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Interesting Links for 29-10-2022

1. Mondrian hung upside-down for over 75 years: (tags:art oops )
2. Accounts reveal six years of 'major risk' concerns over Filmhouse and Edinburgh International Film Festival: (tags:film festival edinburgh cinema epicfail )
3. How "Seal Rocks" charted the fall of the Baltic Sea: (tags:sea science history viaDanielDWilliam )
4. Sturgeon to attend Cop27 as Sunak focuses on 'depressing domestic challenges': (tags:UK politics globalwarming Scotland )
5. The environmental case for buying a coal mine: (tags:mining environment viaDanielDWilliam )
6. Welcome to hell, Elon: (tags:Twitter Doom epicfail ElonMusk viaPatrickHadfield )
7. If you were thinking of transferring from Bulb to Octopus then congrats, you don't need to any more!: (tags:electricity UK business )
8. Elon Musk has put himself in an impossible situation at a critical time: (tags:Twitter ElonMusk Doom Russia China propaganda )
9. Russia's elite begins to ponder a Putinless future: (tags:Russia )

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Interesting Links for 14-10-2022

1. When the police are injured at Notting Hill Carnival how did it happen?: (tags:police festival assault )
2. Oblivion Mod Lets Players Order A Pizza Straight From the Game: (tags:pizza games )
3. Why the Chancellor of Exchequer should read the book he wrote: (tags:UK politics history conservatives epicfail )
4. "Free speech" networks and anti-semitism: (tags:freespeech bigotry Jews )
5. What's expected of us (a short story about free will and time travel): (tags:timetravel FreeWill short_story scifi )
6. Scientists identify gene associated with strong immune response to Covid jabs (30% of UK people have it): (tags:pandemic vaccination genetics )
7. A dish of neurons may have taught itself to play Pong (badly): (tags:neuroscience games brain )
8. Having a baby? Sorry, your social life is over for the next 15 years (I'm very glad that I was 45 when it happened, and didn't mind too much): (tags:babies funny life )

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Interesting Links for 02-09-2022

1. How The UK Government's £120m "Festival Of Brexit" Went Rogue: (tags:uk europe festival satire viaSwampers )
2. "Sweet Child O' Mine" as a Bluegrass Song: (tags:music GunsNRoses video )
3. Russian Lukoil chief dies in 'fall from hospital window' (several others have died mysteriously recently): (tags:Russia murder )
4. People are complaining about the use of technology in art again. This is why they're wrong: (tags:art technology viaPatrickHadfield )
5. I would like to pre-book my tickets to Muppet Dracula: (tags:Dracula movies muppets )
6. I both want this story to be true and can't bear the thought that it might be: (tags:sex music wtf )
7. Google's New AI Learned To See In The Dark! (Very impressive noise reduction and transformation of individual photos into a 3d environment): (tags:ai photos light )
8. What does a pound donation to Eton get them versus what it gets an ordinary school: (tags:tax school UK )
9. Passing A Portal Through Itself: (tags:portal games physics video viaSwampers )

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Interesting Links for 02-07-2022

1. Edinburgh's 2030 Festival City Vision: (tags:Edinburgh thefuture festival viaPatrickHadfield )
2. Universal Credit has increased crime rate by 6.5%: (tags:welfare uk crime OhForFucksSake )
3. How flowers are 'put to sleep' for long sea voyages: (tags:trade flowers sea )
4. Germany seeks ′safety first′ approach to legalizing cannabis: (tags:marijuana legalisation germany )
5. Yes, part of the UK constitution is (or was) a letter written to the Times under a pseudonym: (tags:uk monarchy politics constitution history )
6. Major chords are happy and minor chords are sad? Only if society has trained you that way!: (tags:music psychology emotion )
7. Germany unveils plans for simpler gender change process: (tags:LGBT transgender Germany GoodNews )
8. UK's export support agency stops investing in new fossil fuel projects: (tags:globalwarming investment UK GoodNews )
9. Giraffes eat acacia trees from downwind, because otherwise they warn each other to taste bitter!: (tags:trees self-defence )
10. Boris Johnson wants multi-generational mortgages so parents can pass on debt to children: (tags:mortgages conservatives BorisJohnson )
11. Melatonin peaks in teenagers at 7am. Waking them then is like waking an adult at 4am: (tags:sleep teenagers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3879232.html

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Interesting Links for 02-04-2020

The Fishy Fix to a Methane-Spewing Crop: (tags:rice fish methane globalwarming )
Coronavirus: Govt set to release 'contact tracking' app which detects nearby virus carriers: (tags:pandemic surveillance UK phones )
NHS staff gagged over coronavirus shortages: (tags:NHS OhForFucksSake Doom censorship )
Edinburgh takes 'profoundly difficult' decision to cancel 2020 August festivals: (tags:festival Edinburgh pandemic )
These Weather Apps Are Great Alternatives to Dark Sky on Android (and iOS): (tags:weather phones )
How to be a good amateur epidemiologist (or any kind of amateur scientist, frankly): (tags:science viaDanielDWilliam )
Fresh police guidance says that it's OK to drive a reasonable distance for exercise: (tags:UK pandemic advice )
Italy's Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported: (tags:Italy death virus pandemic Doom )
A collection of interesting landscape photos from around the world: (tags:photos )
The National Police Chief's Council on how police should behave during the pandemic: (tags:pandemic police uk )
Boris Johnson is the real victim here: (tags:satire BorisJohnson pandemic )
Museum Asks People To Recreate Paintings With Stuff They Can Find at Home, Here Are The Results: (tags:art viaElfy )
The lockdown only buys us time: to really defeat the virus we need mass testing now: (tags:pandemic virus testing )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3795426.html

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Interesting Links for 01-06-2019

New research links autism and brain cancer: (tags:cancer brain autism )
Madrid could become first European city to scrap low-emissions zone after right-wing politicians say that pollution is "part of life": (tags:pollution spain cities OhForFucksSake )
German Political Leader Questions YouTubers' Right To Tell Fans Not To Vote For Her Party, Urgently Summons Her Advisers In Response -- By Fax: (tags:politics Germany Technology )
Anti vax movement: Russian trolls fueled anti-vaccination debate in U.S. by spreading misinformation on Twitter: (tags:Russia vaccination OhForFucksSake twitter )
If you're wondering how the woolly mammoth went extinct...: (tags:animals prehistory viaLProven extinction )
Re-routing of Loyalist marches upheld by courts: (tags:religion scotland )
Conservatives funding crisis as party loses Brexit donors: (tags:conservatives money GoodNews )
Milwaukee County officials sign resolution formally declaring racism as a public health crisis: (tags:health racism usa )
Childhood Adversity Linked to Earlier Puberty, Premature Brain Development: (tags:inequality development brain )
Google's PageRank patent has expired: (tags:Google algorithms patents )
Did your know that Airplane was largely a spoof of a specific film: 'Zero Hour' ?: (tags:spoof airplanes movies )
UK refuses visas for a dozen Edinburgh book festival authors: (tags:UK immigration OhForFucksSake Edinburgh festival )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3791679.html

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Interesting Links for 21-05-2019

Lloyds to create 500 jobs at new tech hub in Edinburgh: (tags:Edinburgh finance technology jobs )
Queen Elizabeth said 'future of Britain lies in EU', declassified German diplomatic records show: (tags:queen uk europe history germany )
The Tories have forgotten their pro-EU voters. And they'll pay for it: (tags:europe Conservatives )
Taking Tiny Breaks Is Key To Learning New Skills: (tags:psychology learning )
Posh people really do think they're better than others: (tags:class society psychology )
Braveheart sequel tops Edinburgh film festival: (tags:scotland history movies festival edinburgh )
Inequality is spiraling because our democracy is broken: (tags:democracy inequality uk viaDanielDWilliam )
Secret policy allowing government to sidestep its own rules on torture to be reviewed urgently: (tags:torture uk OhForFucksSake )
Americans! Here is a list of your nearest pro choice protests!: (tags:abortion protests )
How to do hard things: (tags:advice )
What percentage of all global fossil fuel COâ‚‚ emissions since 1751 have occurred in my lifetime?: (tags:co2 history )
Campaign Finishes Three-Year Run Without DM: (tags:roleplaying gameofthrones funny viaSwampers )
This nicely sums up my feelings on the end of Game Of Thrones: (tags:gameofthrones review )
Brexit and Trade: An Interviewer's Reference Guide: (tags:trade europe uk )
Game of Thrones: what happened next: (tags:gameofthrones funny )
Just in case you're interested, this is what the European parliament actually does: (tags:europe politics )
Trans people's access to treatment in the UK is the very opposite of "Too Quick": (tags:transgender NHS healthcare UK )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3718099.html

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Interesting Links for 25-08-2018

Orangemen, priests and the limits of freedom of expression: (tags: freespeech religion scotland )
Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science: (tags: space earth light )
Ableism, architecture, Disney, ghosts, and the Winchester House: (tags: Disney disabilities age architecture design history )
No healthy level of alcohol consumption, says major study: (tags: alcohol health )
WTO warns on disruption to UK of no-deal Brexit: (tags: trade UK Europe doom )
Demolishing Peter Lilley's WTO Brexit nonsense: (tags: wto trade Europe UK fraud )
Russia trolls spreading vaccination misinformation to create discord: (tags: Russia vaccination OhForFucksSake )
On disability at Worldcon: (tags: disability conventions scifi )
The slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe: (tags: Edinburgh Festival fringe comedy )
How Brexit will affect drug prices and approval in the UK: (tags: medication UK Europe doom )
The Age That Women Have Babies: How a Gap Divides America: (tags: usa children age )
Orange Lodge cancels Glasgow march after order to keep clear of Catholic church: (tags: religion Scotland Glasgow bigotry )
The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History: (tags: Russia Ukraine hacking )
Father Illustrates The Friendship Between His Tiny Baby And Giant Dog And The Comics Are Adorable: (tags: comic dogs babies funny )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3713731.html

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Interesting Links for 09-08-2018

Yes, the SNP’s dithering is making me angry! (An immigrant speaks): (tags: immigration Scotland snp independence )
UK refuses visas for a dozen Edinburgh book festival authors: (tags: OhForFucksSake Edinburgh immigration uk books festival )
Theresa May has 'no clear sense' of how to handle no deal Brexit: Head firmly in the sand
(tags: UK Europe Scotland doom )
Salisbury Spy Poisoning: US Says Russia Was Behind Nerve Agent Attack In UK, And Will Impose Sanctions: (tags: usa Russia uk nerve poison )
We recently moved to Octopus energy, who have excellent customer service, are cheap, and I have 100% renewable electricity. Save £50 by signing up with this referral link: (tags: electricity uk )
Voters in region critical to Tory election victory swing against Brexit: (tags: polls uk Europe )
Georgia defends voting system despite 243-percent turnout in one precinct: No voting system which can't be manually verified should ever be used.
(tags: voting fail )
Inducing labour one week before due date cuts childbirth complications, ‘game changing’ study finds: (tags: babies health childbirth pregnancy )
She’s the world’s top empathy researcher. But colleagues say she bullied and intimidated them: (tags: bullying research academia )
Turns out you can't just copy other people's photos you find on the internet. Who knew copyright existed?: (tags: copyright europe germany law )
'Elitist': angry book pirates hit back after author campaign sinks website: (tags: books copyright piracy )
How Magic Leap's AR goggles went from a metre across to fitting on your head.: (tags: design Technology augmentedreality )
The EU Spent a Bundle to Unify the Continent. It’s Not Working.: (tags: europe money )
After almost a decade and billions in outside investment, Magic Leap's first product is finally on sale for $2,295. Here's what it's like.: (tags: augmentedreality review )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3712756.html

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Interesting Links for 06-08-2018

Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer: (tags: airplanes business OhForFucksSake )
31 Signs You Have a Partner: (tags: list relationships funny horror )
I am definitely starting to feel this way about British politics: (tags: politics death funny )
Fairly sure I used to have some respect for the Telegraph as being a sensible paper of the Right: (tags: UK Europe idiocy newspapers )
Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador to Canada, considers Canadian ambassador persona non grata. Freezes all new trade and investment transactions with Canada: (tags: Canada saudiarabia )
Naomi Wu: My Experience with Sarah Jeong, Jason Koebler, and Vice Magazine: (tags: China technology journalism OhForFucksSake )
People frequently think they understand things when they must know how to use them: (tags: meaning viaCipherGoth psychology religion ethics )
Writers should be loudly boycotting Woman’s Weekly: (tags: writing rights publishing OhForFucksSake )
Far right racist thugs attack bookshop: (tags: books UK OhForFucksSake racism )
Fairly sure I used to have some respect for the Telegraph as a vaguely sensible paper. Not any more: Are there any right wing newspapers which are attached to reality?
(tags: UK Europe law newspapers OhForFucksSake )
Amazon’s tax is not transparent – and politicians let them get away with it: (tags: Amazon tax accounting transparency )
Elderly Men Escape Nursing Home To Attend World's Biggest Heavy Metal Festival: (tags: HeavyMetal age Germany festival )
People have higher Self-Control because they don't feel things as much: (tags: emotion hunger stress self-control )
"Skirt" - A Fringe recommendation: (tags: theatre edinburgh )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3693927.html

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Interesting Links for 11-06-2018

Red states are realising how much Trump's trade war is costing them.: (tags: trade republicans usa )
Edinburgh to close two more streets to traffic during the festival: (tags: Edinburgh transport festival )
That photo of Trump at the G7, as seen from various directions: (tags: politics photos )
A Marvel movie on a budget of just $1 million and a 21 day shooting schedule. Then the studio screwed them over. This is the story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four: (tags: movies marvel comics )
Fake reviews now generally necessary to do business online: (tags: reviews fraud )
Lord of the Rings TV show will be most expensive series in history: Most amused at them getting the name of the third film wrong
(tags: tv lotr )
Polio makes comeback in Venezuela after decades: (tags: Venezuela disease poverty OhForFucksSake )
How to get your children to do chores without resenting it: (tags: children work )
Theresa May has acknowledged that Russia has flooded Britain with lies and abuse - what's she going to do about it?: (tags: russia uk news fraud )
There is an island off the coast of Wales that the Government forgot: (tags: wales uk )
The long, slow, death of Toys R Us: (tags: toys business fail )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3609579.html

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Interesting Links for 20-08-2017

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3608369.html

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Interesting Links for 17-08-2017

A Breakthrough In Solid-State Batteries (still two years away though, so not holding my breath): (tags: batteries )
Those Brexit Negotiations – abridged: (tags: uk europe )
Edinburgh Gothic (the most accurate description of living here during the festival): (tags: Edinburgh festival satire )
The Best Way to Test Students? Make Them Explain It On Video: (tags: videos Education testing )
Weight-gain receptor linked to antipsychotic drugs: (tags: drugs weight mentalhealth )
Lothian Buses announce diversions for the Leith Street Closure: Actually works out well for me.
(tags: Edinburgh transport buses )
What Is the Alt-Left? For Starters, Not a Thing: (tags: politics language )
London Pride report questions organisers approach on diversity: (tags: lgbt diversity )
This is the disruption caused by a drone flying near to Gatwick: (tags: drone airplanes video )
The origin of complex life on Earth just got a little less mysterious: (tags: life )
N.K. Jemisin's Hugo-Winning The Fifth Season Is Being Adapted for TV: (tags: tv scifi nkjemisin )
Steve Bannon brands far right 'losers' and contradicts Trump in surprise interview: (tags: politics usa )
What mistakes in your experience does management keep making?: (tags: management )
More than 200 jurors were excused from Martin Shrekli's trial. Because they hate him.: I honestly thought this was satire when I first read it.
(tags: funny law usa )
Woman Banned from US After Border Agent Finds Proof of Drug Use on Phone: Have I mentioned how I've lost all interest in visiting the USA?
(tags: usa security OhForFucksSake drugs )
Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial: (tags: allergies GoodNews )
If the media covered the US riots the same way it covers them in other countries: Actually, 80% of this article _is_ the way that other countries cover the USA. Other than the obviously satirical bits this could have been an article in The Independent
(tags: media journalism satire usa )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3606775.html

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Interesting Links for 12-08-2017

Why people fall for "clean eating" (tl;dr charisma+despair - the usual way cults work): When people lose trust in experts, and want a set of rules, they'll go for charisma and stories which resonate over complication.
(tags: food health fraud )
New divorce form 'invites name and shame' of adulterers: (tags: divorce law england )
Think like a supermodel if you want to win from the gig economy: (tags: work employment economics Technology )
Britain needs an anti-Brexit centrist party, says politician studiously ignoring the Lib Dems: (tags: libdem satire politics UK )
“Bloom”. Edinburgh International Festival, August 2017. (Gorgeous projections onto buildings): (tags: art edinburgh festival light photos )
Reviving the U.K.'s Giant Network of Bike Highways (Built in the 1930s!): (tags: history bicycles uk )
Mark Buckingham Is "Primarily Focused On Getting Miracleman Done": (tags: comics awesome alanmoore neilgaiman )
Hugo awards 2017: NK Jemisin wins best novel for second year in a row: (tags: Hugo awards scifi )
Defending Indiana Jones, Archaeologist: (tags: archeology movies )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3606513.html

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Interesting Links for 11-08-2017

Bank of England to keep animal fat in banknotes despite complaints: (tags: animals money uk )
Nepal criminalises banishing menstruating women to huts (When will Britain follow suit?): But what if they attract bears? Or wolves? Will nobody think of the children?
(tags: menstruation nepal )
I've finally worked out what kind of goth I am! (Bottom of the post): (tags: goth dogs )
Polish villagers hold Jewish wedding without Jews: (tags: Jews history Poland )
The only way to understand the Kremlin is to understand their paranoia: (tags: russia politics history )
Crafting Plausible Maps: (tags: maps advice )
Why do stars like Adele keep losing their voice? (blame Wagner): (tags: music singing health )
Saudi Arabia is to execute 14 young men for protesting for democracy: (tags: saudiarabia democracy death )
Calculating CSS Font-Size Is Unexpectedly Complex: (tags: web css firefox font )
Income gap between people from rich and poor backgrounds has almost doubled: (tags: inequality uk )
In a remote Irish town, a goat reigns supreme: (tags: Ireland festival Goats )
Salt shaker *still* not internet enabled? Now's your chance!: BUY ONE! BUY FIVE! BUY FIVE FOR EACH OF YOUR FRIENDS!
(tags: food technology internet OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3599373.html

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Interesting Links for 19-07-2017

How Google Glass became a success: (tags: google glass Technology )
Openreach mulls full fibre rollout for 10 million in UK: Gosh. That took a whole four months from being made separate from BT.
(tags: internet uk )
Every Place We Used to Think Was a Planet (Until We Knew Better): (tags: planets space language )
It’s always windy somewhere: Balancing renewable energy in Europe: (tags: Europe windpower renewables )
The Dark Side of the Moon lands at Dynamic Earth: I really want to see this. Anyone else in Edinburgh fancy joining me?
(tags: music edinburgh festival )
Fusion energy pushed back beyond 2050: (tags: fusion nuclearpower )
I'm really cheered by the responses to this rant about the evils of a female Doctor: (tags: drwho women )
All charges for paying by card to be banned: A quick dig discovered that banks are only allowed to charge 0.2% fees to process the charge, so making the businesses just include that in their prices seems reasonable.
(tags: payment money uk )
Rick And Morty Creators On Season 3, Delays, And The April Fools' Premiere: (tags: tv animation )
For one week these women recorded all the times they were objectified sexually: (tags: psychology research women society sex )