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Interesting Links for 20-12-2023

1. A tech guru is waging a war on major media outlets across three continents, hiring a “media assassin” law firm to kill stories connecting him to “hacks-for-hire” controversy.: (tags:Technology hacking india censorship )
2. Animation vs. Physics: (tags:physics animation video )
3. Baby It’s Cold Outside discourse is the same as Macbeth discourse.: (tags:shakespeare funny )
4. NHS dentistry as we know it 'gone for good': (tags:UK NHS teeth OhForFucksSake )
5. Why MAs at Oxford had to swear an oath against a man who'd been dead for over 500 years.: (tags:history university uk oxford murder viaPatrickHadfield )
6. New income tax band for people in Scotland earning over £75,000: (tags:scotland income tax )
7. Teams are more creative when they're sitting next to each other: (tags:creativity teams work psychology )
8. Iceland volcano erupts leaving 2.5-mile crack (with live video): (tags:iceland volcano )
9. Tom Bombadil and The Ring, a Christmas story: (tags:Christmas lotr fanfic )
10. Lord of the Rings fan fiction writer tries to sue Amazon/Tolkien, gets countersued into a smoking crater: (tags:copyright fanfic EpicStupidity lotr Tolkien )
11. A series of charts showing how awful the Conservatives are for the economy: (tags:UK economy conservatives Labour )
12. Tory attempts to ban social transitioning in schools held up by lack of evidence showing it causes any problems: (tags:LGBT law schools UK )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3963021.html

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Interesting Links for 26-11-2020

Can a neutral network recognise your doodles?: (tags:art ai )
The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Data Isn't Up to Snuff: (tags:uk vaccination pandemic oxford )
Andromeda over Patagonia: (tags:space photo pretty )
KFC deploys autonomous 5G food trucks in China: (tags:food delivery automation )
The first artist with a Criminal Behaviour Order affecting the type of music he can put out: (tags:music UK crime viaDanielDWilliam )
You'll feel like you've got the flu for a couple of days after your first Covid vaccine shot. You must get the second one anyway: (tags:vaccine pandemic )
How Dutch Plant Breeders Bred The Badness Out Of Brussels Sprouts: (tags:food genetics )
Explaining Jewish holidays: (tags:Jews judaism religion )
How the Once Elusive Dream of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became a Reality: (tags:lasers weaponry technology )
6 Essential Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Programming: (tags:programming advice )
Olivia Colman, Jameela Jamil and Paloma Faith condemn 'violence and hostility' against trans women in open letter: (tags:LGBT transgender )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3961205.html

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Interesting Links for 27-10-2020

Covid R rate increase linked to reopening schools: (tags:schools pandemic )
A quick summary of where the Oxford vaccine stands: (tags:Oxford vaccine pandemic hope )
Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery - NZ Herald: (tags:genetics animals belgium headline viaPatrickHadfield )
Scottish Government officially calls for no guising on Halloween: (tags:Halloween Scotland pandemic )
QAnon supporters don't necessary believe: (tags:conspiracy polls belief )
COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: (tags:vaccine pandemic viaDanielDWilliam )
Trump! Betrays! Santa!: (tags:Christmas USA politics vaccine pandemic wtf )
UK Mobile networks banned from selling locked phones: (tags:UK phones regulation )
No Implants Needed for Precise Control Deep into the Brain: (tags:brain technology light )
My Dad, the Pornographer (interesting bits about the historical publishing business, amongst other things): (tags:porn writing publishing history )
I'm fairly sure this food is banned by the Geneva convention: (tags:food wtf )
Why Transport for London's finances are far from healthy: (tags:transport tube London money )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3833788.html

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Interesting Links for 22-10-2019

The reality behind the myth of Oxford's imposter syndrome: (tags:Oxford academia mentalhealth )
This is why you should never comment negatively on a friend's weight: (tags:weight mentalhealth )
Scientists Discover The Root Of Autoimmune Diseases - And How We Can Treat Them (in mice): (tags:immune_system microbiome mice viaMyBrotherHugh )
Northern Ireland firms will have to complete export forms when sending goods to the mainland UK: (tags:NorthernIreland UK trade OhForFucksSake )
Spotlight reveals IRA plan to hit south east England's power supply: (tags:ira electricity UK History viaDanielDWilliam )
Late attempt to halt decriminalization of abortion in N. Ireland fails`: (tags:abortion NorthernIreland GoodNews )
Questions Jews have about Christmas: (tags:Christmas Jews funny )
There's this superhero, right? And *everyone* knows their secret identity. But why?: (tags:identity superhero secrets )
On Narnia and the EU: (tags:Europe narnia comic )
How comics first started on the road to academic respectability: (tags:comics academia history uk )
Persistent non-symbolic experience - what enlightenment feels like: (tags:psychology experience religion )
Brexit legislation: This is a mandate for another year of no-deal chaos: (tags:UK Europe doom )
Brexit delay depends on which way Commons votes today, says EU: (tags:Europe UK politics )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3801270.html

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Interesting Links for 22-06-2019

Lothian Buses staff vote for strike action in Edinburgh: (tags:buses transport edinburgh unions )
How Oxford university shaped Brexit â€” 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 )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3757045.html

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Interesting Links for 10-01-2019

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3663465.html

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Interesting Links for 26-02-2018

If you work at a university, here's why you should join the strike: (tags: UK university strike pensions )
Cognitive decline sets in at 45. (Ban old people from voting!): (tags: age Intelligence )
Please, please stop saying that "Autistic people lack empathy": (tags: autism empathy OhForFucksSake )
For 1300 years Europeans thought that Queen Bees were Kings. Here's how that changed: (tags: science gender bees history society patriarchy )
‘Black Panther': choose your weapons.: (tags: weapons marvel movies )
If you look at the economics, it's completely reasonable for university lecturers to strike over pension changes: (tags: pensions regulation academia uk strike )
Genetic contribution to neuroticism associated with affluence, health, longevity: (tags: genetics emotion psychology success health money )
A 19th-century painting of Narnia - or as close as we can get: (tags: narnia CSLewis art history oxford uk )
i agree with Nigel Farage: (tags: politics borders nationalism )
Starlings Obscure Sky Over Rome in Dystopic Viral Photo: (tags: birds Rome italy )
What is the evolutionary purpose of having periods?: (tags: menstruation evolution humans )
How poverty changes your mind-set: (tags: poverty psychology )
What is happening in the Arctic is now beyond words, so here are the pictures: (tags: globalwarming OhForFucksSake arctic ice )
How Gun Laws Could Change Even If Republicans Don’t Embrace Restrictions: (tags: usa guns )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3560667.html

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Interesting Links for 16-03-2017

Scientists need money so they’re yelling on Twitter: (tags: ViaDrCross research twitter funny )
Brexit: Government has done no economic assessment of the UK crashing out of EU without deal: (tags: uk europe economy OhForFucksSake epicfail government )
Surprise pig is surprising: (tags: pigs cute ViaDrCross )
Petition · Westminster: Indyref2 to be decided with trial by combat. Sturgeon V May.: (tags: funny petition independence scotland viaJohnBobShaun )
The Brexit bucket list: what to do before you leave the EU: (tags: europe uk )
The Oxford comma: A Maine court settled the grammar debate over serial commas with a ruling on overtime pay for dairy-truck drivers: (tags: grammar punctuation oxford law )
Why They Changed the Original Rogue One Ending: (tags: StarWars movies )
CMON Announce A Song Of Ice And Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game!: (tags: gameofthrones games )
Marine A's colleagues 'wanted Afghan insurgent dead': (tags: death war afghanistan law uk military )
Seven Ways to Win a Second Indy Referendum: (tags: independence referendum scotland advice )
Genetic variant accelerates normal brain aging in older people by up to 12 years: (tags: age brain genetics )
The new American Gods trailer looks awesome: (tags: trailer tv myths neilgaiman )
The genes, neural circuits behind autism's impaired sociability: (tags: social psychology autism genetics )
Female sexual desire is WEIRD and CONFUSING: (tags: women sex psychology viaJennieRigg )
Cold Does Not Increase Odds of Catching Cold: (tags: cold colds disease myths )
The SPRITE and the Carthorse: How to automate research fraud - now with carrots!: (tags: food fraud research viaDrCross )
Unsealed documents show Monsanto ghost wrote research papers on RoundUp: (tags: research fraud business )
How a "command & control" approach produces famine and cities nobody wants to live in: (tags: cities liberal architecture design agriculture history )
Four things to note about record electoral fine against Conservative Party: (tags: Conservatives elections )
Clean Energy Could Spark a Trade War Between the US and China: (tags: renewables energy usa china Technology research )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3368160.html

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Interesting Links for 17-11-2015

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3060536.html

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Interesting Links for 13-03-2014

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2757660.html

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Interesting Links for 27-07-2012

De-gendering academic dress at Oxford
(tags: oxford clothes gender )
Why Sebastian Coe should be jailed in Scotland
(tags: football scotland law )
The British Banker's Association was warned weekly about LIBOR fraud back in 2008.
(tags: banking uk fraud EpicFail )
Mayor's sustainable Olympic taxis driven on a 130-mile trip to fill up in Swindon
(tags: olympics hydrogen london cars )
Men: A good reason to be a decent boyfriend. So you won't be described like this...
(tags: starwars funny relationships )
Who Gets To Be a Geek? Anyone Who Wants to Be
(tags: JohnScalzi cosplay geekery geeks )
Every Cthulhu Game I Ever Played
(tags: funny gaming cthulhu )
Artist draws different drugs and draws self portraits.
I'd love to know how much of the differences is caused by expectations.
(tags: viaJohnCoxon drugs art )
Neal Stephenson on swordplay, space and depressing SF - if anyone can find the whole keynote, I'll be ecstatic.
(tags: nealstephenson )
This is what addiction to Facebook games will make people do...
God, I loathe this "business model" with a fiery passion.
(tags: games facebook addiction )
Someone with ADHD talks about the habits that make it possible for them to do creative work
(tags: writing creativity work habits adhd )
Free school meals for all boost results by up to two months.
(tags: education food )
What's A Fair Value for Facebook Stock?
(tags: facebook investment shares economics )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2675370.html

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Interesting Links for 14-03-2012

3D-Printer with Nano-Precision - the picture blew me away
(tags: 3dprinting technology nanotechnology awesome )
Solar panel made with ion cannon is cheap enough to challenge fossil fuels
(tags: solarpower energy electricity )
Fukushima was no disaster, no matter how you spin it
(tags: nuclearpower electricity japan )
ARM produces design for a 32-bit 1mm-square processor that can run for years on a single battery and cost 13p.
(tags: arm computers technology )
FullFact.org - Promoting accuracy in public debate. I've been wanting a site like this for _ages_.
(tags: facts truth politics uk )
The UK's secret courts make Kafka look sane.
(tags: uk law justice rights )
Why the current funding model of the internet is harmful to users.
Just think - if you were paying Facebook for their service then they might have an incentive to stop pissing you off all the time!
(tags: money advertising internet )
Indiana Jones is a child rapist
(tags: rape Child_abuse indianajones )
I Am The New Sheriff Of The Internet And I Say The Daily Mail Can Go Fuck Itself
(tags: internet media reporting DailyMail )
It costs $35,000-$150,000 per year to leave a homeless person on the streets
(tags: usability usa homelessness homeless )
The real reason health insurers won’t cover people with pre-existing conditions.
(tags: healthcare insurance )
An A from Eton is worth less than an A from Scumbag Comprehensive, and Oxbridge admissions tutors know it
(tags: uk academia university oxford )
Paypal backtracks (somewhat) on erotic books.
(tags: books ebooks censorship paypal )
Encyclopaedia Britannica ends its print edition
(tags: britannica publishing books encyclopedia )
China's Premier wants to push reforms through faster.
(tags: rights economics politics china )
Body clocks may hold key for treatment of bipolar disorder (or may not. Interesting though)
(tags: bipolar depression biology psychology )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2620352.html

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Interesting Links for 07-01-2012

Iran Mounts New Web Crackdown, aims for a Halal Internet
Looking at the context, it seems that the government is scared of the amount of dissent out there. One wonders whether they're heading for a revolution too.
(tags: iran internet censorship )
Brain function can start declining as early as age 45. Yay, something to look forward to.
Ok, something to be somewhat terrified of. They'd better find a cure for this soon...
(tags: brain memory age )
Who is actually responsible for the NDAA's appalling civil rights amendments?
(tags: politics barackobama usa )
Steam has 40 million registered users. And looks to be the standard for PC gaming
(tags: steam valve Technology computer_games )
Oxford Must Be Destroyed!
(tags: oxford academia education uk )
Microsoft gives customer extra XBox by mistake, tells him to donate it to charity.
(tags: microsoft )
Russian woman sneaks into rocket facility, takes amazing photos. (I think, it's all in Russian)
(tags: russia technology photographs )
China’s deserted fake Disneyland
(tags: china disneyland )