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1. A material normally only found in meteorites has now been made artificially, and may solve our issues with some rare earth metals
(tags:materials meteor space technology viaSwampers )
2. German transphobe also a Holocaust denier
(tags:Holocaust transgender Germany viaSwampers LGBT )
3. Iran Votes to Execute Protesters (there are 15,000 in prison right now)
(tags:Iran protest death_penalty OhForFucksSake )
4. English people encounter pizza for the first time
(tags:pizza history )
5. Discovery of bronze statue rewrites Italy's Etruscan-Roman history
(tags:history archeology Italy )
6. Why do so few women excel at maths? Sexism, of course
(tags:sexism women mathematics )
7. Major ad firm Omnicom recommends clients pause Twitter ad spend (clients include Apple and McDonalds, and 5,000 more)
(tags:Twitter advertising Doom )
8. How "Wordle editor" became a real job at The New York Times
(tags:games language )
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2021-06-22 12:00 pm
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Historian Disgusted At Being Named As Adviser In Race Report And Accuses Downing Street Of Manipulating Him
(tags:history racism uk fraud )
Experts named in government's race report shocked to see their names in evidence contributor list
(tags:racism uk history )
WWII air raid shelter found in Edinburgh during cupboard clean
(tags:edinburgh wwii scotland )
60 Songs From 1999 Remixed Into 3½ Minutes
(tags:music video history )
Pfizer vaccine produces 'off the scale' immune response, study finds
(tags:vaccine pandemic )
Prior to the Chicxulub impact, rainforests looked very different
(tags:forests meteor prehistory )
New poll says Alex Salmond's Alba Party set for 3 per cent support
(tags:polls Scotland AlexSalmond )
isEven API - Tell if a number is even
(tags:AprilFool numbers )
105,000 years ago in the Kalahari Desert, people invented complex culture
(tags:culture prehistory Africa )
So far the Greens don't seem to be affected by the Alex Salmond Is Awesome Party
(tags:politics Scotland )
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2020-11-20 12:00 pm
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Meteor breaks up over ocean in incredible footage
(tags:meteor Ocean video )
Boris Johnson pledges laser guns
(tags:lasers wtf military UK BorisJohnson )
Nigella Lawson butters her toast twice, and Britain is really angry about it
(tags:food funny )
Anyone interested in a script from the recent She-Ra remake?
(tags:TV animation scripts writing )
FactCheck: Is this a green revolution? (and what do government announcements add up to? l
(tags:environment UK government Conservatives )
IBM Apologizes For Firing Computer Pioneer For Being Transgender...52 Years Later
(tags:IBM computers history LGBT transgender )
Internalized gender-focused attitudes affect health, career prospects
(tags:gender money health society jobs )
I see the Conservatives are turning in to fascists again
(tags:OhForFucksSake UK conservatives )
On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway
(tags:politics society compromise )
Here's what happens when some idiot decides to store two tons of sodium in their garage
(tags:OhForFucksSake safety UK chemistry )
I see Labour's civil war is going swimmingly
(tags:labour OhForFucksSake )
Covid: Why stricter rules for Glasgow but not for Edinburgh?
(tags:Scotland Glasgow Edinburgh pandemic )
When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks 'Official.' A Woman? 'Smile'
(tags:AI bias )
The big dish of Arecibo observatory has reached the end of the line
(tags:astronomy history )
When women can't get divorced, murder is the alternative
(tags:murder women abuse history )
Covid in Scotland: When will we be vaccinated?
(tags:UK Scotland thefuture vaccine pandemic )
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2019-06-12 01:37 pm
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A thread of gay lions in religious children's books
(tags:lions lgbt children religion books )
Testing An Evo Psych Theory Outside Of The Lab: Prestige And Dominance-Based Social Hierarchies Emerge Even Amongst Cornish Choirs And Chess Clubs
(tags:psychology behaviour )
IBM and the Holocaust - some details
(tags:ibm Holocaust Technology history viaSwampers )
Canada to ban keeping whales, dolphins in captivity
(tags:whales dolphins canada )
Don't start pining for Theresa May: she was unspeakably dire and this disaster's on her
Well, and David Cameron.
(tags:uk europe politics Conservatives )
Brexit: Labour announce bid to block new Tory PM from suspending parliament to force through no-deal
(tags:UK Europe parliament )
Today's 75-year-olds didn't fight the war - so why do we think they did?
(tags:UK history age wwii )
Rough Consensus: How Do You Make Good Decisions Efficiently in a Flat Organization?
(tags:organisation decisions )
It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew. This is the story of the 2008 Universal fire.
(tags:music history epicfail )
Organ donation is now opt-out in Scotland
(tags:Scotland organdonor GoodNews )
Fantasy's Widow: The Fight Over The Legacy Of Dungeons & Dragons 
(tags:dungeonsanddragons history death sad )
How trans-hostile activists are leveraging a small group of people worldwide to drive their agenda
(tags:transgender lgbt twitter OhForFucksSake )
Scientists close in on hidden Scottish meteorite crater
(tags:Scotland meteor )
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2018-09-03 12:00 pm
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The UK's Brexit trade proposals are not even slightly acceptable to the EU
(tags: uk europe trade doom )
Vredefort Crater, the world’s oldest and largest known impact structure
(tags: meteor asteroids earth geology )
On American presidents and nuance
(tags: usa politics president )
Why federated social media will struggle with moderation, by someone with a huge amount of experience dealing with abuse and harassment online
(tags: dreamwidth livejournal abuse socialmedia )
Quiet Carriages are an Autistic lifeline. Please don’t take them away.
(tags: transport autism noise trains mentalhealth )
Frank Baum's uncomfortable relationship with Oz
(tags: Oz writing )
Brexit will lead to majorities for Irish unification and Scottish independence
(tags: Ireland NorthernIreland Scotland uk europe independence )
masochistic epistemology - When you believe that "what hurts, is true." things can only get worse
(tags: philosophy mentalhealth life emotion )
Brexit: Things are about to get exceedingly intense
(tags: uk Europe doom )
Hysteria Was Not Treated With Vibrators
(tags: women orgasm history psychology fraud viaCipherGoth )
YouTube algorithm deliberately recommended Brexit videos
(tags: uk Europe youtube )
“A safety net for the people of Europe”: 65 years of the European Convention on Human Rights
(tags: rights europe )
Brexit: Hundreds of Whitehall officials leave department in charge of EU withdrawal
(tags: Europe UK fail )
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