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Interesting Links for 06-08-2024

1. How war between Russia and the Olympics is fuelling boxing's gender row: (tags:gender sports olympics russia )
2. Watch Carbon Dioxide Move Through Earth's Atmosphere: (tags:co2 visualisation video )
3. BBC removing Huw Edwards from family and entertainment content (The Dr Who episode his voice was in will be redubbed): (tags:bbc pedophilia drwho )
4. What Happens in a Mind That Can't 'See' Mental Images (a brief history of aphantasia): (tags:psychology vision imagination )
5. The nature of consciousness, and how to enjoy it while you can: (tags:consciousness )
6. A brief explanation of why the Japanese currency markets are causing issues right now: (tags:economics investing Doom video )
7. Dinosaurs Did Not Trudge Through Thick Rainforests: (tags:trees dinosaurs )
8. OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won't release it: (tags:ai )
9. The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media: (tags:socialmedia decentralisation )
10. Chrome is about to make it harder to block ads. I recommend switching to Firefox.: (tags:advertising chrome web OhForFucksSake )
11. Three different approaches to the problem of disposable plastic: (tags:plastic environment waste )

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Missing Links (misc)

Buncha links went missing. I think this covers everything!

1. How are the British like the Japanese?: (tags:UK Japan society )
2. Edinburgh council rules out pneumatic underground bins: (tags:Edinburgh waste technology )
3. 'All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order': The riddle of the 'Pulborough Area' torc from Sussex. (And how much effort it takes to find a fraud): (tags:history archeology fraud )
4. Meta is now allowing lies about the 2020 election in political ads: (tags:facebook advertising fraud politics usa OhForFucksSake )
5. Transforming the future of music creation with AI: (tags:music ai )
6. Elephants might give each other names: (tags:elephants names )
7. for babies born before 34 weeks, delaying the clamping of the cord for a minimum of 60 seconds after birth reduces death by nearly a third: (tags:babies death )
8. Young Animator of the Year UK - an impressive piece for anyone, but for a 16 year old...: (tags:animation children impressive video )
9. Are you a victim of Executive Function Theft: (tags:behaviour work )
10. 'Nimona' breaks LGBT barriers and survives to tell the tale: (tags:LGBT movies animation Disney )
11. Apple announces RCS support for iMessage: (tags:Apple sms communication )
12. Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024: (tags:adblock Google Chrome web OhForFucksSake )
13. IBM suspends ads on X after they appeared next to Nazi posts: (tags:Twitter Nazis ibm advertising )
14. Nihilist Penguin (Werner Herzog): (tags:penguin video )
15. Incredible video of Starling murmuration: (tags:video birds )
16. World-first gene therapy that aims to cure sickle-cell disease: (tags:genetics disease GoodNews )
17. Royal Mail owner says 'reform is urgent' after group slumps to a £319m loss: (tags:royalmail uk )
18. People living in Europe are about to get a much better Windows 11: (tags:europe windows regulation )
19. Archaeologists discover previously unknown ancient language (3,000 years old, transliterated into Hittite): (tags:language archeology )
20. From toy to tool: DALL-E 3 is a wake-up call for visual artists—and the rest of us: (tags:Technology ai art )
21. 'I was deported for wearing tinted moisturiser': Qatar's new LGBT crackdown: (tags:qatar lgbt OhForFucksSake )
22. Why are some jobs so "greedy"?: (tags:jobs )
23. South Korea announces plans to ban consumption of dog meat: (tags:dogs korea food )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4002244.html

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Interesting Links for 18-02-2021

Edinburgh tram extension: First tram tracks laid in Leith Walk: (tags:Edinburgh trams )
Half of men have had unwanted sexual experiences, UK study finds: (tags:abuse boys men children rape UK OhForFucksSake )
Critical Thinking Isn't Just a Process: (tags:thinking advice )
How To Fight A Baby: (tags:video babies funny viaMyBrotherHugh )
Facebook says it will stop people viewing or sharing news in Australia: (tags:Facebook news Australia )
Citibank just got a $500 million lesson in the importance of UI design: (tags:ui epicfail finance )
Large majority of Britons dissatisfied with Boris Johnson's Brexit deal (49% want to be closer, 24% happy, 12% move further away. 15% don't know): (tags:polls UK Europe )
What Makes For A "Meaningful" Death In Fiction?: (tags:meaning fiction death psychology )
The world's second-most popular desktop operating system isn't macOS anymore: (tags:operatingsystems osx chrome )
Why there is no 'one-size-fits-all' treatment for asthma: (tags:asthma )
What do we know about the safety of reopening schools?: (tags:pandemic schools )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3830793.html

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Interesting Links for 13-10-2019

Eliud Kipchoge is the first human to run a marathon in less than two hours!: (tags:running )
How to Love Your Introvert: (tags:introversion love poetry video )
The end of uBlock Origin for Google Chrome?: (tags:adblock Google Chrome web )
Meet the Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement: (tags:money globalwarming fraud OhForFucksSake )
Old Man Yells At Cloud (Marvel edition): (tags:MartinScorsese movies art marvel )
Is crude oil is a genuine eldritch horror?: (tags:oil evil satire )
DUP's Nigel Dodds rejects double customs Brexit solution: "It cannot work": I'm not sure why the EU is even trying to negotiate something that the ERG and DUP will vote against...
(tags:europe uk NorthernIreland )
Some downsides to being in the EEA rather than the EU: (tags:europe Norway trade )
New, smaller, banks are all losing money: (tags:Banking fail )
How Italians Became 'White': (tags:racism USA history )
Some details on the Brexit withdrawal deal being put together. Can't see it getting past parliament, but we'll see!: (tags:UK Europe )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3794747.html

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Interesting Links for 30-05-2019

Retirement should be a right. But it's in danger of becoming a privilege for the rich: (tags:inequality UK )
Advertising as a major source of human dissatisfaction: (tags:advertising happiness )
What incels really are: (tags:relationships OhForFucksSake patriarchy )
In 1996 Terry Pratchett interviewed Bill Gates and accurately predicted how the internet would propagate and legitimise fake news. Gates didn't believe him.â€¦: (tags:terrypratchett billgates news fraud predictions )
Chrome is about to lose a bunch of its ad blocking capability: (tags:advertising web Chrome Google OhForFucksSake )
Twitter Has Started Researching Whether White Supremacists Belong on Twitter: (tags:Twitter nazis )
Why Britain should be building more nuclear plants: (tags:nuclearpower globalwarming )
You should pretend to be a whale. It's good for your brain.: (tags:whales oxygen brain weird )
People Who Self-Harm May Be Compensating For Their Difficulty Interpreting Bodily Signals of Emotion: (tags:self-harm bodies emotion psychology )
The USA is apparently now beyond satire: (tags:USA wtf energy )
FactCheck: Labour rulebook doesn't mention IHRA antisemitism definition or examples: (tags:Labour Jews )
Further extensions to Rock Paper Scissors: (tags:games )
Post Mortem: What the European elections tell us about a second referendum: (tags:uk europe )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3726880.html

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Interesting Links for 25-09-2018

A Self Solving Rubik's Cube.(Is there anything humanity is necessary for now? Surely that was the last thing?): (tags: puzzle video viaSwampers )
Overweight pregnant women can safely cut calories, restrict weight gain: (tags: weight pregnancy health )
UK-EU flights could cease in event of no-deal Brexit, says government: (tags: uk europe airplanes doom )
Man paralysed from waist down makes history by walking again using mind-controlled implant to power his legs: (tags: cyborg )
What does Scotland think about gender recognition?: (tags: gender transgender lgbt scotland )
Labour Trade Secretary has described his own party's Brexit policy as 'Looney Tunes territory': (tags: Labour UK europe )
The angry union boss, the archaic rules, the coffee breath: The inside story of the meeting that decided Labour's Brexit policy: (tags: Labour UK europe )
Bodyguard most watched BBC drama since 2008: (tags: tv uk bbc )
What does the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU or ECJ) do?: (tags: law europe )
Chrome's "Clear all Cookies" doesn't clear Google cookies. (Yet another reason to use Firefox): (tags: chrome google surveillance )
The ‘Exit from Brexit’ illusion: why the Liberal Democrats cannot capture the 48%: (tags: libdem politics uk europe )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3645183.html

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Interesting Links for 21-12-2017

Islamic instant divorce not legal under EU law: (tags: law Europe divorce islam )
BBC to air more religious programming: (tags: bbc religion )
Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15: (tags: google chrome adblock advertising )
Who's work is entering the public domain in 2018?: (tags: copyright )
EU takes first step towards sanctions against Poland to stop drift towards authoritarianism: (tags: poland europe )
Lightwear: Introducing Magic Leap's Mixed Reality Goggles: (tags: augmentedreality Technology thefuture )
The Russian Embassy asked Channel 4 to FactCheck William Hague. Here’s what we found: (tags: russia facts )
Game of Thrones: Scientists use model to explain Westeros’s strange climate and extended seasons: (tags: gameofthrones climate simulation )
Britain is, and was, deluded about its negotiating power with the EU: (tags: UK europe )
BBC criticised for labelling England games as ‘Scottish productions’: (tags: Scotland BBC OhForFucksSake )
Scientists finally establish why there is no life on Mars: (tags: mars space )
Higher class is directly associated with a lower propensity to reason wisely in interpersonal situations.: (tags: class conflict society )
Struggling to get your kids to eat healthy? 'Don't give up!' researchers say: (tags: children food )
Scotland investigates how to modernise elections (online voting is still a terrible idea): (tags: voting Scotland )
Donald Trump threatens to cut aid to countries over UN Jerusalem vote: (tags: usa aid Israel OhForFucksSake )
Berlin's Plan to Become a City for Cyclists: (tags: germany cities cycling )
Guy Gavriel Kay’s The Fionavar Tapestry Set for TV Treatment: (tags: tv books fantasy )
Police made appalling errors in using internet data to target suspects: (tags: police uk OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3552743.html

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Interesting Links for 16-02-2017

Google’s not-so-secret new OS: (tags: google operatingsystems android chrome computers )
The 26-year Valentine Burger tradition: (tags: valentines_day food usa )
Scientists might be allowed to make genetically modify humans, changing DNA to avoid diseases: (tags: genetics health )
Harrods to Launch Luxury Water Made From Icebergs: (tags: water arctic )
The movie that brought together James Cameron, James Horner, John Sayles, and the director of The Snowman: Plus George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, Samme Jaffe, and Richard Thomas
(tags: movies jamescameron )
How do you get a robot hive-mind to talk to itself?: (tags: robots communication )
Contracts signed to build the first electricity link between UK and Norway: (tags: uk norway power viaDanielDWilliam )
Five Things Polls Can Tell Us About How Scotland Feels About Independence After The Brexit Vote: (tags: independence scotland uk europe polls )
"I found out this year that I actually know someone who is basically a neo-Nazi. This is someone I used to work for, whose kids I adore.": (tags: nazis usa )
Planet Launches Satellite Constellation to Image the Whole Planet Daily: (tags: space photography earth Technology )
UK tabloid reports of sexual assault by refugees in Frankfurt were completely made up: (tags: germany uk media immigration lies )
Hundreds of companies failing to pay minimum wage: (tags: minimumwage uk law crime )
I had no idea Winston Churchill wrote about popular science: (tags: science history )
Autism detectable in brain long before symptoms appear: (tags: autism neuroscience )
San Diego Police Targets African American Children for Unlawful DNA Collection: (tags: racism dna police usa )
Scientists take aim at obesity-linked protein: (tags: obesity protein )
People can suppress hay fever with three years of pollen pills or injections: (tags: allergies )
Ronald D. Moore's Philip K. Dick anthology series picked up at Amazon: (tags: scifi philipkdick )
Depression symptoms among men when their partners are pregnant: (tags: depression men children )
Announcing: Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000AD Roleplaying Game: (tags: 2000AD roleplaying )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2876366.html

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Interesting Links for 26-02-2013

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2659062.html

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