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Interesting Links for 27-07-2023

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Interesting Links for 26-07-2023

Jul. 26th, 2023 01:25 pm
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1. A Growing Share Of Americans Think States Shouldn't Be Able To Put Any Limits On Abortion
(tags:usa abortion polls )
2. Labour drops pledge to introduce self-ID for trans people - but will still streamline the process, removing the need for a panel
(tags:lgbt transgender labour politics )
3. "What I've learned about having sex with ADHD (and why you should never go nude trampolining)"
(tags:adhd sex )
4. There is no good data on whether attention spans have been declining
(tags:attention psychology research fail )
5. Scottish government approval for £500m hydro scheme
(tags:Scotland electricity hydroelectric GoodNews )
6. To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X you need to understand his history with it
(tags:internet ElonMusk history business finance )
7. On Monotropism, Autism, and ADHD
(tags:autism adhd research )
8. Programming Advice: Before you try to do something, make sure you can do nothing
(tags:advice programming )
9. Wagner gold smuggling critical to keeping Russia's economy afloat
(tags:Russia gold Sudan )
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Interesting Links for 15-07-2023

Jul. 15th, 2023 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 12-12-2021

Dec. 12th, 2021 12:00 pm
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This Digital Bank Is Designed for the LGBTQ+ Community
(tags:LGBT banking finance usa )
Covid pill being rolled out among vulnerable Britons could fuel dangerous mutations
(tags:Pandemic medicine Doom mutation )
The Prisoner Of War who escaped a Nazi camp in full naval uniform
(tags:wwii impressive viaDanielDWilliam )
The internet (and many large companies) are dependent on software maintained by people in their spare time, for free. This may not be sustainable
(tags:software opensource security )
Britney Spears: Muppet murderer!
(tags:BritneySpears Muppets )
Here's a collection of good news from 2021
(tags:GoodNews )
"It's hard to overestimate the impact Moominland Midwinter had on me" (looking forward to reading these to Sophia)
(tags:books children )
A pictorial history of Santa Claus
(tags:Christmas pictures history )
McDonald's McRib NFT Project Links to Racial Slur Recorded on Blockchain
(tags:funny McDonalds blockchain race food )
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Interesting Links for 10-10-2021

Oct. 10th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 05-10-2021

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Interesting Links for 13-05-2021

May. 13th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Pet a dog and you'll do better for weeks!
(tags:mentalhealth stress psychology dogs viaMyBrotherHugh )
Photoshopping Paddington into movies: Star Wars edition
(tags:bears photoshop StarWars )
Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B in revenue
(tags:tax OhForFucksSake Netherlands )
Covid vaccine: UK decision to delay second dose vindicated by new research
(tags:UK pandemic vaccination )
National Trust archaeologists surprised by likely age of Cerne Abbas Giant (late Saxon)
(tags:history UK art )
"Help! A Male Colleague Thinks I'm Scary"
(tags:gender work scary society )
Solar and wind's competitiveness over coal is accelerating (80% of US coal plants either non-competitive or actively shutting down)
(tags:electricity GoodNews solarpower windpower coal viaDanielDWilliam )
France blocks post-Brexit EU financial services deal with UK over fishing row
(tags:uk europe trade finance fish )
Richard Garfield: Getting Lucky (a fascinating analysis of the role of luck in games, and why it's so important)
(tags:games luck viaDanielDWilliam )
The different ways of calculating the end of Ramadan
(tags:islam moon calendars time viaLilysea )
xkcd's "Map Projections", animated
(tags:maps xkcd visualisation video funny )
Member of the Scottish Parliament takes oath of allegiance in Welsh (also, BSL, Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Doric, Scots, Gaelic, Canadian French, German, Welsh, Orcadian and Zimbabwean Shona)
(tags:scotland wales language )
British government is lying when refusing to rescue visa-free music tours of EU, lawyers confirm
(tags:uk government lying BorisJohnson Conservatives music europe )
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Interesting Links for 18-02-2021

Feb. 18th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Edinburgh tram extension: First tram tracks laid in Leith Walk
(tags:Edinburgh trams )
Half of men have had unwanted sexual experiences, UK study finds
(tags:abuse boys men children rape UK OhForFucksSake )
Critical Thinking Isn't Just a Process
(tags:thinking advice )
How To Fight A Baby
(tags:video babies funny viaMyBrotherHugh )
Facebook says it will stop people viewing or sharing news in Australia
(tags:Facebook news Australia )
Citibank just got a $500 million lesson in the importance of UI design
(tags:ui epicfail finance )
Large majority of Britons dissatisfied with Boris Johnson's Brexit deal (49% want to be closer, 24% happy, 12% move further away. 15% don't know)
(tags:polls UK Europe )
What Makes For A "Meaningful" Death In Fiction?
(tags:meaning fiction death psychology )
The world's second-most popular desktop operating system isn't macOS anymore
(tags:operatingsystems osx chrome )
Why there is no 'one-size-fits-all' treatment for asthma
(tags:asthma )
What do we know about the safety of reopening schools?
(tags:pandemic schools )
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Interesting Links for 11-02-2021

Feb. 11th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Locus really need better editors working on their reviews
(tags:reviews fiction )
How To Build a Snölykta - Traditional Swedish Snow Lanterns
(tags:snow Sweden video viaNeilRodger )
'Fuck Your Feelings' Doesn't Apply to White Men
(tags:politics USA gender society racism sexism )
Charisma Carpenter on Joss Whedon's abusive behaviour
(tags:acting TV buffy abuse JossWhedon )
Stage meat - food you can eat on stage and still act around
(tags:food acting viaSwampers )
I see the EU is asking the UK to honour its promises. I can't see that going down well
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1359590841619275776.html
(tags:UK Europe trade Doom NorthernIreland )
Amsterdam becomes Europe's top trading hub, ousting London
(tags:Netherlands shares finance UK Europe )
Temperature of -22.9C in Braemar 'UK's lowest in 26 years'
(tags:winter Scotland temperature cold UK )
Netflix acquires the rights to all 22 Redwall books, plans film and series
(tags:TV fantasy animals children books Netflix )
Weird Pride Day is March 4th
(tags:weird pride )
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Interesting Links for 28-01-2021

Jan. 28th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 24-09-2020

Sep. 24th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Why Netflix Keeps Canceling Shows After Just 2 Seasons
(tags:TV business Netflix )
I am delighted to live in a country where police use of a Taser triggers an independent investigation
(tags:police Scotland regulation )
Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in "anti-intellectual times"
(tags:transgender jkrowling feminism )
Brexit: Police to stop lorries without permits entering Kent in new internal border
(tags:trade UK Europe Doom )
JPMorgan to move $230 billion of assets to Germany ahead of Brexit
(tags:UK Europe finance Doom )
Scotland's block grant from Westminster cut by £309m
(tags:Scotland tax money UK )
I think I might finally have found something I'd like read at my funeral
(tags:poetry death )
The experience of being a lawyer while also not being white sounds completely exhausting
(tags:racism UK law )
Sturgeon calls for stronger UK Covid restrictions
(tags:UK Scotland pandemic )
Ministers 'must tell students to stay on campus over Christmas' to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks (maybe should have mentioned that before they spent thousands of pounds to go there)
(tags:pandemic students university UK OhForFucksSake Doom )
Kubaba, the Bartender Who Became the First Woman Ruler in History
(tags:history women sumeria )
UK gin supply 'under threat' from deadly plant disease
(tags:alcohol UK disease )
Against the armed forces torturing people? Labour will sack you
Statement https://twitter.com/NadiaWhittomeMP/status/1309066157987639298?s=19
(tags:labour torture military )
UK's coldest September night in more than 20 years
(tags:weather UK Scotland )
Why it's wrong to think of the Northern Irish violence as primarily Catholic Vs Protestant
(tags:religion UK NorthernIreland history violence )
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Interesting Links for 21-09-2020

Sep. 21st, 2020 12:00 pm
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Studio Ghibli releases a ton of high resolution stills from their movies
(tags:ghibli movies art )
The road from Barnard Castle - government and the problem of illegality
(tags:UK law pandemic )
Trafalgar Square protests end with 32 arrests as hundreds of anti-vaxxers and lockdown critics clash with police
(tags:vaccination protest pandemic UK police )
Just how problematic is JK Rowling's new 'cross-dressing serial killer book'?
(tags:jkrowling transgender LGBT )
Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes ( 30% relative decrease)
(tags:unions pandemic newyork usa )
Leaked documents involving about $2tn of transactions have revealed how some of the world's biggest banks have allowed criminals to move dirty money around the world. (London is a major hub)
(tags:crime finance uk USA money )
The "WandaVision" trailer looks glorious
(tags:TV marvel )
The mystery of Boris Johnson's "trip to Perugia"
(tags:wtf BorisJohnson Italy Russia )
UK scraps rail franchise system
(tags:UK transport trains pandemic )
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Interesting Links for 01-07-2020

Jul. 1st, 2020 12:00 pm
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Listen to Wikipedia
(tags:Wikipedia sounds )
Humans forced to hide from sex addicted monkeys who set up HQ in disused cinema
(tags:headline monkeys sex cinema )
Nuclear 'Power Balls' May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past
(tags:nuclearpower technology thefuture )
Boris Johnson's 'build, build, build' speech: What he said and what he really meant
(tags:politics UK )
Here's How Our Personality Changes As We Age
(tags:personality age psychology )
Boris Johnson: Economy speech fact-checked
(tags:conservatives money government )
Trump Administration Authorizes 'Cyanide Bombs' to Kill Predators Again, Months After Backlash
(tags:USA poison animals nature republicans )
Germany far right: Elite KSK commando force 'to be partially disbanded'
(tags:germany nazis military )
Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws, oaths remained on the bench
(tags:USA law OhForFucksSake )
Did you know about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who invented rock and roll?
(tags:music history LGBT racism USA )
Petrol sold to Nigeria from Europe is 200 times worse than EU pollution limits
(tags:oil nigeria europe OhForFucksSake pollution )
Ministers urged to 'look beyond the numbers' as report reveals 39% rise in deep poverty since 2000
(tags:uk poverty )
The robots that can cook and serve your food (Interesting video. Looks like it's very close to the mainstream)
(tags:food robots )
One-time treatment generates new neurons, eliminates Parkinson's disease in mice
(tags:mice genetics disease )
California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste
(tags:India bigotry jobs USA )
'Extraordinary' amber fossils reveal how ancient insects used colour for camouflage
(tags:colour insects fossils )
The EU are being really clear on the UK finance sector, and how much trouble it's going to be in in January.
(tags:uk europe finance doom )
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Interesting Links for 30-05-2020

May. 30th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Saving this for my own use, for next time my Synology NAS goes slow
(tags:speed storage Technology )
Evidence that it was *always* the plan to discharge Covid-19 patients into care homes. 1,800 beds were block booked in care homes by the NHS and councils for that exact purpose....And they're still being discharged.
(tags:Pandemic UK OhForFucksSake murder )
An unbelievable piece of piano playing
(tags:music viaMorag video piano )
The ways Credit Suisse have paid their staff are fascinating
(tags:investment finance pay )
Board game unearthed from the Roman Iron Age in Norway
(tags:Rome Norway archeology games )
Coronavirus: Monkeys escape with COVID-19 samples after attacking lab assistant
(tags:monkeys pandemic headline )
Coronavirus: Diabetes and Sleep Apnea increase risk of death
(tags:pandemic virus diabetes sleep )
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Interesting Links for 02-11-2019

Nov. 2nd, 2019 08:09 pm
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Gorgie City Farm: One of Scotland's last urban farms collapses
We've loved taking Sophia there, such a shame
(tags:farming edinburgh fail sad )
l am really hoping that Rod Liddle and The Spectator fall foul of anti hate laws
(tags:Islam bigotry UK media OhForFucksSake )
I would like to play Diablo 4 now please
(tags:diablo video )
The end of the liberal Tory
(tags:liberal Conservatives politics uk )
No, a genetic study didn't pinpoint the ancestral homeland of all humans
(tags:prehistory humans Africa )
Facebook will allow UK election candidates to run ads full of lies
(tags:lies Facebook politics advertising UK )
The war against today's dangerously dull playgrounds
(tags:history children play safety )
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 Confirmed for April 8 2022
(tags:spiderman animation GoodNews movies )
Met Police hand file of evidence surrounding Boris Johnson's Brexit campaign to prosecutors
(tags:UK law referendum )
Fracking suspended in UK as government makes major U-turn
(tags:UK oil earthquakes GoodNews )
I've gone viral without even knowing about it!
(tags:inequality me AndrewDucker wtf viral )
Heidi Klum's Latest Halloween Costume Is Her Most Over-the-Top Yet
(tags:costumes amazing scifi )
Trauma Is Not Your Fault, But Healing Is Your Responsibility
(tags:trauma advice self-improvement )
Marxist Financial Advice
(tags:finance savings satire funny comic )
Taliban kicked Jews out of prison for arguing too much
(tags:Jews afghanistan argument )
Why are the Conservatives calling a halt on fracking?
(tags:UK oil environment )
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Interesting Links for 27-09-2019

Sep. 27th, 2019 12:55 pm
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Marvel mastermind Kevin Feige to develop new Star Wars film
(tags:StarWars )
What *really* happens to people when they're exposed to a vacuum?
(tags:vacuum space )
This is the massager your cat needs
It's mostly the expression on its face I love
(tags:massage cats video )
A Sleeping Octopus Changes Color While Dreaming
(tags:octopus sleep colour viaElfy )
Supreme court litigant advised to buy stab vest after death threats
(tags:UK Europe OhForFucksSake )
I, too, would like to live in a 350sqft Harry Potter Themed Playhouse
(tags:housing harrypotter )
I was not invited to this party. Which is a shame, because it was clearly the best party ever
(tags:dogs babies video viaSwampers )
Boris Johnson's backers have bet billions on the pound crashing
(tags:finance politics UK Europe OhForFucksSake )
Boris Johnson is capitalising on MPs fearing for their lives
(tags:politics fascism UK )
Infinity is too a number
(tags:mathematics infinity )
TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content
(tags:LGBT censorship apps OhForFucksSake )
Boris Johnson could bypass key law blocking no-deal Brexit by issuing order to suspend it
(tags:politics law uk )
Can Boris Johnson actually suspend the Benn Act?
(tags:politics law UK viaDanielDWilliam )
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 is not an Enabling Act for Brexiters
(tags:law politics UK )
Japan Airlines will tell you where the baby on board is sitting
(tags:babies transport Japan airplanes )
Uber stopped its own investigators from reporting crimes to the police
(tags:OhForFucksSake crime business )
Prehistoric Babies Drank Animal Milk From Bottles
(tags:babies prehistory milk archeology )
Man catches monster tuna worth almost €3 million and throws it back into sea
(tags:fish environment japan ireland )
Why Are Rich People So Mean?
(tags:money inequality psychology )
Brexit, Padfield, and the Benn Act
(tags:uk europe law )
BBC says staff cannot call Donald Trump a racist even if he says racist things
(tags:racism bbc )
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Interesting Links for 22-09-2019

Sep. 22nd, 2019 04:22 pm
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'The men who plundered Europe': British bankers on trial for siphoning €60bn
(tags:UK tax finance Europe crime )
A Taxonomy of Moats (in the business sense)
(tags:business )
The Scottish Women's Autism Network have been engaging in bullying and harassment
(tags:autism bullying gender OhForFucksSake )
America has two economies, and they're diverging fast
(tags:USA society economics )
'How can you be lesbian and Christian?' Home Office using religion against LGBT asylum seekers
(tags:LGBT asylum religion OhForFucksSake viaJennieRigg )
Remain supporters are prepared to vote tactically - could defeat an additional 60 Tories
(tags:voting UK europe )
Jeremy Corbyn's policy chief resigns citing "lack of professionalism, competence and human decency' at the top of the party
(tags:labour )
You knew bats slept upside down, but did you know how they pee?
(tags:bats urination video )
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