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1. The IRS, Fake Populism (and the fallacy that we are in a war of ideas that can be won through argument): (tags:politics republicans lies )
2. The inevitable enshittification of Tiktok: (tags:socialmedia business capitalism Amazon monopoly economics viaPatrickHadfield )
3. Mercedes Becomes First Automaker To Get Approval For Level 3 Autonomy In The U.S.: (tags:automation driving cars USA )
4. The BBC chairman helped to arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000 for Boris Johnson weeks before the then prime minister recommended him for the role: (tags:UK viaPatrickHadfield BorisJohnson corruption politics BBC )
5. I don't think of myself as prudish, but I'm definitely raising an eyebrow that "MILF Manor" was produced: (tags:TV sex mother wtf incest )
6. Password security reminder: Please continue to treat your LiveJournal passwords as compromised: (tags:Livejournal dreamwidth passwords security )

1. Russia has lost the capacity to mobilise: (tags:Russia war Ukraine epicfail )
2. An Open Letter to Bluey's Parents: Please Stop: We have totally had to play Heavy on many occasions.
(tags:parenting dogs viaSwampers animation funny )
3. Mountain Goats Are Being Airlifted Out of a National Park Because They Crave Human Pee: (tags:urine Goats headline )
4. Artist finds private medical record photos in popular AI training data set: (tags:healthcare dataprotection ai photos )
5. Just how long have men and women been switching gender roles for?: (tags:history gender newspapers )
6. Far too much fun in the snow in Northern China: (tags:China snow video fun )
7. Glasgow students without flats told to consider quitting university: (tags:housing university Glasgow )
8. Tucker Carlson accuses schools and hospitals of "sex crimes" and tells viewers they have a moral duty to dole out "instant justice" "no matter what the law says": (tags:USA murder LGBT TV school hospital OhForFucksSake )
9. The rise of capitalism from the long 16th century onward is associated with a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and an upturn in premature mortality: (tags:death poverty capitalism )
10. US installs record solar capacity as prices keep falling: (tags:solarpower usa GoodNews )
11. $500,000,000 in funding, 10 years in development, and Star Citizen still doesn't have a release date: (tags:games epicfail )
12. For the first time the British Social Attitudes Survey shows a majority for proportional representation: (tags:reform elections voting proportional_representation UK )

1. Gene-editing experiment unexpectedly turn hamsters into hyper-aggressive bullies: (tags:aggression bullying genetics hamster )
2. 'Shocked and scared': Trans man speaks out over reporting psychiatrist for conversion therapy: (tags:LGBT transgender )
3. Which is better for quality of life - capitalism or socialism?: (tags:capitalism socialism life health society )
4. How words are made: (tags:language )
5. UK isolated over Northern Ireland protocol as US-EU alliance rules out renegotiation: (tags:USA Europe uk NorthernIreland Ireland )
6. His cancer screening led him to invent dissolving wet wipes: (tags:invention cancer environment )
7. When we learn more about a stranger, we feel like they know us better too: (tags:psychology )
8. Can you tell if an image was created by a human or a computer (I got 17/30 - I absolutely cannot tell): (tags:ai art quiz )

Emergency measure planned at ports to prevent food shortages because of Brexit: (tags:food trade UK Europe Doom )
US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters: (tags:protest police bias )
The Scottish postman behind 'Sea Shanty TikTok': (tags:music sea )
Eyes Wide Shut is an anti-consumerist Christmas classic: (tags:christmas StanleyKubrick movies capitalism )
Highway to the Danger Zone: Top Gun and the dangers of flirting with heterosexuality: (tags:lgbt satire planes TomCruise homosexuality heterosexuality movies review )
People are great at following the lockdown rules - except for the one that matters the most: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349459843833352192.html
(tags:pandemic Doom OhForFucksSake viaFrancescaElston )
Dire Wolves Were Not Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal: (tags:wolves genetics USA )
Takeaways in Scotland: 'I put £2,000 in every week just to stay open': (tags:takeaway food Scotland business pandemic )
Why was NYC able to roll out a vaccine 50x faster in the 40s?: (tags:history vaccine USA nyc newyork )
The reluctance of the Home Office to deny publicly that it is reconsidering the restoration of the death penalty - an example of government-media relations: (tags:government journalism UK death_penalty )
An outbreak of common colds at an Antarctic base after seventeen weeks of complete isolation: (tags:colds virus weird )
What next for Scottish Labour?: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349830451742060545.html
(tags:Scotland politics labour )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3985865.html

Scotland won't need to repay the UK's national debt if it's independent unless the UK does as well - and there's almost no chance of that (happy to see any well written responses to this): (tags:Scotland UK debt independence viaDanielDWilliam )
Soap dodger: meet the doctor who says we have been showering wrong: (tags:microbiome soap cleanliness )
Das Kapital in 8 tweets.: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1287862670834663424.html
(tags:economics capitalism Twitter )
Software that changes photos of you so that your friends will still recognise you but facial recognition won't: (tags:faces software recognition )
Russian Intelligence Agencies Push Disinformation on Coronavirus Pandemic: (tags:Russia pandemic )
Turns out I pretty much agree with the original meaning of "cultural appropriation" before it got twisted out of shape: (tags:culture society race cultural_appropriation )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3905176.html

Three British trans scientists who deserve to be known better: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1275693659606876160.html
(tags:science UK transgender LGBT )
UK to launch world's largest genetic study into chronic fatigue syndrome (if you have it then they're looking for volunteers): (tags:ChronicFatigueSyndrome research UK GoodNews )
Mumsnet users threaten drag queen for wanting to read books to kids: (tags:OhForFucksSake bigotry LGBT UK transgender )
No matter what else you think of Apple, their ability to execute is amazing: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1275311056672325633.html
(tags:Apple technology organisation )
Easing lockdown rules in Scotland: What will change next - and when?: (tags:Scotland pandemic )
Concerns raised about pubs collecting data for coronavirus tracing: (tags:pandemic surveillance dataprotection uk Doom )
Wetherspoon's discourse is an impressively deep rabbit hole: (tags:alcohol jobs pandemic capitalism UK )
When Nazis watch Star Wars: (tags:StarWars Nazis racism movies )
Pound sterling as unstable as developing country currency due to Brexit, say analysts: (tags:UK currency Doom )
Can you 3D print Damascus steel? Pretty much, yeah: (tags:swords materials 3dprinting )
Top private school asks teachers to exaggerate exam predictions to help students get into university: (tags:school fraud UK )

Jack Monroe gets brand new show. It's called Daily Kitchen and it's on from 10am-11am.: (tags:cooking tv )
Only a third of English Anglicans now believe Same-sex marriage is wrong.: (tags:marriage gender lgbt religion ChurchOfEngland )
The USA are literally buying medical supplies on the tarmac as they're about to be shipped to other countries: (tags:pandemic capitalism USA )
Researchers Introduce Pooling Method for COVID-19 Testing of Over 60 Patients Simultaneously: (tags:testing virus pandemic )
Coronavirus: Potential vaccine generates enough antibodies to fight off virus, first peer-reviewed study suggests: (tags:immune_system vaccine virus pandemic )
Introducing JIRA Jr. Project Tracking... for Kids: (tags:funny satire video projectmanagement )
Edinburgh approves Princes Street restaurant and hotel plan: (tags:Edinburgh restaurant )
Why the Netherlands has been so badly hit by the Coronavirus: (tags:Pandemic Netherlands )
What Everyone's Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage: (tags:business trade design )
Watch this to see the scale of the unemployment problem the USA is now facing: (tags:USA unemployment video Doom )
Bringing 4K and HDR to Anime at Netflix with Sol Levante: (tags:TV anime technology art light hdr HDTV )
Amid virus pandemic, India welcomes twin babies Corona and Covid: (tags:pandemic virus names india )
How to build your very-own pop-up hospital: (tags:hospital architecture design viaPatrickHadfield )
Navy Sacks Carrier Captain, Pulls Another Carrier Off Station Over COVID-19 Concerns: (tags:pandemic navy usa )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3879491.html

A head teacher on what parents should be doing with their kids at home: (tags:children education pandemic )
A message from The Doctor to worried people everywhere: (tags:drwho pandemic video )
The economics of the Coronavirus pandemic: (tags:economics pandemic viaDanielDWilliam )
On capitalism and the Conservative fear that if people didn't have to work they wouldn't: (tags:work capitalism )
Across mammals, females live 18% longer than males: (tags:mammals age lifespan gender )
There are two guards. One who lies and one who tells the truth. They are _very_ bored.: (tags:funny satire philosophy puzzles audio )
Coronavirus: U.K. Says 3.5 Million Antibody Tests Coming in Days: (tags:pandemic virus testing )
What It's Like to Self-Quarantine With a Michelin-Starred Chef: (tags:restaurant pandemic cooking viaSwampers )
If you're bored at home you can help needed to rescue UK's old rainfall records: (tags:weather history UK )
An Exhaustive Analysis of 300 Winning Dishes on 'Come Dine With Me': (tags:TV food viaPatrickHadfield )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3877424.html

The grandmother who loved Dungeons and Dragons: (tags:dungeonsanddragons age cancer family ViaDrCross )
Empty trains on the modern Silk Road: when Belt and Road interests don't align: (tags:china trade subsidies economics )
What parents want from a hospital when their child is dying: (tags:death children parents )
Capitalism, elasticity, and coercion: (tags:economics society land capitalism viaFanf )
Greggs plans to release vegan versions of all top-selling products: Clearly the market is now big enough. I wonder how long until it's the majority.
(tags:vegan food UK )
Witness a crime against food! (Although I would totally eat something not that dissimilar to this): (tags:food wtf cooking video )
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Scoring New Pixar Movie "Soul": (tags:Pixar TrentReznor music movies )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3817758.html

Infants as young as five months can differentiate laughter between friends and that between strangers: (tags:children laughter relationships friendship psychology )
Tips to help autistic pupils - by an autistic teacher: (tags:autism teaching )
Leaked Chinese database of 1.8 million women includes a field indicating whether they are "Breed Ready": (tags:China wtf women OhForFucksSake )
US 'Gets Its Ass Handed To It' In Wargames: Here's A $24 Billion Fix: (tags:usa military fail china Russia )
The recent book trashing Jeremy Corbyn is fraudulent nonsense: (tags:labour fraud )
Ambitious plans unveiled for 'tech city' at Edinburgh Airport: (tags:Edinburgh airport )
The privatisation of capitalism: (tags:capitalism business shares ownership viaDanielDWilliam )
Seven moral rules found all around the world: (tags:morality viaDanielDWilliam anthropology )
Some detail on what Theresa May achieved last night: (tags:UK europe politics )
This is the reason that Jane and I did a "First Aid For Babies and Children" course. (The Red Cross one was very good): (tags:babies children health emergency )
"I met my girlfriend's parents - and realised I had once slept with her father" (I completely disagree with the advice): (tags:relationships headline )
No fudge, no unicorns: May's new deal is total failure: (tags:politics uk europe doom )
Italy bans unvaccinated children from school: (tags:vaccination italy school )
The girl who executed Nazis after seducing them in bars dies aged 92: (tags:history wwii death )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3772663.html

Which way do cities point?: (tags: cities visualisation roads )
Donald Trump Is No Liar: (tags: lies fraud )
Anyone claiming Britain didn't have influence in Europe is, frankly, lying: (tags: Europe uk )
On Preferring A to B, while also preferring B to A: (tags: psychology value economics )
capitalism.png (scroll down for loads of illustrations of how awful America can be): (tags: capitalism economics usa )
Guess where the oldest university in the world is: (tags: university history )
How the BBC Lost the Plot on Brexit: (tags: UK Europe Russia fraud bbc epicfail news )
Duncan Jones is making a Rogue Trooper movie: (tags: movies comics war 2000AD )
If you like badly translated subtitles, and you like Star Wars, then the Chinese bootleg is what you want: (tags: China translation fail funny StarWars subtitles )
Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, and Google all donate to deeply unpleasant politicians: (tags: politics money usa OhForFucksSake )
Ireland set to remove oil reserves from Britain as Brexit deadline looms closer: (tags: UK Europe Ireland oil doom )
‘Nazi’ extremist jailed after bomb kit found in Edinburgh flat: (tags: Edinburgh terrorism UK Scotland )
There isn't really time for a referendum on Brexit: (tags: UK Europe law referendum )
'Virtual reality cured my fear of heights': (tags: vr phobia height )
Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Bigger and Mostly Made of Fishing Gear: (tags: waste pacific ocean fish )
Tour de France 2018: Why is there no women's equivalent?: (tags: cycling women france )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3705336.html

Google DeepMind Neural Net Plays A Mean Quake CTF: (tags: games ai )
BPA risk factor for inflammatory bowel disease: (tags: IBS )
A very brief intro to the Single Market and perhaps how best to understand what it means: (tags: Europe regulation )
This is why May's third-way Brexit compromise doesn't work: (tags: services Europe UK OhForFucksSake regulation )
Things that happen in Silicon Valley and also the Soviet Union: (tags: usa capitalism technology society russia )
Alan Moore's "Providence" and loads of other Avatar comics (including Warren Ellis and Garth Ennis) on sale on Comixology right now: (tags: alanmoore hplovecraft comics )
Prostate cancer ultrasound treatment as effective as surgery or radiotherapy (but with vastly lesser side effects): (tags: prostate ultrasound )
Energy shifts could mean China’s carbon emissions are done growing: (tags: co2 China GoodNews environment globalwarming )
Researchers have identified a group of patients who are especially prone to out-of-body experiences: (tags: psychology mentalhealth hallucinations )
MPs approve 'Seni's law' to restrict use of force against mental health patients: (tags: mentalhealth uk law )
Single-dose testosterone administration increases preference for status goods: (tags: testosterone psychology behaviour society )
The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon millions (by going agile): (tags: money software development agile military )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3701322.html

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