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Interesting Links for 17-03-2022
Mar. 17th, 2022 12:22 pm- Why comments are usually terrible, and how to make them better
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- I can see 29 distinct colours. How about you?
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- The happiness of love turns to sadness when unspent.
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- Disney employees are staging walkouts over company's response to the 'Don't Say Gay' bill
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- Ukraine-Russia peace talks make significant progress as 15-point plan to end war drawn up by officials
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- Americans overestimate how big minorities are (I'd be very surprised if Brits didn't think the same)
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- His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.
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- UK sets out action plan to tackle inequality based on recommendations from a commission that concluded there was no systemic racism in Britain.
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- Why Russians Support Putin's War Against Ukrainians
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- France ends gas heaters subsidies, boosts heat pumps in bid to cut Russia reliance
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- Russian war in Ukraine 'largely stalled on all fronts', UK claims
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- In-flight surgery with a coat-hanger and silverware
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Interesting Links for 21-07-2019
Jul. 21st, 2019 12:43 pm- The boy was dying. Zebrafish helped save his life (introducing the same mutation into them and then trying various drugs to see which one worked)
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- How the airplane Black Box was invented
- In his mid-twenties, David Warren had a remarkably good idea. That was when his battle began
(tags:airplanes history Technology ) - 44 Of The Most Interesting Comparison Images (Barcelona and Berlin are my favourites)
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- "I Am Against Identity Politics, By Which I Mean I Am In Favor of White Identity Politics"
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- How Transphobes Try To Control And Undermine Trans Men
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- British Airways Flights to Cairo Cancelled For The Next Week
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- EU officials don't relish the idea of no deal - but they are prepared to play hardball
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- Half of Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Will Be Streaming on Disney+
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- In British PM race, a former Russian arms tycoon wields influence
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- Bill Sienkiewicz speaks about Big Numbers #3
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- Tesco raises prices on 1,000 products
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Interesting Links for 25-06-2019
Jun. 25th, 2019 04:22 pm- A brief word about 'the spirit and determination of the British people' being what supposedly wins wars
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- Humans have made 8.3bn tons of plastic since 1950. The vast majority is still here.
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- What Happens After Amazon's Domination Is Complete? Its Bookstore Offers Clues
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- The US island that speaks Elizabethan English
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- How big an effect do parents have on their children's educational achievement?
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- If your trailer isn't at least this good then nobody should buy your game
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- Is JK Rowling anti trans?
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- Any attempt to design a system for efficiency or speed has to take into account the people using it as a component of the system. (Let's talk boarding planes.)
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- The Petrie multiplier: how oppression is amplified against minorities.
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- Transitioning Helps Transgender Men See Sexism From Both Sides
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- The IT poverty trap
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Interesting Links for 31-08-2015
Aug. 31st, 2015 12:00 pm- Oliver Sacks, eminent neurologist and author, dies aged 82
- Unbelievable Macro Shots Taken Inside Instruments
- An Open Letter From a Death Star Architect
- John Prescott supports electoral reform
- If you can help make a menstrual app that has no fucking flowers on it, then this person needs your help
- I'm tempted to take the day off to watch the Supermoon Eclipse in September
- Clue Is The Pink-Less, Flower-Less, and Butterfly-Less Period Tracker You May Not Be Ashamed Of Using
- Looking at the best evidence for banning prostitution. (It's absolutely terrible.)
- Whoa, Hugo: Women and Minorities Aren’t New to Sci-Fi
- How High Def Is Makes Life Hard For Prop Masters
- "The Void" - a virtual reality theme park that looks like a _lot_ of fun
- Hereford couple married for 45 years separated by visa row
- Probably the most racist roleplaying game ever!
- Best movies on Netflix right now
- Goths, depression and self-harm – reflections on Bowes et al’s study
- You can tell children are evil - they'll bully robots if they get the chance
- Cocaine makes it harder to recognise people's emotions
- The Science Behind Broken Work Cultures
- Examining the core memory module inside a vintage IBM 1401 mainframe
- Atlanta Nights - the (failed) attempt to produce a book so bad that it couldn't be published
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Interesting Links for 24-07-2015
Jul. 24th, 2015 12:07 pm- Making payments more convenient and efficient | Government Digital Service
- Half of landlords say they will make tenants pay more rent to cover Budget tax break cuts
- I have a friend who was told yesterday that his rent is going up by 11%. Nothing he can do about it at all...
- How Tom Cruise Almost Cost Ian McKellen the Roles of Gandalf and Magneto
- UK to host 2016 Hunger Games
- Remembering the Amiga on its thirtieth birthday
- No Reverb Added: An Acoustical Experiment of a Song Recorded in 15 Different Locations
- Psychologists reveal our "blatant dehumanisation" of minority groups
- Open up The Verge and you get 75kb of content - and 10MB of adverts/tracking
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Interesting Links for 24-04-2014
Apr. 24th, 2014 12:00 pm- ‘Sell me this pen:’ The real answer to The Wolf of Wall Street’s challenge
- No, Tech Adoption Is Not Speeding Up
- 28 Shocking Pictures That Prove That The Illuminati Is All Around Us
- The Elder Scrolls Online continues to sound appalling
- There's a Reddit for Chemical Reaction GIFs
- The Friend Zone sounds like an awesome place to hang out
- J.K. Rowling Teams With HBO And The BBC For The Casual Vacancy Miniseries
- NHS Scotland has a free CBT phone service
- Are we really getting less violent?
- Cornish to be recognised as a national minority along with Scots, Welsh and Irish
- Majority of Ukip and Conservative voters now support gay marriage
- Applying the Bechdel Test to conversations on social networks
- Mantis shrimp stronger than airplanes: Composite material inspired by shrimp stronger than standard used in airplane frames
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
- Friendship Is Countersignaling
- Would you like mainland Great Britain as a Minecraft map?
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