Entries tagged with astronomy

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Interesting Links for 22-09-2024

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Interesting Links for 07-08-2024

1. Bionic Bay looks like a gorgeous platformer with fascinating puzzles and high-speed physics-based gameplay.: (tags:games video )
2. The anti-islam riots in this country are a product of the media, Tories, and Labour. All should be held responsible.: (tags:Labour conservatives media UK bigotry Islam riots )
3. Russia and Ukraine both have drones controlled by really really long fibre-optic cables: (tags:drone fibreoptics russia ukraine )
4. Tim Walz Took Historic Action To Protect Trans People, Now He's The Dem VP Choice: (tags:democrats GoodNews transgender USA politics LGBT )
5. If your workplace doesn't have a Muppet ethics AI then you are *totally* behind the times: (tags:ai muppets ethics wtf )
6. JD Vance's Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful: She did not touch on his claim that people who don't have kids are more sociopathic.
(tags:relationships politics USA EpicWTF )
7. How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde: (tags:astronomy astrology mercury )
8. In hospital emergency rooms, female patients are less likely to receive pain medication than male patients who reported the same level of distress: (tags:misogyny pain healthcare OhForFucksSake )
9. The wife of a Conservative councillor has been arrested after she called for hotels with asylum seekers to be set on fire.: (tags:UK racism conservatives )
10. Wind and solar overtake EU fossil fuels in the first half of 2024: (tags:renewables solarpower windpower electricity Europe coal gas hydroelectric )
11. COVID-19 making worrying comeback WHO warns, amid summertime surge: (tags:pandemic doom )
12. I did not know it was possible to make friends with a moray eel!: (tags:fish video friendship )
13. Scottish wildcat kitten caught on thermal imaging camera: (tags:scotland cats nature video )
14. Ukrainian forces take Russian border city that they don't want: (tags:russia ukraine war )
15. Elon Musk believes advertisers should be forced to spend money on him: (tags:ElonMusk advertising twitter wtf )

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Interesting Links for 11-07-2023

1. Do electric vehicles produce more tyre and brake pollution than their petrol and diesel counterparts?: (tags:pollution cars )
2. EU signs off on data transfers deal with US: (tags:europe usa dataprotection )
3. Edinburgh Aiport is getting new scanners in 2024 which will mean we can carry more liquids.: (tags:edinburgh airport flying security )
4. Webb telescope inspects the heart of the Phantom Galaxy: (tags:astronomy space viaNancyLebov )
5. Immigration policies don't deter migrants from coming to the US -- border rules only make the process longer and more difficult: (tags:immigration usa OhForFucksSake viaBenWerdmuller )
6. Labour to use AI to speed up benefit claims and match unemployed people with jobs: (tags:ai jobs unemployment labour )
7. Same-sex sexual behaviour is widespread in macaque monkeys: (tags:monkeys primates sex lgbt homosexuality )
8. Sunak and Braverman's trans jokes 'unacceptable and dangerous' says Parliament equalities chief: (tags:Conservatives bigotry lgbt transgender )

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Interesting Links for 13-03-2023

1. How Brexit has weakened the narratives of nationalist parties across the EU: (tags:UK Europe nationalism )
2. Banning make-up, short skirts and toilet breaks is allowing misogyny to run rife in our schools: (tags:school misogyny clothing girls )
3. Buried alive in elven armour - for art: (tags:lotr archeology art death )
4. Brexit Britain doesn't even make the long list for new manufacturing investment: (tags:UK Europe manufacturing investment Doom )
5. Neil Gaiman on what it was like writing with Terry Pratchett: (tags:neilgaiman terrypratchett writing )
6. Pulsars sometimes speed up because they're slowing down, because of quantum mechanics: (tags:astronomy stars quantum physics viaPatrickHadfield )
7. China's gay conversion camps: survivors tell of abuse, beatings, and electric shocks: (tags:abuse LGBT China OhForFucksSake )
8. Catholic Group Spends Millions on Dating App Data to Out Gay Priests: (tags:LGBT Catholic gay OhForFucksSake )
9. Believe it or not, the Amish are loving electric bikes: (tags:electricity bicycles Amish technology )
10. Victorian Vampire slaying kit complete with wooden stake and holy water set to fetch thousands at auction: (tags:history vampire auctions )

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Interesting Links for 15-07-2022

1. Unknown Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait discovered in Edinburgh gallery: (tags:Edinburgh art Scotland )
2. James Webb Space Telescope vs Hubble Telescope Comparison: (tags:astronomy )
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV series looks quite pretty: (tags:tv lotr )
4. Where's the Beef? A First-Hand Assessment of Cultivated Meat Progress: (tags:meat technology viaDanielDWilliam )
5. Should the Human Rights Act be replaced with a Bill of Rights? (The UK parliament human rights committee wants to know your opinions): (tags:rights UK )
6. How surnames work: (tags:names funny )
7. Edinburgh's North Bridge to remain partially closed for nine months longer after council discovers more repairs needed: (tags:Edinburgh bridge transport )
8. Edinburgh council gives £100 per child payments to families hardest hit by cost of living crisis: (tags:Edinburgh austerity )
9. Princess Mononoke: The masterpiece that flummoxed the US: (tags:movies ghibli USA neilgaiman )
10. UK tech talent shortage threatens to stifle growth in the industry: (tags:technology Jobs UK )
11. Keir Starmer scraps yet another pledge - this time to end NHS private sector outsourcing: (tags:nhs labour lies )
12. Researchers identify two drugs effective at treating insomnia: (tags:sleep medicine )

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Interesting Links for 28-03-2022

1. How's your sense of scale? Mine certainly can't cope with astronomical numbers: (tags:scale perspective space astronomy )
2. Any model of sex work short of full decriminalisation puts sex workers' lives at risk: (tags:sexwork decriminalization )
3. Mothers Fleeing Ukraine With Children Are Asked For Father's Consent In "Nightmare" Home Office Visa Process: (tags:OhForFucksSake refugee Ukraine war UK )
4. Cosplayers being arrested is hilarious: (tags:cosplay police photos funny )
5. Lia Thomas: Trans swimmer didn't have unfair advantage, data shows: (tags:swimming transgender LGBT sports )
6. Observations of motherhood: (tags:mother motherhood )
7. Are we looking at the collapse of Russia?: (tags:Russia Doom economy )
8. Is anyone *surprised* that the British army is full of far right awfulness?: (tags:UK military fascism )
9. Is it time to install solar power at home?: (tags:solarpower electricity )
10. U.N. Investigator Accuses Israel of Apartheid, Citing Permanence of Occupation: (tags:israel un palestine apartheid )
11. Dual 75" 4K - the home computing setup I need!: (tags:computers tv )

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Interesting Links for 01-02-2022

Sue Gray says she's not able to present 'meaningful report' due to Metropolitan Police investigation: (tags:UK police conservatives BorisJohnson party )
What do you when the new hire who showed up is not the same person you interviewed?: (tags:work fraud identity wtf interviews )
The New York Times Buys Wordle: (tags:games newspapers newyork wtf )
People have the weirdest ideas: astronomy edition: (tags:astronomy ignorance )
The longer you watch this the more kittens appear: (tags:kittens cute video )
Police given 500 pieces of paper and 300 photographs of evidence on partygate: (tags:police party Pandemic )
Peter Dinklage Called Out By Actors With Dwarfism For His Accusations Against Disney: (tags:acting Disney size )
Scotland's new smoke alarms law comes into force: (tags:Scotland safety fire housing )
This Osprey Looks Right At His Rescuer As He Frees Him: (tags:birds video )
Sophia's nursery is the first childcare business in Scotland to transition to being owned by its staff!: (tags:children business ownership Scotland )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4059701.html

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Interesting Links for 11-07-2021

Quest for "green" cement draws big name investors to $300B industry: Extra info https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27795416
(tags:materials co2 cement )
Off-Patent Osteoporosis Drug Also Found to Extend Lifespan: (tags:lifespan viaDanielDWilliam )
The Planets with the Giant Diamonds Inside (inside two fascinating planets you don't hear much about): (tags:space planets history astronomy )
Why Do Gamers Love Speedrunning So Much Anyway?: (tags:games speed )
Government's Mass Infection Plan pushed by Great Barrington Declaration Lobbying Effort to End COVID Protections: (tags:conspiracy vaccine pandemic UK government OhForFucksSake )
Not wearing a mask is associated with antisocial traits: (tags:psychology pandemic )
Boris Johnson's £11.6bn climate fund to be swiped from aid budget: (tags:UK globalwarming aid OhForFucksSake )
What is "The child-annihilating zipline"? (with bonus terrible kitchen redesign): (tags:death children engineering )
No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction: (tags:coal India )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4040847.html

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Interesting Links for 26-05-2021

Scientists discover brain connection responsible for misophonia (feeling disgusted when you hear other people chew): (tags:eating sound brain )
River Runner - drop a raindrop anywhere in the contiguous United States and see where it ends up: (tags:rain USA visualisation rivers )
Liz Truss: LGBT panel disbanded after trans self-ID row: (tags:lgbt transgender conservatives bigotry OhForFucksSake )
COVID cases after vaccination are still very rare—variants aren't changing that: (tags:pandemic vaccination GoodNews )
How your phone spies on you without listening to a word you've said: (tags:surveillance advertising socialmedia phones viaDanielDWilliam )
Talk to your local academics!: (tags:knowledge academia university )
Milky Way not unusual, astronomers find: (tags:space astronomy )
Google launches its third major operating system, Fuchsia: (tags:Google operatingsystems )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3995443.html

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Interesting Links for 05-02-2021

The "Brain in a jar" approach to transgender theory: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1357147969049423872.html
(tags:lgbt transgender gender psychology )
Ministers refusing to open talks to solve Brexit exports crisis to make EU feel 'pain', industry leader says: (tags:UK Europe trade OhForFucksSake )
The neo-Troubles and media manipulation (what's going on with Northern Ireland right now): (tags:UK Europe trade NorthernIreland Ireland borders )
Joanna Cherry and other Alex Salmond supporters are waging civil war within SNP at precisely the wrong time: (tags:snp bigotry LGBT politics Scotland )
Why the UK is still arguing about Brexit, and is likely to continue doing so indefinitely: (tags:UK Europe NorthernIreland borders trade video )
Google doesn't want to tell Apple users how it's violating their privacy: (tags:Apple Google privacy )
Egg consumption lowers risk of coronary artery disease.: (tags:eggs heart health )
Things British people do that baffle people: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1357329669981413376.html
(tags:UK weird )
Animation shows week in life of blue whale as it tries to avoid fishing ship congestion: (tags:wales ocean visualisation video ship )
How will the global computer chip shortage affect you?: (tags:cpu manufacturing fail )
Brian Bolland on Alan Moore and the Killing Joke: (tags:art comics alanmoore history batman )
Oumuamua: Avi Loeb says it's aliens. Every other astronomer disagrees. Here's why.: (tags:space astronomy aliens )
Who fancies some Victorian superhero women (a trailer for "The Nevers"): (tags:tv women trailer superheroes victorian )
Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments: (tags:USA business government )
"Not enough dead people" say Conservatives: (tags:UK pandemic conservatives OhForFucksSake )
There's been an alarming number of infections among care home residents who have received only one dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine.: (tags:vaccination UK Doom pandemic )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3976960.html

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Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3967407.html

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Interesting Links for 05-12-2020

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3959581.html

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Interesting Links for 20-11-2020

Meteor breaks up over ocean in incredible footage: (tags:meteor Ocean video )
Boris Johnson pledges laser guns: (tags:lasers wtf military UK BorisJohnson )
Nigella Lawson butters her toast twice, and Britain is really angry about it: (tags:food funny )
Anyone interested in a script from the recent She-Ra remake?: (tags:TV animation scripts writing )
FactCheck: Is this a green revolution? (and what do government announcements add up to? l: (tags:environment UK government Conservatives )
IBM Apologizes For Firing Computer Pioneer For Being Transgender...52 Years Later: (tags:IBM computers history LGBT transgender )
Internalized gender-focused attitudes affect health, career prospects: (tags:gender money health society jobs )
I see the Conservatives are turning in to fascists again: (tags:OhForFucksSake UK conservatives )
On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway: (tags:politics society compromise )
Here's what happens when some idiot decides to store two tons of sodium in their garage: (tags:OhForFucksSake safety UK chemistry )
I see Labour's civil war is going swimmingly: (tags:labour OhForFucksSake )
Covid: Why stricter rules for Glasgow but not for Edinburgh?: (tags:Scotland Glasgow Edinburgh pandemic )
When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks 'Official.' A Woman? 'Smile': (tags:AI bias )
The big dish of Arecibo observatory has reached the end of the line: (tags:astronomy history )
When women can't get divorced, murder is the alternative: (tags:murder women abuse history )
Covid in Scotland: When will we be vaccinated?: (tags:UK Scotland thefuture vaccine pandemic )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3912745.html

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Interesting Links for 12-08-2020

Sweet & Slim, Greasy & Grim: The Physical Traits that Define Men and Women in Literature: (tags:language writing gender stereotypes society )
Rise in English Covid cases above 1,000 a day breached government target: (tags:England pandemic OhForFucksSake )
Android is now the world's largest earthquake detection network: (tags:earthquake android )
Vaping makes young people up to seven times more likely to get coronavirus: (tags:pandemic )
New rules may force online political adverts in UK to carry labels: (tags:politics advertising regulation UK )
Broken cable damages Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory's giant radio telescope: (tags:space astronomy )
Terrible person sets up dating site for Covidiots: (tags:pandemic dating OhForFucksSake ViaDrCross )
Final Blockbuster to let people sleep overnight in the 90s: (tags:movies rental history )
How will exam results in England, Wales and NI work?: (tags:Education exams school uk )
EU Law Analysis on the legal issues of asylum-seekers crossing the Channel: (tags:immigration UK asylum Europe law )
Facebook's new policy bans blackface and some Jewish stereotypes: (tags:facebook racism )