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Interesting Links for 06-09-2023

1. The End of Airbnb in New York
(tags:housing newyork GoodNews )
2. The strange, secretive world of North Korean science fiction
(tags:NorthKorea society scifi )
3. Stalker found Japanese singer through reflection in her eyes
(tags:stalking location japan )
4. Study of over 80,000 UK couples finds that in love opposites don't actually attract
(tags:relationships psychology )
5. "AI took my job, literally"—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to glitchy AI translator
(tags:ai translation jobs OhForFucksSake )
6. Misinformation about contraception on social media may be contributing to Scotland's record high abortion figures
(tags:disinformation contraception Scotland abortion OhForFucksSake )
7. The Nanohertz Gravitational-Wave Detection Explained
(tags:gravity research space )
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1. Researchers thought weight and education had shared genetic roots - turns out that educated people tended to marry thin people
(tags:education weight genetics family )
2. How many times does Hidetaka Miyazaki have to tell an interviewer that Armored Core 6 isn't a Soulsborne game?
(tags:games interview mecha )
3. Reminder that "Eskimo" is a slur.
(tags:Inuit language abuse )
4. The 10 Most Promising Breakthrough Innovations of 2022
(tags:science viaDanielDWilliam )
5. Renewables are set to triple over the next three years, and overtake coal to be the largest source worldwide
(tags:renewables GoodNews viaBenWerdmuller )
6. Probably the geekiest drinking game of all time
(tags:games alcohol geekery Windows )
7. When your nose gets cold it loses its ability to fight infections
(tags:disease cold temperature noses )
8. Disney now hiding LGBT content from kids, irrespective of age rating
(tags:LGBT children Disney )
9. Independent blockchain news site turns out to be funded by fradulent crypto company
(tags:fraud journalism blockchain )
10. The amusement park rides in The Centrifuge Brain Project deeply unsettled me
(tags:video gravity physics movie documentary )
11. It is very hard to keep a straight face while an elephant is fondling it
(tags:elephants cute video funny )
12. I'm not sure if my advice would be to never interview the Muppets live, or always interview the Muppets live.
(tags:muppets interview funny video )
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1. What are Conservative MPs saying about Johnson when they call for him to go?
(tags:Conservatives BorisJohnson )
2. Some advice about sex
(tags:sex relationships )
3. The Light That Shines When Things End
(tags:life )
4. Severe Covid cases more likely in places with high air pollution
(tags:pollution pandemic inflammation )
5. UK ivory ban comes into force today
(tags:elephants uk law )
6. London's police are guilty of systemic sexism, racism and homophobia
(tags:sexism racism homophobia police london uk )
7. Your Personality, Explained by Your Annoying Household Habits
(tags:tidiness personality funny psychology )
8. Excellent uses for a time machine: #5663
(tags:timetravel funny philosophy gravity physics comic )
9. This is what ignostic arguing looks like
(tags:consciousness comic philosophy funny )
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2022-03-04 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 13-12-2021

Infrared antenna-like structures in mammalian fur
(tags:mammals light heat )
New roles on isolation in Scotland for household contacts
(tags:Pandemic Scotland )
A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope (what R2 was really up to - I've been meaning to save this link for ages)
(tags:StarWars fanfic )
Austria ends COVID-19 lockdown measures - so long as you're vaccinated
(tags:vaccination Austria Pandemic )
Visualizing Gravity With A Large Sheet Of Spandex
(tags:gravity materials visualisation video )
Boris Johnson is doing great work to bring about a United Ireland
(tags:Ireland UK Europe BorisJohnson conservatives )
Cultures Where Men and Women Don't Speak the Same Language
(tags:language gender )
Poorest families worse off under Boris Johnson while incomes of richest soar
(tags:inequality Conservatives )
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Interesting Links for 10-05-2021

Here's Britain's beloved royal family selling access to Putin
(tags:UK monarchy Russia corruption )
Serious questions for the Electoral Commission tonight as inexplicable ruling appears to have robbed the Greens (and thus the pro-independence camp) of two seats they should have won
(tags:elections GreenParty Scotland OhForFucksSake names viaDanielDWilliam )
Gravity is a double copy of other forces
(tags:gravity physics mathematics )
Tory 'Blue Wall' in south starting to crumble, claim Liberal Democrats
(tags:England politics libdem Conservatives )
Edinburgh ghost tour guide doesn't give a fuck
(tags:Edinburgh scary video funny true )
Why Did It Take So Long to Accept the Facts About Covid Transmission?
(tags:pandemic epicfail who virus history )
Freeport firms won't be able to export without paying huge tariffs
(tags:trade WTF UK )
Three new horror novels which take motherhood and birth as their starting point
(tags:motherhood childbirth children horror books viaClare )
Glass walkway in China loses panels in high winds, looks even more terrifying than usual
(tags:glass bridge scary China wind )
Justice League: Gal Gadot Confirms Threats To Her Career Were Made By Joss Whedon
(tags:JossWhedon OhForFucksSake movies )
The Animal is tired
(tags:age )
Buyer sought for £250m hydro scheme at Glenmuckloch
(tags:scotland hydroelectric storage electricity )
Boris Johnson being investigated over Caribbean holiday and flat renovation
(tags:BorisJohnson corruption )
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Interesting Links for 24-04-2021

New vaccine 77% effective against malaria
(tags:malaria vaccine GoodNews )
Warning over major Android 'package delivery' scam
(tags:apps scam Android UK )
Scientific paper that claimed smokers less likely to contract Covid retracted over tobacco industry links
(tags:smoking pandemic OhForFucksSake )
Post Office scandal: What the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice is all about
(tags:UK postoffices law epicfail OhForFucksSake )
The Post Office case is damning, but do not blame 'computer error' - it is very much the fault of human error of Post Office managers
(tags:postoffices law OhForFucksSake )
The problem with automated systems with no human oversight is that when someone hacks it you're fucked (NFT edition)
(tags:art hacking security fail viaPatrickHadfield )
The British pop star who had two careers in different decades, neither one as himself
(tags:music UK history )
'I felt like my life was over.' How sex tapes turn famous women into punchlines
(tags:sex videos women celebrity )
Colombo meets Star Wars
(tags:StarWars funny )
Gravity-based batteries try to beat their chemical cousins (I'm still sceptical, but we'll see)
(tags:batteries gravity )
Magnet fishing allowed on Scotland's canals
(tags:Scotland canal magnets )
The Bible as Dungeons and Dragons game
(tags:Bible religion dungeonsanddragons funny )
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Describing Groups To Children Using Generic Language Can Accidentally Teach Them Social Stereotypes
(tags:stereotypes children psychology )
Long, but good, piece on what the USA should do for its people economically (more trade deals, better rights/healthcare/wages - basically be more Europe)
(tags:USA rights economics )
Horizon Zero Dawn is currently free on PlayStation for a few days (and great), here are some tips for playing it
(tags:games PlayStation viaBartCalendar )
Gravitricity battery generates first power at Edinburgh site
(tags:gravity electricity Edinburgh Scotland )
Dementia Risk After Age 50 Increases With Less Sleep
(tags:sleep dementia age )
Scotland's largest pumped hydro storage project approved by ministers
(tags:electricity hydroelectric scotland )
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Interesting Links for 12-03-2021

Playing with ultra-thin dolls could make girls as young as five want skinnier bodies
(tags:girls weight health toys dolls psychology ViaDrCross )
Scotland-England link removed for overhaul
(tags:UK Scotland England bridge )
'Appalling' speech by equalities minister was final straw, says LGBT+ adviser who quit government
(tags:UK conservatives lgbt OhForFucksSake )
'Harry Potter' actor Katie Leung was told to deny she was target of racist attacks
(tags:racism harrypotter movies )
£1m Green gravity energy project gets off the ground at Edinburgh's Leith docks
(tags:electricity gravity Edinburgh Scotland )
The weird and wonderful world of Eiffel Tower replicas and derivatives
(tags:France weird design architecture viaDanielDWilliam )
Scotland makes it illegal to stir up hatred against minorities (and abolishes blasphemy laws)
(tags:Scotland abuse law blasphemy )
Peer-reviews for grants are not reliable
(tags:research fail funding )
UK exports to Europe drop 40% in January
(tags:UK Europe trade Doom )
How tiny things add up - in business, bureaucracy, and racism
(tags:viaDanielDWilliam racism business UK Europe trade journalism )
Britain cannot be reformed, it must be destroyed
(tags:UK racism price journalism viaDanielDWilliam )
Another successful Covid vaccine announced!
(tags:pandemic vaccine GoodNews )
BBC cancels comedy show for being successful while not being Pro Brexit or Conservative
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1370256264509464577.html
(tags:BBC OhForFucksSake comedy tv )
Amazon Yanks Books That Frame LGBTQ Identity as Mental Illness
(tags:mentalhealth lgbt Amazon GoodNews )
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Interesting Links for 31-01-2021

Nine Russian adventurers mysteriously froze to death in Dyatlov Pass —a new theory explains why
(tags:history snow Russia death )
New study provides evidence for Modified Newtonian Dynamics (and therefore against Dark Matter)
(tags:physics gravity space )
Percentage of colours used by LEGO each decade
(tags:Lego colour visualisation )
Personal experiences bridge moral and political divides better than facts
(tags:communication politics psychology experience )
Are the Persian Gulf city-states slave societies?
(tags:slavery middle_east )
Analysing 67 Years of Lego Sets
(tags:lego history visualisation )
UK launches formal bid to join trade alliance named after ocean it's nowhere near
(tags:trade Pacific newzealand Japan australia Canada )
What happens when you let a 22 year old "disruptor" run vaccinations for your city
(tags:vaccination epicfail OhForFucksSake USA )
Rehab scam: Defendants in court-ordered rehab work for free
(tags:slavery USA OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 19-07-2020

This is a lovely story of a guy who kept pushing himself, even when he thought he wasn't good enough.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1284184707110809600.html
(tags:food inspiration cooking )
Richard Feynman Explains how fire works
(tags:fire sun explanations RichardFeynman video )
Hackers Tell the Story of the Twitter Attack From the Inside
(tags:hacking twitter )
What Accounts For High Coronavirus Positivity Rates Among Florida Kids?
(tags:children virus pandemic viaEatSoylentGreen )
When physics simulations go wrong
(tags:physics simulation video )
How The Guardian helped transphobes. (Which is why they're getting no money from me)
(tags:guardian bigotry LGBT transgender )
How Newton came to publish his laws of gravity
(tags:history mathematics physics space gravity )
24 Warrior Women Of Different Body Types
(tags:women art )
'No DSS' letting bans ruled unlawful
(tags:welfare housing law GoodNews )
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Interesting Links for 19-09-2019

EU gives Boris Johnson ultimatum: Show us Brexit plan in 12 days or 'it's over'
(tags:UK Europe BorisJohnson doom )
Brexit: Where do the parties stand?
(tags:UK Europe politics )
WeWork are literally beyond parody
(tags:wtf work parody )
The Christian Right Is Helping Drive Liberals Away From Religion
(tags:USA religion politics )
Labour's John McDonnell backs campaign to abolish private schools
(tags:Labour schools )
Switzerland in the age of automatic exchange of banking information
(tags:Banking transparency Switzerland )
The Gravitational-Wave "Revolution" Is Underway
(tags:gravity physics )
WW2 hero, 96, marries man, 50, after hiding true sexuality for his entire life
(tags:lgbt wwii marriage homosexuality )
Truck Carrying Gaming Dice Spills Onto Highway, Rolls A Perfect 756,000
(tags:dice gaming accident transport headline )
Carbon taxes: Public more likely to support if they offset other taxes
(tags:tax globalwarming economics viaSwampers )
Study suggest Neolithic Britons processed raw milk to reduce its lactose content
(tags:milk prehistory uk )
Caesarean babies have different gut bacteria, microbiome study finds
(tags:microbiome babies caesarians )
Lib Dems leapfrog Labour into second place after vowing to scrap Brexit
(tags:UK Europe polls )
American politicians, cheaper than almonds
(tags:politics money )
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Interesting Links for 15-04-2019

You have to understand intersectionality to break the vicious circle of disadvantage
(tags:inequality discrimination racism sexism lgbt )
Cookies Are Coming (Game of Thrones title sequence, made with Oreos)
(tags:food gameofthrones animation video )
Reclaiming the Manic Pixie Dream Girl
(tags:women media stereotypes )
Financial Times thrives by focusing on subscriptions
(tags:newspapers business )
Just when you thought the Home Office couldn't get any worse.
(tags:immigration asylum OhForFucksSake uk )
Inside The Artificial Gravity Lab
(tags:gravity physics space video weird )
HPV vaccination study finds cervical pre-cancer rates down 88%
(tags:cancer women vaccination GoodNews )
Guinness maker Diageo removes plastic from multipacks
(tags:plastic alcohol environment )
Polling analysis: The full extent of Britain's division brutally revealed
(tags:uk polls europe society )
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Interesting Links for 29-01-2018

46 tons of Mardi Gras beads found in clogged New Orleans catch basins
(tags: new_orleans water )
Delta V Solar System Maps
(tags: space visualisation )
Gods, goddesses, and L Ron Hubbard in Australia's controversial lamb advert
(tags: sheep food advertising australia )
I didn't know how easy it was to kidnap tigers
(tags: tiger video )
Dinosaur ballet is clearly the best ballet
(tags: ballet dancing dinosaurs )
Cats doing capoeira
(tags: cats cute )
Did A Teenage Girl Make The Kinks Great?
(tags: music )
Connections between high blood sugar and dementia
(tags: sugar dementia alzheimers )
Sailing drones provide high quality ocean data
(tags: drone ocean )
Yes, There Is Gravity in Space (even though most tv and movies get it wrong)
(tags: space gravity physics )
Tory MP David Davies condemned for transphobic and abhorrent views by party's official LGBT group
(tags: lgbt Conservatives transgender )
Strava Heatmap turns out to be *amazing* for finding military bases and patrol routes
(tags: military maps surveillance OhForFucksSake )
How far do you get from London before you hit 50% of the population
(tags: uk london population )
The 3 Things I had to Realise Before I 'got' Dark Souls
I am regularly amused by the videos I see that say "Once I realised I had to give in to Stockholm Syndrome I learned to love Dark Souls!" Which means that either, yes, you have to think a bit differently to like it, because it is a bit different. Or it means that the game just isn't very likeable for most people and maybe they should have made it more accessible if they wanted more people to like it. (I reckon they're perfectly happy appealing to the people it does appeal to, considering how successful the franchise is).
(tags: games video )
Trump doesn't really understand he's not the CEO of America
(tags: usa politics republicans OhForFucksSake )
Annihilation: Paramount dropping UK cinema release (Would totally have paid money to see it as well!)
(tags: movies netflix )
Cats! In! Boxes!
(tags: Cats cute )
If your horse riders aren't on fire your sport is inferior
(tags: sport fire awesome )
An island that switches countries every six months
(tags: countries history )
Vegans are now 1% of the UK population, and they're getting militant
(tags: food vegan uk )
Star Wars fans defy church protests to attend first cinema showing on a Sunday in Isle of Lewis
Note that most of the population want to be able to do things on a Sunday, with a few religious leaders holding them back.
(tags: religion StarWars GoodNews viaSwampers )
Watch tiny children learn how the patriarchy works
(tags: children consent society patriarchy )
What I learned from three months of Content Moderation for Facebook in Berlin
(tags: Facebook )
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Interesting Links for 15-05-2017

Andrew Rilstone's review of "Knock Knock" is much better than mine.
(tags: drwho review )
"history of the entire world, i guess" (from the creator of "history of japan"
(tags: video earth history prehistory )
Amazing video of divers cutting a rope off of a huge whale shark
(tags: video sharks ocean amazing )
From 'The Handmaid's Tale' to 'I Love Dick,' the female gaze is thriving on television
(tags: tv women viaElfy )
Emotional Labor - (A Massive MetaFilter Thread Condensed)
I'd read bits and pieces before, but not made the time to read the whole thing through. Glad I did, finally, do that.
(tags: emotion work relationships gender society patriarchy )
The Land of Might Have Been - Indian shops provide an oasis of nostalgia and a feeling of home to their UK customers
(tags: video india memory emotion immigration history )
Half-Payne - A Max Payne mod for Half Life
(tags: games video funny )
Nicola Sturgeon: I have a 'girl job' - it's called running the country
(tags: politics gender stereotypes scotland )
Indian solar power prices hit record low, undercutting fossil fuels
(tags: solarpower india )
Intel's Mark Bohr talks about push into multi-chip solutions and 5nm/7nm issues
(tags: Technology cpu computers thefuture Intel )
Communicating between star systems with a Gravitational Lens
(tags: space communication gravity )
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Interesting Links for 16-06-2016

Remain And Leave Campaign Boats Are Engaged In Low-Level Naval Warfare On The Thames
(tags: london uk europe referendum EpicWTF viaSwampers )
X-ray Experiments Show Hewlett Packard Team How Memristors Work
(tags: Technology computers )
Can Netflix Survive in the New World It Created?
(tags: tv streaming netflix business internet )
Gravitational waves announcement: Scientists hail ‘spectacular’ new detection of ripples in spacetime
(tags: physics space gravity science )
Twitter updates its block button to hide retweets on users' timelines
(tags: twitter abuse socialnetworking )
FactCheck: does immigration drive down wages?
(tags: immigration wages )
42% of Canadian jobs at high risk of being affected by automation
(tags: canada robots automation )
Study offers explanation for why women leave engineering (Spoilers: It's men treating them like non-engineers)
(tags: engineering women society )
Impact of antibiotic treatment, caesareans, breastfeeding on infant gut microbiome revealed
(tags: microbiome babies breastfeeding antibiotics )
On acknowledging the concerns of racists
(tags: racism immigration )
This is making me happy that I didn't see Batman vs not-actually-Superman
(tags: superman batman funny comic movies )
Killing Male Chicks Before They Hatch Is Hailed as a Major Moral Win
(tags: morality animals viaSwampers )
The $45B Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invests in African software developers
(tags: software africa charity facebook )
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