Interesting Links for 30-04-2024

Apr. 30th, 2024 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 28-08-2023

Aug. 28th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. The EU's Digital Services Act is now in effect: here's what that means
(tags:internet Europe regulation )
2. Prigozhin, going, gone - what, if anything, will the reaction be in Russia?
(tags:Russia assassination )
3. Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers
(tags:abuse USA antarctic OhForFucksSake women )
4. Ukraine uses Australian drones... made of cardboard! (These were reportedly used in an attack on a Russian airfield in Kursk)
(tags:Ukraine Australia drone paper )
5. Using economic theory to find lost cites of the Bronze Age
(tags:viaDanielDWilliam trade prehistory economics cities )
6. Seven-fold increase in adult ADHD prescriptions in Scotland over 10 years, as people finally get the help they need
(tags:scotland adhd )
7. Donald Trump says civil war can't be ruled out as racial and political violence rises in the US
(tags:usa civilwar )
8. Israel to have partial laser defenses by next year
(tags:israel lasers )
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Interesting Links for 24-10-2021

Oct. 24th, 2021 12:00 pm
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New Zealand trade deal is 'disgrace', says UK government climate adviser
(tags:UK newzealand trade sheep environment )
White House delays release of JFK assassination files "to protect against identifiable harm"
(tags:assassination USA president history )
The UK's independent press standards organisation produced a report on trans people. The lead author is a transphobic bigot
(tags:LGBT transgender bigotry newspapers UK OhForFucksSake )
A prop master on how prop guns can lead to deadly accidents.
(tags:movies stunts guns safety viaKalimac )
20Y study finds little evidence religiosity leads to greater life satisfaction
(tags:religion happiness psychology )
Royalty is not a huge tourism draw to England
(tags:UK tourism royalty )
UK teens are only getting one vaccination dose, making them unvaccinated as far as travel regulations go
(tags:vaccination travel UK Europe teenagers OhForFucksSake )
Long-term brain damage caused by Covid
(tags:brain Pandemic Doom )
Who owns Scotland? Mapping the land in our towns and citiea
(tags:Scotland property housing ownership )
Paris To Become 100% Cyclable City Within Four Years

(tags:Paris France transport bicycles )
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Interesting Links for 22-12-2020

Dec. 22nd, 2020 12:00 pm
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Covid-19: Tonnes of Scottish seafood exports worth millions of pounds are stuck at Dover
(tags:trade food UK Europe Doom fish Scotland )
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes Russian spy into revealing how he was poisoned
(tags:poison murder assassination Russia )
BBC media editor applauds JK Rowling's 'bravery' and names error-strewn transgender essay one of the best reads of the year
(tags:jkrowling bigotry BBC OhForFucksSake )
A brief list of times Boris Johnson made ridiculous impossible promises about Covid-19
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1340595589428473856.html
(tags:pandemic BorisJohnson lies )
I've found it! The worst security system!
(tags:security OhForFucksSake )
This Shadowrun short film is the most 90s thing you will ever see
(tags:games video roleplaying history )
I am apparently a sucker for funny live action recreations of Dark Souls
(tags:funny video games )
Pornhub squarely targeted in bipartisan bill to regulate sex work online
(tags:USA sexwork porn regulation )
How Britain tried to erase India's third gender
(tags:LGBT India history UK )
The mysterious international phishing scam that has been tricking writers, editors, agents and anyone in their orbit into sharing unpublished book manuscripts
(tags:books publishing wtf )
A font that's also a working Rubik's Cube!
(tags:font toys impressive viaSwampers )
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Interesting Links for 09-02-2020

Feb. 9th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 17-10-2018

Oct. 17th, 2018 12:00 pm
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DIY flaming human skull!
(tags: viaSwampers fire video awesome )
Brexit timetable: Key dates for final steps towards leaving EU
(tags: uk europe doom )
American Mercenaries Were Hired To Assassinate Politicians In The Middle East
(tags: assassination middle_east )
I didn't watch reality TV show The Circle, but I was fascinated by this piece on how contestant Alex Hobern became 'Kate'
(tags: tv socialnetworking identity pseudonymity games )
If Educational Videos Were Filmed Like Music Videos" on YouTube
(tags: video music funny viaSwampers )
Canada Is Legalizing Cannabis.
(tags: canada marijuana )
Do lovers always tease each other? Study shows how couples handle laughter and banter
(tags: humour relationships psychology )
Well, this is a tragedy of Shakesperean proportions
(tags: china death suicide fraud )
Edinburgh residents and businesses consulted on tourist tax
(tags: edinburgh tax tourism )
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Interesting Links for 05-10-2018

Oct. 5th, 2018 12:00 pm
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"It's all Greek to me" around the world
(tags: language )
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Amazon and Apple
(tags: security hacking china amazing computers )
Russian spies attempted to hack into an international laboratory investigating the chemical weapons attack in Salisbury
At what point does Russia start to be considered a rogue nation?
(tags: assassination russia hacking security )
A thread of different magical systems.
(tags: magic )
The Tories have declared war on reality itself
(tags: conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Selfie deaths: 259 people reported dead seeking the perfect picture
(tags: photography death )
Twitter-inspired "You Might Be the Killer" is coming to Syfy this weekend
(tags: movies review )
Star Wars: Mandalorian TV Show Sets Taika Waititi & Others to Direct
(tags: StarWars tv )
The story behind Turkish Delight
(tags: food turkey history women )
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Interesting Links for 27-09-2018

Sep. 27th, 2018 12:00 pm
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Science Says Toxic Masculinity — More Than Alcohol — Leads To Sexual Assault
(tags: rape society psychology )
Walmart Requires Lettuce, Spinach Suppliers to Join Blockchain
(tags: blockchain Technology vegetables business tracking shopping )
Tackling the problem of 'noisy' electricity
(tags: electricity )
Jeremy Corbyn offers Brexit truce with Theresa May if her final deal is sensible
(tags: uk europe labour )
EU steps up plans for no-deal Brexit as Labour stance alarms capitals
(tags: Europe UK Labour doom )
Skripal suspect 'real name' revealed as Anatoliy Chepiga
(tags: Russia assassination identity )
From Russia With Blood: 14 Suspected Hits On British Soil That The Government Ignored
(tags: uk russia assassination government wtf )
UK appoints food supplies minister amid fears of no-deal Brexit
(tags: UK Europe food doom )
Nobody can say that social media isn't a book to society
(tags: funny genitals cards twitter )
Jeremy Corbyn to meet with EU chief Brexit negotiator
(tags: Labour UK europe )
Limiting children's screen time to two hours and making sure they get tons of sleep linked to better cognition
(tags: sleep children computers achievement )
After century of removing appendixes, docs find antibiotics can be enough
(tags: disease antibiotics surgery )
Reclassification recommendations for drug in magic mushrooms
(tags: psilocybin magic_mushrooms medicine psychedelics )
Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information
(tags: facebook surveillance privacy advertising )
No-deal Brexit could lead to NI electricity blackouts
No wonder reunification polls are hitting 58%!
(tags: uk europe NorthernIreland )
Emmanuel Macron says Britain could stay in the EU ‘for sure’ if it changes its mind on Brexit
(tags: europe uk france )
Customs union: What is it, what would leaving it mean and what post-Brexit alternatives are there?
(tags: uk europe trade doom )
How to look generous and get more, in one simple step
(tags: behaviour psychology )
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Interesting Links for 21-09-2018

Sep. 21st, 2018 12:00 pm
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Britain lets Putin move his dark money with impunity. That has to stop
(tags: fraud money russia banking transparency )
A very Australian coup: Murdoch, Turnbull and the power of News Corp
(tags: australia media OhForFucksSake )
Let’s scrap external exams
(tags: exams teaching )
3D Emoji Town (Pure CSS)
(tags: css impressive viaSwampers )
How Connected Is Your Community to Everywhere Else in America?
Would love to see this for Europe
(tags: usa connection viaSwampers )
Will Edinburgh become bigger than Glasgow?
(tags: scotland edinburgh glasgow thefuture population )
High-gluten diet during pregnancy increases child's type 1 diabetes risk
(tags: gluten diabetes )
Woman's Tongue Gets Inseminated By Squid After Eating Undercooked Seafood
(tags: squid sex aieeee! )
The US justice system is just a mess
(tags: law usa OhForFucksSake )
John Hancock makes fitness tracking mandatory for insurance
(tags: tracking surveillance fitness insurance )
All 27 EU leaders believe Theresa May's Brexit trade plan will not work
What on earth is going on for Theresa May to say she doesn't understand the concerns?
(tags: uk europe doom )
Single Neurons in the Human Brain Encode Numbers
(tags: numbers psychology brain )
Labour could gain more than 60 seats and 1.5 million votes if it backs EU referendum
(tags: Labour polls uk europe )
New York Can't Afford to Concede Retail Cannabis to New Jersey
(tags: newyork usa marijuana legalisation )
South Africa's highest court legalises cannabis use
(tags: marijuana southafrica )
Oldest known animal fossil discovered in Russian cliffs
(tags: Russia fossil life animals )
The EU couldn’t help May at Salzburg because she’s seeking the impossible
(tags: uk Europe doom )
A former UK diplomat talks about the damage that The Sun newspaper has done over Brexit
(tags: UK Europe media OhForFucksSake )
Sergei Skripal 'hitmen' linked to GRU officer's plot to assassinate Montenegrin Prime Minister
(tags: Russia assassination )
Schizophrenia as a disease of prediction and meaning
(tags: schizophrenia prediction psychology meaning )
EU: Luxembourg McDonald's tax ruling was not illegal state aid
(tags: tax Europe mcdonalds )
Are emos, goths and rockers at increased risk of self-harm and suicide?
(tags: suicide music society )
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Interesting Links for 08-09-2018

Sep. 8th, 2018 12:00 pm
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What commercial awareness is and what it should not be (lawyer focused, but the basics apply to any contractor)
(tags: business law )
Theresa May’s Brexit proposals 'not workable, basically' says EU's Michel Barnier
(tags: uk europe doom )
How Sexism in Medicine Is Hurting Breast Cancer Survivors
(tags: breasts cancer doctors patriarchy OhForFucksSake viaFJM )
Europe is not older than America
(tags: history Europe America )
This is basically how I feel about the concept of nation states
(tags: countries nationality )
'Mindful people' feel less pain
(tags: mindfulness pain psychology )
“Sand Dams” Are Transforming African Drylands
(tags: water sand africa environment farming )
Eye movements take edge off traumatic memories
(tags: trauma eyes psychology )
FactCheck: Russia is spreading discredited theories about the Salisbury attack
(tags: assassination Russia poison fraud )
Shared lifetime of grandmothers and grandchildren significantly increased since 1800s
(tags: grandparents life children lifespan women )
The Lib Dems in Scotland just lost any support I might have given them
(tags: libdem scotland independence )
As Germans Seek News, YouTube Delivers Far-Right Tirades
(tags: YouTube racism OhForFucksSake news )
The Subway Doesn't Have to Be Hot and Gross
(tags: London tube transport newyork )
Wi-Fi Gets More Secure: What You Need to Know About WPA3
(tags: wifi security technology thefuture )
10 Comic Books That Should Be Movies (or TV)
(tags: comics movies )
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Interesting Links for 16-08-2018

Aug. 16th, 2018 12:00 pm
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Babies in prams exposed to 60% more pollution
(tags: babies pollution )
Argumentative relationships open the door to disease: Study links couples' hostility and gut bacteria, inflammation in bloodstream
(tags: relationships microbiome inflammation )
Judge throws out challenge to Scots abortion pill move
(tags: abortion scotland GoodNews )
A Lesson From Germany on How to Cover Far-Right Leaders
(tags: Germany politics journalism )
Jeremy Corbyn wreath row explained
(tags: Israel Palestine assassination terrorism Labour history )
Not on your life: six means of science fictional transportation I would not use.
(tags: transport scifi )
Chris Grayling has no credible plan for 'no-deal' Brexit, road hauliers warn
(tags: transport UK Europe doom )
Pixel Objectness - spotting objects in photos automatically
(tags: photos vision ai )
Uber still losing billions per year, somehow still considered valuable
(tags: driving business fail )
How Star Wars was saved in the editing suite (I just learned a lot)
(tags: starwars video )
How Wakandacon, the first Black Panther-themed convention, escaped the fan con curse
(tags: conventions movies comics race )
Patrick Stewart: 'I find it difficult to know what Labour stands for'
(tags: Labour PatrickStewart )
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Interesting Links for 08-08-2018

Aug. 8th, 2018 12:00 pm
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Middle-aged men for rent in Japan
(tags: men japan )
BBC websites blocked in China after security change
(tags: security china censorship )
EU may force iPhone to switch from Lightning to USB
(tags: apple europe standards )
ICANN loses injunction bid in dispute over WHOIS data in Germany
(tags: internet privacy )
The different ways people talk (and think) about religion, and why it matters
(tags: religion )
Belief in Scottish independence protected under equality laws, Employment Tribunal rules
(tags: scotland equality belief )
Ten Years After the Crash, We Are Still Living in the World It Brutally Remade
(tags: doom epicfail economy usa investment society )
Earth at risk of becoming 'hothouse' if tipping point reached
(tags: globalwarming doom )
French study suggests younger women should stop wearing bras
(tags: breasts clothing )
Convincing evidence that someone *did* attempt to kill the Venezuelan president with exploding drones
(tags: assassination viaCipherGoth explosives drone Venezuela )
How to tell someone that a family member has died
(tags: death advice communication )
‘My illness is a feminist issue’: Woman reveals how doctors refused to treat her lipoedema because she is ‘fat’
(tags: NHS fat women OhForFucksSake )
Bad news: there's no solution to false information online
(tags: fraud internet media journalism )
Stop saying “fake news”. It’s not helping.
(tags: fraud journalism politics usa )
Historic £1.3bn Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal agreed
(tags: Scotland Edinburgh uk )
The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat - A Fairy Tale. For Dinosaurs.
(tags: fairytale short_story dinosaurs viaSwampers )
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Interesting Links for 05-08-2018

Aug. 5th, 2018 12:00 pm
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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 )
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Interesting Links for 18-02-2017

Feb. 18th, 2017 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 14-04-2016

Apr. 14th, 2016 12:00 pm
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I am on the Kill List. This is what it feels like to be hunted by drones
(tags: drone war pakistan usa assassination )
The key to the perfect apology has been discovered by scientists
(tags: psychology )
A first for women: Lady Dorrian appointed Lord Justice Clerk
(tags: scotland law women history )
Classical painters depict software engineering
(tags: software programming development art funny )
Auto Mechanics Recreate Renaissance Paintings
(tags: art funny engineering )
Thoughts On Open Marriage and Illness
(tags: relationships illness polyamory people viaErindubitably )
Leaked scenes from the next movie in the Jurassic Park series.
(tags: funny dinosaurs )
The Strange Case of the Woman Who Can’t Remember Her Past—Or Imagine Her Future
(tags: memory thefuture psychology )
What It’s Like to ‘Wake Up’ From Autism
(tags: autism magnets brains )
REVEALED: Corbyn's links to apple thieves
(tags: politics satire newspapers )
Humans are scary
(tags: humans scary )
Almost 50% of the UK population hold authoritarian populist views
(tags: politics uk )
There Is a Moderate Republican in this Race, but She’s Running as a Democrat
(tags: politics usa viaElfy )
Swallowing the Red Pill: a journey to the heart of modern misogyny
(tags: misogyny men society internet )
Why my videogame chooses your character’s race and gender for you
(tags: games gender race )
Paralysed man now able to play Guitar Hero thanks to computer chip in his brain
(tags: cyborg Technology thefuture )
360-degree video takes you inside the Game of Thrones titles
(tags: video VirtualReality gameofthrones )
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Feb. 6th, 2016 12:00 pm
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