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Interesting Links for 18-04-2023

1. Crossness Pumping Station: London's Beautiful Sewage Station: (tags:waste beauty london )
2. The Horrific Stages of a Tyranid Invasion - narrated by David Attenborough: (tags:warhammer WH40K DavidAttenborough funny video )
3. An interesting question about vampires: (tags:vampires questions )
4. Labour will use any excuse to shift to the right: (tags:labour politics UK doom )
5. Sony World Photography Award 2023: Winner refuses award after revealing AI creation: (tags:photography competition ai viaSwampers )
6. Is beauty skin deep?: (tags:beauty mathematics topology funny comic )
7. The Fediverse crosses one billion posts per month: (tags:mastodon socialnetworking )
8. I see that transphobes are now unsuccessfully trying to co-opt Judy Blume: (tags:LGBT bigotry transgender )
9. Now, you can embed Mastodon posts in Medium stories: (tags:socialnetworking )
10. DOOM maps to SVG to laser cutter: (tags:doom games 3dprinting )
11. Why don't you see more fat people in sport?: (tags:weight sports )

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Interesting Links for 01-10-2022

1. Anyone want to be our neighbours?: (tags:housing Edinburgh )
2. Many men are simply incapable of being around attractive women: I officially apologise to any woman I've made uncomfortable. And I'm absolutely sure I have.
(tags:men beauty OhForFucksSake jobs )
3. Porn on Tumblr is a complicated: (tags:porn tumblr business censorship Apple Android )
4. Goblin cats are the best cats: (tags:cats funny )
5. Just how insidious is K-Pop?: (tags:music Korea )
6. Too... Many... Unusual... Laughs!: (tags:laughter funny video viaPatrickHadfield )
7. Some examples of languages younger than Scots: (tags:language history )
8. This house definitely has "unorthodox" design choices: (tags:design housing EpicWTF )
9. Elon Musk's Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius: (tags:Twitter sms ElonMusk )
10. Dredging the river Tees has released contaminants that killed crabs for miles around: (tags:crabs death pollution )
11. The lack of Third Places is definitely one of the major issues in modern cities: (tags:community cities video )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3956685.html

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Interesting Links for 12-11-2020

"My experience as a poll worker in Pennsylvania": (tags:USA voting )
Dwayne Johnson is rebooting The Scorpion King: (tags:movies )
So, how is the USA managing its Covid-19 response?: (tags:USA pandemic epicfail )
Our Brains Have Two Distinct "Beauty Centres": One For Art And One For Faces: (tags:beauty faces art psychology brain neuroscience )
Being More Authentic On Social Media Could Improve Your Wellbeing (I suspect that being more authentic generally would do the trick, hiding who you are is exhausting and stressful): (tags:psychology happiness socialmedia )
Boris Johnson picks pro-fracking Tory MP who has campaigned against wind farms as 'climate change champion': (tags:globalwarming conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Capital gains tax: Rate should double, says government review: (tags:UK tax )
Behold! The most Irish of all films!: (tags:Ireland movies satire trailer funny )
A focus group on Trump voters finds out what they really think. (Interesting on defunding the police): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1326210279387099136.html
(tags:voting usa )
COVID-19 Daily Dashboard for Scotland (broken down by neighborhood): (tags:pandemic Scotland visualisation viaDanielDWilliam )
The Polls Weren't Great. But That's Pretty Normal.: (tags:polls USA politics )
Good statues of women: (tags:women statue )
Japanese town deploys Monster Wolf robots to deter bears: (tags:robots wolves bears )
How Brexit will make it much much harder for artists and musicians to tour in Europe: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1326554078256656389.html
(tags:music Europe UK Doom )
New project at Oxford University explores the origins of money: (tags:money prehistory research )
Politics versus policy, and why the approach of Johnson and Cummings to exercising power is going so badly: (tags:politics government UK )
There is no evidence that suicides have increased 200% under lockdown: (tags:suicide pandemic )
Will government lockdown shopping loopholes destroy the high street?: (tags:shopping UK doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3941652.html

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Interesting Links for 12-10-2020

Labour Party in "can continue to fuck off" shock: (tags:LGBT transgender labour OhForFucksSake )
Building the Mathematical Library of the Future: (tags:mathematics computers )
Animation of Coronavirus spread in the UK - 1st Feb to 9th Oct: (tags:animation visualisation pandemic uk )
Contact-tracing data collected in pubs sold on: (tags:dataprotection OhForFucksSake pandemic )
Sexuality, Disability and the Journey to Inner Freedom: (tags:sexuality disability sex beauty society )
Covid virus survives for 28 days in lab conditions: (tags:pandemic virus Doom )
We Have Misjudged Margaret Ferrier (important stuff): (tags:horror pandemic satire politics uk scotland )
25-Year Study of Nuclear vs Renewables Says One Is Clearly Better at Cutting Emissions: (tags:nuclearpower renewables environment co2 pollution )
If the UK makes a food deal with the USA here's what that means for contamination: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1315381869479890944.html
(tags:food USA standards UK Doom )
If the UK was actually serious about Covid testing this is what it would be doing: Clarifying detail: https://twitter.com/nemoqd/status/1315596052402253824?s=19
(tags:Pandemic China testing )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3923326.html

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Interesting Links for 04-09-2020

Incredible new drone footage shows the scale of Edinburgh's St James Quarter as construction nears completion: (tags:drone shopping edinburgh video )
Overall, being nice or nasty has no effect on how much power and influence you have: (tags:psychology work power personality )
How to Deal With the Anxiety of Uncertainty: (tags:advice mentalhealth pandemic )
Girl Guides: Enhanced photos need labels on social media: (tags:women beauty photoshop )
The brother-in-law and the truck full of rice, a saga of modern India.: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1301521850552315904.html
(tags:India rice funny viaDanielDWilliam )
COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven't Had Any Symptoms: (tags:pandemic heart virus )
HS2: construction of £106bn high-speed rail line officially starts: (tags:hs2 GoodNews )
'War on plastic' could strand oil industry's £300bn investment: (tags:oil plastic )

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

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Interesting Links for 04-08-2020

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 )

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Interesting Links for 22-07-2019

Gorgeous prize-winning wildlife photography: (tags:nature beauty photography )
On "Remain Alliances": (tags:politics uk europe )
"Hacked Off" investigates transphobia in the British media. Finds a _lot_: (tags:transgender lgbt bigotry media journalism uk OhForFucksSake )
The Story Universe of Magic: The Gathering Is Expanding: (tags:magic stories games tv media )
On liberalism and transphobia: (tags:transgender gender libdem liberal )
This is how the Democrats need to fight Trump: (tags:racism usa politics )
The state of ABA as treatment for autistic people: (tags:autism research abuse )
Jeremy Corbyn has 56% popularity with Labour party members: (tags:labour )
UK CO2 Emissions Are Lowest Since 1888 Due to Government Intervention: (tags:globalwarming co2 GoodNews uk regulation energy )
EU prepares multi-billion aid plan to shield Ireland from no-deal Brexit: (tags:ireland europe uk doom )
Canadian cities take wooden skyscrapers to new heights: (tags:design architecture wood canada )
A Peculiarly Dutch Summer Rite: Children Let Loose in the Night Woods: (tags:scouts children netherlands )
China: The Land That Failed to Fail: (tags:china economics politics history )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3797254.html

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Interesting Links for 08-06-2019

Why HS2 is vitally important, and the only option to improve Britain's railways: (tags:UK trains transport )
The mysterious crystal that melts at two different temperatures: (tags:physics viaSwampers )
Why every possible Brexit outcome spells disaster for the Conservative party: (tags:Yay Conservatives )
Google confirms that advanced backdoor came preinstalled on some Android devices: (tags:android security )
BFI to refuse funding for films with facially-scarred villains: (tags:beauty movies society )
Children calling Childline after being told to kill themselves because they're LGBT: (tags:LGBT suicide children )
Four teenage boys arrested over homophobic attack on lesbian couple: (tags:lesbians LGBT violence )
How a Google Cloud Catch-22 Broke the Internet: (tags:internet Google fail )
A thread of political donations Google has made in support of hate.: (tags:Google politics money bigotry )
'The Good Place' to End With Season 4 (and that's good news): (tags:TV ethics GoodNews comedy )
Criminal barristers in England and Wales vote for national walkout: (tags:UK law doom )
Otters spotted swimming in central Edinburgh (under Dean Village bridge): (tags:otters edinburgh rivers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3785545.html

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Interesting Links for 30-04-2019

Simon Pegg & Nick Frost To Adapt 'Rivers of London': (tags:tv books fantasy )
Court Case Conclusively Proves a Hash Brown is Not a Phone: I mean, not really, but it's a great headline
(tags:phones driving law )
Norway finds 'Russian spy whale' off Arctic Coast: (tags:russia spying whales )
Release of '13 Reasons Why' associated with 30% increase in youth suicide rates: (tags:suicide tv )
Arya Stark is left handed. Maisie Williams is not. She's just more badass than you thought. She made the choice to play Arya left handed when she was 12 and stuck with it for a decade: (tags:gameofthrones fighting acting impressive )
Blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome could speed diagnosis: (tags:ChronicFatigueSyndrome blood )
Corbynista left splits over Brexit referendum: (tags:UK europe labour politics )
Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me would be better if he'd read any of the Science Fiction he looks down on: (tags:scifi writing review )
Interesting piece about the latest Game Of Thrones episode: (tags:gameofthrones viaSwampers )
Gamers Blame Socialism for Making Women in Mortal Kombat 'Ugly': (tags:beauty women games design OhForFucksSake )
Labour's process for dealing with racism accusations is shockingly awful: (tags:labour racism OhForFucksSake )
How do people see the different parties in terms of Brexit?: (tags:UK europe polls )
Why is Game of Thrones so dark? We asked the cinematographer: (tags:film tv gameofthrones )

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

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Interesting Links for 12-09-2018

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/3680037.html

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Interesting Links for 21-04-2018

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Interesting Links for 24-01-2018

In-N-Out - the burger chain that sees the value in decent wages: (tags: food jobs pay )
Brexit and the Sewel (legislative consent) Convention: (tags: UK Europe Scotland NorthernIreland wales law )
On Mulling Over the Sutton Gas Inflection Point and Other Energy Market Changes: (tags: energy renewables thefuture )
Behold: The Capisceptic Alliance!: (tags: capitalism politics labour )
Why Infants Stop Crying When You Stand Up: (tags: viaSwampers babies )
Jeremy Hunt admits supply of EU cancer drugs to Britain could be disrupted if Brexit talks break down: (tags: cancer drugs medicine Europe uk )
Ursula K Le Guin. 1929 - 2018: (tags: death writing UrsulaKLegGuin )
Deaf mum sues Little Mix promoter in sign language row: (tags: deafness disability law uk )
MP calls for tougher laws after women groped at men-only charity gala: (tags: abuse women charity uk )
How Russia’s Hilarious, Homoerotic “Satisfaction” Became a Nationwide Meme of Solidarity: (tags: Russia lgbt meme viaSwampers )
Scholars who believe nurture trumps nature also tend to doubt the scientific method: (tags: science nature nurture personality society )
Doctors blocked by Home Office from taking up vital NHS jobs: Have I mentioned my general hatred of the home office?
(tags: NHS doctors immigration UK OhForFucksSake )
'I felt vulnerable and violated': Why rape victims fear smear tests: (tags: rape health women )
How to protect pensions when a company goes bust: (tags: pensions business uk )
Why Brexit is Enid Blyton's fault: (tags: children stories uk europe bigotry )
Fact check: Scotland's Union flag row: (tags: flags scotland headdesk )
Camels banned from Saudi beauty contest over Botox: (tags: camels beauty saudiarabia )
Mary Lee Berners-Lee obituary (A pinoeer, and one of the world's first freelance programmers): (tags: programming history women )
Elon Musk's $0 Salary Encapsulates the Legend of Tesla: (tags: Tesla money thefuture )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3649845.html

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Interesting Links for 31-08-2017

Man born and raised in UK told he is not a British citizen: (tags: UK OhForFucksSake citizenship )
Finland will keep sterilizing trans people: (tags: Finland lgbt transgender OhForFucksSake )
UK plan to bypass European Commission in Brexit talks doomed to fail: (tags: uk europe OhForFucksSake )
Are Some Psychiatric Disorders a pH Problem?: (tags: mentalhealth brain )
Why don’t you make your own Half-Life 3 if you’re so smart?: (tags: games half-life )
New t-shirt sewing robot can make as many shirts per hour as 17 factory workers: (tags: automation clothing )
How the GDPR will disrupt Google and Facebook: (tags: privacy data regulation Europe Google Facebook advertising )
Currency rates hit new low at airport bureaux de change: (tags: currency UK europe )
Large Companies Considered Harmful: (tags: companies size economics )
Patient plays saxophone while surgeons remove brain tumor: (tags: music brain surgery )
Moving from saturated to unsaturated fat doesn't help you lose weight, does lower cholesterol: (tags: fat health weight )
Marvel star slates racist Hollywood over name change: (tags: china usa racism tv movies names )
Beauty pageant winner hands back crown after being told she was too fat by organisers: (tags: society weight beauty OhForFucksSake )
NHS Wales: badly run by Labour or underfunded by Westminster?: (tags: wales nhs money )

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Interesting Links for 22-06-2016

Less than a quarter of people buy CDs, and most of those are over 40: (tags: music Technology streaming uk )
A report on e-voting in Estonia shows how dangerous the whole idea is: (tags: Technology security voting )
Is the EU really run by unelected bureaucrats?: (tags: europe democracy )
Krugman on Brexit: (tags: economics europe uk referendum )
Pumping bike tires up doesn't make them go faster: (tags: bicycles viaFanf research )
The Warcraft movie: one of the most successful stinkers of all time: (tags: WarCraft WorldOfWarcraft movies money china )
Insulin-sensitive fat leads to obesity: (tags: obesity fat insulin genetics )
How to get upgraded from "Schroedinger's Rapist" to "Probably Rapist": (tags: rape consent men )
Not the Nine O'Clock News sums up the reactions to the death of Jo Cox: (tags: viaJennieRigg death politics funny video )
When two people from Northern Ireland meet, the conversation goes a little like this...: (tags: comic NorthernIreland funny )
Fairyography does photoshoots where little girls dress as fairies. Here she does big beardy men instead...: (tags: beards funny photography viaElfy )
The Problem of Susan: (tags: narnia )
There is now really no excuse for not using two-factor authentication on your Google account.: (tags: google security )
For men, the importance of safe sex depends on how hot their partner is: (tags: beauty sex safety men OhForFucksSake )
England has one of the world's highest rates of tornadoes, relative to its size: (tags: uk england wind )
What's the EU doing about intra-country tax-avoidance?: (tags: tax europe )
Watch A Japanese Dance Troupe Perform With Drones: (tags: drone dance video )