Interesting Links for 25-12-2021

Dec. 25th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 13-05-2021

May. 13th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Pet a dog and you'll do better for weeks!
(tags:mentalhealth stress psychology dogs viaMyBrotherHugh )
Photoshopping Paddington into movies: Star Wars edition
(tags:bears photoshop StarWars )
Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B in revenue
(tags:tax OhForFucksSake Netherlands )
Covid vaccine: UK decision to delay second dose vindicated by new research
(tags:UK pandemic vaccination )
National Trust archaeologists surprised by likely age of Cerne Abbas Giant (late Saxon)
(tags:history UK art )
"Help! A Male Colleague Thinks I'm Scary"
(tags:gender work scary society )
Solar and wind's competitiveness over coal is accelerating (80% of US coal plants either non-competitive or actively shutting down)
(tags:electricity GoodNews solarpower windpower coal viaDanielDWilliam )
France blocks post-Brexit EU financial services deal with UK over fishing row
(tags:uk europe trade finance fish )
Richard Garfield: Getting Lucky (a fascinating analysis of the role of luck in games, and why it's so important)
(tags:games luck viaDanielDWilliam )
The different ways of calculating the end of Ramadan
(tags:islam moon calendars time viaLilysea )
xkcd's "Map Projections", animated
(tags:maps xkcd visualisation video funny )
Member of the Scottish Parliament takes oath of allegiance in Welsh (also, BSL, Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Doric, Scots, Gaelic, Canadian French, German, Welsh, Orcadian and Zimbabwean Shona)
(tags:scotland wales language )
British government is lying when refusing to rescue visa-free music tours of EU, lawyers confirm
(tags:uk government lying BorisJohnson Conservatives music europe )
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Interesting Links for 12-05-2021

May. 12th, 2021 12:00 pm
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How To Do Everything You Need To Do With a Newborn When Your Partner's Gone Back To Work
(tags:babies viaJane )
This illiberal Queen's Speech is the next step for authoritarian populism after Brexit
(tags:uk authoritarianism doom politics )
Richard Garfield: Getting Lucky (on the role of luck in making games appealing)
(tags:games luck viaDanielDWilliam design magic )
How sex and gender are more complex than most people think (with references)
(tags:gender transgender genetics )
Rare fungal infections that destroy eyeballs and kill are on the rise in India
(tags:India disease fungus pandemic )
A Feather in Her Cap - The long and furious campaign against the global feather trade
(tags:history women trade birds clothes uk )
Will Boris Johnson's voter ID plans really mean more votes for the Conservatives?
(tags:IDCards voting UK politics )
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Interesting Links for 28-04-2021

Apr. 28th, 2021 12:00 pm
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This is the first house to be 3D printed from raw earth
(tags:3dprinting housing architecture Technology )
Autistic teens face 'barbaric' treatment, parents tell MPs
(tags:autism children UK OhForFucksSake )
Poor people spend much longer waiting for things than rich people
(tags:organisation society inequality bureaucracy )
What's Boris Johnson really like?
(tags:BorisJohnson )
Teenage girls playing football face twice concussion risk of boys
(tags:injury girls football )
Early alphabetic writing in the ancient Near East: the 'missing link'
(tags:language writing prehistory )
Tory donor who paid for PM's Downing Street refurb won lucrative public contracts worth up to £120m
(tags:conservatives money BorisJohnson )
If someone tells you your room is a pig sty they're giving you a compliment
(tags:pigs video cleanliness )
The 7th time this ranger was struck by lightning was also the 22nd time he fought off a bear with a stick
(tags:lightning bears luck )
The Josh Battle Royale! (Many Joshes enter - one Josh leaves!)
(tags:names funny fighting )
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Interesting Links for 22-06-2019

Jun. 22nd, 2019 11:03 pm
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Lothian Buses staff vote for strike action in Edinburgh
(tags:buses transport edinburgh unions )
How Oxford university shaped Brexit — and Britain's next prime minister
(tags:Oxford university politics UK epicfail )
Why brilliant people lose their touch (reversion to the mean after a lucky streak)
(tags:luck success sports investment gambling )
Do EU rules stop Britain re-nationalising its railways? It depends what you mean by 'nationalise'
(tags:uk europe transport trains regulation )
Alas, I am unlikely to grow horns
(tags:research bone phones )
I'm adding this to the list of things Sophia is not allowed to do in the house
(tags:chemistry awesome video )
Swedish Couple Builds Greenhouse Around Home
(tags:glass housing design food plants )
Ends of the Urth - Neil Gaiman considers the most remarkable science fiction work of the past fifty years
(tags:scifi neilgaiman )
Giant Squid, Phantom of the Deep, Reappears on Video
(tags:squid video )
Mystery as pagan altar and symbol unearthed in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park
(tags:Edinburgh paganism weird )
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Interesting Links for 20-05-2019

May. 20th, 2019 01:54 pm
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How the UK allocates EU election seats
(tags:uk europe voting video )
The sign language translation of Iceland's Eurovision entry is great fun
(tags:sign video music eurovision )
The Vader/Kenobi duel, reimagined
(tags:StarWars fanfic video )
If you're so smart, why aren't you rich? Turns out it's just chance
(tags:inequality luck success )
Old People Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Young
(tags:age inequality politics )
In the hairdressers nobody can tell if your baby is a dog
(tags:dogs babies funny )
He voted for Trump. Now he and his wife raise their son from opposite sides of the border
It's leopards all the way down
(tags:immigration usa marriage OhForFucksSake karma )
Which of the Eurovision entries are British people actually listening to?
(tags:music eurovision )
A collection of peer reviewed research on transgender issues
(tags:lgbt transgender research )
The most terrible behaviour people have witnessed at an academic conference (note the gender divide)
(tags:abuse conference academia )
What Actually Happens When a Country Bans Abortion
(tags:abortion history Romania )
Reference and shot comparison for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
(tags:animation video spiderman marvel )
Letting go to give yourself space to let the pictures grow
(tags:autism comic )
'They Were Conned': How Reckless Loans Devastated a Generation of Taxi Drivers
(tags:OhForFucksSake loans taxi newyork usa )
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