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Interesting Links for 14-02-2020
Feb. 14th, 2020 12:00 pm- In wake of Brexit, EU to put Cayman Islands on tax haven blacklist
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- There's nothing in the London coronavirus story about what happened to the Uber driver. Who will have then picked up dozens more people!
- (tags:virus london taxi doom viaSwampers )
- What the Rating Graph for Doctor Who tells me is that people don't hate Jodie Whittaker - give her a good story and it gets an 8.1. They hate the writing.
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- RE: Criticism of Thirteenth Doctor for not knowing how to do Emotional Labour for Graham
- (tags:women drwho emotions society )
- Jules Verne's Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece Containing 4,000 illustrations
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- The Babylonians invented trigonometry a thousand years before the Greeks
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- RBS Group to change its name to NatWest
- (tags:banks scotland names )
Interesting Links for 03-01-2020
Jan. 3rd, 2020 12:00 pm- Details of Valve's unreleased Portal prequel revealed
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- Higher cow-milk fat intake is associated with lower childhood adiposity
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- The many crimes of Macavity
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- Ex-Google exec savages firm on human rights
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- 80% of betting company money comes from 2% of customers
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- Jimmy Savile and the BBC: the report's key sections
- Yes, it's a couple of years old, but I just bumped into it.
(tags:OhForFucksSake bbc children rape RapeCulture viaFJM ) - The extensive problems with Keir Starmer's past
- (tags:Labour politics crime OhForFucksSake rape )
- The best way to make popcorn
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- Duolingo sparks Gaelic boom as young Scots shrug off 'cringe' factor
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- Psilocybin found safe for consumption in largest ever controlled study
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- U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy
- (tags:nicotine smoking USA jobs OhForFucksSake )
- U.S. kills top Iranian commander Soleimani in air strike
- (tags:USA Iran iraq )
- Epilepsy Foundation Was Targeted in Mass Strobe Cyberattack
- Also: 30 times? Can someone help them with their security?
(tags:assault epilipsy OhForFucksSake hacking ) - Words used in fanfic to describe genitals. Warning: may cause giggling
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- Why killer whales—and humans—evolved menopause
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- Which emoji scissors close (I love the obsession you get with these)
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- Most illustrations of butterflies show dead ones
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Interesting Links for 23-09-2017
Sep. 23rd, 2017 12:00 pm- 'Freeways' Is a Mobile Game That Lets You Play Traffic Engineer
- (tags: games traffic transport )
- The Hobbit Was Almost Illustrated by Maurice Sendak (for its 30th anniversary)
- (tags: TheHobbit Tolkien illustration )
- Lightning storms triggered by exhaust from cargo ships
- (tags: weather shipping lightning )
- Brexit: What did we learn from Theresa May's Florence speech?
- (tags: uk Europe )
- Usher syndrome: Gene therapy restores hearing and balance (in mice)
- (tags: hearing genetics )
- New antibody attacks 99% of HIV strains
- (tags: aids vaccination thefuture GoodNews )
- How to Win a War on Drugs
- (tags: drugs portugal viaFanf )
- Laser Socks – a sweaty game pointing toward the future of computing
- (tags: lasers games )
- Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen
- (tags: security travel )
- Macron: No moving forward on Brexit until divorce points cleared up
- (tags: UK europe )
- Uber London ban: The scandals that brought down the ride-hailing app
- (tags: regulation taxi london uk )
Interesting Links for 17-04-2016
Apr. 17th, 2016 12:00 pm- 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 )
Interesting Links for 01-12-2014
Dec. 1st, 2014 11:00 am- Stunning resin art. Seriously, I thought this was real.
- How speakers make sound
- What do all the controls in an aeroplane cockpit do? (a _very_ detailed explanation)
- English devolution: More than 100 councils demand more powers
- A round-up of the latest research in food/diet (spoiler: eating saturated fat not actually bad for you.)
- Why Does Your Nose Get Stuffy One Nostril at a Time?
- A gorgeous hand-illustrated Silmarillion
- Solar latecomer France builds Europe's largest plant
- 82% of people think local areas should have more power over education, policing, etc.
- Brain regions that encode words, grammar, story identified
- Facts from the 2014 UK Editions of Harry Potter
- Kazakh Couple Opens Country's First (And Classiest) Porn Theater
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Interesting Links for 14-07-2013
Jul. 14th, 2013 12:00 pm- Dear Daily Mail. Sincerely, Amanda Palmer (a video from her concert last night. NSFW)
- Who wants to see a video of a cute duckling?
- There's a Citizen's Initiative to allow European Citizens to vote in their country of residence
- Nerdy Love Song - with Added Kitten Bonus!
- The most beautiful Tolkien book, ever.
- Women, sex, and university
- How An Engineering Toy For Girls Went From Kickstarter To Bestseller
- Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years.
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