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Interesting Links for 19-01-2022
Jan. 19th, 2022 12:00 pm- Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard
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- The Undoing Of Joss Whedon
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- What the Discovery of an Extra Artery Means for Human Evolution
- (tags:evolution blood viaNancyLebov )
- How board games are made at a Chinese factory
- (tags:boardgames manufacturing China video )
- NASA hasn't 'just' hired 24 theologians to study future discovery of aliens
- (tags:religion life space NASA sociology )
- The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful Subgroups of Autism
- (tags:autism psychology )
- Someone has clearly decided that board games players have too much money
- (tags:boardgames money marvel zombies )
- A lovely story about insects and university outreach
- (tags:insects children university )
- Cost of living rises at fastest pace for 30 years
- (tags:inflation economy uk )
- High speed rail must go to Scotland to help reach net zero
- (tags:hs2 trains transport uk co2 globalwarming )
- NASA: Tonga blast was 10 megatons, more powerful than a nuclear bomb
- (tags:volcano pacific )
- Scaling Carbon Capture
- (tags:carbon co2 globalwarming electricity )
- Covid: Scotland Omicron restrictions to end on Monday
- (tags:pandemic scotland )
- Can memes help people cope with pandemic-induced anxiety?
- (tags:pandemic memetics anxiety psychology )
- On the "New Movement" in SF/F (and why there is much more diversity in Hugo awards)
- (tags:scifi diversity )
- Tory MP Christian Wakeford Defects To Labour
- (tags:Conservatives labour politics uk )
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Interesting Links for 05-07-2020
Jul. 5th, 2020 12:00 pm- Canadian scuba diver in Mexico discovers vast, prehistoric industrial complex
- (tags:Mexico prehistory )
- Keir Starmer faces backlash from Labour's ruling committee after party defends 'racist, sexist and abusive' WhatsApp messages
- (tags:Labour OhForFucksSake )
- Edinburgh plans to merge buses and trams in major shake-up of public transport
- (tags:Edinburgh transport buses trams )
- The Seven Billion Habits of Highly Effective Robots (a short story)
- (tags:robots funny war short_story scifi )
- When Chaos Leads to Comedy: How The Emperor's New Groove was made (one of my favourite Disney movies)
- (tags:Disney business movies history )
- What we can learn from sexologists about persuading people to wear masks
- https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1279449964020719622.html
(tags:pandemic sex condoms ) - A 'Viral' New Bird Song in Canada Is Causing Sparrows to Change Their Tune
- (tags:music birds memetics USA )
Interesting Links for 05-06-2019
Jun. 5th, 2019 12:08 pm- The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken
- (tags:food usa chicken standards )
- Trump UK visit: Sajid Javid is only senior cabinet member not invited to lavish state banquet for president. Can't imagine why!
- (tags:racism USA UK politics )
- Remain supporters aren't less likely to identify with country or local area - just that they have additional attachment to Europe
- (tags:uk europe polls )
- Good Omens: Neil Gaiman and creators on adapting the book
- (tags:neilgaiman TV terrypratchett scifi )
- Should the Lib Dems accept any defecting Change UK members who want to join?
- (tags:politics UK libdem )
- Lothian Buses boss: Why action is needed to tackle Edinburgh's growing congestion problems
- (tags:transport edinburgh )
- The strange story of Anneka Rice and the secret agent
- (tags:TV business wtf )
- Social transmission favours the 'morally good' over the 'merely arousing'
- (tags:morality stories psychology memetics )
- 'Lemoga': Lake District hotel offers yoga with lemurs as partners
- (tags:lemurs yoga )
- Nuclear: Energy bills used to subsidise submarines
- (tags:nuclearpower UK viaDanielDWilliam )
- Culture is the secret of humanity's success, and Reason is a massive threat (long, and utterly fascinating)
- (tags:society culture anthropology review )
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Interesting Links for 18-12-2014
Dec. 18th, 2014 11:00 am- The Definitive Ranking Of Willow's Sweaters On "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"
- Quite possibly the cutest cat video of all time
- If you liked Baldur's Gate you really should be playing Divinity: Original Sin
- Horror Film Taglines Replaced With Pornhub Comments
- 10 Surprisingly Effective 2 P.M. Pick-Me-Ups
- Porn Star Passes Most Difficult Bar Exam In America
- A New App Is Shattering a Major Myth About Polyamorous Relationships
- The blogpost North Korea tried to ban
- A fantastic smartphone comparison chart. Useful next time I want to choose a new phone!
- Portia spiders are _really_ smart. I had no idea spiders could make complex plans
- Fundamental plot arcs, seen through multidimensional analysis of thousands of TV and movie scripts
- Mobile firms and government agree deal to reduce 'not-spots'
- The Toxoplasma Of Rage - how we are incentivised into behaviour that doesn't help
- Autism linked to air pollution
- TTIP: The EU-US trade deal explained
- European court rules that UK must change its immigration policy on family members
- Global life expectancy has increased by 6 years since 1990
- A child's popularity is related to where the teacher seats them in the classroom
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