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1. From next summer all UK visitors to Europe must be fingerprinted and provide a facial biometric: (tags:biometrics UK Europe travel )
2. The Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces Is on the Horizon: (tags:cybernetics )
3. First person charged under Britain's Treason Act for 77 years: (tags:UK crime royalty )
4. Pumped storage under the Alps could be a game-changer for renewable energy in Europe: (tags:electricity storage Europe Switzerland water )
5. I sometimes find the scale of things like YouTube boggling: (tags:YouTube scale )
6. 'Irredeemable' 'Batgirl' movie gets 'shelved' by Warner Bros. despite $70M price tag: (tags:movies batman dc epicfail )
7. If your body replaces its cells every seven years then how do tattoos work?: (tags:tattoos biology )
8. There shouldn't be private schools: (tags:schools inequality )
9. You are allowed to be attracted to people.: (tags:attraction sex )

Majority believe MPs who switch parties should fight by-election (63:17) - I entirely disagree: Individual representatives need a nuclear option if they believe that their party is no longer functional, whether that be joining an existing party or forming a new one. Party central offices already have too much power.
(tags:politics UK )
The Guardian says that working class people can't be good looking: (tags:attraction class guardian OhForFucksSake )
In pictures: Glasgow goes Gotham for Batgirl filming: (tags:batman comics movies Glasgow Scotland )
Cats just want a human to curl up on. Even big cats.: (tags:video cats sleep )
What have the Democrats achieved in the last year?: (tags:politics democrats USA )
The BBC thinks that what we need is more antivaxxer nonsense: (tags:UK BBC vaccination OhForFucksSake lies )
UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally in Ukraine: (tags:UK Russia Ukraine )
Tory MP says she was sacked as minister because her Muslim faith made colleagues uncomfortable: (tags:conservatives Islam bigotry )
LGBT BBC staff past and present debate whether it's is even worth saving: (tags:LGBT BBC bigotry )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4140098.html

Is Belief in God Necessary for Good Values? Global Survey on Religion and Morality: (tags:polls religion society )
Bacteria in the gut have a direct line to the brain: (tags:microbiome brain )
Amazon given go ahead to launch thousands of satellites to boost internet access worldwide: (tags:space amazon internet )
Google Pixel 4A Review: Nearly Perfect and Only $350 (if I hadn't just bought a new phone this is the one I'd be getting): (tags:phones review )
I am beginning to think that pubs might need to be closed for the duration of the pandemic: (tags:alcohol pandemic )
Former police chief convicted over child abuse video granted court of appeal hearing: This seems like a very odd thing to have convicted her of in the first case, as far as I can see
(tags:paedophilia video police law wtf UK )
Government says medicines must be stockpiled for no-deal Brexit on top of Covid-19 pressures: (tags:UK medicine pandemic Europe Doom )
UK virologists criticise handling of Covid testing contracts: (tags:UK pandemic incompetence )
UK chemical industry warns of £1bn cost to duplicate EU regime: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1290319702095519745.html
(tags:UK Europe chemistry Doom )
Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system: (tags:beauty attraction law psychology bias )
"Why I'm now leaving MSNBC": (tags:journalism USA media viaCipherGoth )
Coca-Cola paid scientists to downplay how sugary beverages fueled the obesity crisis: (tags:cocacola sugar corruption )
In A Twist On Loyalty Programs, Emirates Is Promising Travelers A Free Funeral If Infected With Covid: (tags:pandemic airplanes insurance death ViaDrCross )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3908810.html

Coronavirus: Scottish government denies claims that English NHS are being given safety equipment priority: (tags:uk scotland safety pandemic )
Bloomberg News Killed Chinese Wealth Investigation, Fired Reporter, Then Sought To Silence His Wife: (tags:China censorship USA journalism OhForFucksSake )
Trump reportedly said he would reject a bailout package if it included aid to keep the US Postal Service functioning: USPS has asked Congress for a $50 billion bailout and $25 billion in loans from the Treasury Department to make up for losses.
(tags:postoffices usa OhForFucksSake )
All Bob Ross Episodes are Now Streaming Online For Free: (tags:art video YouTube viaSwampers )
Woman's attraction to chandeliers is not a sexual orientation: (tags:sex law attraction UK )
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials: (tags:satire medicine research funny parachute )
Are You Addicted To Spending Time With Your Friends?: (tags:satire psychology addiction socialnetworking )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3882644.html

A story about 1,000 baby praying mantises.: (tags:insects viaFJM )
Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal: (tags:Ukraine russia )
Lib Dems: Why is the party's LGBT+ group angry?: (tags:LGBT libdem politics uk )
GRRM on the Hugo Losers Party: (tags:GeorgeRRMartin party conventions scifi )
What if the Prime Minister deliberately broke the law over extending Article 50?: (tags:law UK Europe politics )
What happened with Stephen Kinnock's amendment, and what does it mean?: (tags:uk law politics europe )
MPs checked with EU chiefs over Brexit delay before passing bill: (tags:UK Europe )
Boris Johnson has chosen the 'left behind' towns he wants to help (and most of them are Tory marginals): (tags:corruption election Conservatives )
Canada's view: British politics today is what results from the collision of an unstoppable force, an immovable object and a clown car.: (tags:UK Europe Doom Canada )
There are large gender differences in how men and women experience opposite-sex friendships: (tags:gender friendship psychology attraction )
Gender-neutral bathrooms can save women from waiting forever in line: (tags:toilets gender )
Will Brexit Affect Your Prescriptions? (Can anyone explain to me why it's already affecting some drugs?): Explanation from a friend:
3 factors so far:

(1) Supplier stockpiling = less for immediate demand.
(2) Some drugs now supplied to pharmacies on monthly quota. No backfill if exceeded.
(3)Suppliers agree set price over fixed term with NHS. Value of Â£ dropping = selling at loss so, some drugs diverted to other markets.
(tags:medicine UK Europe doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3821564.html

"What Happened When I Tried Talking to Twitter Abusers": Which shows how pointless it is to engage with vile people.
(tags: Twitter abuse )
Ministers misleading public after denying that plans to turn Kent into a giant lorry park are because of Brexit: (tags: uk europe doom )
Labour councillor quits over transgender women being allowed to use female toilets: (tags: labour transgender toilets )
Hobby Games Top $1.5 Billion - collectible games are half that, role-playing games about 3%: (tags: games business )
MoviePass Goes Black Just Days After Running Out of Cash: (tags: movies business fail )
Labour set to include pilot of radical basic income policy in next manifesto: (tags: Labour GuaranteedIncome )
Writer Greg Pak looks back at the role-playing campaign notes of his thirteen-year-old self, and is surprised at what he finds: (tags: writing roleplaying )
HBO picks up The Time Traveler’s Wife series from Steven Moffat: Season one: a beautifully written, tragic and deeply compelling time travel love story. Season 2 and onwards: the characters go back to all of the times and scenes shown in season one and high-five each other for being so compelling. Each series has a cameo where a steadily increasing number of Steven Moffats high five themselves. (Stolen from Alex)
(tags: StevenMoffat timetravel tv scifi )
Waymo pilot program shows how self-driving cars could work with public transport: (tags: transport cars automation )
Edinburgh named as UK's easiest city for travel: (tags: Edinburgh transport uk cities )
Men are more attracted to women who are closer to them: (tags: men psychology attraction )
Abusers given power by Britain's outdated benefits system: (tags: uk welfare abuse )
The Science Behind Non-Newtonian Noodles: (tags: physics food china viaFanf )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3711039.html

The top ten movies of 2017 are all remakes or sequels: (tags: movies remake )
First female Bishop of London appointed: (tags: uk women ChurchOfEngland )
Estimates of physical strength determined over 70% of men's bodily attractiveness: (tags: attraction men psychology )
Grenfell Tower fire report finds UK building regulations not fit for purpose: (tags: housing regulation )
Twitter suspends Britain First leaders: (tags: Twitter censorship hate racism )
What are the best soundtracks?: Saved so I can find it again when I need to
(tags: music movies soundtrack )
Birds learn from each other's 'disgust,' enabling insects to evolve bright colors: (tags: evolution birds insects learning )
Poor people forced to attain happiness through spending time with others: (tags: happiness money psychology )
Abandoned rape kits identify over 800 serial rapists in one Michigan county: (tags: rape usa OhForFucksSake )
Artist Creates Amazing Sculptures With Her Natural Hair: (tags: hair sculpture art )
20mph zones are not causing more deaths: (tags: transport death cars )
Queensferry Crossing speed limit will increase from tomorrow: (tags: edinburgh bridge transport scotland )
Interstellar object Oumuamua covered in thick crust of carbon-rich gunk: (tags: space )
Link between brain injuries and criminal behaviour found: (tags: brain crime )
When your friend dies and Facebook hides that from you: (tags: facebook death OhForFucksSake )
Let it go: The Arctic will never be frozen again: (tags: arctic globalwarming )
Belgium ends 19th-Century telegram service: (tags: Technology communication telegraph )
Different countries answer whether life is better or worst than 50 years ago: Quite glad I don't live in Venezuela
(tags: life history happiness society )
So, you've messed up with Git. Here's some tips to recover: (tags: git advice )
Was the Agricultural Revolution a Terrible Mistake? Not If You Take Food Processing Into Account: (tags: agriculture food history society )
Flight rules for git - in-depth guide to carrying out a variety of tasks: (tags: git advice )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3644526.html

Notifications from the Dead: (tags: death birthday facebook )
MPs are warned they could be sued if they make defamatory comments about whips’ activities: (tags: politics uk Conservatives )
Muslim nations urge recognition of East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital: (tags: usa islam middle_east palestine israel )
Fun and games with the Internet of Things: (tags: pranks internet Technology )
Salma Hayek: Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too: (tags: movies abuse OhForFucksSake )
Patreon: We messed up. We’re sorry, and we’re not rolling out the fees change. - The Patreon Blog: (tags: CrowdFunding GoodNews )
Tory Brexit rebels inflict major defeat on Theresa May: (tags: politics Europe UK GoodNews )
Anti-stress compound reduces obesity and diabetes: (tags: obesity stress diabetes )
A way to infuse plants with the luminescence of fireflies: (tags: light plants )
In a Shot Across the Bow of Nautilus, Writers Demand Payment: (tags: money journalism science )
Surgeon pleads guilty to burning initials into patients’ organs: (tags: assault doctors OhForFucksSake organs )
Irish Eighth Amendment committee agrees to recommend abortion law changes: (tags: Ireland abortion GoodNews )
This is the style guide for Nazi website The Daily Stormer: (tags: Nazi web writing viaCipherGoth )
David Davis, in 2002, tells MPs why referendums can go badly wrong.: (tags: politics Conservatives )
A new solution to the question of why human children are born so early: (tags: babies birth )
Correlation found between antibody in mothers and likelihood of son being gay: (tags: lgbt immune_system mother attraction )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3642414.html

Are looks more important than personality when choosing a man?: (tags: attraction women men )
Less fear: How LSD affects the brain: (tags: fear lsd psychology )
Why more highly educated people are less into conspiracy theories: (tags: conspiracy Education thinking )
The Kafkaesque reality of how British famine relief in Ireland actually functioned: (tags: ireland food epicfail poverty uk history )
Getting antibiotics as a baby may have lasting effects on brain, behavior: (tags: antibiotics behavior babies )
Harry Shearer: Why My 'Spinal Tap' Lawsuit Affects All Creators: (tags: accounting hollywood fraud )
Conservative poll showed party would lose seats to the Liberal Democrats: (tags: libdem Conservatives )
It is immoral to be rich: (tags: morality money )
High school journalists investigate their new principal’s credentials, force them to resign.: (tags: journalism usa school viaSwampers )
Barry Manilow comes out. Also: bear & Pope news: Just for the glorious headline
(tags: lgbt headline )
I’m Asking You For A Peer-Reviewed Study Showing That A Typical Fat Person Can Become Sustainably Non-Fat Through Deliberate Weight-Loss: (tags: research fat diet )
A very long way from home: early Byzantine finds at the far ends of the world: (tags: history archeology )
It’s now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown: (tags: lgbt russia censorship )
8,000 aspiring Uber and Lyft drivers fail state background check: (tags: driving crime )
Livejournal's new TOS makes all LGBT material adults-only: (tags: lgbt russia livejournal viaLProven )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3565925.html

The real reason some people end up with partners who are way more attractive: (tags: relationships attraction dating beauty )
Sixteen Things Dark Souls Is A Metaphor For: (tags: games funny )
Some thoughts on crying: (tags: babies emotion )
Pretty girls get higher grades (Except in online courses, where they get the same grades): (tags: beauty school academia )
Six Bands You Didn’t Know Were Broken Up By Yoko Ono: (tags: music scifi shortstory timetravel )
Against the lie of the "dangerous stranger": (tags: rape abuse police )
Doctor Who to use a writers room under Chris Chibnall in 2018: (tags: drwho writing )
Dead could be brought 'back to life' in groundbreaking project: This is, of course, how the zombie apocalypse starts...
(tags: death stem_cells )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3448707.html

Africa's great opportunity for reform: (tags: africa government Education tax economy )
The Largest Ever Analysis of Film Dialogue by Gender: 2,000 scripts, 25,000 actors, 4 million lines: (tags: gender data research visualisation movies )
Bitcoin Start-Up Gets an Electronic Money License in Britain (possibly cheaper way to convert pounds to dollars too): (tags: bitcoin uk banking money )
A Faerie Guide To Edinburgh. (It's all true. Every word of it): (tags: edinburgh funny video )
Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris: A classsic. Which I hadn't watched in years
(tags: games history video russia )
Otters! In! Snow!: (tags: cute animals )
Scottish newspaper reveals identity of superinjunction couple: (tags: censorship uk scotland law newspapers )
Ego depletion, an influential theory in psychology, may have just been debunked.: (tags: psychology research )
Avoid empathy burnout by understanding someone’s pain without feeling it yourself: (tags: empathy psychology advice emotions )
Probably the best article I've read on cryonics: (tags: death thefuture Technology )
Earbuds that can transform the sounds that surround you.: (tags: sound Technology )
Sometimes you're the bunny, sometimes you're the hawk: (tags: animals life )
The Dalek/Cybermen sass-off is still one of my favourite scenes in all of Doctor Who: (tags: drwho funny )
Toronto is a glitch in The Matrix: (tags: canada architecture )
All Prior Art algorithmically creates all possible new prior art, thereby making the concepts not patentable: (tags: art patents )
HMRC chief was partner at law firm that acted for Cameron offshore fund: (tags: tax davidcameron uk OhForFucksSake )
Yet another US president realises that if you remove a government you need to be prepared for the aftermath: (tags: usa middle_east epicfail libya )
Online Dating and the Death of the 'Mixed-Attractiveness' Couple: (tags: relationships dating beauty attraction internet )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3438903.html

Musings on leaving London
- (tags: London media UK funny )
The software that automatically fixes bugs in your code
- (tags: software ai )
Safari is the new IE
- (tags: browsers Apple )
The longer you know someone before a relationship, the smaller the effect attractiveness has.
- (tags: attraction relationships )
The riddle of Celiac disease solved?
- (tags: celiac gluten immune_system )
A genius suggestion for deterrance for a first-strike nuclear attack
- (tags: nuclearweapons death )
Google dev apologizes after Photos app tags black people as “gorillas”
- (tags: Google race recognition ai epicfail )
Vitamin A supplementation may cause immune system to forget past infections
- (tags: vitamins immune_system )
Pension funds are losing billions annually due to end of month trading
- (tags: investment pensions )
Council/developers arguing over what kind of stone the St James centre will be covered in
- (tags: design architecture Edinburgh )
California governor signs bill eliminating personal vaccine exemptions
- (tags: vaccination usa law California )
How Snobbery Helped Take The Spice Out Of European Cooking
- (tags: cooking food India Europe history )
Age decreases impatience, makes it easier to focus on the future
- (tags: thefuture age psychology brain )
Did you know that Aleister Crowley wrote an episode of "Saved By The Bell"?
- (tags: tv funny viajohnbobshaun )
More than a third of children were physically assaulted in the last year
- (tags: children assault )
Scotland to allow you to check if your partner has a history of domestic abuse
- (tags: Scotland abuse relationships )
What kind of a person volunteers for a free brain scan? (Me!)
- (tags: brain neuroscience mri psychology )
Numeronym
- (tags: language numbers wikipedia viafanf )
RISC vs CISC: There's no difference any more
- (tags: design cpu computers technology )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3306008.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3166402.html

What would life be like on a torus planet?
(tags: physics earth gravity planets )
Majority of cuts still to come, says IFS
(tags: uk finances government austerity )
Should Netflix bring back channel-surfing?
(tags: netflix streaming television )
Why Mom's Time Is Different From Dad's Time
(tags: gender parenting time )
Netflix ISP Speed Index
(tags: netflix network speed )
Your memory rewrites the past and edits it with new experiences
(tags: memory )
The comforting tone of the hourly radio pips
(tags: radio bbc time )
A Side By Side Look at How I Met Your Mother’s Excellent Use of Flashbacks
(tags: tv )
Metatextual art
(tags: art text meta )
On Harry, Ron and Hermione
(tags: harrypotter )
If you have anything cuter than this then I demand you send it to me at once!
(tags: cute )
Cervical cancer vaccine inventor to target herpes
(tags: cancer sex disease vaccination )
11 Emotionally Repressed Valentine's Cards For British People (I'm hoping to get #6)
(tags: funny Valentine )
LOL and/or Lol! The Internet Has a Style Guide Now
(tags: language internet viaJennieRigg )
How a mammoth effort first brought clean water to Edinburgh
(tags: edinburgh water history )
HBO Makes More Money Than Netflix — For Now
(tags: netflix streaming tv business )
What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers
(tags: brains psychology neuroscience animals )
What do women want? Men with wide faces.
(tags: psychology attraction relationships )
Artificial arm plugs into nerve endings, giving amputees the ability to feel.
(tags: prostheses cybernetics technology thefuture )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3045248.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3036312.html

New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage
(tags: newzealand marriage lgbt )
David Cameron can, as usual, fuck right off.
(tags: davidcameron margaretthatcher )
Viewing a web page is not breach of copyright (Good to have that confirmed)
(tags: law uk web copyright )
How Pixar Used Moore's Law to Predict the Future
(tags: thefuture computers pixar )
When New Zealand passed their marriage equality legislation, parliament burst into song.
(tags: newzealand viaSoonLee marriage lgbt video )
How To Attract A Man
(tags: funny men attraction )
And Now, A Small Example of What a Generation Gap Looks Like
(tags: thefuture phones )
This Image Should NOT be Seen by the Whole World
(tags: brazil sociology meme )
The Fascism of Knowing Stuff
(tags: viaDaveon knowledge )
Why Van Halen's rider had a "no brown M&M's" clause in it
(tags: music funny business )
Someone finally took the "Dragons fucking cars" meme to the next level.
(tags: epicwtf dragons cars )
None of the world’s top industries would be profitable if they paid for the environmental damage they cause.
(tags: environment economics )
Click on a few dots and program will guess your age. (I'm 37!)
(tags: age )
Things that Americans find incomprehensible about the UK (who'se got more?)
(tags: uk society usa )
New Star Wars film yearly from 2015
(tags: movies starwars )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2903281.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2899949.html

Maragaret Thatcher has died.
(tags: margaretthatcher )
Attaching video cameras to police officers causes them to use 88% less violence
(tags: transparentsociety thefuture violence police )
Magical Fruit Trees and the Sale of Digital Music — A Parable
(tags: music drm epicfail )
At United Airlines, Is Polite Disagreement Becoming Grounds For Removal From A Flight?
(tags: flight securitytheatre )
Designing an Authentication System: a Dialogue in Four Scenes (genius!)
(tags: authentication security viafanf )
Margaret Thatcher: A Legacy
(tags: margaretthatcher lgbt )
This is why you get posts with "Can you name a city with no R in it" on Facebook.
(tags: facebook scam )
That's Not Funny - a documentary about controversial comedy
(tags: comedy documentary kickstarter )
1993 was the biggest-ever year for sales in the comics industry. Here's what was selling (I own five of them)
(tags: history comics )
Women Find Men With Bigger Penises More Attractive (also narrow hips and broad shoulders, but that's less fun)
Call it sexist or sensationalistic, but now science says it's so: women find men with bigger penises more attractive.Reporting in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), researchers led by Brian Mautz, now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa in Canada, studie...
(tags: viaCahwyguy penis attraction )
What it's like ot be an ex-academic running a software team at Google
(tags: development management academia )
21 Tips to Keep Your Shit Together When You're Depressed.
(tags: advice depression )
Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette
(tags: death margaretthatcher )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2898619.html

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