Interesting Links for 27-11-2023

Nov. 27th, 2023 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 19-04-2023

Apr. 19th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Kitkat ads made using AI satirise making things with AI
(tags:ai advertising food chocolate )
2. Iowa passes a law allowing child labour
(tags:USA children work OhForFucksSake )
3. Two-for-One: Chickenpox Vaccine Lowers Shingles Risk in Children
(tags:chicken virus vaccination )
4. Manager at radical French publisher arrested on terror charges en route to London Book Fair (for taking part in protests against French pension changes)
(tags:France UK publishing wtf protests )
5. Former Wagner fighters claim they were ordered to kill children and civilians in Ukraine
(tags:murder WarCrimes Russia Ukraine children )
6. Brecon Beacons name change explained: How to pronounce the National Park's new Welsh name Bannau Brycheiniog
(tags:names wales nature mountains )
7. Prepayment meter ban could see energy firms go after struggling customers' cars and TVs
(tags:energy money business debt poverty )
8. Hundreds of years after the first try, we can finally read a Ptolemy text
(tags:history mathematics writing )
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Interesting Links for 25-09-2022

Sep. 25th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 04-08-2022

Aug. 4th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Millennial Dads Spend Massively More Time With Their Kids
(tags:fatherhood parenting men viaSwampers )
2. Girls as young as nine sent £300 bill to play for Leicester City Footbal Academy - where boys train for free
(tags:football patriarchy uk )
3. Wikipedia Articles Sway Some Legal Judgments
(tags:wikipedia law )
4. Major chemical database investigates hundreds of suspicious crystal structures for academic fraud
(tags:fraud chemistry viaPatrickHadfield )
5. The language of law is inadequate to address emotive speech.
(tags:law language emotion lies politics )
6. I definitely need a chocolate safe to keep my millionaire's shortbread in!
(tags:chocolate cake video impressive )
7. Less than half of adults can correctly label the vagina - how about you?
(tags:genitals vagina Education women )
8. Why Batgirl was cancelled (tax avoidance!)
(tags:comics tax movies OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 20-02-2022

Feb. 20th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 21-10-2020

Oct. 21st, 2020 12:00 pm
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Bletchley Park's contribution to WW2 'over-rated'. (but apparently it was key to the Falkland's War)
(tags:history cryptography wwii falklands )
"I walked the perimeter of Britain" - in pictures
(tags:UK photos )
Covid: Are hospitals in Scotland close to capacity?
(tags:Scotland healthcare pandemic NHS )
Vietnam has only had 35 deaths from Covid. Here's how they did that
(tags:pandemic Vietnam epicwin )
A circuit-break will save thousands of lives
(tags:pandemic UK )
After Cheating On A Test, People Claim To Have Known The Answers Anyway
(tags:cheating psychology )
1.5 million children work in the chocolate industry, despite its claims to be against child labour
(tags:chocolate work children OhForFucksSake )
I wouldn't buy any hardware from Google that isn't a phone.
(tags:Google hardware support Doom )
Coronavirus: WHO urges UK to move to local contact tracing system
(tags:Pandemic testing UK )
New organ in throat accidentally discovered by scientists researching prostate cancer
(tags:Cancer organs viaPatrickHadfield )
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Interesting Links for 19-08-2020

Aug. 19th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Would you like to listen to some butt music from hell? (As painted by Hieronymus Bosch)
(tags:music hell painting ViaDrCross )
Small Pleasures Are Just As Important For Our Wellbeing As Long-Term Goals
(tags:happiness psychology pleasure )
The Greek government is taking refugees out to sea and then leaving them there
(tags:murder refugee OhForFucksSake greece )
Want to keep predators away from your cattle? Paint eyes on their butts
(tags:predator cows eyes )
40 Wholesome Middle-Age Success Stories
(tags:MiddleAge success life )
Belarus president: "Until you kill me, there will be no new elections"
(tags:politics belarus dictators )
Scientists calculate that the top 200 meters of ocean alone contains up to 21 million metric tons of plastic. And that wasn't even counting microfibers.
(tags:plastic Ocean Doom )
Coronavirus: UK to ramp up household testing
(tags:Pandemic testing UK )
This is what coronavirus could do to our offices and homes
(tags:disease work organisation architecture design )
Looks like I fit male and female stereotypes almost entirely equally
(tags:stereotypes quiz psychology )
Highland polar bear Hamish to leave Scotland
(tags:bears scotland )
Julian Assange: condemned by his own actions
(tags:JulianAssange )
How many pieces can a puzzle have?
Of course you also get weird-shaped puzzles. I had great fun with one last time I visited my parents that had puzzle pieces carved into the shape of skulls, gargoyles, etc.
(tags:puzzles design mathematics )
The town where it snowed chocolate
(tags:chocolate Switzerland )
Why a Baker's Dozen is 13 Instead of 12
(tags:history cooking bread numbers )
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Interesting Links for 10-05-2020

May. 10th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 12-12-2018

Dec. 12th, 2018 11:00 am
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Patricio Manuel: First transgender pro boxer in US wins on debut
(tags: sports lgbt transgender usa )
Beijing is trying to rid city of Chinglish before 2022 Winter Olympics
(tags: China language translation funny fail )
Nicola Sturgeon’s clarity on Brexit reminds us what a leader looks like
(tags: UK europe snp )
Time magazine's person of the year is journalists who were murdered imprisoned, and harassed for doing their job.
(tags: journalism )
How “Assuming Good Intent” Undermines Diversity and Inclusion
(tags: intentions diversity society community )
Massive ‘deep life’ study reveals billions of tonnes of microbes living far beneath Earth’s surface
(tags: life )
The brains of meditators are less affected by negative feedback
(tags: brain psychology meditation )
The Sun in its rearview mirror, Voyager 2 is in interstellar space
(tags: space )
How people would feel if the government cancelled Brexit & Britain stayed in the EU?
43% happy, 38% unhappy, 19% don't care/don't know/other.
(tags: polls uk europe viaDanielDWilliam )
Scotland’s biggest chippy opens in heart of Edinburgh
(tags: food Scotland edinburgh )
Dear tech companies, fix your algorithms and stop causing people massive heartache
(tags: death advertising Facebook twitter OhForFucksSake )
Why there should not be a General Election ‘about the EU’ – and why the UK isn’t a democracy
(tags: europe uk democracy voting )
Impeccable timing there by the Conservatives in triggering a leadership election
(tags: conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Finally, a definitive ruling on whether a pop tart is a sandwich
(tags: food ontology funny )
How a Conservative Leadership Challenge works
(tags: Conservatives )
Street paved with chocolate in Germany after colossal spill at sweets factory
It's Christmas come early!
(tags: chocolate accident )
Tory Brexiters demand new leadership vote insisting ‘the will of the MPs’ has changed since 2016
(tags: politics satire true Conservatives )
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Interesting Links for 06-09-2018

Sep. 6th, 2018 12:00 pm
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Scotland to pay immigration status fees for resident EU citizens
(tags: Europe Scotland uk GoodNews )
The claim that almond milk is some sort of new invention that is tricking the unsuspecting public is just wrong.
(tags: milk history food )
A live feed of Jane and Sophia
(tags: kittens cats babies video cute )
Women talk about men taking up space pregnant women would like to sit in
(tags: pregnancy women society transport )
Jennifer Lawrence Nude Photos Hacker Sentenced to Prison
(tags: nudity theft crime prison hacking )
Entire British cities left without police stations as hundreds close following funding cuts
(tags: police austerity uk )
Brexit polls, an update
(tags: uk Europe polls )
Nestle offers you cheap chocolate. So long as you don't mind a little slavery
(tags: slavery chocolate nestle )
Life is like the worst maintained software project ever
(tags: software design evolution )
Christmas zombie musical "Anna and the Apocalypse" looks very entertaining
(tags: zombies musicals movies trailer )
Japan acknowledges first radiation-linked death out of Fukushima
(tags: death nuclearpower japan )
Indian supreme court decriminalises homosexuality
(tags: lgbt homosexuality India law GoodNews )
People have complex relationships with their hallucinations
(tags: mentalhealth hallucinations psychology )
The United States is suffering a constitutional crisis
The president's staff have basically enacted a soft coup. This is not ok.
(tags: usa OhForFucksSake doom politics )
Aussie ISP gets eye-watering IPv4 bill, shifts to IPv6 addresses
(tags: ipv6 ipv4 isp internet )
World's largest windfarm opens off Cumbria coast
(tags: uk windpower )
Putting workers on the board is a bitter but necessary pill
(tags: business representation work uk )
Borders Railway journeys pass four million mark
(tags: trains scotland transport )
Drone footage shows world's largest offshore windfarm
(tags: drone windpower uk )
Life After Death on Wikipedia (very cool visualisation)
(tags: death wikipedia visualisation viaSwampers )
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Interesting Links for 30-10-2017

Oct. 30th, 2017 11:00 am
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No-deal Brexit: Tory donors warn Theresa May she must be prepared to walk away
(tags: UK Europe Conservatives )
Universal credit penalises the self-employed
(tags: welfare UK employment )
UK pensions among the worst in the developed world
(tags: pension uk OhForFucksSake )
Nestlé, Hershey and Mars are breaking promises over palm oil use
Forests being illegally destroyed for your chocolate bars
(tags: chocolate forests OhForFucksSake )
A lot of the alt-right movement is built on really messed up attitudes to women
(tags: Nazis patriarchy men OhForFucksSake )
Actor Anthony Rapp: Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14
(tags: abuse hollywood children )
Hollywood’s Other ‘Open Secret’ : Preying on Young Boys
(tags: abuse children hollywood )
Rail Energy Storage Harnesses the Power of Gravity (80% efficiency!)
(tags: power trains storage )
Record surge in atmospheric CO2 seen in 2016
(tags: co2 globalwarming OhForFucksSake )
The UK doesn't tax foreign corporations on UK property sales, costing us £8 Billion every year
(tags: tax uk property )
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Interesting Links for 16-12-2016

Dec. 16th, 2016 12:00 pm
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Galileo, Europe's own satnav, to go online
(tags: GPS space europe )
Orgasms used as sexual currency
(tags: orgasm sex )
Kiosks, cars, ATMs—if it has a screen, it will probably soon run Android.
(tags: android opensource Technology )
Just Eat online takeaway service pays £200m for UK rival Hungry House
(tags: food delivery uk )
Vanadium-Flow Batteries: The Energy Storage Breakthrough We've Needed
(tags: batteries electricity )
Sorry for the Inconvenience - tracking how often uk transport companies apologie
(tags: twitter transport trains uk viaSwampers )
Nestle is being sued for allegedly using child slaves on cocoa farms
(tags: nestle slavery children chocolate )
Disney tore down the Extended Star Wars Universe to give themselves room to create a new one
(tags: Disney fiction canon StarWars )
2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
(tags: photos nature beautiful )
Have more famous people died in 2016?
(tags: celebrity death )
Self-service hits pubs, as a London bar installs the world's first tap-and-pay beer pump
(tags: payment uk alcohol )
Leonardo Da Vinci's To Do List (Circa 1490) Is Much Cooler Than Yours
(tags: history lists )
Report into using silent fireworks in Edinburgh to go ahead
(tags: viaPatrickHadfield fireworks edinburgh )
Bad people are disgusting, bad actions are angering
(tags: psychology emotion anger )
World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind
(tags: solarpower windpower )
Brexit: Lloyd’s insurance market to establish EU base in 2017, after 328 years in London
(tags: uk europe )
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Interesting Links for 04-12-2016

Dec. 4th, 2016 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 02-12-2016

Dec. 2nd, 2016 12:00 pm
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Nestle says will cut sugar in chocolate by 40%
(tags: chocolate sugar )
What Gamergate should have taught us about the 'alt-right'
(tags: politics society games gaming viaSwampers )
Builders are selling houses with ever-escalating lease charges on them.
(tags: OhForFucksSake housing )
How companies change when they hit 150 people
(tags: growth organisation )
RBS-owned Coutts managed tax havens for high-risk clients
(tags: rbs tax fraud )
Scottish polymer bank notes are also made of meat
(tags: scotland money meat cows )
Lab-Grown Diamonds Sparkle Every Bit As Bright
(tags: diamonds )
Diabetes advance: Cells produce insulin upon artemisinin treatment
(tags: insulin diabetes )
Restaurants not good at explaining risks of undercooked meat to customers
(tags: food cooking safety )
This Company Will Swirl You Into Glass Sculptures When You Die
(tags: death art )
Northern grandmother gets sprouts on
(tags: christmas food uk )
The sex acts being officially banned from UK porn
(tags: porn censorship )
Parkinson's disease may start in the gut
(tags: disease microbiome )
The Pleasures of Incomprehensibility
(tags: history language )
Richmond Park is an important milestone – but it’s only the start
(tags: politics europe uk )
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Interesting Links for 27-03-2016

Mar. 27th, 2016 01:00 pm
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Great Moments in Peaceful Protest History
(tags: society history comic satire )
A Crash Course in Brazil's Corruption Crisis
(tags: corruption brazil video )
This nicely illustrates why I'm uncomfortable about the "sealioning" meme
(tags: conversation discussion comic )
Regions that expelled the Jews have lower GDP than those that didn't (Daily Mail)
(tags: Jews history economics )
Bosses admit they would discriminate against women not wearing makeup
(tags: women makeup OhForFucksSake )
Good advice for next time you don't feel effective.
(tags: advice )
With No Inkling of the Contents: Viewing Narnia Through a Hindu Lens
(tags: CSLewis writing india religion narnia )
When Did Porn Become Sex Ed?
(tags: sex Education porn )
Easter Goodies vs. Hydraulic Press
I think it's the laugh that makes this for me. That and the squishination, of course.
(tags: video fun chocolate )
Apparently Edinburgh is having a surge of burglaries at the moment
(tags: crime police edinburgh )
On Gender - and not caring about things that mean a lot to other people
(tags: gender society video )
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May. 28th, 2015 12:00 pm
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Feb. 11th, 2015 11:00 am
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