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Interesting Links for 13-02-2022
Feb. 13th, 2022 12:00 pm- Douglas Adams has an interesting answer when asked what kind of computer Arthur Dent had
- (tags:computers fiction writing douglasadams HHG2G )
- Russia tensions reveal threat to UK food supplies
- (tags:UK food Russia Doom )
- In Moscow, Macron found a different, tougher Putin
- (tags:France Russia nato )
- Britishvolt gigafactory: Britain's best-kept industrial secret is an unexpected solution to saving the planet (I didn't know most of this, fascinating stuff)
- (tags:batteries oil carbon UK manufacturing )
- 'Futurama' Revived At Hulu; John DiMaggio Not Returning As Bender
- (tags:Futurama tv animation )
- 220 musicians perform "Europe - The Final Countdown"
- (tags:music video russia )
- Why 'Death on the Nile' is every publicist's worst nightmare
- (tags:movies Doom )
- Evolution is just amazing
- (tags:evolution animals snake video insects birds )
- Thread of metal statues where one part has been stroked so much that it's shiny
- (tags:statue )
Interesting Links for 19-01-2022
Jan. 19th, 2022 12:00 pm- Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard
- (tags:Microsoft games )
- The Undoing Of Joss Whedon
- (tags:JossWhedon abuse tv buffy movies )
- What the Discovery of an Extra Artery Means for Human Evolution
- (tags:evolution blood viaNancyLebov )
- How board games are made at a Chinese factory
- (tags:boardgames manufacturing China video )
- NASA hasn't 'just' hired 24 theologians to study future discovery of aliens
- (tags:religion life space NASA sociology )
- The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful Subgroups of Autism
- (tags:autism psychology )
- Someone has clearly decided that board games players have too much money
- (tags:boardgames money marvel zombies )
- A lovely story about insects and university outreach
- (tags:insects children university )
- Cost of living rises at fastest pace for 30 years
- (tags:inflation economy uk )
- High speed rail must go to Scotland to help reach net zero
- (tags:hs2 trains transport uk co2 globalwarming )
- NASA: Tonga blast was 10 megatons, more powerful than a nuclear bomb
- (tags:volcano pacific )
- Scaling Carbon Capture
- (tags:carbon co2 globalwarming electricity )
- Covid: Scotland Omicron restrictions to end on Monday
- (tags:pandemic scotland )
- Can memes help people cope with pandemic-induced anxiety?
- (tags:pandemic memetics anxiety psychology )
- On the "New Movement" in SF/F (and why there is much more diversity in Hugo awards)
- (tags:scifi diversity )
- Tory MP Christian Wakeford Defects To Labour
- (tags:Conservatives labour politics uk )
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Interesting Links for 29-01-2020
Jan. 29th, 2020 12:00 pm- FactChecking the coronavirus
- (tags:facts virus disease China )
- How microwaves and electricity are killing weeds
- (tags:farming microwave electricity )
- Woman With Coronavirus Symptoms Dodges Security to Eat in Michelin-Starred Restaurant
- (tags:disease food OhForFucksSake )
- It is important to talk about your salary
- (tags:salary transparency )
- The Fantastically Strange Origin of Most Coal on Earth
- (tags:prehistory carbon trees bacteria )
- Johnson won't say so, but the real decision about Huawei was made years ago
- (tags:China phones technology UK )
- The "where's my elephant?" theory of history
- (tags:UK Europe history society Doom )
- Genetically Engineered Self-Limiting Moth Is Released Into an Open Field | Technology Networks
- (tags:genetics insects )
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Interesting Links for 25-01-2020
Jan. 25th, 2020 12:00 pm- EU draws map for Boris Johnson of where customs checks he says don't exist will go
- (tags:UK Europe NorthernIreland trade doom )
- Astronauts bake space's first ever cookies - and are surprised by how long it takes
- (tags:cooking space food )
- Hydrogen injected into UK gas grid for first time in groundbreaking UK trial to reduce carbon
- (tags:hydrogen carbon heating uk )
- Tesco to stop sale of plastic-wrapped multipacks in stores - saving 350 tons per year
- (tags:plastic supermarkets environment )
- The best co-op games on PC
- (tags:games cooperation )
- Maternity ward dads: Kick them out or welcome them in?
- I was sent home at 10pm, when we'd both been up since 4am, and Jane was still recovering from the birth. I wish we'd had the option for me to stay and support her.
(tags:children childbirth scotland ) - Police begin operational use of Live Facial Recognition in London
- (tags:london faces Technology police )
- For Nancy Drew's 90th birthday they're killing the beloved girl detective so that her male counterparts, the Hardy Boys, can investigate her death.
- (tags:comics wtf gender )
- Man who called his shop "Singh'sbury" says 'it's just a coincidence'
- (tags:sainsbury's shopping intellectual_property UK )
- The romance writer who saved Jews from the Nazis
- (tags:viaDanielDWilliam Jews history romance writers Holocaust refugee )
- Someone forced a bot to read over 1,000 Garfield strips and then asked it to write an episode of its own. Here is what it looks like
- (tags:garfield AI video funny weird )
- Watch as 19th century time capsule discovered in Edinburgh Robert Burns statue is opened
- (tags:Edinburgh history trams )
- I would love to know the gender ratio of assholes
- (tags:relationships gender wtf )
- Boris Johnson warned chances of securing Japanese trade deal hangs on Brussels agreement
- (tags:trade UK Europe Japan )
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Interesting Links for 15-01-2020
Jan. 15th, 2020 12:00 pm- What it's like to freeze to death
- (tags:temperature weather death cold viaElfy )
- Who wants to know the rules to knife karaoke?
- (tags:rules music fighting )
- Star Wars 9's Original Story From Colin Trevorrow Reportedly Revealed
- (tags:StarWars )
- A Massive Global Reforestation Project Is How We Fix Climate Change
- (tags:climate geoengineering forests viaCipherGoth )
- Cumbria's Eden Valley to see reintroduction of beavers
- (tags:wildlife uk )
- A new approach to making airplane parts, minus the massive infrastructure
- (tags:airplanes design manufacturing nanotech carbon )
- Cryptominers are now hiding their code in WAV files
- (tags:cryptography virus malware )
Interesting Links for 22-11-2019
Nov. 22nd, 2019 01:49 pm- Trans Rights in the 2019 Election Manifestos
- (tags:LGBT transgender politics UK )
- Labour manifesto promises to extend HS2 rail line to Scotland
- (tags:trains transport Scotland Labour )
- Labour manifesto: Corbyn vows to rip up Victorian-era abortion laws
- (tags:Labour abortion )
- EU 'open to' Corbyn's Brexit policy, says Ireland's Leo Varadkar
- (tags:Ireland UK trade europe )
- FactCheck: Lib Dem manifesto and the 'Remain Bonus'
- (tags:politics economics UK Europe libdem )
- Amanda Palmer seems to be harassing the Guardian's deputy music editor
- (tags:AmandaPalmer music guardian wtf )
- People Go Wild After Someone Asks Them To "Draw A Duck" Based On This Simple Template
- (tags:ducks art funny )
- What If 80s Cartoons Were Scottish?
- (tags:cartoon Scotland funny video bbc viaSwampers )
- Projecting materials on to moving surfaces in realtime. (Very impressive technology, looks very cool)
- (tags:light Technology )
- Semimetallic, reflective form of carbon discovered
- (tags:carbon materials )
- The Tesla Cybertruck is a _fascinating_ piece of retro design
- (tags:design cars Tesla )
- Topology-disturbing objects: a new class of 3D optical illusion
- (tags:mathematics topology illusion )
- Hacker Laws: Laws, Theories, Principles and Patterns that developers will find useful
- (tags:development software advice )
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Interesting Links for 03-10-2019
Oct. 3rd, 2019 04:06 pm- Johnson's Brexit plan: No viability, no decency, no hope
- (tags:UK Europe NorthernIreland borders Doom )
- What Really Happens After the Apocalypse | Tor.com
- (tags:apocalypse behaviour society scifi )
- Basic income is paving a path to freedom in Kenya
- (tags:kenya GuaranteedIncome )
- GOP Racial Gerrymandering. This should be a much bigger scandal
- (tags:racism voting corruption USA republicans )
- Labour MP faces reselection battle amid backlash over stance on LGBT+ education
- (tags:LGBT homophobia labour )
- Why many "leavers" are against a confirmation referendum
- (tags:UK Europe referendum )
- Animal slaughter ruling in Belgium stirs religious freedom debate
- (tags:animals food religion Europe Belgium )
- On blackface, racism, society, and swimming in a sea of racism
- (tags:racism history )
- Doesn't look like we'll have many trade deals when we dump ourselves out of the EU
- (tags:trade Europe UK Doom )
- Carbon offsets are based on planting (or protecting) forests. Most of the time this doesn't happen
- (tags:fraud carbon forests )
- Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, shuts down internet
- (tags:Iraq vegetation censorship internet )
- Iraq anti-government protests lead to deadly clashes
- (tags:Iraq protests )
- Scotland gives children the same protection from assault as adults.
- (tags:assault children violence Scotland GoodNews )
- Cats show different attachment bonds to humans
- (tags:cats psychology )
- Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths: how subcultures die.
- The language is somewhat patronising, but the dynamics look right from my experience
(tags:culture organisation geek ) - The Myth of Commoditized Excellence - how ideas become movements, and then disillusionment sets in
- (tags:organisation ideas society )
- Why Girls' Superior Reading Skills May Be Lowering Their Future Salaries
- (tags:gender pay mathematics language )
- Why a split anti-Brexit vote may not be as good for the Conservatives as we assume.
- (tags:voting UK Europe )
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Interesting Links for 03-05-2019
May. 3rd, 2019 12:55 pm- Edinburgh University under fire over job which stops lecturers's pay over the summer
- (tags:Edinburgh academia OhForFucksSake )
- M&S made my sandwich gay.
- (tags:lgbt food uk viaSwampers )
- How has polling changed on Scottish independence since 2014?
- (tags:scotland independence polls viaDanielDWilliam )
- The Polish postman who was helped win World War 2
- (tags:wwii encryption history Poland )
- Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan and other right-wing personalities
- (tags:facebook )
- Little Known Types Of Eclipse
- (tags:eclipse funny physics )
- Ridiculously large swing from Labour to Lib Dems in Sunderland. Because the North of England isn't the mass of Brexit supporters Labour keep saying it is.
- (tags:politics uk europe labour libdem )
- Q&A about the plot of Avengers: Endgame
- (tags:viaSwampers marvel movies )
- Local election analysis: This all feels very unstable
- (tags:politics uk )
- Labour to Conservatives: 'We are trying to bail you guys out on Brexit'
- (tags:uk europe labour Conservatives OhForFucksSake )
- Are you prepared for Zombie Awareness Month?
- (tags:zombies )
- Why Autism Research Isn't For Autistic People
- (tags:autism research )
- Very slightly twisted graphene becomes a superconductor
- (tags:electricity graphene carbon )
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Interesting Links for 09-07-2017
Jul. 9th, 2017 12:00 pm- Why Do Babies in Medieval Paintings Have Adult Faces?
- (tags: art history babies )
- Texts From Superheroes, The Best of Spider-Man
- (tags: spiderman funny text )
- This Woman Did A Boudoir Shoot In A T. Rex Costume
- (tags: dinosaurs sexy photos )
- Brighton Mourns as City’s Last Gluten Tolerant Resident Dies aged 85
- (tags: gluten funny milk brighton )
- Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens Preps For Shooting
- (tags: tv neilgaiman terrypratchett viaSwampers )
- "Watch Your Mouth Around My Kid"
- (tags: children language society patriarchy )
- More progress on carbon nanotube processors: a 2.8GHz ring oscillator
- (tags: technology nanotech carbon processor computers )
- Gluten-free bread for Holy Communion is toast, says Vatican
- (tags: gluten religion catholicism )
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Interesting Links for 07-06-2017
Jun. 7th, 2017 12:00 pm- Amid coal plant closures, coal mines open (but not for electricity)
- (tags: coal materials )
- The difficult relationship between mathematicians and publicity
- (tags: mathematics )
- Kids who weather bitter divorce are 3 times more vulnerable to colds as adults
- (tags: disease relationships stress divorce immune_system )
- Bob Geldof voting Liberal Democrat for first time
- (tags: libdem europe politics uk )
- Is white or whole wheat bread 'healthier?' Depends on the person
- (tags: food )
- Waist-to-height ratio more accurate than BMI in identifying obesity, new study shows
- (tags: BMI obesity weight height )
- Dirt has a microbiome, and it may double as an antidepressant
- (tags: health mentalhealth nature microbiome )
- How "We Rate Dogs'" Matt Nelson Turned Joke Twitter Account Into Successful Business
- (tags: business dogs twitter )
- The key psychological differences between terrorists and controls
- (tags: psychology terrorism )
- The world's first commercial carbon-capture plant opens in Switzerland
- (tags: co2 carbon Switzerland globalwarming )
- UK police arrest man via automatic face-recognition tech
- (tags: police uk faces Technology )
- The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber
- (tags: brain fear mountains climbing )
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Interesting Links for 09-10-2016
Oct. 9th, 2016 12:00 pm- German Lawmakers Vote to Ban the Internal Combustion Engine (in cars, by 2030)
- (tags: cars carbon globalwarming germany )
- The Problem with Modern Romance Is Too Much Choice
- (tags: relationships romance )
- Pupils punished after not going to Mass and leaving school
- (tags: religion school scotland )
- Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive cloud services blocked in Turkey following leaks
- (tags: turkey censorship )
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Interesting Links for 22-10-2015
Oct. 22nd, 2015 12:00 pm- Plastic bag charge in Scotland sees usage cut by 80%
- Fascinating court case involve a deaf man with almost no language skills who had to give evidence
- Here's where the public are on Jeremy Corbyn's side - and where they aren't
- The TV industry wants you to go 4K, but the professionals won't be joining you
- Graph of Memory (and Storage) Prices Decreasing with Time
- Scotland is consulting on giving more powers to the Islands
- NASA Funds Electricity-Harvesting Robotic Space Eel With Explosive Jet Thrusters and Electroluminescent Skin
- (Mostly for the headline, which I got via Warren Ellis)
- "The future is coming" a fascinating talk by Warren Ellis
- Microsoft Leads Movement to Offset Emissions With Internal Carbon Tax
- A man, a motorcycle, a very angry squirrel, and an epic fight
- The Wikipedia Entry for Guam, Retold as a YA Novel
- How the world forgot the cure for Scurvy
- A one-year delay in the start of school dramatically reduces inattention/hyperactivity at age 7
- Is there a principled distinction between refusing to watch American Sniper and refusing to read Fun Home?
- Californians gain the right to die
- North African assimilation into France
- Preventing child sexual abuse
- Per pupil spending to fall by 8%
- Low carbon electricity now competitive, says government panel
- I had no idea that fruit sorting technology was so impressive
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Interesting Links for 24-08-2015
Aug. 24th, 2015 12:00 pm- Reminder: If you're working more than 40 hours per week then you're harming your health and getting less done.
- Finally, I have a list of reasons people hate me
- Martial art acrobatics. Really impressive, in a simple way.
- Hyperinflation is about to hit Venezuela
- The Russian Ghost Ship Drifting Through International Waters
- What's new in CPUs since the 80s and how does it affect programmers?
- Transgender sitcom Boy Meets Girl ushers in new era for TV
- Electrolytic Process Converts Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide into Valuable Carbon Nanofibers
- It's a long way from production, but interesting tech.
- Five Books By Female Authors
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Interesting Links for 31-07-2015
Jul. 31st, 2015 12:00 pm- Life as an autistic Wikipedian
- The Entire Country of Sri Lanka is About to Get Balloon-Based Internet, Thanks to Google
- I've been waiting for stratellites for years now. Glad they turn out to be feasible!
- It’s not about the LION, it’s about the PEOPLE
- iOS 9 brings adblockers – causing trouble for advertisers, publishers and Google
- I use Firefox on my Android phone, so I'm already enjoying an ad-free existence.
- 13 Graphs That Will Speak To You If You Suffer From Anxiety
- Stop Trying To Be Creative
- Is short-termism wrecking the economy?
- Millie Dresselhaus, the Queen of Carbon (and a trailblazing woman scientist I'd never heard of)
- The elements, illustrated as people. Cute _and_ informative
- This Is What Disney Princes Would Look Like In Real Life
- Samuel Delany on race, sex, Sad Puppies, and the future of science fiction
- #fieldworkfail is a hilarious look at science going wrong
- David Cameron is invoking a convention that does not exist in justifying his appointment of a tranche of new Lords
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Interesting Links for 29-07-2015
Jul. 29th, 2015 01:15 pm- The Struggle for the Soul of Ben & Jerry’s (Worth reading if you have any interest in running a company ethically)
- Which oils are best to cook with? (I'll be sticking to Lard)
- Paolozzi underground mosaics on move to Edinburgh
- The US Navy is planning underwater refueling depots for robot submarines!
- Scientists have synthesized a new compound that mimics exercise (in mice). Could a workout pill be far behind?
- Captchas made from Heavy Metal band logos.
- Why do vegan burgers cost as much as meat ones, when the ingredients tend to be cheaper?
- How cortisol and testosterone influence unethical behavior
- Origins of life: New model may explain emergence of self-replication on early Earth
- 3D Xpoint memory: Faster-than-flash storage unveiled
- Looks like it fits in-between RAM and SSDs. Yay for a third kind of storage!
- 'Carbon sink' detected underneath world's deserts
- When it comes to musical talent we can now tell apart the bits of the brain for "nature" and "nurture".
- Bi-directional link between intestinal bacteria, depression found (in mice)
- 2001 A Space Odyssey: Unwrapping the Slit Scan sequences
- Found Footage Horror Movies - what do they do right, and what do they do wrong?
- Video compilation of all changes made to the Star Wars movies
- Review: Windows 10 is the best version yet—once the bugs get fixed (I'd hold off a few weeks)
- Learning from Australia: Review and Scrutiny in an elected upper house
- Obese people and drug users who refuse treatment could have benefits cut
- Why is it so hard for women to have children and a career in politics?
- Many great classics would be rendered dull by no-fault divorce.
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Interesting Links for 12-06-2015
Jun. 12th, 2015 12:00 pm- What happens when you extrapolate art beyond the bounds of its canvas?
- There are two kinds of people. Which one are you?
- What’s the third most common element?
- Society's focus on virginity fucks women up
- FactCheck: will we make a profit from the bank bailouts?
- Using Carbon Nanotubes for Non-Volatile Memory with DRAM Performance & Unlimited Endurance
- Of course, we're regularly promised that this kind of thing is "a couple of years away", but they seem to actually be at the mass production stage now (if in small sizes).
- Why did the Universe start off with Hydrogen, Helium, and not much else?
- New drug triggers tissue regeneration (in mice)
- Fermented foods, probiotics, neuroticism, and social anxiety
- Apple and IPv6
- The Psychology of Mindfulness, Digested
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Interesting Links for 07-05-2015
May. 7th, 2015 12:00 pm- The War of the Worlds panic was a myth
- This UKIP person is very persuasive
- A Cancer Survivor Designs the Cards She Wishes She’d Received
- IBM's Watson supercomputer to speed up cancer care
- Chicago gave hundreds of high-risk kids a summer job. Violent crime arrests plummeted. (By 43%!)
- How to feel good about any possible election result
- Do you want to live in a world where nobody listens to disagreements?
- Facebook increases voter turnout
- Spiders Ingest Nanotubes, Then Weave Silk Reinforced with Carbon (no pictures of spiders, thankfully)
- Sturgeon: England has no need to fear my reign of fire and blood
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Interesting Links for 22-07-2014
Jul. 22nd, 2014 12:00 pm- "I bought a woodland with 60 strangers" - sounds rather lovely.
- The Russian Public Has a Totally Different Understanding of What Happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- The Roles Nicolas Cage Turned Down
- Liberal Democrat amendment making revenge porn a crime to be debated today – watch Hannah’s story
- India's 'Plastic Man' Turns Litter Into Paved Roads - Businessweek
- New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam at 85% efficiency
- A welcome green victory for the Lib Dems
- A candid review with Ken Clarke, for whom I have a fair amount of time
- Declassified footage shows 1st ever nuclear explosion ... in space!
- Chuck Palahniuk reconvenes his 'Fight Club'
- Neurofeedback improved novice sniper shooting by 100% (presumably applicable elsewhere too!)
- Children Exposed To Religion Have Difficulty Distinguishing Fact From Fiction
- Half a cheer for depression's end
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Interesting Links for 08-07-2014
Jul. 8th, 2014 12:00 pm- New! Pink! Floyd! Album! (entitled The Endless River)
- Northern Irish police cancel rave with sarcastic response
- Now, why would Kit Harrington and Robert Downey Jr be wearing the same t-shirt?
- Scottish independence: Academic says EU entry 'would be smooth'
- Apple and Google move computing forward in identical-yet-incompatible ways
- Putting a price on carbon does not, actually, bring an economy to a screeching halt
- Former MI6 chief: Islamist terror threat to west blown out of proportion, Media doing more harm than good
