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Interesting Links for 20-03-2024

1. 10% of people think they're allergic to penicillin. Testing found that 97% of them were wrong.: (tags:antibiotics allergies )
2. The degree to which the Acropolis Museum is designed to shame the British Museum is spectacular: (tags:museums history Greece UK theft )
3. Can you stab things with an arrow? And should you?: (tags:weapons video )
4. The first 'cyberflasher' is convicted under England's new law and gets more than 5 years in prison: (tags:sex abuse UK law prison )
5. Long-term leisure computer use linked to increased erectile dysfunction risk: (tags:penis sex computers genetics )
6. Is this the worst economic inheritance since WW2?: (tags:politics labour economics history )
7. Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells: (tags:alzheimers fat brain )
8. Cars are secretly spying on drivers and upping their insurance rates: (tags:surveillance cars insurance )

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Interesting Links for 20-05-2023

1. Mourning Porn on Imgur, Mourning Trans & Kinky History: (tags:censorship lgbt history OhForFucksSake )
2. Houston's only lesbian bar denied insurance for hosting drag: (tags:insurance clothing gender OhForFucksSake )
3. Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - the finalists for every year since 2016: (tags:animals funny photos )
4. How the use of technology in science fiction tells you what the writer is actually interested in talking about: (tags:scifi writing )
5. About as simple a guide as you can get to how the recent flock of AIs work. (It really is Searle's Chinese Room): (tags:language mathematics ai )
6. People are still massively wasting publishers' time by submitting AI generated short stories.: (tags:AI short_story publishing OhForFucksSake spam )
7. The Staircase of Global Warming Denial: (tags:globalwarming visualisation )
8. What's so great about Costa Rica?: (tags:SouthAmerica politics society history )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4062372.html

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Interesting Links for 17-07-2021

Alcohol Related Deaths Have Soared In The Pandemic (about 1,000 extra people, I think): (tags:death alcohol UK )
What do kids think their parents do while they're at school: (tags:children parents funny )
Scotland is the second most partially vaccinated country in the world!: (tags:Scotland vaccination GoodNews )
San Jose to require gun owners to carry liability insurance: (tags:guns insurance USA )
Military Game Fan Leaks Classified Docs To Win Forum Argument: (tags:argument military technology secrecy OhForFucksSake )
Covid: One in 90 people in Scotland have virus: (tags:pandemic Scotland )
Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change: (tags:greenland oil globalwarming )
Excellent geographical trolling: (tags:funny maps viaLizzieCassMaran )
Sea lion opens gate to crash fisherman's interview about a 'plague of sea lions': (tags:sea lions funny video headline )
Here's Why Your Trans Friends are Tired of Your Hogwarts House: (tags:LGBT harrypotter transgender jkrowling )
Disabled councillors blocked from accessibility vote — because they are disabled: (tags:disability OhForFucksSake government )
Frances uses one neat trick to boost vaccine uptake dramatically (vaccine passports for cinemas and restaurants): (tags:France pandemic vaccination )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3932562.html

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Interesting Links for 23-09-2020

How legendary weekly British comic, 2000 AD, survived Covid-19 and thrived: (tags:comics business pandemic uk )
How to choose the ideal form of government: (tags:government comic funny names )
Insurance firms will be forced to give renewing customers the same price as new ones (banning introductory offers): (tags:insurance regulation uk )
Coronavirus in the UK: Boots suspends new flu jab bookings due to unprecedented demand: (tags:flu disease pandemic UK )
China sharply expands mass labour program in Tibet: (tags:China Tibet )
The Tech Behind the Mind-Reading Pangolin Dress Could Lead to Wireless—and Batteryless—Exoskeleton Control: (tags:technology brain cyborg clothing )
Covid in Scotland: Indoor household visits now banned: (tags:Scotland pandemic )
Covid-19: Scottish surge in cycling continues (43% up on last year): (tags:Scotland cycling bicycles )
Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine's presidential election: (tags:voting USA )
Older people have become younger: physical and cognitive function have improved meaningfully in 30 years: (tags:age health )
Serco Have Subcontracted Contact Tracing Jobs To The Company Embroiled In The Tax Credits Scandal And Debt Collection Companies: (tags:UK pandemic outsourcing )
Loose Ends: A Literary Supercut of Sci-Fi Last Sentences: (tags:scifi writing remix )
"Every Streaming Service" - a funny look at the various services looking for your money: (tags:streaming video funny viaSwampers )
In case you were wondering how long it takes trucks to get in to the EU from outside...: (tags:trade Europe Russia Doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3908810.html

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Interesting Links for 04-08-2020

Is Belief in God Necessary for Good Values? Global Survey on Religion and Morality: (tags:polls religion society )
Bacteria in the gut have a direct line to the brain: (tags:microbiome brain )
Amazon given go ahead to launch thousands of satellites to boost internet access worldwide: (tags:space amazon internet )
Google Pixel 4A Review: Nearly Perfect and Only $350 (if I hadn't just bought a new phone this is the one I'd be getting): (tags:phones review )
I am beginning to think that pubs might need to be closed for the duration of the pandemic: (tags:alcohol pandemic )
Former police chief convicted over child abuse video granted court of appeal hearing: This seems like a very odd thing to have convicted her of in the first case, as far as I can see
(tags:paedophilia video police law wtf UK )
Government says medicines must be stockpiled for no-deal Brexit on top of Covid-19 pressures: (tags:UK medicine pandemic Europe Doom )
UK virologists criticise handling of Covid testing contracts: (tags:UK pandemic incompetence )
UK chemical industry warns of £1bn cost to duplicate EU regime: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1290319702095519745.html
(tags:UK Europe chemistry Doom )
Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system: (tags:beauty attraction law psychology bias )
"Why I'm now leaving MSNBC": (tags:journalism USA media viaCipherGoth )
Coca-Cola paid scientists to downplay how sugary beverages fueled the obesity crisis: (tags:cocacola sugar corruption )
In A Twist On Loyalty Programs, Emirates Is Promising Travelers A Free Funeral If Infected With Covid: (tags:pandemic airplanes insurance death ViaDrCross )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3895451.html

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Interesting Links for 16-06-2020

U.S. Supreme Court bars discrimination against LGBT workers: (tags:LGBT discrimination USA GoodNews )
Doctors are having their insurance deferred because of COVID 19.: (tags:virus insurance doctors pandemic )
What People Really Look Like: (tags:Humans bodies )
There is no perfect diet that works for every metabolism or body type: (tags:diet humans health )
Beijing reinstated lockdown after 79 people infected: (tags:pandemic china )
The surface area of the solar system, stitched together into one huge map: (tags:solarsystem map xkcd viaPatrickHadfield )
Couples who spend more on weddings more likely to get divorced: (tags:marriage wedding money viaFJM )
How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses: (tags:hacking security Nintendo consoles )
40% of school pupils are not in regular contact with teachers: (tags:teaching doom pandemic )
Five SFF Works Inspired by RPGs: (tags:scifi fantasy roleplaying )
Running the Imperial College simulation code for COVID-19: (tags:pandemic simulation computers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3876497.html

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Interesting Links for 23-03-2020

Please remember to..."Remain Indoors": (tags:video satire funny apocalypse )
Modern Classics Summarized: Stranger In A Strange Land: (tags:video heinlein review books scifi )
Painting! With a Chameleon!: (tags:painting animals video funny viaSwampers )
The doctor who helped defeat smallpox explains what's coming: (tags:Pandemic advice thefuture )
If you value your sanity, don't look at the #Covidiots tweets: (tags:OhForFucksSake pandemic viaSwampers EpicStupidity )
Behind the famous musical based on The Rape of the Sabine Women: (tags:rape wtf musicals )
Brits are taking social distancing less seriously than other European countries: (tags:UK pandemic Doom Europe )
Is your skin having problems after all the hand washing? Here's some advice: (tags:advice health )
New Zealand to go into month-long lockdown to fight coronavirus: (tags:newzealand GoodNews pandemic )
Insurers must be fair during coronavirus crisis, says UK regulator: (tags:uk insurance )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3874689.html

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Interesting Links for 18-03-2020

Mysterious mammoth bone circle discovered in Russia could help explain how humans survived last Ice Age: (tags:prehistory Russia )
The vast majority of companies will not be able to claim on insurance for a Coronavirus-related shutdown: (tags:disease insurance business )
No10 insists Brexit transition period will not be extended as trade talks cancelled due to coronavirus: (tags:UK Europe trade Doom )
Coronavirus: Dutch adopt controversial 'herd immunity' strategy: (tags:netherlands disease immune_system )
Plaits of hair, c 350 BCE, recovered from bogs in Denmark.: (tags:archeology hair viaDanielDWilliam )
A toilet paper run is like a bank run. The economic fixes are about the same: (tags:economics fail toilets paper viaDanielDWilliam )
Facebook wrongly blocked some links, including coronavirus info: (tags:Facebook spam errors )
What it's like on Twitter for a woman on University Challenge?: (tags:TV women society Twitter )
The Romero Dawn of the Dead has come to pass!: (tags:zombies shopping apocalypse satire video )
Working from home is hard when you're a violinist: (tags:music children funny disease )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3823706.html

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Interesting Links for 15-09-2019

Saudi Arabia is shutting down half of its oil production after drone attack: (tags:saudiarabia drone oil terrorism war )
Fare-dodging insurance businesses: (tags:transport insurance economics )
New clues show how Russia's grid hackers aimed for physical destruction: (tags:electricity Ukraine Russia hacking malware )
That's now three Conservatives and three Labour MPs who have moved to the Lib Dems: (tags:politics uk libdem )
Conservative Party have advert removed by Facebook for putting a fake headline on a BBC news story: (tags:conservatives fraud politics advertising Facebook )
Voters would back temporary government of national unity to avoid no deal: (tags:politics uk Europe polls )
Most voters believe government should allow Scotland and Northern Ireland to decide on UK membership after Brexit: (tags:UK NorthernIreland Scotland independence polls )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3736247.html

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Interesting Links for 21-09-2018

Britain lets Putin move his dark money with impunity. That has to stop: (tags: fraud money russia banking transparency )
A very Australian coup: Murdoch, Turnbull and the power of News Corp: (tags: australia media OhForFucksSake )
Let’s scrap external exams: (tags: exams teaching )
3D Emoji Town (Pure CSS): (tags: css impressive viaSwampers )
How Connected Is Your Community to Everywhere Else in America?: Would love to see this for Europe
(tags: usa connection viaSwampers )
Will Edinburgh become bigger than Glasgow?: (tags: scotland edinburgh glasgow thefuture population )
High-gluten diet during pregnancy increases child's type 1 diabetes risk: (tags: gluten diabetes )
Woman's Tongue Gets Inseminated By Squid After Eating Undercooked Seafood: (tags: squid sex aieeee! )
The US justice system is just a mess: (tags: law usa OhForFucksSake )
John Hancock makes fitness tracking mandatory for insurance: (tags: tracking surveillance fitness insurance )
All 27 EU leaders believe Theresa May's Brexit trade plan will not work: What on earth is going on for Theresa May to say she doesn't understand the concerns?
(tags: uk europe doom )
Single Neurons in the Human Brain Encode Numbers: (tags: numbers psychology brain )
Labour could gain more than 60 seats and 1.5 million votes if it backs EU referendum: (tags: Labour polls uk europe )
New York Can't Afford to Concede Retail Cannabis to New Jersey: (tags: newyork usa marijuana legalisation )
South Africa's highest court legalises cannabis use: (tags: marijuana southafrica )
Oldest known animal fossil discovered in Russian cliffs: (tags: Russia fossil life animals )
The EU couldn’t help May at Salzburg because she’s seeking the impossible: (tags: uk Europe doom )
A former UK diplomat talks about the damage that The Sun newspaper has done over Brexit: (tags: UK Europe media OhForFucksSake )
Sergei Skripal 'hitmen' linked to GRU officer's plot to assassinate Montenegrin Prime Minister: (tags: Russia assassination )
Schizophrenia as a disease of prediction and meaning: (tags: schizophrenia prediction psychology meaning )
EU: Luxembourg McDonald's tax ruling was not illegal state aid: (tags: tax Europe mcdonalds )
Are emos, goths and rockers at increased risk of self-harm and suicide?: (tags: suicide music society )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3716848.html

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Interesting Links for 20-08-2018

Jewish Labour members accuse party leaders of trying to censor conference antisemitism training: (tags: Jews labour )
What do Nazis look like?: (tags: nazis usa history Germany )
Second-hand smoke scientist points out terrible reporting of his findings: (tags: science research journalism fail )
"The University of Liverpool also told Dr Kay Inckle that it might be considered “reasonable” for her to go down stairs on her bottom in some circumstances rather than be timetabled into ground floor or fully accessible rooms.": (tags: disability academia uk OhForFucksSake )
New Evidence Contradicts Theory That Easter Island Society Collapsed: (tags: EasterIsland )
One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks to Microsoft Excel: (tags: excel genetics fail )
What the world can learn about equality from the Nordics: (tags: inequality success economics society Norway Sweden Denmark Finland scandinavia )
This is how an otter tells you it wants to be stroked.: (tags: otters cute video )
Day to Night to Day (long exposure timelapse photography is one of my favourite things): (tags: timelapse viaSwampers video )
This is definitely the worst team building exercise ever: (tags: work awful wtf teams )
A list of companies moving jobs out of the UK because of Brexit: (tags: uk Europe jobs doom )
Prison: A thought experiment: (tags: prison )
A fascinating introduction to different kinds of black hair (and some history): (tags: hair race )
The Scientists Who Starved to Death Surrounded By Food: (tags: Russia food wwii research )
Contrary to popular psychological theory, believers in free will were no more generous or honest: (tags: FreeWill psychology )
Vietnam going solar after nuclear power plants shelved: (tags: solarpower vietnam )
The world's first floating farm making waves in Rotterdam: (tags: netherlands farming ocean )
Boris Johnson's Facebook page hosts hundreds of Islamophobic comments after burqa row: (tags: islam Conservatives racism facebook )
US co-pay costs for drugs can be massively higher than just buying them direct.: (tags: medication usa healthcare insurance OhForFucksSake )
I am seriously starting to think that Trump has dementia: (tags: usa politics wtf )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3644804.html

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Interesting Links for 20-12-2017

Sugar is 'powerfully negative' for your health: (tags: sugar )
Motoring myths: what ‘black boxes’ reveal about our driving habits: (tags: driving safety surveillance insurance )
In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt: (tags: Intelligence salt )
Oxenfree, unarguably the best game of 2016, is free on GOG right now!: (tags: games free )
Catholics highlight hidden abuse at the Boston Globe: (tags: media abuse newspapers usa )
MPs Have Absolutely Torn Into The Social Media Giants Over Hate Speech: (tags: abuse freespeech internet Google Facebook twitter )
How Machines Learn (a brief, simple, video introduction): (tags: video ai )
Philosophy Needs a New Definition: (tags: philosophy )
Clients From Hell provides several reasons why you double never go freelance: (tags: clients business OhForFucksSake )
Pesticides even more harmful to bees than previously thought: (tags: pesticide bees )
Uber is officially a cab firm, says European Court Of Justice: (tags: europe taxi )
Amazing, detailed, article on how Google is generating maps that show what people find interesting: (tags: google maps apple )
Why the UK has the weakest hand in the Brexit negotiations: (tags: UK europe )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3602032.html

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Interesting Links for 26-07-2017

Serial sex offender may never be released from jail: (tags: rape prison uk )
A limiting factor on producing electricity in a warming world? Water.: (tags: water power electricity thefuture )
A fascinating discussion between Guy Verhofstadt and various members of the House Of Lords: Particularly of interest: The Good Friday Agreement and The Salisbury Convention
(tags: houseoflords politics europe uk )
Netflix to air Futurama creator Matt Groening's new show: (tags: fantasy tv netflix )
What It’s Like to Be a Woman at a Tech Conference: (tags: women Technology )
Doctor Who: advice for someone who hasn't seen it yet: (tags: doctorwho advice )
'Justice League' reshoots, Superman mustache removal to cost $25M (no, really): (tags: hair movies )
Adobe ending Flash support at the end of 2020: (tags: Technology web )
WoodSwimmer: A New Stop-Motion Short Made Entirely by Tediously Cutting Through Wood: (tags: animation time materials viaElfy )
"Dear Jeremy Corbyn, let me tell you a story about immigration": (tags: immigration labour politics history )
The Admiral admiral is now an admiral: (tags: navy insurance advertising viaSwampers )
New diesel and petrol vehicles to be banned from 2040 in UK: (tags: UK transport cars electricity )
Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco business rival in disguise: I am furious because this makes it harder for victims to be taken seriously.
(tags: OhForFucksSake fraud harassment )
US Girl Scouts add STEM badges: (tags: girls science GoodNews )
Spectacular scene of a thunderstorm in eastern China: (tags: video weather awesome )
IPv6 usage breaks 20% worldwide: (tags: internet ipv6 )
In pictures: Demolition of Edinburgh's most unloved landmark: (tags: scotland edinburgh architecture design )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3561240.html

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Interesting Links for 03-01-2017

Swiss say goodbye to banking secrecy: (tags: Switzerland banking secrecy privacy )
There are now 420 Dragonlance stories!: (tags: dungeonsanddragons fiction viaPhilmoPhlegm )
The Rise and Fall of an All-American Catchphrase: 'Free, White, and 21': (tags: racism usa history movies )
How a 'D&D'-style RPG Brought 'Star Wars' Back From the Dead: (tags: StarWars roleplaying viaPhilmoPhlegm )
Interesting discussion of good places around the world to live/work in.: (tags: work life world )
The Supervolcano Under Naples Is Rumbling: (tags: italy volcano )
New evidence that Nixon sabotaged 1968 Vietnam peace deal: (tags: vietnam history politics )
What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2017?: (tags: copyright )
Lloyd’s Braced for $50mn Carrie Fisher Star Wars Claim: (tags: insurance StarWars )
Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Increase Ticket Prices: (tags: airplanes money business )
US Congress: Republicans vote to limit ethics body: (tags: ethics politics usa republicans )
It's official: A brand-new human organ has been classified: (tags: humans biology )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3539630.html

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Interesting Links for 31-12-2016

Africa's naming traditions: (tags: africa names )
Insurance firm to replace human workers with AI system: (tags: japan ai insurance jobs )
Nobody should ever do business with this company: (tags: xkcd business data funny names )
Russia vows to delete all White House videogame saves: (tags: games funny satire russia usa hacking )
Inside the Lab that Grows Human Skin to Test Cosmetics: (tags: testing cosmetics makeup humans bodies )
25 Masterpieces That Prove 2016 Was an Incredible Year for Architecture: (tags: architecture design )
Once mocked, Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram was a stroke of genius: (tags: facebook photos business )
Foxconn aims to totally automate its factories: (tags: automation manufacturing )
China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017: (tags: china elephants GoodNews )
How Watership Down was written: (tags: writing creativity rabbits stories uk history )
The History of Keeping the Damned Women Out (of university): (tags: history Education uk women viaFanf )
The Guardian’s Summary of Julian Assange’s Interview Was Completely False: (tags: guardian OhForFucksSake JulianAssange news )
White House fails to make case that Russian hackers tampered with election: (tags: russia usa hacking fail )
5 Rules for Hosting a Crappy Dinner Party (and Seeing Your Friends More Often): (tags: food social )
Saudi Arabia jails man for a year after he publically called for end of male control over women: (tags: women saudiarabia rights OhForFucksSake )
There's nothing less electable than "electability": (tags: politics )

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