration polls uk )
UK patient free of HIV after stem cell treatment: (tags:aids GoodNews stem_cells )
The BBC is running a positive transgender story. I do hope this is part of a change in the awful media approach that's been going on: (tags:lgbt transgender bbc uk )
Mozilla fears DarkMatter misuse of browser certificates for hacking: (tags:security browser firefox )
Star Wars, edited into five minutes. (been making the rounds this week, well worth a look): (tags:StarWars video )
Winter - a touching poem. Somewhat about poo.: (tags:faeces poetry relationships )
Plans for Edinburgh's biggest new park in over a century revealed: (tags:edinburgh nature park )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3770622.html

"I swallowed the Brexit lies. Now I regret telling curry house workers to vote leave": (tags:UK europe fraud restaurant )
Solar Mini-Grids Give Nigeria a Power Boost: (tags:nigeria solarpower )
Should You Listen To Music While Doing Intellectual Work? It Depends On The Music, The Task, And Your Personality: (tags:personality music concentration boredom psychology )
How does the original What Women Want hold up two decades later?: (tags:movies women history )
How Brexit revealed four new political factions: (tags:politics europe uk visualisation )
Solar plant the size of San Francisco powers Morocco's sunlit ambitions: (tags:solarpower Morocco )
Porsche asks UK buyers to commit to 10% no-deal Brexit surcharge: (tags:UK europe trade cars doom )
School science textbooks make children more racially prejudiced: (tags:racism children genetics Education )
Domestication syndrome is *fascinating* (and may apply to humans): (tags:behaviour genetics animals humans civilization )
This is an incredible display of fitness: (tags:fitness video impressive )
Synesthete paints what the music looks like: (tags:music art synaesthesia )
Mental health problems can be diagnosed using children's teeth: (tags:teeth children psychology )
Derry Girls Series 2 Trailer. Yaaaaaay!: (tags:tv NorthernIreland funny trailer )
Politics for children works remarkably similarly to politics for adults: (tags:politics children school uk )

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Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3766612.html

Colorado store closing after removing Nike merchandise over Kaepernick ad: (tags:usa politics sports )
Russian illustrations for Lord of the Rings in the style of medieval art: (tags:lotr art russia )
A Saudi app lets male "guardians" track women's movements, or even stop them from getting on a plane. Apple and Google offer it in their app stores ??? are they complicit?: (tags:saudiarabia surveillance women patriarchy Google apple )
Australian Border Force targeting women suspected of fleeing Saudi Arabia: (tags:australia asylum saudiarabia women OhForFucksSake )
Theresa May's defeat confirms that the only way to pass a Brexit deal is with Labour votes: (tags:UK europe politics )
May's latest Brexit defeat: The edifice of nonsense comes tumbling down: (tags:UK europe doom )
About an eighth of software developers work remotely: (tags:software remote work )
I just watched the trailer for "Tolkien". I can think of a few people whose heads are going to explode...: (tags:Tolkien lotr movies )
Brain function of night owls and larks differ: (tags:brain sleep time )
The British-Irish Dialect Quiz (I am, apparently, a Southerner): (tags:language uk )
'Gunboat diplomacy' dispute upsets UK trade mission to China: (tags:uk trade china military OhForFucksSake )
Opposing Labour's fines for homeless people: (tags:labour homelessness manchester libdem )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3766377.html

Fox News host: 'Germs are not a real thing -- I can't see them': (tags:bacteria wtf ignorance news FoxNews usa )
Universal credit to blame for soaring food bank use, government admits after years of denial: (tags:UK welfare food OhForFucksSake )
Laziness does not exist, but unseen barriers do.: (tags:psychology productivity )
Newspaper quietly retracts claim that Ian Huntley is transgender: (tags:lgbt transgender OhForFucksSake murder )
Drone swarm squadrons to be deployed by British military: (tags:UK military drone )
Why A No-Deal Brexit Is Now May's Fallback Plan To Save Her Party ??? And Herself: (tags:UK europe doom Conservatives )
Edinburgh Airbnb hosts using key-storing padlocks in city parks to avoid legal issues: (tags:Edinburgh housing rental park )
The Most Famous Image in the Early History of Computing (1839): (tags:history computers technology craftwork art viaFanf )
It turns out autistic people aren't robots: (tags:comic autism )
A Smartphone Exploded at St Pancras (gloriously written article): (tags:phones explosions transport )
Some gorgeous pieces of product design: (tags:design furniture video )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3764832.html

CBS paid Eliza Dushku $9.5 million to stay silent about alleged harassment on the set of Bull: (tags: harrassment tv eliza )
Elon Musk is an appalling boss. I absolutely wouldn't work for him.: (tags: ElonMusk Tesla work )
You should absolutely let this AI mix your cocktails for you.: (tags: ai alcohol viaPatrickHadfield )
How Britain stole $45 trillion from India: (tags: uk India history )
What do women most hate that male writers get wrong about being a teenage girl?: (tags: writing gender girls teenagers )
Edinburgh Council signs agreement on vision for Granton waterfront: (tags: edinburgh )
John Berkey & The Mechanical Planet — The influential artist who inspired the look of Star Wars: (tags: StarWars art )
What fossils will the 21st century leave behind?: (tags: archeology thefuture )
Income Tax in Scotland fairer than in England. More of this please: (tags: tax Scotland GoodNews )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3750169.html

'He's like Al Capone': turkey on the loose ruffles feathers in Rhode Island town: "The turkey can also fly, which animal control officers are unable to do"
(tags: ViaDrCross turkey usa )
Salvation Army warns staff to keep their homophobia quiet: (tags: lgbt religion charity homophobia bigotry )
Buses and taxis to lead UK self-driving public transport push in Edinburgh and London: (tags: driving automation Edinburgh London UK )
Nuisance calls: new UK law provides for director liability: (tags: UK phones law )
The act of drawing something has a “massive” benefit for memory compared with writing it down: (tags: art memory )
Downing Street says there will be no new Brexit referendum while Theresa May is prime minister. So if the will of parliament is for a referendum, she resigns or is ousted: (tags: europe uk referendum )
6 Strange Facts about the Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua: (tags: space weird )
More conferences should do this: (tags: conference )
Automated Couture: Using Robots to Make Clothing: (tags: clothing automation )
The coal industry is in a lot of trouble: (tags: coal economics )
When the servers go down people can't control their central heating. And it's getting cold outside...: (tags: heating Internet OhForFucksSake )
The Watchmen movie proves you can be faithful to a comic and still miss its whole damn point: (tags: Watchmen movies ZackSnyder alanmoore comics superheroes )
We’re heading for a second referendum – and maybe a third: (tags: UK europe referendum )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3743823.html

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3743645.html

Every Brexit headline for the last six months: (tags: UK europe doom )
Art of SFF: Charles Vess on Working with Ursula Le Guin on The Books of Earthsea: (tags: art UrsulaKLegGuin fantasy )
Cost of wind and solar fall below cost of coal and gas: (tags: solarpower windpower renewables GoodNews gas coal usa )
Samsung’s foldable smartphone reportedly costs $1,770. I'll take two!: (tags: phones design samsung android )
Democrats Say Their First Bill Will Focus On Strengthening Democracy At Home: (tags: democracy usa democrats )
Israel-Gaza violence erupts after covert op killings: (tags: israel palestine )
'No completion date' for new Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh: (tags: Edinburgh hospital fail construction )
Stan Lee Dead: Marvel Comics' Real-Life Superhero Was 95: (tags: obituary comics marvel )
Children with autism thrive in mainstream pre-schools: (tags: autism children )
Voters in most vulnerable Tory seats back fresh Brexit referendum: (tags: UK europe referendum Conservatives )
Nearly entire class throws Nazi salute for photo. FFS: (tags: OhForFucksSake nazis school usa )
Female prisoners in England left to give birth alone in their cells: (tags: prison women birth OhForFucksSake )
"Detective Pikachu” looks delightfully weird: (tags: movies games pokemon trailer )
London women tell UN poverty envoy about impact of welfare cuts: (tags: austerity UK OhForFucksSake )
Minister responsible for getting a Brexit deal is pushing for no deal.: (tags: UK europe doom )
Jony Ive's latest design is the ultimate diamond ring – made only of diamond.: (tags: diamonds apple charity design )
People are “consistently inconsistent” in how they reason about controversial scientific topics: (tags: logic thinking science rationality psychology )
Aardman Animation is Giving The Company to Their Employees: (tags: animation business employment ownership )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3740645.html

Edinburgh's road signs hacked by artist: (tags: roads sign graffiti art edinburgh )
More than 50% of countries now have a declining population: (tags: population children GoodNews )
Women over 34 are being refused IVF treatment in England: (tags: uk england fertility women nhs )
Number of shop closures in Scotland accelerates: (tags: scotland shopping )
Iceland's Christmas TV advert banned for being too political: (tags: iceland advertising uk politics business )
The 2018 US Gender voting Gap Was Huge: (tags: voting politics usa gender )
Ryanair plane seized by French authorities in cash row: (tags: airplanes france subsidies )
We didn’t have to do Brexit in this damn silly way: (tags: uk europe epicfail )
Female Afghan barrister sacked in favour of white man: (tags: women afghanistan law uk bigotry )
Conservative minister resigns over Brexit deal - demands new referendum.: (tags: UK europe Conservatives )
A Work in Progress: Earthsea Sketches by Charles Vess (I have the book on my Christmas list): (tags: UrsulaKLegGuin books fantasy )
Photos of Kristallnacht.: (tags: Jews holocaust history germany )
Before Envelopes, People Protected Messages With Letterlocking: (tags: history paper letter )
Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Being Sued Over Satanic Deity: (tags: religion TV intellectual_property )
Living in Canada? Now you can date through Facebook: (tags: facebook dating relationships )
Jeremy Corbyn angers Labour MPs as he declares 'we can't stop Brexit': (tags: labour UK europe OhForFucksSake )
EU clamps down on Isle of Man tax loophole for private jets and yachts: (tags: tax europe UK )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3739436.html

Societal issues explained (by throwing people down pits): (tags: society satire )
The EU is betting that Brexit will make a trade deal with India a little easier.: (tags: europe india uk trade )
Why has Brexit become a legal matter when it should be a political matter?: (tags: politics uk Europe law )
Kieron Gillen's new comic looks interesting: (tags: comics roleplaying )
Brexit: Now Conservatives are suggesting the EEA for three years as a stop-gap.: (tags: uk europe doom )
There has been no Corbyn surge in Scotland: (tags: Scotland labour politics )
EA defies Belgian loot box decision, setting up potential gambling lawsuit: If they decide that loot boxes are gambling then I can't see how, for instance, Hearthstone card packs aren't. Or, indeed, Magic: The Gathering card packs. This one could be absolutely massive.
(tags: gambling games belgium )
Which artist do you think draws the most handsome/beautiful/sexiest characters in comics? Any genre. (Nice range of styles in the replies): (tags: comics art beauty )
'She has to go': Conservative MPs meet over plot to oust Theresa May: I don't actually think she'll lose a vote of no confidence
(tags: conservatives )
Barnier confronts Raab over discovery of Brexit no-deal letters to EU27: (tags: Europe UK doom )
Movie Star's Absence Shows Perils of Show Business in China: (tags: movies China money )
Brexit: EU can 'certainly not' accept Theresa May's single market plan, Juncker warns: (tags: europe uk doom )
‘Super-recognisers’ employed by UK police to hunt criminals may not be identifying people correctly: (tags: faces vision uk police fail )
The Effectiveness of Publicly Shaming Bad Security: (tags: security journalism )
Finding balance in the universe, a short story: (tags: short_story scifi ethics morality )
A single gene mutation may have helped humans become optimal long-distance runners: (tags: humans genetics running )
Tom Watson says Momentum should drop speaker who vandalised Warsaw ghetto: (tags: labour Jews OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3722809.html

Ancient farmers spared us from glaciers by profoundly changing Earth's climate: (tags: globalwarming farming prehistory )
"I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on": (tags: Holocaust history genocide fascism wwii Poland europe )
No, the Sweden Democrats aren’t “kingmakers”. They don’t get to choose the next government. Here’s why: (tags: SweDen politics )
Generative Art Finds Its Prodigy: (tags: art Technology )
European shipping firms begin panicking about no-deal Brexit: 'Okay, it could be serious': (tags: UK Europe trade doom )
Brexit: Barnier says agreement possible by early November: (tags: uk europe doom )
US to close Palestinian mission in Washington: (tags: usa palestine israel )
George Orwell: Why Socialists Don't Believe In Fun: (tags: GeorgeOrwell fun happiness utopia )
Doctor Who - A New Beginning - what are the plans for the new season?: (tags: drwho )
Some publishing advice you're not going to like: (tags: publishing advice )
The intensity of shame people feel when they imagine various actions accurately predicts the degree to which others devalue them if they carry them out: (tags: shame psychology society )
People are using cash less and less as a percentage of spending. (I'm almost exclusively Contactless nowadays): (tags: money Technology )
Global demand for fossil fuels will peak in 2023, says thinktank: (tags: co2 environment globalwarming thefuture GoodNews )
Turns out Conservative eurosceptics can't even agree with each other about what they want: (tags: europe Conservatives fail )
The Spider-Man Proposal Easter Egg has a Darker Side: (tags: spiderman relationships games )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3722648.html

Holed up: man falls into art installation of 8ft hole painted black: (tags: art safety funny )
Brexit will cause disruption with or without a deal, EU warns: (tags: uk europe doom )
Why corporate team-building events can be terrible: (tags: teams viaSwampers )
Countries where Queen Elizabeth II can be charged with a crime: (tags: maps royalty )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3717846.html

On Scots language, colonialism, history, and Disney memes: (tags: Scotland language history empire uk Disney meme )
A flagship tidal energy turbine has generated more electricity in its first year than Scotland's entire wave and tidal sector produced before it.: (tags: renewables electricity scotland ocean )
"Do you honestly believe that Britain is better off outside of the EU?"　That was the question Channel 4 News asked Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn six times...: (tags: Labour europe OhForFucksSake video )
Steep decline in student belief that God created humans, 32-year Australian study reveals: (tags: Australia religion )
Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, New Research Suggests: (tags: Facebook racism germany )
Government launches new export strategy which...doesn't have any strategy in it: (tags: UK government wtf )
Women put off dating men who are 'too easy going' or 'too clever', psychology study finds: (tags: psychology relationships Intelligence niceness )
Sex, religion and a towering treatise on anatomy: (tags: anatomy history art humans )
15 large companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree: (tags: work Education )
New Attack Recovers RSA Encryption Keys from Electromagnetic Waves Within Seconds (from up to 20cm away!): (tags: hacking security doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3717277.html

A Labour councillor has quit the party over an anti-Semitic post on social media claiming Jews drink blood and sexually abuse children.: Good that they've gotten rid of him. I suspect there are a few more to go...
(tags: Labour Jews )
The Daily Mail are racist liars (Paris edition): (tags: DailyMail France fraud racism )
New Picard-centric Star Trek series announced: (tags: StarTrek )
DARPA wants to speed up computers by over 1000 times while using less power: (tags: computers thefuture )
A thread about being a women game developer in Japan in the 90s: (tags: games history women OhForFucksSake )
Guns, technology, and law: the problem the USA has, and how it night fix it.: (tags: guns law technology usa viaTheFerrett )
It is worth reading the whole of this report on the Venezuelan "drone attack": (tags: drone assassination Venezuela )
What is the best kind of life?: (tags: life rats comic )
Reclaiming "queer": (tags: lgbt language history )
Amusing stoner confessions: (tags: marijuana funny )
The tiniest choreographer: (tags: dancing babies video )
Why the Mona Lisa cannot be restored: (tags: art history LeonardoDaVinci )
Amazing Star Wars model explosions: (tags: explosions StarWars models )
Today's best mispronounciation: (tags: funny )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3712159.html

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