Entries tagged with goth

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Interesting Links Catchup from 18-08-2022

1. Judge who approved Trump search warrant attacked for synagogue involvement: (tags:law USA Jews politics OhForFucksSake )
2. Not mature enough to have an abortion? Then you'll have to have a baby instead!: (tags:abortion usa OhForFucksSake children )
3. What if Rob Liefeld had drawn Watchmen?: (tags:comics history art funny )
4. These Are Not Photos: Beautiful Landscapes Created by New AI: (tags:photos ai mountains nature )
5. Single Moms: Less Housework, More Leisure Than Married Moms: (tags:housework gender parenting work marriage relationships OhForFucksSake )
6. The man who bought Pine Bluff, Arkansas: (tags:USA wtf )
7. When it takes doctors 6 days to recognise your stroke (and multiple hospital visits): (tags:stroke brain healthcare )
8. Edinburgh bin strike: Here's what to do with your waste while workers are on strike: (tags:Edinburgh waste unions strike )
9. The "Wednesday Addams" trailer looks great: (tags:trailer TV Goth )
10. Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars: (tags:cars ui efficiency safety design )
11. Black and Asian people are more likely to have been handed Covid fines: (tags:racism uk pandemic )
12. Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers: (tags:computers music history )
13. Babies don't belong at comedy shows, which is why we set one up for new parents and their screaming kids: (tags:babies comedy )
14. Accumulation of glutamate in brain is why thinking hard is tiring: (tags:thinking brain )

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Interesting Links for 10-01-2018

What Is MicroLED and When am I Going to Get It?: (tags: tv Technology led thefuture )
Koreas agree military talks to defuse border tension: (tags: korea NorthKorea GoodNews )
Just-Eat replaces credit-card charge with...service charge: (tags: money food uk )
Luxury retirement village in Granton (Edinburgh) given green light: (tags: edinburgh scotland housing uk )
The Edinburgh neighbourhood that's home to billions of pounds of illegal activity and money laundering: (tags: edinburgh money OhForFucksSake )
Brain Surgery in 3-D: Coming Soon to the Operating Theater: (tags: surgery 3d Technology )
No tracking, no revenue: Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions (yay!): (tags: advertising Apple privacy GoodNews )
Virgin West Coast train firm stops selling Daily Mail: (tags: DailyMail virgin trains )
"The day I accidentally killed a little boy": (tags: death children cars accident )
Prime Minister has to tell apparently grown adults that bullying people is not ok.: (tags: bullying politics society )
How to Take a Picture of a Stealth Bomber Over the Rose Bowl: (tags: photography airplanes impressive )
Lessons from the history of radio, and why the internet needs to learn them.: (tags: internet radio technology communication Nazis war propaganda surveillance )
How George Lucas influenced Star Wars: The Last Jedi: (tags: StarWars georgelucas )
Andrew Hickey reads Fire and Fury so you don't have to: (tags: usa politics OhForFucksSake review )
Why dolphins are deep thinkers (They work for fish - and then learn how to game the system): (tags: dolphins Intelligence )
In contrast to Theresa May: here’s how Clement Attlee went about a sacking: (tags: politics jobs history )
The Subtle Misogyny in Anti-Goth Makeovers: (tags: goth fashion society patriarchy )
Some friends are on a cruise around the antarctic. Some of the photos are awesome.: (tags: antarctic photos )
This is my favourite 2016 election map: (tags: maps politics elections usa xkcd )
Designing consent for the GDPR is onerous - and that's a good thing: (tags: consent privacy web surveillance europe )
In 1936 a doctor injected King George V so his death would be in time for the morning papers: (tags: royalty uk death history )
Institutional racism is when changing your name from "Jasmeet" to "Millie" means you suddenly get job interviews...: (tags: names racism uk jobs )
Tim Sweeney on the First Version of the Unreal Editor: (tags: games tools Technology )
Researchers have tested ways to reduce the collective blaming of Muslims for extremism: (tags: psychology islam terrorism )
Michael Barnier asks important questions about Brexit and what comes after: (tags: uk europe )
The Fight For Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won: (tags: videos Technology patents GoodNews )

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Interesting Links for 26-11-2017

A nice look at "Roko's Basilisk" and whether you should be worried that a future AI will raise you from the dead to torture you forever: And some more information about the idea's origins, and the misunderstandings around it. https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/WBJZoeJypcNRmsdHx/a-few-misconceptions-surrounding-roko-s-basilisk
(tags: AI thefuture )
Ireland has punctured Brexiteers’ wishful thinking: (tags: Ireland UK europe )
The Uncertain Future of Bitcoin Futures: (tags: economics finance bitcoin )
Dark Souls Gets Loot Boxes: (tags: satire games video money )
Doctor Who theme's co-creator honoured with posthumous PhD: (tags: music history drwho )
Stop being such a dick about Temple of Love, Andrew Eldritch told: (tags: music goth funny )
Russian Miner Spends His Breaks Taking Photos Of Foxes In The Arctic Circle: (tags: russia foxes cute )
What’s the most annoying question to ask a nun (in 1967): (tags: religion women anger )
Everything is better with explosions: (tags: explosions funnny )
One in two people will get a cancer diagnosis. Yet our treatment still focuses on the disease, not the person’s specific needs: (tags: cancer disease healthcare society )
Quantum Theory Rebuilt From Simple Physical Principles: (tags: quantum physics )
How the sandwich consumed Britain - and freed us from society itself: (tags: food uk )
In honor of Thomas Friedman’s latest love letter to Saudi here is 70 years of the NY Times describing Saudi royals in the language of reform: (tags: reform saudiarabia )
Young man with Asperger's dumped by B&M after 15 hours of free work as campaigners demand end to 'trial' shifts: I don't object to trial shifts. I do object to them being for free! If you're working, you should be paid.
(tags: pay work viaJennieRigg OhForFucksSake )

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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 )

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Interesting Links for 15-06-2017

Theresa May says not to worry DUP's views on 'LGB…what's the rest?' (not satire!): (tags: lgbt Conservatives OhForFucksSake )
A Merriam-Webster lexicographer reveals how words are added to the dictionary: (tags: language dictionary video )
Last year the Grenfell Action Group were pointing out that their tower block was unsafe...: (tags: fire safety OhForFucksSake )
Some Of The Oldest Color Photos Showing What The World Looked Like 100 Years Ago: (tags: history photos colour )
Google AI used to vet New York Times comments: (tags: comments ai abuse language )
Edinburgh Trams scores highly in light rail survey: (tags: edinburgh trams )
Pirate Bay may finally be sunk after EU copyright ruling: (tags: piracy copyright )
An amazing story, and advice on how to deal with awful people on the internet: (tags: business advice twitter autism )
Never Bathe or Shower in a Thunderstorm: (tags: electricity death lightning baths )
Sony continues to lock PS4 players out of cross-platform play: (tags: sony playstation gaming )
Inside the pitch meeting for The Mummy: (tags: funny movies fail review )
Konami treat their former employees appallingly: (tags: business gaming Japan OhForFucksSake )
These maps reveal the hidden structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books: (tags: Choice FreeWill books visualisation maps )
A really simple visualisation of how poverty has been decreasing over time.: (tags: poverty GoodNews visualisation )
Alpha (A translation of Genesis 1 using only words beginning with A): (tags: language religion christianity )
Robert Maltby on the murder of his girlfriend Sophie Lancaster: ‘The goth thing was an oversimplification': (tags: UK violence murder goth )
What is London’s euro clearing market and why is Brussels worried?: (tags: europe uk money euro )
I'm taking part in "A Walk to Remember 2017" to raise money for a hospice. If you can sponsor me, I'd appreciate it.: (tags: charity money death )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3572499.html

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Interesting Links for 27-04-2017

The stress of poverty doesn't just last a lifetime - you can pass it on to the next generation: (tags: poverty psychology epigenetics behaviour inequality )
TfL to spend £18m on preparing London for new electric black cabs: (tags: taxi electricity london transport )
L.A. shop introduces black ice cream, for goths with a sweet tooth: (tags: goth IceCream colour )
Sweet Dreams Cthulhu is a weirdly adorable, Lovecraftian kids story: (tags: cthulhu children books )
If Hell was British, what would it look like?: (tags: hell uk funny viaCharlesStross )
Early Nintendo programmer worked without a keyboard: (tags: nintendo keyboard programming )
Why you should not use pie charts.: (tags: visualisation fail advice )
Liberal Democrats will not field a candidate against Caroline Lucas: Good for them. Bloody annoying that the stupid voting system means they have to.
(tags: libdem green politics )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3567251.html

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Interesting Links for 10-04-2017

Flat-Earthers Have a Wild New Theory About Forests: (tags: forests conspiracy wtf )
People prefer fairness over equality: (tags: inequality psychology society )
15 honest British seaside postcards (Some of you will particularly appreciate Whitby): (tags: UK funny holidays goth )
When having separate bank accounts is the opposite of independence: (tags: relationships money )
Ikea's smart-lighting system is not a terrible apocalypse of security failure!: (tags: ikea security )
LJ to Dreamwidth in a Hurry: (tags: livejournal dreamwidth )
Want to find an old LJ friend? Linking DW and LJ identities: (tags: livejournal dreamwidth )
On the Women’s Petition Against Coffee of 1674: (tags: coffee history )
What is this colored fiber in my chicken?: (tags: chicken food wtf )
The connection between short and long-term memory is not what we thought: (tags: memory brain mice )
I took a feminism test. I'm not sure how I feel about the results: (tags: feminism )
Borders Railway extension prospects studied: (tags: rail scotland )
Third of cohabitants believed they had same rights as married couples (or did not know). 75% think those rights should exist.: Scotland is, as usual, ahead of the curve: http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed2365
(tags: uk scotland law relationships )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3462785.html

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Interesting Links for 08-06-2016

WTO chief says post-Brexit trade talks must start from scratch: (tags: business trade wto europe uk )
AP Calls War For Ramsey Bolton: (tags: funny gameofthrones )
Ootsi.de - Weather from a brutally honest Scottish perspective: (tags: weather scotland funny )
21 Goths Having A Nice Time: (tags: goth happiness )
Investigatory Powers Bill passes through Commons after Labour backs Tory spy law: (tags: labour Conservatives surveillance uk politics )
Investors pulled £65bn cash out of the UK in March and April as Brexit fears grow: (tags: europe finance uk referendum )
Japanese Students Hatch Baby Chick Without An Eggshell (so they can see inside): (tags: viaElfy video eggs )
Mastering Programming: An outline: Lots of this applies to things other than programming, to be honest.
(tags: programming advice thinking )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3412348.html

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Interesting Links for 15-02-2016

Scottish universities need a lesson in democracy
- democracy academia Scotland
Intelligent people have 'unnatural' preferences and values
- intelligence belief religion
German poll finds one in three firms would leave UK after Brexit
- Germany Europe UK
The Man Making Sex Robots for the Masses
- video sex robots
Awesome people hanging out together
- celebrity photos
Aiko - A young girl, demons, swords, and gorgeous animation.
- (I'm sufficienly intrigued by this trailer that I would happily watch a few episodes once it gets made)
- trailer tv animation
I demand immediate delivery of what are _clearly_ the cutest fluffy ears in the world!
- dogs cute video
Mythological Valentines day pick up lines
- valentines_day funny mythology Greece
Wiki Bacon - find the links from any Wikipedia article to Kevin Bacon
- KevinBacon connection wikipedia
I no longer understand my PhD dissertation (and what this means for Mathematics Education)
- (Is doing a PhD really the best way to do this?)
- mathematics phd education academia
The "This Corrosion" flowchart.
- goth music flowchart visualisation
If you are British then this is the funniest discussion _ever_.
- uk funny
Futurama Tarot
- futurama tarot
'Lost' Roads of Ancient Rome Discovered with 3D Laser Scanners
- lasers maps UK history
The most terrifying device in all of human history is...the tampon
- menstruation OhForFucksSake men
North Korea appears to be very, very slowly getting slightly better
- NorthKorea reform

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Interesting Links for 31-08-2015

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Interesting Links for 08-02-2015

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Interesting Links for 31-12-2014

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Interesting Links for 06-09-2014

Housing benefit: MPs debate plans amid Coalition split
(tags: housing politics UK welfare )
Government _rubbish_ at managing contracts
(tags: government contracts fail )
Ukraine: A Catastrophic Defeat
(tags: ukraine Russia vianwhyte )
Radio 4 to make first ever dramatisation of Good Omens
(tags: NeilGaiman terrypratchett radio )
Posting stolen naked pictures of celebrities is now officially worse than cancer
(tags: cancer charity reddit nudity celebrity hacking )
Scientists discover how to ‘switch off’ autoimmune diseases
(tags: medicine immune_system )
Ever Wonder How Often People Use Game Consoles For Porn?
(tags: porn consoles )
Tesco: prices wouldn't be 16% higher in an independent Scotland
(tags: tesco shopping independence Scotland lies )
Airman denied reenlistment for refusing to say 'so help me God'
(tags: USA religion military )
Panda sex meme FTW
(tags: panda sex meme )
I am totally using "I put my monkey in the happy place" in conversation as soon as I can find an excuse to.
(tags: children funny monkey )
So Bill Gates Has This Idea for a History Class
I'll be taking a look at the videos (lots on YouTube!)
(tags: history education )
Can anyone identify the music from the goth home improvement ad?
(tags: music goth advertising diy )
Turns out you can add bike lanes _and_ reduce traffic delays
(tags: traffic bicycles viafanf )
CDC: Nearly 1 in 5 women have been raped - 44% of women and 23% of men have suffered sexual violence
(tags: rape assault USA )
An EU insider on Scotland, Independence, and EU membership
(tags: Europe Scotland independence )

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Interesting Links for 28-04-2014

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Interesting Links for 21-03-2014

Where’s our tax cut? ask paintballing sherry enthusiasts
(tags: funny politics UK )
UCL open letter to The Daily Mail, pointing out its racism and sexism
(tags: DailyMail racism sexism viafanf )
5-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus
(tags: mathematics education children )
The Only Fantasy Map You’ll Ever Need
(tags: fantasy maps )
Lost poems of Douglas Adams and Griff Rhys Jones found in school cupboard
(tags: douglasadams poetry )
Infinite! Dog! Machine!
(tags: dogs )
Puppies! In! The! Bath!
Have I mentioned how happy puppies make me?
(tags: dogs )
Whatever happened to youth subcultures?
(tags: uk society goth metal )
Extended Sleeplessness Leads to Irreversible Brain Damage
(tags: sleep )
Finally, a defense against penguins
(tags: penguins video )
Livejournal now supports embedding Getty Images.
(tags: livejournal photos )
Many homophobes _do not believe_ in straight people.
(tags: homophobia lgbt sexuality )
Cosmic Inflation Explained
(tags: physics science space )
The official word on publication of Tolkien’s Beowulf translation
(tags: Tolkien translation )

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Interesting Links for 27-10-2011