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Interesting Links for 20-07-2022

1. Yay! 60% of Americans aren't Creationists!: (tags:religion usa headdesk evolution belief )
2. UK pay falls at fastest rate on record as inflation hits: (tags:inequality uk pay )
3. A fictional dictionary entry from the future, about the first ever upload. Fascinating and horrifying.: (tags:transhumanism viaCharlesStross scifi )
4. How to encourage your child to have a healthy relationship with food: (tags:psychology food children )
5. Anti-Corbyn Labour officials covertly diverted election funds away from winnable seats, Forde report finds: (tags:labour corruption OhForFucksSake )
6. Beware of bad science reporting: No, we haven't killed 90% of all plankton: (tags:FactCheck ocean doom )
7. A cool debugging story (this one about nuclear detectors in space!): (tags:space nuclearweapons bug history development viaPatrickHadfield )
8. Government quietly removes commitments to women's rights after summit on freedom of beliefs: (tags:UK abortion women rights OhForFucksSake )
9. Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book Is Being Disneyfied: (tags:Disney neilgaiman )
10. The Labour Party is making a terrible mistake if it ignores the Forde report: (tags:labour democracy politics corruption uk )
11. Stranger Things 4 creators reveal they've secretly been editing past seasons without viewers noticing: (tags:TV editing )
12. Battery cost declines raise prospects of all-electric container shipping: (tags:electricity ships shipping batteries )
13. A Brief History of "Nobody Wants to Work Anymore": (tags:work history newspapers )
14. 'Unacceptable' waits for Edinburgh high-rise mould repairs: (tags:edinburgh housing OhForFucksSake )
15. Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health And Saves Lives: (tags:psychology transgender lgbt )

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Interesting Links for 13-01-2022

Covid loses almost all its ability to infect after 20 minutes.: (tags:pandemic virus )
Lorries stuck at checkpoints for four days due to terrible new Brexit red tape: (tags:uk europe trade )
Having just finished re-reading Sandman I enjoyed this person documenting their re-read.: (tags:sandman comics neilgaiman )
Using American spellings is cheating, Wordle told: (tags:language words spelling usa uk satire )
Atomic mushroom clouds are big. Really big. You might think it's a long way up Mount Everest, but that's peanuts compared to an atomic mushroom cloud: (tags:size nuclearweapons visualisation viaSwampers )
Firefox bug is causing it to hang. Here's the solution: (tags:Firefox bug viaSwampers )
How a livestreamed roleplaying game's bid to make an animated version became the biggest kickstarter campaign ever, and got a Prime deal out of it.: (tags:tv animation roleplaying amazon streaming )
Satisfying simulations of bouncing balls obeying physical laws; for a fleeting moment during the simulation, the balls pass through a beautiful regular pattern: (tags:physics simulation maths video )

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Interesting Links for 07-02-2020

Derek Mackay, The Sun, and the Scottish Budget: (tags:politics harrassment scotland )
Climate change: Clean tech won't solve warming in time: (tags:Technology globalwarming doom )
Gulls, buckets and masturbation: a lighthouse keeper on The Lighthouse: (tags:movies Ocean history )
A challenge for those in favour of the United Kingdom joining the European Union: (tags:UK Europe )
Two cheers for the dematerialising economy: (tags:thefuture hope technology economy manufacturing )
Adventurer parents to hold Alignment Reveal party for their new baby: (tags:dungeonsanddragons funny morality fantasy satire )
Summary of Scottish budget 2020-21: Key points at a glance: (tags:budget Scotland )
Netflix: Turn Off Autoplaying Previews: (tags:Netflix UX )
Wow. I've just been looking at this list of benefits of joining the EU and I think we should probably do that. It looks really awesome: (tags:Europe UK )
Boeing patched a software bug 2 hours before their spaceship reentered the atmosphere: (tags:software bug spaceflight )
Why did the Lib Dems do so badly in the last election?: (tags:politics uk libdem )

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Interesting Links for 21-01-2020

Technical Debt Is Like a Tetris Game: (tags:Tetris programming design )
The messages in recent Doctor Who are *terrible": (tags:drwho writing OhForFucksSake )
Gibraltar considers joining EU's Schengen open borders area to ease damage from Brexit: (tags:Gibraltar borders europe )
"And he asked specifically for eggs" - linguistic diversity in 15th century England: (tags:language history )
When there was no electricity in India, how did British officers live in the scorching heat of India?: (tags:india temperature history uk military )
Upgrading existing railways instead of building HS2 would mean no functioning railways at the weekends for 15 years: (tags:transport railways uk )
Just amazing acrobatics: (tags:amazing video )
Clearview app lets strangers find your name, info with snap of a photo: (tags:faces recognition surveillance )
The wisdom of Martin Luther King: (tags:history racism USA quotes )
People no longer believe working hard will lead to a better life: (tags:work trust society success polls )
Jess Phillips on trans women: (tags:transgender LGBT women Labour )
One reason why trans women can sometimes look more "feminine" than most women: (tags:LGBT transgender OhForFucksSake women )
Brexit: UK to decide on Gibraltar-EU travel deal: (tags:UK Europe Gibraltar )
The Y2038 problem is already causing problems: (tags:date bug doom )
Robot tanks: On patrol but not allowed to shoot: (tags:robots military )
The amount that Poland's borders have moved around (and on occasion ceased to exist) is fascinating: (tags:Poland maps animation video )
Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of closed captions: (tags:deafness disability porn )

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Interesting Links for 17-12-2019

The working class has changed. Labour needs to understand that: (tags:Labour politics UK class viaMarrog )
Pro-Indian fake websites targeted decision makers in Europe: (tags:india europe fraud news )
Is Scottish Labour's position on independence changing?: (tags:labour scotland independence )
Play AI Dungeon 2. Become a Dragon. Eat the Moon: (tags:games ai adventure text )
My life in sex: the woman who has a thing for Moomins: I feel sad for her.
(tags:sad fetish books relationships viaZornhau )
The 200-year quest for fairer voting: (tags:voting reform history )
Does the "backfire effect" existâ€”and does it matter for factcheckers?: (tags:psychology facts viaLizzieCassMaran )
HSBC launches a bank account for homeless people: (tags:homelessness banking UK )
Labour members want party to back proportional representation (76% to 12%): (tags:proportional_representation labour voting uk )
The number one predictor of software bugs is organisational complexity: (tags:software bug organisation programming )
How Britain voted at the 2019 general election... by various demographics: (tags:voting politics UK polls )
Gorgie City Farm: New farm to open in spring: (tags:edinburgh farming GoodNews )

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Interesting Links for 19-05-2019

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Interesting Links for 04-01-2018

Digital streaming behind biggest rise in UK music sales for two decades: (tags: business music streaming spotify uk )
Here’s what the evidence shows about the links between creativity and depression: (tags: creativity depression psychology )
Iceland introduces fines for firms that don’t pay men and women equally: (tags: Iceland gender pay equality )
'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign: (tags: bug processor design epicfail Intel )
Wrestler vs 9 Year Old Girl (I can't see how anyone would think that wrestling was faked): (tags: Wrestling girls video funny viaElfy )
The latest horribly dangerous health fad: unfiltered untreated water: (tags: health water OhForFucksSake )
High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness: (tags: vitaminD health heart )
Trump didn't think he could be president - and didn't think he should be.: (tags: politics usa OhForFucksSake )
Genetic analysis of ancient Alaskan child suggests the region was settled by people crossing from Asia 25,000 years ago: (tags: Alaska prehistory America asia )
Who Took the Legendary Earthrise Photo From Apollo 8?: (tags: photos moon history space )
Some quotes illustrating why the government's new Universities Regulator isn't suitable to hold *any* job: (tags: sexism Twitter OhForFucksSake Conservatives )
If you earn an average UK salary, by the end of today a top boss will have earned more than you do all year.: (tags: uk pay inequality )
A Breakthrough Blindness Treatment Will Cost $425,000 Per Eye, If It Works: (tags: eyes medicine money )

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Interesting Links for 24-07-2017

How to view and download ransomed Photobucket gallery images, on a per-image basis: (tags: photos internet )
Labour would take Britain out of the EU single market, Jeremy Corbyn says: (tags: immigration Europe Labour OhForFucksSake )
Jeremy Corbyn: Student debt write-off not a commitment: (tags: debt students labour )
People to be allowed to pick their own gender without doctor's diagnosis, under Government plans: (tags: gender law uk )
An interesting snippet of an interview with Jodie Whittaker, in light of her casting as Doctor Who: (tags: drwho acting gender )
"My father-in-law won't become a coder, no matter what economists say": Pssssst, basic income...
(tags: employment jobs Technology )
How are things going with the Hugo Award attempts to deter slates?: (tags: voting awards hugo )
World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland: (tags: Scotland windpower ocean )
Many of the best Scrabble players are Thais who don't speak English: (tags: language games )
'A misuse of scarce funds': NHS to end prescription of homeopathic remedies: (tags: homeopathy NHS GoodNews )
Etobicoke "park stairs" story is a perfect example of the anti-regulatory nonsense that led to the Grenfell disaster: (tags: regulation safety )
How 1967 changed gay life in Britain: ‘I think for my generation, we’re still a little bit uneasy’: (tags: lgbt UK history )
18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-Ticket system: (tags: crime bug OhForFucksSake transport epicfail )
Wisconsin Company Offers to Implant Microchips in Employees: (tags: technology cyborg usa )
Why Brilliant Girls Tend to Favor Non-STEM Careers: (tags: gender science research bias )

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Interesting Links for 14-01-2017

Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out: (tags: surveillance obama usa )
Your appendix is a reservoir for gut bacteria (which may explain why mine are _rubbish_): (tags: bacteria microbiome body )
#ItAintRape - The Worst Trending Hashtag I've Seen Yet: (tags: rape RapeCulture twitter )
Why don't schools teach debugging?: (tags: bug Education computers )
Civil Partnerships for opposite-sex couples just got filibustered: (tags: politics relationships law uk )
Before-and-after photos show California storm's incredible impact on water levels: (tags: water california photos )
A Forgotten Adventure With a Telepathic Tribe: (tags: history amazon geography weird )
The Life-Changing Magic of Decluttering in a Post-Apocalyptic World: (tags: cleanliness funny apocalypse comic )
Hamilton brings in paperless ticketing system to combat touts: (tags: theatre money tickets )
Disney meeting with Carrie Fisher's estate over her continued appearance in the Star Wars franchise: (tags: StarWars )
Should we be taking masturbation breaks at work?: (tags: masturbation productivity )
Pornhub's 2016 Year in Review: (tags: porn statistics viaBartCalendar )
First use of new Scots welfare powers over Universal Credit: (tags: scotland welfare )
Explorers find disease-cursed City of the Monkey God and nearly lose their faces to flesh-eating parasite: (tags: headline archeology )
Lucasfilm denies plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher: (tags: StarWars )

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Interesting Links for 10-06-2016

Parents who think failure is harmful to learning have children who think ability is fixed: (tags: learning failure psychology parenting children )
In sunny Oxford, £200k will get you half a house. Literally.: (tags: housing wtf )
It is now legal to criticise Henry VIII’s second marriage in Ireland: (tags: history law )
Why You Should Never Use MongoDB: (tags: database design )
Take it with a pinch of salt – the food marketing myths we’ve swallowed whole: (tags: food marketing advertising myths )
Mathematicians are chronically lost and confused (and that’s how it’s supposed to be): (tags: mathematics research )
Analysis of Untested Rape Kits Reveals Serial Rapists Are Far More Common Than We Thought: (tags: rape data )
This Might Be The Hardest Female Sexual Anatomy Quiz Ever: (tags: sex reproduction women bodies quiz anatomy )
Yay! I found a bug in the mocking framework we use at work!: (tags: programming bug software )

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Interesting Links for 07-06-2016

Britain's housing shortage takes marriage, children, and careers off the agenda for millions: (tags: society housing uk relationships marriage )
Panama Papers Show How Rich United States Clients Hid Millions Abroad: (tags: usa tax )
The Condorcet Paradox at work? Rock-paper-scissors in the EU referendum: (tags: referendum europe immigration voting paradox viaFanf )
Uncovering a 30 year old C64 bug: (tags: bug Technology history )
The Five Monkeys Experiment Obviously Never Happened: (tags: monkeys science psychology meme )
Babies don't just look cute, they even smell cute: (tags: cute babies smell sight touch )
The Simulation Argument FAQ: (tags: simulation matrix philosophy reality )
A friend in Edinburgh is starting up a parent+kids choir: (tags: music edinburgh )
Saturday Morning Watchmen - disturbingly entertaining!: (tags: watchmen animation funny )
Genetic variations linked with social, economic success: (tags: genetics genes success )
In US, poverty dampens genetic influence on IQ: (tags: iq genetics genes poverty usa )
Connection established between anxiety control, inflammation, Type 2 diabetes: (tags: anxiety diabetes inflammation )
2001 A Space Odyssey Fail (when every member of the orchestra plays the wrong instrument): (tags: music fail video )
Disadvantages of purely functional programming: (tags: programming )
NoScript is harmful and promotes Malware!: (tags: advertising web OhForFucksSake )
Psychopathic colleagues can be helpful and co-operative: Or, perhaps more accurately, "psychopathy is a mixture of different traits, not all of which are necessarily harmful."
(tags: psychopath psychology work )
It’s Not Just Robots: Skilled Jobs Are Going to “Meatware”: (tags: work Technology thefuture )

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Interesting Links for 26-07-2014

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Interesting Links for 18-07-2014

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Interesting Links for 04-05-2014

I loved this comic. Just marvellous.
(tags: comic )
Why the UK has a high child death rate
(tags: uk children death )
Speeding Up Your Engineering Org, Part I: Beyond the Cost Center Mentality
(tags: management programming projectmanagement teams speed )
Spy Plane Fries Air Traffic Control Computers, Shuts Down LAX
(tags: computers bug airplanes )
Court refuses trial by combat
(tags: funny law uk )
3D-printed ultrasound cast could save us costly surgeries
(tags: healthcare medicine 3dprinting )
Failed Kickstarter project being taken to court for the first time.
(tags: kickstarter CrowdFunding law )
There's something fishy about the evidence for eating fish
(tags: fish diet science )
How Facebook caches photos
(tags: cache storage architecture Facebook computers )
Movie Scripts Ranked by Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level
(tags: movies reading language scripts )

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Interesting Links for 02-11-2013

Orson Scott Card won’t see profits from the Ender’s Game movie
(tags: OrsonScottCard movies lgbt )
Want to change an organisation? You have to _really_ mean it.
(tags: leadership management business )
Wales is going to get a referendum on whether it should have control over some of its tax
(tags: uk tax wales referendum )
Germany to allow 'indeterminate' gender at birth
(tags: gender germany lgbt )
If you like Dr Who you should really take a look at this Kickstarter
(tags: CrowdFunding kickstarter drwho )
UK pledges public access to list of who REALLY owns firms
(tags: transparency uk business )
19 Tips For Fighting Like A Girl
(tags: fighting women )
The Extremely Upsetting Truth About Baby Carrots
(tags: ermagerd food )
The Poll Of Cthulhu 2 - Electric Boogaloo.
(tags: cthulhu )
Enter The Body Policing Police
(tags: sex bodies )
Everything changes: Carrying a rucksack by one strap is not cool any more.
(tags: society )
My Hardest Bug Ever
(tags: programming bug )