Entries tagged with fairytale

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Interesting Links for 08-07-2023

1. Voters of All Major UK Parties Support Right to Roam: (tags:UK nature rights )
2. Scottish Government backs decriminalisation of drugs for personal use: (tags:drugs Scotland decriminalization )
3. The one true way of becoming a writer: (tags:writing fairytale satire funny advice )

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Interesting Links for 18-04-2022

1. The impact of 'pile-ons' and trolling by transphobic Twitter users: (tags:LGBT Twitter bigotry transgender )
2. Rwanda genocide orphans told to leave hostel to make room for UK asylum seekers: (tags:genocide Rwanda asylum UK OhForFucksSake )
3. On Jimmy Saville and the price of joining the British establishment: (tags:UK abuse corruption )
4. "My skin was irritated, red and blotchy for years until I found out why because of lockdown": (tags:allergies )
5. UK Shared Prosperity Fund gives Scotland one sixth of what they got from the EU: (tags:UK Scotland Europe money OhForFucksSake )
6. The power of inflation: (tags:money economics Argentina inflation )
7. As a parent, if offered a choice of my birth child or the one I had raised I would absolutely make this same choice: (tags:children fairytale )
8. A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says? Does it understand? And what does that mean?: (tags:language ai )
9. Put people in an unfamiliar place and only half their brain sleeps at a time (I wonder if this is also true of parents): (tags:sleep humans brain )
10. The modern chicken is more than 4x the size of one from 50 years ago: (tags:chicken food history )
11. Happy "Virus Freedom Day" to everyone in Scotland!: (tags:scotland pandemic doom )
12. Two versions of the trolley problem elicit similar responses everywhere: (tags:morality philosophy psychology )

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Interesting Links for 13-12-2020

2021 Will Launch the Platinum Age of Piracy: (tags:piracy Disney streaming TV )
When you suddenly remember it's a video meeting: (tags:funny video )
A magical story of bringing a little light and happiness during the pandemic: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1337598289080770561.html
(tags:happiness fairytale children pandemic )
Republicans are trying to restart the civil war.: (tags:USA civilwar republicans OhForFucksSake )
Zodiac Killer: Code-breakers solve San Francisco killer's cipher: (tags:cryptography murder history USA )
Longest known exposure photograph ever captured using a beer can: (tags:art photography timelapse )
I rather liked this fan edit of The Hobbit movies.: (tags:TheHobbit remix )
Highlights from life as a flight attendant: (tags:flying jobs )
Autism spectrum — Large study supports discarding the term 'high-functioning autism': (tags:autism )
New UK police speed gun can read license plates from half a mile away at night: (tags:speed safety driving cameras )
Any port in a perfect storm: UK container trade is grinding to a halt: (tags:trade UK Doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3968064.html

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Interesting Links for 07-12-2020

The 1,700 year old skyscraper city that's being destroyed by the weather: (tags:weather history yemen architecture viaDanielDWilliam )
How the Brothers Grimm went hunting for fairytales, accidentally changed the course of historical linguistics, and kickstarted a new field of scholarship in folklore.: (tags:history Germany language stories fairytale )
Excel formulas become Turing complete: (tags:programming spreadsheet Microsoft )
If you are giving the Guardian money then you are supporting bigoted lies that kill children: (tags:guardian bigotry LGBT transgender OhForFucksSake )
Forget London, Brexit fight is about Paris and Berlin: (tags:Germany France Europe UK trade )
Why a "soft Brexit" was never on the table - by an MP who tried to prevent a hard one: (tags:UK politics Europe history )
Charlie Stross on how the next month or so are likely to look (Bad. Very bad): (tags:UK Europe Doom charlesstross )
Zalando boss to quit so his wife can focus on her career while he looks after the kids: (tags:work women family )
The 'virtual nannies' looking after kids via Zoom: (tags:childcare children remote )
Kids can eat free in Asda cafes throughout December: (tags:children food supermarkets UK )
What might travel, holidays, and commuting look like over the next ten years?: (tags:thefuture travel work holidays )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3927732.html

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Interesting Links for 14-09-2020

Walking to the Meadows today and Jane pointed out the German-speaking church we were passing. I had no idea such things existed!: (tags:germany German religion Scotland )
Violating international law, a fairy tale: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1305105853448585217.html
(tags:fairytale law UK Doom )
Deferral: the sociology of young trans people's epiphanies and coming out: (tags:LGBT transgender sociology )
Adults with Covid-19 about twice as likely to have dined at a restaurant: (tags:restaurant pandemic OhForFucksSake viaLilysea )
Fake science led a mom to feed bleach to her autistic sons — and police did nothing to stop her: (tags:autism children fraud medicine OhForFucksSake USA )
Brilliant ten minute deep dive into what the government is up to with regards to the Withdrawal Agreement: (tags:UK Europe law video )
How to tell hard sciences from soft ones: (tags:science comic funny )
What OCD is really like: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1305226398387310592.html
(tags:mentalhealth )
Japan trade deal commits UK to stricter state aid curbs than in EU talks: (tags:Japan Europe UK trade )
Poll warning: Government 'in deep trouble with voters' over plan to break law on Brexit Withdrawal Agreement: (tags:UK Europe crime polls )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3836479.html

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Interesting Links for 29-10-2019

Macron isn't Johnson's friend - he's leveraging British weakness to strengthen France: (tags:uk france europe )
In Poland, single women who have frozen embryos are now barred from accessing them.: (tags:Poland children OhForFucksSake )
Boris Johnson could still suffer an election nightmare - if people vote tactically: (tags:voting UK Europe )
This is the most Pratchett-sounding fanfic I've read. I'd love to read more: (tags:terrypratchett fanfic )
Election showdown: Future of Brexit comes down to fight over three days: (tags:elections UK Europe )
Some lovely Lara Croft/Wonder Woman art: (tags:WonderWoman art fanfic )
U.K. to Destroy Commemorative 50p Coins in Brexit Meltdown: (tags:UK Europe headline money )
Three delightful stories about changelings, and how they learn to be: (tags:neurodiversity fairytale short_story )
Turns out you can *totally* train cats: (tags:cats video impressive )
Corbyn is a Scary Marxist out to destroy business...: (tags:Labour politics business uk video )
The Tories are enabling people sending anonymous hate emails to MPs: (tags:politics UK conservatives OhForFucksSake abuse )
Drug company stops producing child cancer drug because it's not profitable enough: (tags:drugs cancer business children )
Labour backs general election: (tags:Labour elections )
Parli-N-Grams - chart the frequency of words and phrases in the UK parliament: (tags:parliament language )
The Worlds Largest 3d Metal Printer Is Churning Out Rockets: (tags:space rockets 3dprinting )
50 years ago today, the internet was born in Room 3420: (tags:internet history )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3827735.html

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Interesting Links for 01-10-2019

Brexit: Opposition parties to meet for talks on next steps: (tags:politics uk )
The caretaker prime minister should clearly be Theresa May: (tags:politics UK Europe funny )
Looks like Sainsbury are running facial recognition on their CCTV: (tags:faces sainsbury's cctv surveillance )
A third of British 16 to 24-year-olds don't drink: (tags:alcohol uk )
AI can now be used to really ruin your hiring process: (tags:jobs AI OhForFucksSake )
Opposition parties ditch SNP plan for no-confidence vote in the Government this week: (tags:politics UK Europe )
Chuka Umunna explains the Lib Dem position on votes of no confidence: (tags:politics libdem )
No, the brothers Grimm version of Cinderella is not the original: (tags:fairytale history )
UK proposes customs checks on either side of Irish border in bid to break Brexit deadlock (it won't): (tags:UK ireland Europe Doom )
How The Queen can sack a prime minister who refuses to resign: (tags:viaDanielDWilliam politics Queen law uk )
More than 40% of white Harvard admits are "ALDC": athletes, legacy, Dean's interest (donors' kids), or children of faculty: (tags:university USA bias )
Nazis get *nothing*. Do not give up a single inch to them.: (tags:Nazis culture )
Oxford professor's children refused visas to join her in UK: (tags:UK immigration OhForFucksSake academia )
300K people are reading books on the Instagram: (tags:reading photos )
EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances: (tags:Europe Technology regulation )
Johnson is getting very good at covering up bad news by reusing the search terms: (tags:language politics BorisJohnson google )
Virtual reality PTSD treatment has big impact for veterans: (tags:ptsd VirtualReality )
U.S. Judges Admit Enhanced Interrogation Is Torture: (tags:torture usa )
Huge CJEU ruling - pre-ticked checkboxes don't allow companies to use cookies. Active consent is needed.: (tags:cookies privacy europe )
We should talk about game difficulty differently: (tags:games design )
New law to expand scope of civil partnerships in Scotland to opposite sex couples: (tags:Scotland relationships law )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3780077.html

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Interesting Links for 08-04-2019

What are the equivalents of "once upon a time" in other cultures?: (tags:language culture fairytale stories )
Rehearsing for death: A pre-Kindergarten teacher on lockdown drills with 5 year olds: (tags:children school guns usa OhForFucksSake )
"I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could": (tags:healthcare death )
Why Rent Control Doesn't Work (Build More Housing!): (tags:housing economics )
Explaining why young men are having much less sex: (tags:sex men society )
Dundee in Scotland has the best statue anywhere.: (tags:Scotland statue games lemmings )
How poor public transport explains the UK's productivity puzzle: (tags:transport uk productivity fail )
Sleep, Diet & The Brain-Gut Connection: (tags:sleep diet carbohydrates )
People Who View Their Britishness or Englishness As "Causally Central" To Their Self-Concept Are More Likely to Have Voted For Brexit: (tags:uk europe nationalism )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3747283.html

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Interesting Links for 06-12-2018

Employers may discriminate against autism without realising: (tags: work autism )
BT bars Huawei's 5G kit from core of network: (tags: uk china phones )
Brexit: More voters than ever think leaving EU is a mistake (56%, excluding undecideds): (tags: uk europe GoodNews )
Google launches it's self-driving taxi service. And it's a bit disappointing.: (tags: automation driving taxi google )
Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrait mode”: (tags: samsung fraud photography )
Labour's Brexit solution is magical thinking: (tags: labour UK europe OhForFucksSake )
The Death of Tumblr: (tags: tumblr fail OhForFucksSake )
50 simple chunks of reality to help you understand Brexit: (tags: UK europe )
In Melania Trump's red Christmas nightmare forest, keep to the path: (tags: fairytale politics funny satire usa christmas )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3713455.html

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Interesting Links for 08-08-2018

Middle-aged men for rent in Japan: (tags: men japan )
BBC websites blocked in China after security change: (tags: security china censorship )
EU may force iPhone to switch from Lightning to USB: (tags: apple europe standards )
ICANN loses injunction bid in dispute over WHOIS data in Germany: (tags: internet privacy )
The different ways people talk (and think) about religion, and why it matters: (tags: religion )
Belief in Scottish independence protected under equality laws, Employment Tribunal rules: (tags: scotland equality belief )
Ten Years After the Crash, We Are Still Living in the World It Brutally Remade: (tags: doom epicfail economy usa investment society )
Earth at risk of becoming 'hothouse' if tipping point reached: (tags: globalwarming doom )
French study suggests younger women should stop wearing bras: (tags: breasts clothing )
Convincing evidence that someone *did* attempt to kill the Venezuelan president with exploding drones: (tags: assassination viaCipherGoth explosives drone Venezuela )
How to tell someone that a family member has died: (tags: death advice communication )
‘My illness is a feminist issue’: Woman reveals how doctors refused to treat her lipoedema because she is ‘fat’: (tags: NHS fat women OhForFucksSake )
Bad news: there's no solution to false information online: (tags: fraud internet media journalism )
Stop saying “fake news”. It’s not helping.: (tags: fraud journalism politics usa )
Historic £1.3bn Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal agreed: (tags: Scotland Edinburgh uk )
The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat - A Fairy Tale. For Dinosaurs.: (tags: fairytale short_story dinosaurs viaSwampers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3689778.html

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Interesting Links for 26-05-2018

Facebook and Google hit with $8.8 billion in GDPR lawsuits on day one: (tags: privacy Google facebook )
Breast-feeding and alcohol: It’s fine to drink while nursing.: (tags: breastfeeding alcohol )
How Britain let Russia hide its dirty money: (tags: uk Russia corruption money politics )
Broke Millennials Are Bonding Over the "By Age 35” Meme: (tags: age achievement satire funny )
Transgender brains are more like their identified gender from an early age: (tags: transgender brain )
A brilliant use of LED fans to recreate Dr Strange spell: (tags: technology comics movies cosplay )
This is how shit advertising makes using the web: (tags: web advertising OhForFucksSake )
People are complaining that it's unrealistic to have women characters in a WW2 game. So here's some awesome women from then.: (tags: women history wwii ViaDrCross )
A map of Glasgow and West Scotland. With no Gaelic, Celtic or other foreign Mumbo-Jumbo: (tags: map Scotland language ViaDrCross )
The Story of Luke and Rapunzel, and why the Grand Gesture is Bullshit.: (tags: men women society fairytale relationships )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3653340.html

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Interesting Links for 20-01-2018

How accurate is your mental map of the world?: (tags: maps quiz )
What ambitions do children have for their future careers?: (tags: work children society )
Corbyn being briefed on the situation in Syria by Assad apologist and conspiracy theorist: (tags: Labour Syria OhForFucksSake )
There *is* gold at the end of the rainbow: (tags: physics gold rainbow comic )
Redesigned Picardy Place to have more public areas: (tags: edinburgh transport roads )
List of oldest companies (dating back to 578!): (tags: business history )
While we laugh at Boris Johnson our fate is being decided in Europe: (tags: euuros uk trade thefuture )
Hugely important European court ruling on Western Sahara: (tags: Morocco europe )
How to change: your duvet cover: Alternate, black magic, method: https://youtu.be/c1IzS2oBBN0
(tags: fairytale advice story )

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Interesting Links for 09-01-2016

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Interesting Links for 09-12-2015