Entries tagged with flight

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Interesting Links for 17-04-2021

Covid in Scotland: Restrictions on travel and outdoor meetings eased (I'm on a train right now!): (tags:transport Scotland pandemic )
Scientists uncover 'monkeydactyl' — the first-known flying dinosaur with opposable thumbs: (tags:dinosaurs flight )
It's Not Just Young White Liberals Who Are Leaving Religion (US figures): (tags:USA religion )
It was the last twenty seconds of this Dr Who spoof that really had me giggling: (tags:drwho funny video satire )
How Much Money Do Contestants Spend to Go on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'?: (tags:gender performance TV money lgbt )
Support doesn't and shouldn't mean unquestioning agreement. Context, nuance, understanding all matter too: (tags:support abuse )
US Housing Market Faces Shortfall: (tags:USA housing )
New Jersey high school wrestling coach is CEO of $100 million firm that owns one (small) deli: (tags:corruption fraud business wtf )
Spectacular Neon Blue Lava Pours From Indonesia's Kawah Ijen Volcano At Night: (tags:viaNancyLebov Indonesia volcano )
Spanking affects children's brain development in a similar way to other kinds of abuse: (tags:spanking abuse psychology children )
How-to give a cat a pill: (tags:cats medication video )
Land Rover hearse designed by Prince Philip unveiled: (tags:death royalty cars )
When your parakeet loves ACDC.: (tags:music birds )

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Interesting Links for 12-07-2019

The New York City passport office: (tags:bureaucracy newyork OhForFucksSake )
The helicopter team that films the Tour de France is one of a kind: (tags:helicopter flight France cycling )
Babies point at objects because they really want to touch them: (tags:babies viaSwampers psychology )
Artificial skin produced using nanoscale technology could improve wound recovery for patients with burns or skin grafts.: (tags:medicine Technology )
Sugary and Fruit juice drinks associated with cancer. Drinks with sweeteners - not.: (tags:sugar cancer )
What happens if Boris Johnson loses a vote of no confidence?: (tags:politics uk )
Robots Are Beating Humans At Poker: (tags:poker games ai )
The Slow Death of Hollywood "[Netflix] now routinely ends shows after their second season, even when they're still popular.": (tags:Hollywood TV movies business netflix )
The World's Only Traditional MÄori Garden Was Made From Memories: (tags:history garden farming newzealand )

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Interesting Links for 19-01-2019

We are undergoing UK political failure on a grand scale.: (tags: UK europe politics doom )
Raytraced Quake II makes me want to buy a ludicrously expensive new graphics card: (tags: games graphics )
Top tip, if you're going to murder someone don't wear a GPS tracker...: (tags: GPS running murder )
AeroMexico's new 'DNA Discount' ad goes viral: (tags: Mexico genetics flight holidays advertising )

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Interesting Links for 19-10-2018

The secret physics of dandelion seeds: (tags: plants flight )
Get Lost in Mega-Tunnels Dug by South American Megafauna: My first thought was DR & Quinch's "Snufflegruffs".
(tags: animals SouthAmerica tunnels )
Trump: UK must dump 'unjustified' food standards for Brexit trade deal: (tags: UK USA Europe food doom OhForFucksSake )
If we hit January with no deal then there's not enough time to hold an election before Brexit: (tags: UK europe elections time doom )
How Facebook’s fraudulent data pushed news publishers to make terrible decisions on video: (tags: videos journalism Facebook fraud OhForFucksSake )
Colored filter improves dyslexic children's reading speed: (tags: dyslexia reading colour psychology )
The gender paradox is complex: (tags: gender equality personality psychology )
Girl gamers are more likely to study science and technology degrees: (tags: women gaming education science )
'I Didn’t Hate the English — Until Now': (tags: England Ireland history ignorance society )
It's Customs Union or No Deal: (tags: UK europe doom )
If Brexit happens we’d have to choose between trade with China or US, says Trump trade aide: (tags: trade UK europe USA china )
What really terrifies Shaggy?: (tags: comic meaning viaSwampers )
The UK is heading towards a frightening constitutional crisis over Brexit: (tags: UK politics Europe doom )
The Bosnian Jews who speak medieval Spanish: (tags: spain Jews language history Bosnia )
Jonesy from Alien gets his own book: (tags: alien cats books )
Gibraltar status agreement reached in Brexit talks, says Spain: (tags: uk spain europe Gibraltar )

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Interesting Links for 14-09-2018

Calls for UK abortion clinic buffer zones rejected: (tags: abortion uk )
Tories were only governing conservative party in western Europe to support Hungarian far-right in EU vote: (tags: uk Conservatives fascism OhForFucksSake )
Android 9 Pie, thoroughly reviewed: (tags: android phones review )
Visualising the world's population in 2018: (tags: population world maps visualisation )
This nifty flying robot can hover, bank, and turn as deftly as a fruit fly: (tags: robot flight )
"Scary as fuck weather report. First it's like, ah smart use of green screen, then it's like holy fucking shit.": (tags: weather video viaSwampers terrifying )
A Message To Those Who Body-Shame People At The Gym: Shame On You: (tags: bodies exercise shame )
It’s Now Possible To Telepathically Communicate with a Drone Swarm: Amazing stuff. Baby steps into a cyberpunk future.
(tags: cyborg drone )
On Medicalised Fat-Shaming: (tags: fat diet health )
Cornwall formed from part of France 400 million years ago: (tags: Cornwall france geology )
Democratic Insurgents Topple 6 New York Senate Incumbents: (tags: democrats politics usa )
Stop treating LGBT as a genre, rather than a facet of some characters in a novel.: (tags: lgbt publishing writing )

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Interesting Links for 19-01-2018

Brexit: EU relocates Galileo satellite system installation from UK to Spain: (tags: uk Europe spain )
Workers dismantling old North Sea oil and gas rigs will be paid less than the minimum wage: (tags: uk pay oil )
Airbnb plans for 90-day restriction in Edinburgh: (tags: edinburgh housing )
HIV positive man can become a commercial pilot: (tags: flight hiv )
Drugs sounds be legalised, not decriminalised: (tags: Drugs legalisation )
North Korea’s fabric made of stone: (tags: NorthKorea materials clothing )
The 29 Stages Of A Twitterstorm In 2018 (Astoundingly accurate. How did we get here?): (tags: Twitter life OhForFucksSake society )
42 percent of Republicans believe accurate — but negative — stories qualify as 'fake news': (tags: fraud news media OhForFucksSake )
3,265 women travelled from the Republic of Ireland to the UK for abortions in 2016: (tags: abortion Ireland uk )
Venezuelan Hyperinflation Explodes, Soaring Over 440,000 Percent: (tags: Venezuela inflation economy OhForFucksSake )
Finally, someone brings the sciences and humanities together: (tags: scifi humanities science comic )
Life is hard when you're a wolf who just wants to eat their apple: (tags: apple wolves video )
Why Walkable Streets Are More Economically Productive: (tags: cities economics )
Moses Farrow Speaks Out (on Mia Farrow and Woody Allen): (tags: abuse family )
Paleo diet healthier for overweight women: (tags: women food )
Why you don't want artificial intelligence designing your life: (tags: ai life )
I suspect we're going to get a lot more of these stories of entitled men behaving awfully on dates: (tags: relationships men OhForFucksSake )
The cost of computer games (fascinating, and covering their whole history): (tags: games money )
From PFI to privatisation, our national accounting rules encourage daft decisions.: (tags: accounting uk economics government )
Top tip: Murderers, don't tag yourself in photos with the victim and the murder weapon!: (tags: murder facebook fail )
Two doses of psilocybin and some meditation brings about lasting, positive changes to altruism, gratitude, forgiveness and closeness: (tags: psilocybin magic_mushrooms psychology happiness )
Blood test found for 8 common forms of cancer.: (tags: cancer blood )
Reality has a surprising amount of detail (some vital advice if you want to be good at something): (tags: experience life advice )
The difficult life of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette - the first female French novelist to have a state funeral: (tags: women history writing france )
TV, retail, advertising and cascading collapses: (tags: business internet )
Moore and Williams III's Promethea Comes to Justice League of America: I can hear Alan Moore exploding from here...
(tags: comics alanmoore )
How does "Mrs Brown’s Boys" divide Britain?: (tags: polls tv demographics comedy uk )
‘Superheroes don’t work 90-hour weeks’: (tags: working_hours )
Call to curb disruption caused by holiday lets like Airbnb: (tags: housing rental holidays regulation )

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Interesting Links for 18-04-2017

I hadn't realised that Slack and Flickr were both spun out of failed games from the same person: (tags: games communication photography web apps internet )
Fairytale Prisoner by Choice: The Photographic Eye of Melania Trump: (tags: usa politics photos )
Courts Are Using AI to Sentence Criminals. That Must Stop Now: (tags: ai law usa )
Easyjet forced couple off overbooked flight: (tags: flight uk )
How Liberals Fell In Love With The West Wing (And the damage it did them): (tags: tv politics usa )
Violence soars by 76% at Government's flagship prison (lack of funding, staff, etc): (tags: prison fail uk )
AI can predict heart attacks more accurately than doctors: (tags: ai healthcare heart prediction )
Here’s the Biggest Study Yet on Brain-Based Sex Differences: (tags: brain men women )
Measuring Global Sex Differences in Personality: (tags: personality men women psychology )
Brexit Voters Respond Angrily To News That Brexit Means Brexit: (tags: uk europe OhForFucksSake )
It can backfire when doctors make a show of their own healthy living: (tags: health healthcare psychology doctors )
The Canadian Liberals have lied – their pot plan is not legalization: (tags: cannabis canada OhForFucksSake )
May to seek snap election for 8 June: (tags: elections uk )
‘More politics? How absolutely f**king fantastic’, says Britain: (tags: uk politics )
Tim Farron: Lib Dem leader says snap election is 'chance to change direction of country': (tags: libdem politics elections uk )

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Interesting Links for 14-04-2017

Why flying in America keeps getting more miserable: (tags: economics history flight transport usa business )
Female professors spend more time on "service" for their departments. Can't say no without "grave consequences": (tags: women academia viaDrCross )
"Colossal": The fucked-up Kaiju Relationship movie you never knew you wanted: (tags: movies monsters relationships )
Wanted: Software developer with a time machine: (tags: jobs software OhForFucksSake )
United Passenger "Removal": their legal position looks very bad indeed: (tags: airplanes law usa epicfail )
That New 'Thor: Ragnarok' Trailer Proves It: Marvel Knows What You Want: (tags: marvel trailer movies thor )
Mulan McDonald's Szechuan dipping sauce sold at auction for ridiculous price: And yet, somehow, not a deliberate Rick and Morty tie-in
(tags: food wtf Disney mcdonalds )
Lord of the Rings: The Experience: (tags: lotr memory fantasy reading )
If Humble People Make the Best Leaders, Why Do We Fall for Charismatic Narcissists?: (tags: leadership personality organisation society )
Sean Spicer Never Said Hitler Didn't Use Chemical Weapons on 'Fellow Germans': (tags: fraud politics usa Holocaust )
On dealing with a Jewish Vampire at Passover: (tags: religion Jews vampires short_story )
Solar energy has plunged in price—where does it go from here?: (tags: solarpower thefuture )
Six megatrends that could alter the course of sustainable development: (tags: globalization Technology globalwarming immigration thefuture poverty environment demographics )
United Airlines fed up with beating up passengers, takes to throwing scorpions at them: (tags: airplanes wtf )

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Interesting Links for 01-04-2017

Meanwhile, at the end of infinity: (tags: mathematics jokes funny comic )
The Doctor's new companion Will absolutely not fancy him.: (tags: lgbt drwho )
Anyone recommend a decent music-playing device which can be operated without looking at it?: (tags: music Technology design advice )
What the EU27 wants from Brexit: (tags: europe viaNWhyte )
Classism (and Sexism, and Ableism) Kills: (tags: healthcare class society OhForFucksSake )
Manatees are no longer classified as endangered species: (tags: GoodNews animals ocean )
Badger caught on camera burying cow carcass in world first: (tags: animals video cows )
Indian civil servant called in to partition Britain: (tags: uk politics satire )
Iron Man-style flight suit inventor struggles to convince anyone it is not an April Fools’: (tags: video flight Technology )
Twins Born at End of Daylight Savings Time - one older, one "older": (tags: time children )
George R. R. Martin on Writing TV's 'Beauty and the Beast': "It Was Such a Smart Show": (tags: TV GeorgeRRMartin )
Things We’ve Heard About Upcoming Star Wars Projects: (tags: StarWars )
Keeping David MacKay's 'Sustainable Energy - without the hot air' up-to-date: I'd love to see this done. The book was amazing, but the figures are now getting out of date.
(tags: energy electricity uk )

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Interesting Links for 07-02-2017

Russians Engineer a Brilliant Slot Machine Cheat—And Casinos Have No Fix: (tags: maths computers gambling )
British people answer: "What are some legit "Very British problems"?: (tags: uk culture )
Donald Trump will not be allowed to address Parliament on UK state visit, Speaker John Bercow says: (tags: uk parliament )
Why the science of nutrition is so messy.: (tags: diet food nutrition viaNWhyte )
Stop talking about "regulations" and start talking about "protections": (tags: language politics )
Wildlife photographers with wildlife on them: (tags: wildlife nature photography cute )
Why we'll never see Deep Space Nine Or Voyager on Blu-ray: (tags: StarTrek tv )
Successful application of Vasalgel male contraceptive in monkeys: (tags: contraception monkeys men )
Go, Unemployment, and Moraility: Notes From The Asilomar Conference On Beneficial AI: (tags: ai morality jobs employment )
“Donaeld The Unready” tweets as if Trump is a mad medieval king: (tags: politics satire history )
Longest ever personality study finds no correlation between measures taken at age 14 and age 77: (tags: personality psychology )
Kyra Poh: The 14-year-old girl who's the 'fastest flyer': (tags: flight awesome )

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Interesting Links for 17-04-2016

An illustration from the 1600s, proving that no matter when you were born into you just missed the good old days.: (tags: history society illustration )
On Eating Welfare Bananas In Rural Australia: The difference between "being poor" and poverty: (tags: poverty money australia )
If you fly Virgin out of SFO then you get very entertaining signs: And, of course, fifteen minutes later Virgin Airlines follows me on Twitter...
(tags: flight funny )
Game of Thrones May End With Two Shortened Seasons: (tags: gameofthrones )
An overview of who is running (and their chances) in Edinburgh/Lothians: (tags: politics edinburgh scotland viaPatrickHadfield )
Nearly half of British public think all tax returns should be made public: (tags: tax transparentsociety )
There's nothing in this cave worth dying for: (tags: water death ocean safety )

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Interesting Links for 19-10-2015

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Interesting Links for 01-12-2014