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Interesting Links for 16-06-2023

1. I have watched this terribly cute video about 15 times and it never fails to make me grin: (tags:funny cute hats video )
2. Abortion clinic 'buffer zone' bill lodged in Scottish Parliament: (tags:scotland abortion protests GoodNews )
3. AO3 is diverging badly from basic, fundamental Trust and Safety best practices: (tags:safety internet abuse OhForFucksSake )
4. UK time trial cycling excludes over 10% of elite female cyclists for having too much testosterone: (tags:testosterone OhForFucksSake women cycling UK sports )
5. Daily Mail hires liar as new columnist: (tags:DailyMail BorisJohnson lying )
6. 'Synthetic' human embryos created without eggs or sperm: (tags:life research ArtificialLife )
7. Google made millions from ads for "crisis pregnancy centers" that work to prevent women from accessing abortions.: (tags:abortion advertising google OhForFucksSake )

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Interesting Links for 15-06-2023

1. Edinburgh trams: Plans for extension to Newbridge set to be abandoned in favour of route along A71 corridor: (tags:edinburgh trams )
2. Do a quarter of British people really believe Covid was a hoax?: (tags:conspiracy polls )
3. Who wants to read a judge interrogate lawyers for presenting AI gibberish as if it was reality?: (tags:USA law AI epicfail )
4. Google risks forced breakup of ad business as EU alleges shocking misconduct: (tags:Google advertising corruption fraud business regulation )
5. Body mass index gets smack down: American Medical Association calls out harms and "racist exclusion" | Ars Technica: (tags:weight healthcare USA )
6. How many of these do you think are birds?: (tags:birds paleontology evolution )
7. How do people treat you differently when you're skinny?: (tags:weight bigotry society )
8. First time one of my posts on Mastodon has gone viral! (just hit 500 shares): (tags:socialmedia )
9. Europe votes to regulate AI and ban use of live facial recognition: (tags:regulation ai faces )
10. 'I got to know my gut microbiome - as a result, I sleep better, have more energy and I've lost 25lbs': (tags:microbiome )
11. Johnson Verdict: 'He lied, lied about lying, lied about lying about lying, and is generally a twat': (tags:BorisJohnson lying politics satire true )
12. Two children were born with 'insatiable hunger' that left them severely obese. Now scientists know why (leptin gene mutation): (tags:genetics hunger )
13. Boosting paternity leave has economic benefits and reduces inequality: (tags:parenting men uk inequality )
14. Wildcats bred in captivity released into Cairngorms: (tags:cats nature scotland )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4035461.html

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Interesting Links for 13-05-2021

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 05-12-2019

Tell your child Santa exists and you'll ruin them for life: Okay, fine. Lying to your children is linked to less trust, them believing lying is ok, and them being more likely to lie themselves.
(tags:Christmas lying psychology lies children )
Plans unveiled for massive 8000-capacity indoor music arena at West Straiton in Edinburgh: (tags:Edinburgh music GoodNews )
"How I Defeated the Tolkien Estate": (tags:viaNWhyte Tolkien satire funny )
Gender parity in software engineering is possible - if we change how we hire: (tags:hiring jobs gender women Technology )
EU to spell out plans for potentially years more Brexit talks on day after general election, leak shows: (tags:uk europe trade doom )
Study that argued EVs aren't cleaner gets an update: (tags:electricity cars transport environment )
University of Reading threatening to cut 100 per cent of pay if staff don't work unpaid overtime: (tags:university academia pay jobs )
"I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn't commit. Ask me anything": (tags:crime prison USA OhForFucksSake )
Here's a bunch of evidence of antisemitism in the Labour Party (and of the party not dealing with it properly): (tags:jews bigotry labour )
How to vote in the forthcoming election: (tags:uk elections )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3844780.html

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Interesting Links for 29-11-2019

Dear (Cis) People Who Put Your Pronouns On Your "Hello My Name Is" Name Tags: (tags:gender lgbt )
Why we should all be playing games: (tags:games )
Can't face a social engagement? Why not send your dad? Like the British prime minister. FFS: (tags:WTF Father BorisJohnson politics UK )
UK police explain decision on Prince Andrew case: (tags:royalty rape uk police OhForFucksSake )
Really Cool Fluid Simulation (touch sensitive on your phone too): (tags:simulation fluid )
12 EU states reject move to expose companies' tax avoidance: (tags:Europe tax transparency OhForFucksSake )
Lib Dems and Labour are mostly not in direct competition.: (tags:Labour libdem politics UK )
Labour to change strategy with two weeks to go: (tags:Labour UK Europe politics )
There is widespread Islamophobia among Conservative Party members: (tags:conservatives Islam bigotry racism )
18,000-year old puppy found perfectly intact in Siberian permafrost: (tags:dogs wolves prehistory )
Lying liar Boris Johnson lies over his record of lying: (tags:lying BorisJohnson )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3839503.html

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Interesting Links for 08-11-2019

Jeremy Corbyn 'will keep free movement of people' in Brexit U-turn: (tags:Labour immigration GoodNews )
Bond Film Anagrams. Very nicely done: (tags:JamesBond language funny )
Microsoft's Project Silica offers robust thousand-year storage: (tags:glass storage )
When you have already lied to a judge, for god's sake stop digging!: (tags:lying law USA OhForFucksSake )
Neil Gaiman confirms that work is already underway on Sandman season 2: (tags:sandman tv neilgaiman )
On historical women's fashion, patriarchy, and ease of movement: (tags:women history clothing )
Whom the fuck?: (tags:language swearing )
Welcome to Britain (WWII Orientation Film for US servicemen arriving in the UK): (tags:USA UK history video wwii )
Italy Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre under guard amid death threats: (tags:Holocaust Jews Italy OhForFucksSake )
Man has chip implanted in his brain to help tackle opioid addiction: (tags:cyborg addiction )
Penis-and-scrotum transplant patient reports near-normal erections, orgasms: (tags:penis organdonor )
MRP models and tactical voting: (tags:statistics data voting advice polls )
Massive Facebook document leak gives ammunition to investigators: (tags:facebook )
It keeps going: 1 meter sea-level rise by 2300 is now inevitable: (tags:globalwarming ocean )
A New Floating Solar Farm Shows That Renewables Can Be Easy: (tags:solarpower viaDanielDWilliam water )
Why are India's Twitter users moving to Mastodon?: (tags:twitter india decentralisation socialnetworking censorship )
'Ice eggs' cover Finland beach in rare weather event: (tags:ice eggs finland weird weather )
My friend Kenny takes gorgeous photos, including some great cosplay and concert pics: (tags:photography cosplay music )
When he supported the Norway option: The Brexit policy Farage would rather forget: (tags:UK Europe Norway )
The tech of PIXAR: Piper (modelling millions of grains of sand): (tags:pixar sand cgi animation )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3794471.html

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Interesting Links for 29-05-2019

Rock Paper Scissors 2.0: (tags:games )
There is no point DNA testing your cat: (tags:cats genetics fail )
Brexit: John Bercow warns Tory leadership hardliners that MPs can still block no-deal: (tags:politics UK hope europe )
All the different kinds of data: (tags:data StarTrek funny )
UK by far the biggest enabler of global corporate tax dodging: (tags:tax UK OhForFucksSake )
Ireland and France to build new electricity cable bypassing Britain after Brexit: (tags:UK France Ireland Europe electricity )
Predictions on the Future of Brexit: (tags:UK Europe hope )
Why Do Children Get Lice More Often Than Adults?: (tags:parasites children adult )
Boris Johnson must go on trial for lying and misleading in Brexit campaign, judge orders: (tags:UK Europe lying politics viaSwampers )
Brexit: Seeing Britain's failure has vaccinated other EU countries against euroscepticism: (tags:Europe hope )
The European elections proved the need to reform Britain's voting system: (tags:UK voting democracy )
John Bercow risks fury of Conservative MPs as he reveals plan to stay on as Commons Speaker: (tags:UK politics )
Indyref2: Nicola Sturgeon publishes referendum Bill at Holyrood: (tags:Scotland independence referendum )
IEA: Nuclear plant retirements could lead to 4 billion metric tons of extra CO2 emissions: (tags:nuclearpower co2 globalwarming )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3786731.html

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Interesting Links for 04-05-2019

Emergency stop signs projected onto waterfalls at road tunnel entrances: (tags:sign driving Technology water light )
Boris Johnson lies about voting Conservative: (tags:Conservatives BorisJohnson lying )
The Jewish population in 2019 is still lower than it was in 1939: (tags:Holocaust Jews history )
Botanical Sexism Cultivates Home-Grown Allergies: (tags:allergies gender plants )
Zionists And Anti-Zionists Don't Agree About What Zionism Is: (tags:Israel Jews nationality )
How EU and member-state officials view Brexit.: (tags:europe uk politics france )
Why Labour's local election losses will be more significant for UK and Brexit than the bigger Tory losses: (tags:labour UK europe )
DUP elects first gay candidate in local elections: (tags:dup NorthernIreland wtf lgbt lesbians )
How to Calm a Crying Baby Like a Mesopotamian: (tags:history babies advice archeology )
Corbyn says local elections show voters want deal done on Brexit (he can fuck off): (tags:labour UK europe OhForFucksSake )
Why the media messaging from Conservatives and Labour is making no sense: (tags:Labour conservatives media politics )
Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr and restore site to former porn-filled glory: (tags:tumblr porn )
Beavers given protected status in Scotland: (tags:beavers Scotland )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3658416.html

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Interesting Links for 08-02-2018

A Bid to Solve California’s Housing Crisis Could Redraw How Cities Grow: (tags: California housing )
Stephen Hammond: Tory MP vows to challenge Theresa May's Brexit policy with vote to keep UK inside single market: (tags: uk europe Conservatives )
Vegetarian and vegan: A quarter of UK dinners have no meat or fish: (tags: vegetarian vegan uk food )
Elevated Use of Absolutist Words Is a Marker of Anxiety, Depression: (tags: depression anxiety language )
Study Shows Women Have Happier Relationships When Their Partners Aren’t Massive Douchebags: (tags: relationships happiness satire )
How the Republicans rigged Congress — new documents reveal an untold story: Proportional Representation is clearly the answer.
(tags: voting usa politics OhForFucksSake )
Fascinating hypothetical Brexit voting scenarios hereIf Cons were only ones supporting Brexit...If Labour was opposing Brexit...Look at how strategic Remainers are...… https://t.co/QDJVnGszL9": (tags: voting polls UK europe )
Designing Windows 95’s User Interface: (tags: design ui ux windows microsoft )
Book of Kells: History of world’s most famous medieval manuscript rewritten after dramatic new research: (tags: history religion UK Ireland christianity books )
Woman unknowingly adopts dog she gave up as a child (no, you have something in *your* eye): (tags: dogs )
Police in China have begun using sunglasses equipped with facial recognition technology to identify suspected criminals.: (tags: surveillance China augmentedreality police )
The "Connect Four" meme makes me unreasonably happy: (tags: meme games children weird )
To know Donald Trump’s faith is to understand his politics: (tags: religion politics usa Republicans )
Sex ed must cover respect and consent, say young mums: (tags: sex education uk )
Abandoned cars on fire in Edinburgh's derelict robot car park: (tags: edinburgh cars automation scotland fire )
European Court of Justice asked to rule on whether UK nationals can keep EU citizenship after Brexit: (tags: europe uk citizenship law )
Leaked AI-powered Game Revenue Model Paper Foretells a Dystopian Nightmare: (tags: games money OhForFucksSake )
How Motivation Works: (tags: psychology motivation brain )
Cognitive approach to lie detection rendered useless by made-up alibi: (tags: lying psychology )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3650120.html

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Interesting Links for 08-01-2018

Sexual dimorphism of brain structure in the 1-month infant: (tags: gender brain )
"Me and Harry Potter" (by the original book cover artist): (tags: harrypotter art books )
How Smart People Talk About Themselves: (tags: Intelligence )
Is Your Child Lying to You? That’s Good: (tags: children lying Intelligence )
WH Auden reviews The Fellowship Of The Ring: (tags: lotr review )
Black Mirror: 1951: (tags: comic Technology funny )
Baby kangaroos are the easiest animal to kidnap: (tags: animals video cute )
Solar doesn’t need a “breakthrough”. It’s a breakthrough on it’s own.: (tags: solarpower viaDanielDWilliam GoodNews )
The old year is slain. With luck, the next one we raise will be better.: (tags: comic time life )
BBC China editor Carrie Gracie quits in equal pay row: (tags: bbc gender pay money equality feminism )
Sarah Silverman’s response to a sexist tweet is a much-needed ray of hope: (tags: sexism hate abuse love twitter )
Girl who shaved her head for cancer charity 'put in isolation' by school: (tags: hair school girls OhForFucksSake )
Open Banking starts next week. Meet the man making it happen: (tags: banking Technology uk )
If you find a package full of mysterious white powder - DO NOT SNORT IT!: (tags: OhForFucksSake drugs idiocy )
Harry Potter vs Brexit: (tags: uk europe fascism usa harrypotter fanfic )
Jeremy Corbyn's views on Brexit: a long held stance on Europe: (tags: Europe labour politics uk )
LG Display's 65-inch OLED TV can roll up like a poster: (tags: tv technology )
Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance: (tags: china surveillance )
Chinese shoe company tricks people into swiping Instagram ad with fake strand of hair: (tags: advertising fraud genius )
Fujitsu has a citywide surveillance solution. I wonder how many other companies are selling such things: (tags: surveillance Technology )
Facts aren’t everything – understanding parents’ moral reasons for avoiding vaccination: (tags: vaccination morality psychology )
Birth-order effects may be strong - but also very specific: (tags: children birth personality psychology )
Blackbeard's Book Club? Document Discovery May Reveal Pirate Reading List: (tags: pirates books history )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3582629.html

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Interesting Links for 29-05-2017

Lawmaker resigns after being revealed as founder of women-hating community the Red Pill: (tags: misogyny usa politics )
18 Science Facts We Didn't Know at The Start of 2017: (tags: science )
The Real Reasons for Marvel Comics’ Woes: (tags: marvel comics business fail )
A 16th-century engineer whose work almost defeated an Empire: Well, defended against it.
(tags: history engineering war )
A year of digging through code yields “smoking gun” on VW, Fiat diesel cheats: (tags: cars pollution software fraud )
The rise of the QR code in China: (tags: China technology code qr )
How rich would you need to be to have the same quality of life as a billionaire one hundred years ago?: (tags: money history )
Book Review: The Entrepreneurial State (why government funded basic research is a major driver of the economy): (tags: research economy review )
Song calling Theresa May a ‘liar’ reaches tenth place in download charts but radio stations refuse to play it: (tags: music Conservatives lying radio uk )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3543206.html

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Interesting Links for 11-01-2017

On Maximum Wages and Inequality: (tags: wages inequality economics income )
Do any other nations enjoy understatement as much as the British do?: (tags: uk language society funny )
This pretty-much sums up my position on philosophy and meaning: (tags: philosophy life )
A lot of well-meaning people don’t understand single-payer healthcare: (tags: healthcare )
People are rubbish at noticing that white people are white: Of course, they're rubbish at noticing how many legs they have too. But then only 62% of Americans are white, and a lot more have two legs.
(tags: race )
GRRM makes tiny announcement about the next book: (tags: GeorgeRRMartin )
Americans are happier with inequality than Norwegians: (tags: inequality norway usa psychology )
Illumina wants to sequence your whole genome for $100: (tags: genetics Technology )
Equivocating feels less bad than lying but will cost you in the long run: (tags: lying psychology )
Bosses' bizarre excuses for failing to pay minimum wage: (tags: uk minimumwage )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3450325.html

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Interesting Links for 08-05-2016

Boys do better in reading than girls - if told that it's a game: (tags: gender reading children )
Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because of Antivirus Scan: (tags: virus Technology fail )
Two-Minute Warnings May Fuel Screen-Time Tantrums: (tags: psychology children Technology viaSwampers )
Wolves: Why are they so badass? (A report): (tags: wolves funny )
Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem visualized: (tags: algorithms visualisation video viaSwampers )
The World's Newest Major Religion: No Religion: (tags: religion atheism )
Tax credits, disability benefit and nine other U-turns from the first year of a Conservative government: (tags: Conservatives politics government )
The Female Form, Dressed Only in Light (NSFW): (tags: light photographs )
Anyone not already using Dropbox and want a referral? 500MB of bonus storage to both of us...: Seriously - if you're _not_ already keeping all of your important documents and photos in Dropbox (or OneDrive, or some other constantly syncing backup system) then you really, really should be.
(tags: data storage )
I want this Infinity Pi Quilt!: (tags: design mathematics awesome )
Virtual Reality may make the real world seem false...: Of course, computer games have been doing that for me since Doom in 1993...
(tags: games VirtualReality reality perception )
People don't like it when you refuse to lie to your kids: (tags: children lying parenting lies )
Sexuality labels are less popular - but they are still useful: (tags: politics lgbt language )
What does a "like" mean on Instagram or Facebook now? (I am so completely out of touch): (tags: facebook socialnetworking )
"The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies": (tags: spying russia canada )
Baby cheetahs are cute little floof-monsters!: (tags: cute cats )
Giger explains why the Alien eggs are doubly obscene: (tags: religion aliens design catholicism )
What it's like to be on tour with Prince: (tags: music photography viaSoonLee )

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Interesting Links for 06-02-2015

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Interesting Links for 30-12-2014

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Interesting Links for 10-11-2014

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Interesting Links for 08-10-2014