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Interesting Links for 17-01-2023
Jan. 17th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Dot Dot Dot - the finest review in the history of reviews (and a throwback to an earlier age of the internet)
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- 2. The art school reject who became one of the world's top glass artists
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- 3. The Bitter Lesson for AI - it's better to design general learning systems and wait for processing power to catch up than to try and simulate human approaches
- (tags:ai history computers )
- 4. The sound of the dialup, pictured (For very old people, who remember when the internet had a sound)
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- 5. Why health-care services are in chaos everywhere
- (tags:healthcare doom pandemic )
- 6. UK government blocks Scotland's gender reform bill in constitutional first
- (tags:UK bigotry LGBT transgender Scotland OhForFucksSake conservatives )
- 7. Lasers used to guide lightning strikes to a safe target
- (tags:lasers lightning technology cool )
- 8. Every so often I'm reminded that I'm really glad I don't have to date men
- (tags:dating men wtf viaSwampers )
- 9. Toddlers inventing words is cute and funny
- (tags:funny children language viaClare )
- 10. I'm sure that Apple used to at least *pretend* to do user friendly design
- (tags:Apple ux epicfail OhForFucksSake )
- 11. What's the method that Westminster is using to block Scottish gender reform law?
- (tags:Scotland UK law viaDanielDWilliam )
- 12. Amazon! Cancels! Clarkson!
- (tags:TV Amazon )
- 13. Dreamwidth is updating its anti-spam approach - please ensure your email address is confirmed
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- 14. A raccoon tries to catch falling snow
- (tags:raccoon snow video cute )
- 15. NHS will be 'no better off' under Labour than the Tories, say GPs amid backlash over Keir Starmer comments
- (tags:nhs healthcare uk labour OhForFucksSake )
- 16. Lethal radiation from space played role in Earth's biggest mass extinction
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- 17. Netflix Has Created A Self-Fulfilling Cancelation Loop With Its New Shows
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Interesting Links for 01-08-2022
Aug. 1st, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. When will things get back to normal?
- (tags:society epigenetics )
- 2. British Museum executive calls for 'Parthenon partnership' over Elgin Marbles
- (tags:Greece archeology history theft UK )
- 3. I am going to be very disappointed if either of my children end up being Tory MPs
- (tags:children family politics conservatives )
- 4. What's the issue with Russian weaponry and how it's being used in Ukraine?
- (tags:Russia military Technology training Ukraine war )
- 5. My worst tech decision: A G Suite account for personal use. (Same here)
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- 6. Underwater nuclear explosion testing
- (tags:history nuclearweapons video viaPatrickHadfield )
- 7. How healing should work in Dungeons and Dragons
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- 8. What dying gramdmother doesn't want a 600lb penis on her tombstone?
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Interesting Links for 25-07-2021
Jul. 25th, 2021 12:00 pm- UK Government: Ministers can use personal email to avoid oversight
- (tags:email transparency corruption government uk )
- UK government orders councils to display EU flag as condition of receiving Covid high street cash
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- Consumption of >6 cups/day was associated with 53% higher odds of dementia compared to consumption of 1-2 cups/day
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- Why is Neil Gaiman working with Amazon?
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- Labour recruiting staff on insecure contracts while making mass redundancies
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Interesting Links for 10-06-2021
Jun. 10th, 2021 12:00 pm- Albania's first floating solar plant starts commercial operations
- (tags:solarpower water Europe viaDanielDWilliam )
- Which came first, bread or beer?
- (tags:bread beer alcohol prehistory )
- The UK is proud of its disregard for the rule of law
- (tags:trade law Europe uk Doom )
- Miraculous mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%
- (tags:disease mosquito GoodNews viaKirsty )
- Annular Solar Eclipse on 10 June 2021 - will it be visible for you, and if so when?
- (tags:eclipse )
- A mystery cube, a secret identity, and a puzzle solved after 15 years
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- US hits UK with formal diplomatic reprimand
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- No Worries if Not!
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- The Dead Sea is disappearing, leaving behind a landscape shattered by sinkholes
- (tags:Israel water Doom )
- The Sandman - Behind The Scenes Sneak Peek
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- DNA Jumps Between Animal Species. No One Knows How Often.
- (tags:viaNancyLebov genes animals fish )
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Interesting Links for 06-04-2021
Apr. 6th, 2021 12:00 pm- Russian Lord Of The Rings TV Adaptation Surfaces On YouTube After 30 Years
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- Netflix Made Record Profits in 2020, Paid a Tax Rate of Less than 1 Percent - President Biden has a plan to fix that
- (tags:tax usa netflix )
- Janet Yellen to call for global minimum tax rate in first major address
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- Yoda was Flanderized
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- Academic blog pointing out that Scotland could be a little normal independent nation deleted, as it was "not the view of the Government"
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- Thandiwe Newton reverts to original spelling of first name (from Thandie)
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- Was your data in the massive Facebook breach?
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- A Covid-contaminated surface has under 1 in 10,000 chance of causing an infection
- (tags:Pandemic infection GoodNews )
- Transphobia was always going to end up as crude, old-fashioned homophobia
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- Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach
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- Why ranking employees by performance backfires
- (tags:work organisation epicfail viaPatrickHadfield )
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Interesting Links for 02-10-2019
Oct. 2nd, 2019 01:32 pm- How do you Solve a Problem like Susan Pevensie?
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- Can Queen Elizabeth sack Boris Johnson?
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- Are oysters vegan?
- (tags:morality vegan food )
- Your reminder that it would be illegal, under UK law, for us to put up border posts along the Irish border
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- Email signature ruling cost seller £25,000
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Interesting Links for 01-08-2019
Aug. 1st, 2019 11:59 am- Some fun crossings between Ireland and the UK. Would love to see 'technology' solve this...
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- In case anyone is still confused by the Irish Border Backstop, here's a nice simple explanation of why the situation is doomed
- Of course, if Theresa May hadn't called an election she wouldn't have needed the DUP on board, and the border could have gone in the Irish Sea. And Brexit would probably be a done deal by now.
(tags:uk europe ireland NorthernIreland borders ) - Edinburgh bus driver strike suspended after new offer
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- Apparently the head of Vote Leave is not pure enough to be a _true_ Leaver.
- (tags:uk europe )
- We Need better research in to how progress works and what we can do to encourage it
- (tags:technology economics thefuture society research )
- The history of Tetris randomizers
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- Why sometimes when you unsubscribe from an email list it says it can 'take a few days'.
- (tags:email process OhForFucksSake design banking )
- A Transparent Display with Per-Pixel Color and Opacity Control (will make Augmented Reality much more feasible)
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- Tories could lose majority overnight as MP warns he could leave the party
- (tags:politics uk Conservatives )
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Interesting Links for 31-07-2019
Jul. 31st, 2019 12:46 pm- Grand Theft Auto maker has paid no UK corporation tax in 10 years
- (tags:UK tax games gta OhForFucksSake )
- Ethiopia Plants 350M Trees in One Day to Combat Drought and Climate Change
- (tags:trees ethiopia )
- There are now scams about the victim being assassinated!
- (tags:crime extortion fraud murder email )
- This is just the saddest thing - a couple with dementia basically abandoned by the system. I am ashamed of the UK.
- (tags:dementia UK care OhForFucksSake )
- I am absolutely in love with this headline (which seems to be actual real science)
- (tags:health aging headline )
- Apparently racist white people don't think Trump is racist
- (tags:racism politics usa )
- Turing Tumble looks like about amazing way to teach kids about computers/logic.
- (tags:computers games logic )
- Here's The Canary being horribly racist
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- Leo Varadkar looks like an adult because the UK is acting like a spoilt toddler
- (tags:politics ireland uk europe OhForFucksSake )
- Court upholds ruling BT discriminated against man with autism
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Interesting Links for 26-07-2019
Jul. 26th, 2019 09:18 pm- The Internet golden age that wasn't.
- (tags:internet history myths viaFanf )
- I thought I was being 'blacklisted' by my PhD supervisor, so I demanded to see colleagues' emails
- (tags:academia data law transparency email )
- This makes sense as Johnson's plan
- (tags:BorisJohnson politics UK Europe doom )
- Towels ready: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will be a Hulu TV series
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- A woman's greatest enemy? A lack of time to herself
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Interesting Links for 13-01-2019
Jan. 13th, 2019 11:00 am- What do you do when you can't give away a building, can't sell it, and can't demolish it?
- (tags: architecture scotland )
- Misconceptions about Alexander Hamilton
- (tags: politics history usa )
- This is pretty much going to be my approach for posting about Sophia online
- (tags: children privacy consent )
- Forget Inbox Zero - Here's The Case for Inbox Infinity
- (tags: email organisation advice )
- What makes men send dick pics?
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- Kids: Connection to nature lessens distress, hyperactivity and behavioral problems
- (tags: nature psychology children happiness )
- Idiots are challenging each other to drive blindfold because of "Bird Box"
- (tags: idiocy blindness movies driving OhForFucksSake )
- When people complain about political correctness, ask them exactly what they can't say
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- The Era Of Easy Recycling May Be Coming To An End
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- DNA pioneer James Watson has final honours stripped amid racism row
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- Discussion of the single greatest photograph in history
- (tags: photography reddit history )
- Packbonding tips for introverts
- (tags: advice work introversion )
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Interesting Links for 04-05-2018
May. 4th, 2018 12:00 pm- Twenty-six words we don’t want to lose
- (tags: language English history viaSwampers )
- More casting announced for The Crown season 3
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- Hominin Head-Scratcher: Who Butchered This Rhino 709,000 Years Ago?
- (tags: prehistory humans )
- Vasopressin a possible biomarker for social deficits in autism
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- On Spam's 40th Birthday: 25 Things You Didn't Know About Junk Email
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- Mindfulness at work: Study first to uncover positive benefits for teams
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- What happens when you get your days wrong and end up alone in a room with your boss and the President of Ireland. While on ketamine...
- (tags: drugs ketamine funny ireland )
- What Your Myers-Briggs Type Says About Whether You’ll Take the Myers-Briggs Test
- (tags: satire funny myers_briggs personality )
- British man who has never even been abroad threatened with deportation to Uganda
- (tags: uk immigration OhForFucksSake )
- A Criminal Gang Used a Drone Swarm to Obstruct an FBI Hostage Raid
- (tags: drone crime )
- Learning by teaching others is extremely effective – here's why
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Interesting Links for 02-02-2018
Feb. 2nd, 2018 12:00 pm- Theresa May starts another fight she will not win (over transition this time)
- (tags: politics UK Europe OhForFucksSake )
- Free Bananas In the Break Room - a tale of email apocalypse
- (tags: email funny OhForFucksSake viaSwampers )
- Baltimore: more than twice as lethal as Northern Ireland during the Troubles
- (tags: NorthernIreland usa racism OhForFucksSake )
- Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant Just in Case They Shot an Unarmed Person
- (tags: usa guns police corruption OhForFucksSake )
- 13% of British households are millionaires (Mostly because of pensions and housing)
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- The government isn't planning for "No Deal" - here's how you can tell
- (tags: uk europe fail government Conservatives )
- A interview with an Elite Dangerous player from 10 years from the future.
- (tags: interview thefuture games funny )
- Group Of DC Fans Attempting to Sabotage 'Black Panther's Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score
- (tags: comics OhForFucksSake )
- Scotland set to pass 'gold standard' domestic abuse law
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- Why PS4 downloads are so slow
- (tags: playstation networking OhForFucksSake )
- How to Do Karate in a Victorian Dress
- (tags: clothing women MartialArts history )
- Last Commanders: a geeky new Knightmare-esque gameshow
- (tags: games tv bbc uk VirtualReality )
- Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware
- (tags: farming software hacking )
- A satirical list of tv shows that should exist
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- Ibuprofen could harm fertility of unborn baby girls
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- Interesting look at what it's like as a professional League of Legends player
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- Use of plastic straws scrapped at Scottish Parliament
- (tags: recycling scotland GoodNews )
- Prostate cancer now kills more people than breast cancer
- (tags: uk prostate cancer )
- Asking the Right Questions About Artificial Intelligence
- (tags: ai ethics Technology thefuture )
- A Dad Stole This Toddler's Identity To Open Credit Cards. Here's How The System Failed Him.
- (tags: fraud credit viaSwampers children )
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Interesting Links for 22-04-2017
Apr. 22nd, 2017 12:00 pm- Borussia Dortmund bombs: Rogue capitalist to blame
- Now, I'm not saying all capitalists are to blame, but why have the leaders of the capitalist community not condemned this action by one of their members?
(tags: capitalism finance murder germany ) - Britain set for first coal-free day since the industrial revolution
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- Nearly half of US liberals under 30 are religiously unaffiliated
- (tags: religion usa )
- A British pub chain has just banned swearing
- (tags: swearing UK alcohol viaSwampers )
- "I Think I Should Get More Credit for Killing Hitler"
- (tags: hitler timetravel funny viaSwampers )
- Fansubs for TV shows and movies are illegal, court rules
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- What Makes N++ Different To Other Platformers?
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- China tells USA and North Korea to quit it
- (tags: usa china NorthKorea )
- Can Anybody Find Any Significant Difference Between May's Policies and the British National Party Manifesto of 2005?
- (tags: politics Conservatives uk )
- What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?
- (tags: banks security OhForFucksSake )
- The most patriotic of all email services
- (tags: email RonaldReagan EpicWTF )
- UK incomes: how does your salary compare?
- (tags: money demographics uk )
- The Loch Ness Monster of Mollusks
- (tags: history animals ocean )
- Trump bumps Britain down the queue after Merkel lobbies for EU trade deal first
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Interesting Links for 21-03-2017
Mar. 21st, 2017 12:00 pm- As an Ally I Only Masturbate to Pornography Featuring POC
- (tags: race porn satire funny )
- A 48-hour sexual afterglow helps to bond partners over time
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- Running Delivery Trucks on Trolley Wires Isn’t as Crazy as It Sounds
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- "Sorry for the Delayed Response"
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- Edinburgh's getting a new airport bus route, from Ocean Terminal
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- At midnight on March 20, 2017, Dolby's last relevant patent on Dolby Digital expired.
- (tags: patents GoodNews Technology audio )
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Interesting Links for 15-11-2016
Nov. 15th, 2016 12:00 pm- China, Japan, Russia, & South Korea Plan Renewable Energy Super Grid
- (tags: renewables china japan electricity russia )
- Little Ripley "Aliens" Christmas Cards (The other christmas cards on the site are also awesome)
- (tags: cute aliens christmas viaSwampers )
- Your body reveals your password by interfering with Wi-Fi
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- Celebrating the first atheist MP Charles Bradlaugh
- (tags: atheism history politics uk )
- UK Electrical Socket Covers are both unnecessary and dangerous
- (tags: electricity safety uk )
- Hitting reply-to-all is particularly bad if there are 1.2m people on the mailing list...
- (tags: email epicfail OhForFucksSake )
- Maine votes to use AV/IRV
- (tags: voting GoodNews reform usa )
- Storing renewable power by driving trains up hills
- (tags: renewables power electricity energy storage )
- Faig Ahmed Creates Glitched-Out Contemporary Rugs from Traditional Azerbaijani Textiles (I would *love* one)
- (tags: art design Technology culture )
- "Hitler's only kidding about the antisemitism" New York Times, 1922
- (tags: history nazis hitler OhForFucksSake Jews )
- Barack Obama on being a feminist
- (tags: feminism obama )
- Trump doesn't understand how much work being President is, and his aides don't understand the White House
- (tags: politics usa OhForFucksSake )
- On Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Trump
- (tags: psychology politics usa )
- First electricity from tidal power scheme in Scotland
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- Killing Lara Croft
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- Leaked Brexit memo: no single plan and Whitehall struggling to cope
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- Government on course to miss promised 'million homes' housebuilding target
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Interesting Links for 31-03-2016
Mar. 31st, 2016 12:00 pm- Schools charging parents for children to eat their own packed lunches | News
- (tags: food children school OhForFucksSake money )
- Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10 | ZDNet
- (tags: microsoft linux wtf )
- Is the War on Drugs really a war on black America?
- (tags: drugs racism society usa )
- The US radio market is on the brink of collapse
- (tags: radio money epicfail )
- Loads of Buffy, Angel, & Spike comics (pay what you want and help charity)
- (tags: buffy comics )
- No, Taking A Snapchat Screenshot Will Probably Not Land You In Jail
- (tags: copyright privacy law uk )
- This stupid award-winning animated short with a dog in it made me cry.
- (tags: animation dog disabilities )
- Animal Facts You Didn’t Know
- (tags: facts animals cute )
- FOMO is bad for your mental health
- (tags: fear life mentalhealth )
- The FBI's war on math is still bullshit
- (tags: usa encryption mathematics OhForFucksSake )
- Psychoactive Substances Act delayed while the Home Office works out what it has banned
- (tags: psychedelics law uk OhForFucksSake )
- This is my Superman. Sadly, it is not Zack Snyder's Superman
- (And that's twice I've cried in one evening.)
(tags: superman viaTheFerrett ) - A Trafficking Survivor Shares Why She's Anti-Criminalization
- (tags: abuse sexwork prostitution legalisation )
- The ABC’s of D&D Monsters
- (tags: dnd funny art )
- Nintendo Employee 'Terminated' After Smear Campaign Over Censorship
- (tags: gaming nintendo wtf )
- How to send an 'E mail' - a video from 1984
- (tags: email video history computers viaSwampers )
- Also, this is my Batman. Who we also don't get to see in movies.
- (tags: batman comics )
- Alan Moore on Rorschach
- (tags: alanmoore watchmen comics )
- When Eisenhower tried to get rid of all of the lesbians in the military
- (tags: lgbt usa military history )
- Star Wars and Deadpool - two things that go so much better together
- (tags: StarWars funny )
- Star Trek is getting its own MAC makeup line
- (tags: StarTrek makeup )
- Late sleepers are tired of being discriminated against. And science has their back.
- (tags: sleep )
- The Strange Case of a Nazi Who Became an Israeli Hitman
- (tags: israel nazis EpicWTF history )
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Interesting Links for 04-02-2016
Feb. 4th, 2016 12:00 pm- What has the European Union ever done for us?
- Great Fire: The grid system for London that never happened
- How Not To Deal With Activists, Courtesy the Britain Stronger in Europe Campaign
- National Geographic's top 20 photos of the year
- Squirrel steals video camera, records self up a tree.
- Japanese firm to open world’s first robot-run farm
- "The Three" - a photo project on a elderly polygamous triad.
- GCHQ's Spam Problem
- China may have $5 trillion of toxic loans
- David Bowie auditioned for The Lord of the Rings
- BMI incorrectly categorizes millions of 'obese' people as unhealthy
- Ben & Jerry's Introduce Non-Dairy Flavors
- The old Odeon building in Edinburgh is being refurbished back to its original state!
- Destroying worn-out cells makes mice live longer
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Interesting Links for 29-11-2015
Nov. 29th, 2015 12:00 pm- What do the British people really think about bombing Syria?
- UK ISP boss points out massive technical flaws in Investigatory Powers Bill
- Turning Logan's Run Into The Next Hunger Games Is a Really Silly Idea
- Finally, someone comes up with decent names for paint colours
- 13 Tips on How To Speak While Female
- The template used to produce music reviews (literally)
- Every female meteorologist is currently wearing the same dress on TV
- Storyteller Tools - now approved by Hannu Rajaniemi and Ken MacLeod
- Sisyphus Lego Kinetic Sculpture
- 'Easy' Cooking Isn't Easy
- Belgian Physicists Calculate that Everyone Is Lying About the Downed Russian Jet
- The Library of Babel
- Email spam has fallen to a 10-year low and is unlikely to make a comeback
- Australian Chicken Treat Restaurant Uses Hen to Tweet
- CLEARLY THE FINEST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF ALL TIME
- (Alternate suggestions gratefully accepted)
- Todd Klein has gorgeous posters on sale
- What really happened on Thanksgiving (a fascinating piece of complex history)
- Why U.S. "Dolphin-Safe" Tuna Isn't
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Interesting Links for 04-11-2015
Nov. 4th, 2015 12:00 pm- Entire editorial staff of Elsevier journal Lingua resigns over high price, lack of open access
- How reducing inequality boosts economic growth
- BBC Greenlights Series Based on Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’
- Universal Basic Income as the Social Vaccine of the 21st Century
- Ireland to decriminalise small amounts of drugs, including heroin, cocaine and cannabis, for personal use
- What would covering the desert in solar panels do to the climate?
- Google announces AI that can write email responses for you.
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