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The Lib Dem Leadership Race: An Update: (tags:libdem )
The European Banking Authority Leaves London: (tags:Banking Europe UK doom )
India heatwave temperatures pass 50 Celsius: (tags:temperature climatechange India heat )
Women in classical art having men explain things to them: (tags:art women conversation )
Jobs are no longer a route out of poverty in the UK: (tags:poverty work uk )
The things we do for love: (tags:ira Ireland love terrorism )
Both right and left should fear the justified rage of Remainers: (tags:UK Europe politics )
Scottish parliament votes in favour of smacking ban: (tags:violence children scotland )
Home Office sending modern slavery victims back to addresses where they were abused: (tags:UK abuse slavery immigration )
The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships, not physical spaces: (tags:Japan loneliness relationships society )
The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry: (tags:poetry UK history english )
Trump's UK trade deal: An abusive relationship with a now vulnerable country: (tags:uk usa trade doom )
US demands social media details from visa applicants: (tags:uk usa visa immigration socialnetworking surveillance )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3796019.html

Renewable energy sets new record for UK electricity generation (26% in first three months, low-carbon now at 46%): Also, that top photo is _really_ odd. Those wind turbines are at Braes of Doune, a good 10km North of Stirling. How on earth was that photo taken?
(tags: windpower renewables uk )
Designing Genderless Emoji? It Takes More Than Just Losing the Lipstick: (tags: gender emoji design )
Having more than one illustration per page results in poorer word learning among pre-schoolers: (tags: pictures language learning children )
A Brutal Intelligence: AI, Chess and the Human Mind: (tags: chess games brain Intelligence ai )
Neural networks + Kittens = !!!: (tags: AI cats names )
Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment: (tags: technology abuse harassment usa )
Summary of Solutions to Climate Change: (tags: climatechange Technology )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3593400.html

Police cuts mean forces can't handle terror threat without Army help, Police Federation says: (tags: uk police Conservatives )
An Epic Landslide in California, Before and After: (tags: california earth photo roads )
Star Wars: The glass-half-full gift of the only official unaltered original trilogy DVDs: (tags: StarWars )
Ancestry.com denies exploiting users' DNA (they can totally exploit mine if it helps cure anyone of anything): (tags: genetics data )
Mindfulness-focused childbirth education leads to less depression: (tags: mindfulness depression childbirth mother )
Netflix and Amazon streaming service rivals put BBC 'download and keep' service out of business: I have never "bought" a tv show on digital. Really can't imagine ever doing so. Happy to "rent", and subscribe for streaming though.
(tags: tv bbc vod streaming viaSwampers )
The Handmaid's Tale, Dystopia & Life Imitating Art: (tags: women scifi tv dystopia )
I was not aware quite how large crocodiles got: (tags: crocodile video )
Brain images reveal roots of kids' increasing cognitive control: (tags: psychology neuroscience children brain )
When Will Machines Exceed Human Performance? Survey of AI Researchers.: (tags: ai thefuture )
Fathers' brains respond differently to daughters than sons: (tags: parenting fatherhood psychology )
It Is Really Important to Humanize Evil: (tags: evil society psychology slavery humanity )
A collection of terrible terrible book jokes: (tags: books jokes funny )
Americans discover that you can put butter on bread _with other things_. Not satire. I think.: (tags: food usa wtf )
IFS criticises Labour and Tory plans - Neither major party is being "really honest" with voters: (tags: labour Conservatives economics tax welfare uk OhForFucksSake )
Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (an essay from 1922): (tags: advice business )
Whales are the largest animals on Earth. Now we know why they got so big: (tags: animals ocean prehistory evolution climatechange )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3581858.html

Watch How Terrifyingly Bad Car Safety Was Just 20 Years Ago: (tags: safety cars history )
BREXIT: Frictionless border with Ireland impossible: (tags: europe ireland uk )
Microsoft announces GVFS (Git Virtual File System): (tags: microsoft git )
So, how long until we're at war with Iran?: (tags: iran usa war OhForFucksSake )
House pulls back rule to keep guns from severely mentally ill: (tags: mentalhealth guns usa law republicans )
Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K people in a single year: So, how much cheaper will robots have to get to replace them?
(tags: amazon work )
Weak and Incompetent Leaders act like Strong Leaders: (tags: leadership politics usa )
How could we do it? How could we elect Dr Robotnik?: (tags: games politics comic )
This is me and Jane when it comes to horror. (I'm in yellow, she's in blue): (tags: horror games comic )
Canadian petition to revoke the designation of the USA as a Safe Third Country for refugees: (tags: petition canada usa refugee viaTheWeaselKing )
I've never seen a photo of the moon quite like this!: (tags: photo moon )
Vegetable shortage: How to cope as supermarkets ration lettuces: (tags: food climatechange uk vegetables salad )
UK rail companies to undergo most radical overhaul of train fares for more than 30 years.: (tags: trains transport uk viaFanf )
New Law Lets Arkansas Dads Veto Abortions: (tags: usa abortion OhForFucksSake )
The Multiverse Explained: (tags: physics quantum funny comic )
Trump Executive Order Generator: (tags: politics satire funny )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3549492.html

Humanists' legal challenge to school religious observance in Scotland: (tags: scotland religion school )
The 50-Year Mission reveals the egomania and idealism that built Star Trek: (tags: StarTrek history )
What is it like to understand advanced mathematics?: (tags: mathematics viaFanf )
How to make the single market more inclusive after Brexit: (tags: viaFanf welfare economics europe )
Inside The Violent, Geeky World Of Hardcore International Medieval Combat: (tags: fighting history swords )
Chemistry says Moon is proto-Earth’s mantle, relocated: (tags: moon prehistory space )
How The World’s Most Beautiful Typeface Was Nearly Lost Forever: (tags: font history )
How not to convert the measurements in your science-fiction novel: (tags: funny scifi writing )
A map of underground sex-slave bars in the U.S.: (tags: usa slavery rape map )
A timeline of Earth's average temperature since the last ice age: (tags: globalwarming climatechange prehistory history comic xkcd )
Sugar industry bought off scientists, skewed dietary guidelines for decades: (tags: sugar diet health fraud bribes usa )
All songbirds originated in Australia: (tags: australia birds music )
MPs call for medical cannabis to be made legal: (tags: marijuana law uk )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3503254.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3362390.html

The myth of Europe’s Little Ice Age
(tags: climatechange history climate )
Greece wants Germany to repay €279bn it was forced to loan the Nazi authorities during WWII
(tags: Greece nazis Germany wwii debt )
The traveller who fell down a volcano, missed his boat twice, and crossed a military zone to catch it again.
(tags: travel )
I approve of all of these Hugo thoughts. Particularly #5 and #13
(tags: hugo awards voting )
(tags: people nationality society )
(tags: Edinburgh architecture design )
British residents who do not pay tax on overseas earnings will be stripped of 'non-dom' status
(tags: Labour tax uk )
If you actually like cars, then here's a TV show you may like
(tags: cars tv )
What powers do Scottish people think Scotland should have?
(tags: Scotland devolution )
Mars has belts of glaciers consisting of frozen water
(tags: mars water )
The Hottest New Board Games (a spoof, and a funny one)
(tags: boardgames funny satire )
Watch Ed Balls explain why scrapping non-dom status would cost Britain money
(tags: uk tax Labour )
The email that could only travel 500 miles
(tags: history email technology light )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3264052.html

Indian bride dumps groom over lack of maths ability
(tags: maths India marriage )
What a masculinity conference taught me about the state of men
(tags: men society patriarchy )
Hidden meaning and 'speed limits' found within genetic code
(tags: speed genetics )
The fountains in King’s Cross’s Granary Square are a giant playable version of Snake!
(tags: games London water architecture )
Diversity in Magic: the Gathering
(tags: magic games race gender LGBT disabilities )
The anthropocene era of man's dominance began in 1610
(tags: humans climatechange history )
How Magic: The Gathering Escaped The Curse Of The Black Lotus
(tags: business cards magic games )
Disney announces Frozen sequel
(tags: Disney movies )
First Star Wars spin-off movie gets name and a date: Rogue One, next December
(tags: starwars movies )
Sir Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, a Reminiscence by Jo Walton
(tags: terrypratchett scifi )
Terry Pratchett posts poignant final 'conversation with Death' on Twitter
(tags: terrypratchett death Twitter )
Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66
(tags: terrypratchett )
New ScotRail train designs unveiled
(tags: railways Scotland trains )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3250534.html

Woman meets forest spirit.
(tags: art nature )
Does your brand of feminism remove barriers for women, or simply move them around?
(tags: feminism )
1200 square meter solar sail preparing January 2015 launch
(tags: solar space )
The Onion: 10 Giant Cocks (totally NSFW)
(tags: penis funny )
The perovskite lightbulb moment for solar power
(tags: solarpower technology science )
LARP Trek (Wherein the crew of TNG LARP DS9. No, really.)
(tags: trek funny larp )
The Only Good Reason to Summon Cthulhu
(tags: cthulhu )
Letter from a Ukranian
(tags: Ukraine Russia )
The Minecraft gamer making money from YouTube
(tags: minecraft youtube business )
How climate change ended world’s first great civilisations
(tags: archaeology climatechange civilisation )
NATO and Russia promised the Ukraine security if they gave up nukes...
(tags: ukraine russia NATO )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3055979.html

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Divekick, the Ridiculous Joke That Became a Revolutionary Fighting Game
(tags: games )
A blood test for suicide? US study raises controversial prospect to identify people at risk
(tags: suicide )
Should we judge people of past eras for moral failings?
Interesting article, although it fails to note that the same applies to people in different places now.
(tags: morality )
A very different viewpoint on the Greenwald/Miranda/Guardian story
(tags: law uk terrorism viafanf )
The truth about grammar
(tags: funny grammar )
How To Acquire Wisdom
(tags: life comic wisdom advice )
How and why to use "whom" in a sentence
(tags: grammar )
What if Pacific Rim was set in the UK?
(tags: uk mecha funny )
How to safely combine dogs and children
(tags: dogs children )
5 Terrifying Statements in the Leaked Climate Report
(tags: globalwarming climatechange )
35 Music Experiences You'll Never Have Again
(tags: music )
Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”: 9th Symphony played on theremins (inside Russian dolls. Because.)
(tags: music epicwtf video )
The BBC has a go at predicting the city of 2050. What have they missed?
(tags: thefuture cities )
£150m boost to transform Edinburgh Airport
(tags: scotland airport edinburgh )
UK woman held in squalid cell for more than five years
(tags: uk prison )
Scotland: FULL OF SOCIALISTS
(tags: scotland socialism )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2961059.html

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