Interesting Links for 08-08-2023

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Interesting Links for 22-03-2023

Mar. 22nd, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. How many movies can you ruin for parents by adding "With The Children" to the end of them?
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2. Met Police is racist, sexist, homophobic and may harbour more killers, damning report says
(tags:racism sex homophobia lgbt bigotry police london uk )
3. "I Blocked Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple. It was hell"
(tags:Microsoft Google Facebook Apple Amazon technology society )
4. Incel Supernova: From a Single Comic Strip to the End of the Universe with Scott Adams (written before his recent nonsense, but clearly showing how he got there)
(tags:dilbert comics politics usa society )
5. Minimum unit pricing for alcohol saves hundreds of lives in Scotland (over 150 per year)
(tags:alcohol economics death Scotland GoodNews )
6. It turns out that acting with a puppet without collapsing into giggles is very hard
(tags:funny video comedy laughter puppets TV bbc )
7. Ugandan MPs pass bill that criminalises identifying as LGBT+ and 'promotion' of homosexuality
(tags:lgbt Uganda OhForFucksSake law )
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Interesting Links for 02-01-2023

Jan. 2nd, 2023 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 12-04-2021

Apr. 12th, 2021 12:00 pm
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The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme
(tags:meme computers wtf )
French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights
(tags:France flights globalwarming GoodNews transport )
"Technologies I Thought My Son Would Never Use"
(tags:technology history thefuture predictions )
There is no good argument for modern sex-negativity
(tags:sex argument society )
When I was a kid the insult "div" was quite common. To say its etymology is unclear would be an understatement.
(tags:language slang viaSarah )
The story of a man who transitioned, and what happened to his family who didn't
(tags:family lgbt transgender )
On firebombs in Northern Ireland and homophobia in Scotland
(tags:lgbt homophobia Scotland NorthernIreland bigotry sectarianism Europe UK )
What the Dufflepuds tell us about how CS Lewis thought
(tags:narnia consent )
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Interesting Links for 03-04-2021

Apr. 3rd, 2021 12:00 pm
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FactCheck: how effective are masks at stopping Covid-19 spread?
(tags:Pandemic virus )
World War One: Edinburgh Zeppelin raid was Scotland's first air blitz
(tags:wwi Edinburgh history balloon viaDanielDWilliam )
No more lockdowns likely with Covid to be 'treated like flu' says Chris Witty
(tags:Pandemic disease UK )
Revealing the Ineffectiveness of Early British Night-Bombing Raids of WWII
(tags:wwii airplanes explosives history viaDanielDWilliam )
Loot boxes are basically gambling and should be regulated
(tags:regulation gambling games )
An independent Scotland would face a whole host of problems, but prosperity is possible in the long term
(tags:Scotland independence thefuture )
Revealed: How Conservatives sat on report into racism within Tory Party
(tags:racism conservatives )
Racism review authors attack wilful misrepresentation of controversial report
(tags:racism uk )
The UK's racism report is deliberately misusing and misrepresenting its sources
(tags:racism UK fraud )
Thank God I've Left My Twenties Behind
(tags:age )
What are the odds of Chuck Tingle?
(tags:hugo scifi porn writing abuse fandom )
British Psychological Society's response to the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
(tags:UK racism viaPatrickHadfield )
Tree of the day
(tags:trees art video viaPatrickHadfield )
How Yoda is translated worldwide
(tags:language StarWars translation )
Here's Keir Starmer visiting an outspokenly homophobic church
(tags:labour LGBT religion homophobia OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 26-06-2020

Jun. 26th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Racial equality commission head Munira Mirza compares using 'N word' to calling someone 'fat'
(tags:UK conservatives racism OhForFucksSake )
Proposal to avoid no-deal Brexit rejected by UK's chief negotiator
(tags:UK Europe Doom )
A friend is selling their house. Looks pretty, if you've ever wanted to live near Edinburgh
(tags:Edinburgh housing )
America, Israel, police, brutality, and anti-Semitism. Why Rebecca Long-Bailey had to go.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1276171378044125189.html
(tags:USA Israel police Labour )
Booker Prize drops Baroness Nicholson as honorary vice president over transphobia, homophobia, etc
(tags:LGBT transgender awards homophobia )
Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses
(tags:flying Pakistan OMGWTF )
American ex-health-insurance boss comes clean about lying about Canadian healthcare
(tags:USA healthcare fraud )
Four years after Brexit, support for the EU surges in Britain
(tags:UK Europe polls )
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Interesting Links for 20-12-2019

Dec. 20th, 2019 01:19 pm
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Interesting Links for 19-12-2019

Dec. 19th, 2019 12:02 pm
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The anti LGBT organisation 'One Million Moms' is just one.
(tags:homophobia lgbt USA OhForFucksSake viaZornhau )
What makes something a Christmas film?
(tags:Christmas movies )
Hidden 'dark river' could stretch more than 1,000 miles under Greenland
(tags:greenland ice rivers )
ScotRail contract to end three years early after commuter anger rises
(tags:Scotland trains )
Man threatens to sue magazine for using his photo in article about hipsters looking alike, before realising it isn't him
(tags:clothing identity funny mathematics headline )
Why India shuts down the internet more than any other democracy
(tags:india censorship internet )
The National Theatre's "Smart Caption Glasses" are an awesome use of technology
(tags:disability captions glasses Technology awesome theatre )
Hedge funds hacked into Bank of England briefings
(tags:hacking banking economics uk )
Judge rules that transphobia isn't protected speech
"The approach is not worthy of respect in a democratic society"
(tags:LGBT transgender bigotry hate GoodNews )
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Interesting Links for 27-11-2019

Nov. 27th, 2019 03:50 pm
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Birmingham anti-LGBT school protests: judge makes ban permanent
(tags:protest LGBT homophobia uk law )
New favourite political advert
(tags:advertising politics video )
Board games can protect thinking skills in older age
(tags:age thinking boardgames psychology viaJane )
No, Britain's Chief Rabbi is not the head of all Jews.
(tags:Jews uk )
Jeremy Corbyn's record on anti-Semitism
(tags:Jews labour history )
Psilocybin for Major Depression Granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA
(tags:depression psilocybin psychedelics )
air pollution causes changes in brain structure that resemble those of Alzheimer's disease.
(tags:pollution brain alzheimers )
Jeremy Corbyn refuses to apologise to Jewish community over Labour anti-semitism
(tags:Labour Jews OhForFucksSake )
Disney+'s The Mandalorian joins a long list of fake HDR content
(tags:TV fraud hdr )
Organising a union at Google? You're fired
(tags:Google unions OhForFucksSake )
Mental Mountains - a fascinating review of Unlocking The Emotional Brain
(tags:psychology thought thinking emotion rationality )
UK networks to join £1b mast sharing initiative to eliminate dead zones
(tags:UK mobile_phones )
Failure Is an Essential Prerequisite for Success
(tags:failure success )
Corbyn reveals secret documents that confirm Tory plot to sell off NHS in US trade talks with Trump
(tags:nhs Conservatives usa trade )
Boris Johnson said that Islamophobia is a natural reaction to Islam
(tags:Islam conservatives bigotry )
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Interesting Links for 19-10-2019

Oct. 19th, 2019 03:33 pm
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"I thought I knew about feminism - then I started work in a women's prison"
(tags:prison women feminism )
Brexit extension unavoidable if MPs reject deal, says Merkel
(tags:UK europe )
Johnson's deal: The reality of what is being proposed
(tags:UK Europe trade )
UK Chick-fil-A outlet to close in LGBT rights row (after 8 days!)
(tags:homophobia LGBT chicken uk )
ME Services in the UK Not Fit for Purpose
(tags:healthcare uk fail )
The time signature of the Terminator score is a mystery for the ages.
(tags:music terminator )
Explaining how fighting games use delay-based and rollback netcode
(tags:networking games fighting prediction time )
FactCheck: even if Johnson's deal passes, there's another no-deal threat ahead
(tags:UK Europe Doom )
Brexit: The uncomfortable truth about Boris Johnson's deal
(tags:BorisJohnson UK Europe Conservatives )
The 4,800 Year Old Artificial Eye
(tags:eyes archeology iran )
Alphabet's Wing begins making commercial drone deliveries in the US
(tags:drone shopping USA delivery )
US Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system
(tags:military technology USA )
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Interesting Links for 16-10-2019

Oct. 16th, 2019 05:15 pm
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Explaining teenage boys
(tags:testosterone boys )
Hello. I Have A Penis. Are You Turned On Yet?
(tags:penis dating relationships )
Online hate blamed as researchers find homophobia is increasing among young people in UK
(tags:homophobia LGBT UK OhForFucksSake )
Neil Patrick Harris Joins 'Matrix 4'
(tags:matrix movies )
The Salvation Army continue to be terrible people
(tags:immigration Charity OhForFucksSake )
Study in mice explains how brain can turn pain signals up or down
(tags:pain mice brain )
The IMF Confirms That 'Trickle-Down' Economics Is, Indeed, a Joke
(tags:economics inequality )
Hope is a Key Factor in Recovering from Anxiety Disorders
(tags:anxiety hope psychology viaSwampers )
What the Hell Was Modernism?: Inside the New Museum of Modern Art
(tags:art history )
Two year old denied visa because she hasn't lived in the UK for 7 years
(tags:UK immigration OhForFucksSake )
Career ambitions already limited by age of seven
(tags:jobs society )
I am *shocked* that the DUP won't allow a border in the Irish Sea. It seems that Boris Johnson is too.
(tags:BorisJohnson politics uk europe DUP )
Brexit: What the bloody hell is going on now?
(tags:uk europe trade NorthernIreland )
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Interesting Links for 04-10-2019

Oct. 4th, 2019 12:57 pm
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IPv4 Address Pricing: 2019 and Beyond
(tags:ip internet technology business )
The world's oldest love poem.
(tags:love prehistory poetry funny viaSwampers )
Protesters lose control of fake blood hose
(tags:blood protest headline )
Uber, Lyft Drivers Routinely Cancel Black, LGBTQ Riders (2-3 times as often as straight white people)
(tags:homophobia racism lgbt taxi )
In America, young adults are now more likely to live with parents than spouses
(tags:visualisation viaSwampers housing OhForFucksSake )
Boris has destroyed what is left of UK's credibility
(tags:UK Europe BorisJohnson OhForFucksSake )
China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains (testing if vacuum tube trains are feasible)
(tags:trains magnets China vacuum )
Paralysed man moves in mind-reading exoskeleton
(tags:cyborg technology )
UK wildlife species dying out and many will soon vanish if urgent action not taken
(tags:nature UK doom )
Cosmic web, thought to give the universe its structure, glimpsed by scientists
(tags:space physics )
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Interesting Links for 03-10-2019

Oct. 3rd, 2019 04:06 pm
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Johnson's Brexit plan: No viability, no decency, no hope
(tags:UK Europe NorthernIreland borders Doom )
What Really Happens After the Apocalypse | Tor.com
(tags:apocalypse behaviour society scifi )
Basic income is paving a path to freedom in Kenya
(tags:kenya GuaranteedIncome )
GOP Racial Gerrymandering. This should be a much bigger scandal
(tags:racism voting corruption USA republicans )
Labour MP faces reselection battle amid backlash over stance on LGBT+ education
(tags:LGBT homophobia labour )
Why many "leavers" are against a confirmation referendum
(tags:UK Europe referendum )
Animal slaughter ruling in Belgium stirs religious freedom debate
(tags:animals food religion Europe Belgium )
On blackface, racism, society, and swimming in a sea of racism
(tags:racism history )
Doesn't look like we'll have many trade deals when we dump ourselves out of the EU
(tags:trade Europe UK Doom )
Carbon offsets are based on planting (or protecting) forests. Most of the time this doesn't happen
(tags:fraud carbon forests )
Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, shuts down internet
(tags:Iraq vegetation censorship internet )
Iraq anti-government protests lead to deadly clashes
(tags:Iraq protests )
Scotland gives children the same protection from assault as adults.
(tags:assault children violence Scotland GoodNews )
Cats show different attachment bonds to humans
(tags:cats psychology )
Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths: how subcultures die.
The language is somewhat patronising, but the dynamics look right from my experience
(tags:culture organisation geek )
The Myth of Commoditized Excellence - how ideas become movements, and then disillusionment sets in
(tags:organisation ideas society )
Why Girls' Superior Reading Skills May Be Lowering Their Future Salaries
(tags:gender pay mathematics language )
Why a split anti-Brexit vote may not be as good for the Conservatives as we assume.
(tags:voting UK Europe )
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Interesting Links for 09-09-2019

Sep. 9th, 2019 01:19 pm
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Edinburgh is just ridiculously beautiful
(tags:Edinburgh beautiful photos )
Voting in the next UK General Election: A guide for perplexed students.
(tags:students advice voting uk )
What is Macron's position on another extension?
(tags:UK Europe France politics )
Hydrogen Could Replace Coke in Steel Production
(tags:coal hydrogen materials )
Tesla battery researcher unveils new cell that could last many more discharge cycles
(tags:batteries Tesla )
CDs dying out - will drop beneath vinyl for the first time since 1986
(tags:music cd vinyl )
50 reasons why your #autistic child might be in an extremely bad mood.
(tags:autism emotion ViaDrCross )
A Guide to Emergency Powers the Civil Contingencies Act 2004(And why it does not say what Brexiters think it says)
(tags:law politics emergency uk viaDanielDWilliam )
New psychology research reveals men's motives for sending unsolicited dick pics
(tags:penis psychology )
Some Tory MPs Are Urging Boris Johnson To Commit an Offence of Conspiracy to Commit Misconduct in Public Office Contrary to Section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977
(tags:crime politics uk )
How to write historical fiction
(tags:fiction history funny )
Best explanation I've seen of why autistic people use stimming.
(tags:autism behaviour )
Autistic Brains Contain Unique Connections
(tags:autism brain )
More than half of the cabinet voted against LGBT rights
(tags:politics homophobia conservatives LGBT )
How the other side remembers Alexander the Great
(tags:history )
Almost one-fifth of Britons do not use the internet
(tags:internet demographics uk )
Leo Varadkar confronts Boris Johnson with withering assessment of his Brexit strategy in strained joint press conference
(tags:uk ireland europe doom )
People want the constitution to give them what they want - until you point out that the rules can be used both ways
(tags:uk law politics )
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Interesting Links for 06-09-2019

Sep. 6th, 2019 01:13 pm
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Sinn Fein open to Westminster electoral pact with other pro-Remain parties to challenge the DUP
(tags:Ireland politics NorthernIreland UK Europe wtf )
A rambling post on the meaning of words, including "homophobia". With footnotes and everything.
(tags:LGBT homophobia libdem language )
Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second
(tags:language information viaSwampers )
Why "You Got This!" Feels Like A Threat
(tags:failure life support )
Conversion therapy leader for 2 decades, McKrae Game disavows movement he helped fuel (and comes out as gay)
(tags:lgbt )
Brexit: 200,000 people register to vote in 72 hours - most of them under 35
(tags:uk europe voting elections )
Houses are assets not goods: What the difference between bulbs and flowers tells us about the housing market
(tags:housing rental economics )
Public underestimates threat of climate crisis and plastic pollution
(tags:misunderstanding science globalwarming pollution plastic )
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Interesting Links for 04-09-2019

Sep. 4th, 2019 12:24 pm
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Boris Johnson to rip up purdah convention if there's an election
(tags:UK elections conservatives )
How to intervene when you see someone bring harassed
(tags:harassment advice )
Could Britain really hold an election on a Monday?
(tags:elections uk )
I have to say I'm not even slightly convinced that the Lib Dems should have accepted Phillip Lee in to their ranks
(tags:libdem politics uk )
The Most Gender-Switched Names in US History
(tags:names USA history visualisation viaSwampers )
The chair of the LGBT+ Lib Dems resigns over Philip Lee being allowed to join
(tags:LGBT libdem homophobia OhForFucksSake )
EU member states have been told by the European Commission Task Force that the UK under Boris Johnson is rengeging on its commitments to protect the all-Ireland economy
(tags:UK Europe NorthernIreland ireland doom )
LGBT Lib Dem Members Are Quitting The Party Over The Defection Of Ex-Tory MP Phillip Lee
(tags:LGBT libdem )
Moose are big, really big. You may think it's a long way to the top of a horse, but that's just peanuts compared to moose
(tags:animals huge video )
Tin Plasma Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation Makes 5nm Integrated Circuits Possible
(tags:cpu nanotech technology lasers )
Step by step the Johnson plan is falling apart
(tags:BorisJohnson politics hope europe uk )
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Interesting Links for 13-08-2019

Aug. 13th, 2019 12:50 pm
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Interesting Links for 31-05-2019

May. 31st, 2019 01:03 pm
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First man in Scotland convicted under new domestic abuse law
(tags:scotland abuse law )
A few questions we could maybe ask the Tory candidates about no-deal
(tags:uk europe doom Conservatives )
Segregated cycle way to be built in Edinburgh city centre (from The Meadows to George Street, via The Mound)
(tags:bicycles edinburgh transport GoodNews )
The WTO Article 24 red herring in less than 400 words.
(tags:trade europe uk doom )
Ireland bans zero hours contracts
(tags:ireland work rights )
The RITB-Warwick-Edinburgh Neoliberal Mental Wellbeing Scale
(tags:mentalhealth satire funny )
Questions for No-Deal Brexiters to answer
(tags:uk europe doom trade )
"What was the best part of realising you are autistic?"
(tags:autism )
A simple guide to avoid receiving a diagnosis of 'personality disorder'.
(tags:psychology diagnosis satire )
Some thoughts on party politics
(tags:politics )
If Labour members went public with how they voted at the EU Parliament elections last week the party would have to kick out 41% of them. And the Tories are even worse.
(tags:politics uk )
If the European election voting was repeated at a general election, under FPTP, this is how the results works have turned out
(tags:voting fptp doom UK Europe )
The British Army's Guide For Spotting "Extreme Right Wing" Soldiers Has Leaked Online
(tags:military UK fascism )
The House Probably Has A Pro-Impeachment Majority Right Now (but still probably won't vote for it)
(tags:politics USA )
Malaria mosquitoes wiped out with GM fungus
(tags:genetics fungus malaria mosquito )
Google's AI group moves on from Go, tackles Quake III Arena
(tags:games ai fps )
Latest polling for a Westminster election is... pretty shocking
(tags:polls UK wtf )
YouTube is just fine with homophobic harassment
(tags:YouTube homophobia LGBT harassment )
Looking back on five years of Edinburgh Trams
(tags:Edinburgh trams )
Lib Dems become most popular party closely followed by Brexit Party, YouGov poll suggests
(tags:polls UK politics wtf )
The tiny cute delivery robots that are...actually remote controlled from Colombia
(tags:robots food delivery colombia )
Immigrant stories: The minister's cleaner
(tags:immigration uk OhForFucksSake )
Opinion: Why do rich people lie, cheat and steal more than those on low incomes?
(tags:inequality psychology )
Rare Dreamcast-powered SEGA Fish Life preserved and released by Musée Bolo
(tags:history consoles fish )
Things women weren't allowed to do in the 60s
(tags:history women rights society )
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Interesting Links for 27-02-2019

Feb. 27th, 2019 11:57 am
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Beware The Curse of The Sweater!
(tags:clothing belief weird )
Martina Navratilova cries foul over her anti trans words being used to block LGBT rights in Montana
(tags:lgbt OhForFucksSake )
Rich getting richer while poor get poorer, official figures show
(tags:uk inequality )
Explained:What is the deal with the new Labour policy on a second Brexit referendum?
(tags:labour referendum uk europe )
No-deal Brexit panic after ministers realise the UK doesn't have the right pallets for exporting to the EU
(tags:trade eu doom fail uk )
Ah, the good old homophobic Church of England
(tags:ChurchOfEngland homophobia lgbt OhForFucksSake religion uk )
Anyone I know using Vero? The idea of an ad-free social network is good. But only if anyone I know is using it!
(tags:socialnetworking advertising )
Emma Thompson's letter to Skydance: Why I can't work for John Lasseter
(tags:animation abuse pixar movies )
What does the British government think will happen in the event of No Deal?
(tags:UK europe doom )
BBC and ITV team up to launch Netflix rival "BritBox"
(tags:uk tv streaming )
Jeremy Corbyn Wakes From 2-Year Coma
(tags:UK labour politics europe satire funny )
Strange Planet (delightful comics highlighting how odd things are)
(tags:life funny comic ViaDrCross )
Rule Thinkers In, Not Out
(tags:society science research )
Historic walkway reopens joining the Old Town and the New Town once more
(tags:edinburgh )
Arthur's Seat fire: firefighters tackle huge blaze on Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh
(tags:edinburgh fire )
The India/Pakistan situation is deteriorating
(tags:India Pakistan doom )
British shooting range using images of Shamima Begum as target practice.
(tags:OhForFucksSake uk guns islam )
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