Interesting Links for 30-06-2017
Jun. 30th, 2017 12:00 pm- 'EU pension' planned for people who move between countries
- (tags: pensions europe )
- UK in credit splurge as pay is squeezed (unsecured debt up 10%, spending power down 2%)
- So, how long until the country collapses into oblivion as people frantically try and keep their lifestyles propped up despite the economy falling apart?
(tags: debt uk ) - John Bercow: MPs don't need to wear ties
- (tags: clothing parliament uk )
- This is how sperm whales sleep
- (tags: whales sleep viaSwampers )
- Government U-turns on NHS abortions for Northern Ireland women
- I am not looking forward to multiple years of whiplash from the government. (I am glad that this has gone through though)
(tags: abortion government uk nhs ) - Buy-to-let UK property sales fall by almost 50% in a year
- (tags: uk housing )
- The curse of the pseudo-data: How Rotten Tomatoes is Deciding What Movies You Don't See
- (tags: movies reviews data )
- When whimsical wildlife photography isn't what it seems
- (tags: photography animals wildlife )
- David Goyer and Josh Friedman adapting Isaac Asimov's Foundation for TV
- Probably won't get made. If it does then will probably be terrible.
(tags: tv asimov ) - Jeremy Corbyn sacks Labour shadow ministers for voting against Brexit
- (tags: Europe UK labour politics )
- Female first-year students earn a higher grade when paired with at least one other female for group projects
- (tags: women Education )
- The German and British children who became post-war friends
- (tags: children Germany uk wwii history friendship )
- German parliament votes to legalise same sex marriage
- (tags: lgbt marriage Germany )
- Ways In Which Programming Is Like Sex
- (tags: programming sex funny )
- Soon after giving birth, mothers typically experience a self-esteem dip lasting at least three years
- (tags: motherhood self-esteem psychology mother )
- Game of Thrones' Most Beloved Relationship Was Totally Improvised
- (tags: relationships gameofthrones )
- Trailer for Rick and Morty season 3, streaming from July 30th
- Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
(tags: animation trailer awesome excellent ) - How do you cut a monolith in half? (musings on distributed systems)
- (tags: architecture programming network )
- "Hidden rules that everybody knows" is not a useful mental model of how people act
- (tags: society groups psychology rules )
- Germany votes for 50m euro social media fines
- (tags: germany censorship )