Entries tagged with passport

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Interesting Links for 09-04-2025

1. Confusion surrounds ETA visa waiver process for some dual national Brits: (tags:migration uk passport )
2. Intelligence Evolved at Least Twice in Vertebrate Animals: (tags:Intelligence crows primates evolution )
3. No elephants: Breakthroughs in image generation: (tags:ai Technology images )
4. Trump tariffs based on massive error (as well as being total nonsense): (tags:mathematics trade incompetence EpicStupidity politics usa )
5. Pakistan's 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy (current payback time for a solar panel in Pakistan is 2-3 years): (tags:pakistan solarpower GoodNews )
6. People conceived during colder months may end up with a lower body mass index and less fat around internal organs: (tags:weather temperature fat )
7. What's going on with the announcements of "bringing dire wolves back from extinction": (tags:prehistory DNA animals wolves genetics viaPatrickHadfield )
8. Bracket City - a fun new daily puzzle!: (tags:puzzle games )
9. Trade Will Move On Without the United States: (tags:trade USA )
10. Great Moments in Peaceful Protest History: (tags:protests funny satire comic )
11. Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws: (tags:gender race research libraries USA censorship )
12. China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech: (tags:china materials USA trade doom )
13. How are Trump's supporters dealing with the tariff fallout?: (tags:politics usa republicans )

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Interesting Links for 08-08-2022

1. Teenage girls are being raped by several boys during their boyfriends' gang initiation: (tags:UK gangs rape )
2. The Dangerous Ideas of "Longtermism" and "Existential Risk": (tags:morality transhumanism )
3. Genesis: an interpreted, Turing-complete Paleo-Hebrew programming language: (tags:programming Jews funny )
4. Humanities scholarship labor crisis: How the infrastructure of research is falling apart.: (tags:academia Doom research )
5. Why does the Bank of England appear to be ignoring its mandate?: (tags:economics Doom UK viaDanielDWilliam )
6. The terrible, awful, no-good morality of Thomas the Tank Engine: (tags:morality children stories )
7. How the Conservatives are going to crash the UK's most profitable export industry: (tags:uk art Education academia entertainment )
8. Tax cuts for the rich lead to higher income inequality in both the short- and medium-term with no significant effect on economic growth or unemployment: (tags:tax inequality economics )
9. Finland & Croatia Test Digital Passports: (tags:passport finland croatia )
10. Spain orders public places set air conditioning no lower than 27 degrees Celsius: (tags:spain electricity temperature weather )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4108198.html

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Interesting Links for 03-11-2021

Is this how a Pictish fort looked 1,000 years ago?: (tags:scotland archeology )
A reminder that wearing clothes from other cultures is just fine, so long as you're not being a dick about it: (tags:clothing culture cultural_appropriation )
One of the people the BBC platformed in its recent transphobic piece turns out to be a serial rapist and is now calling for the murder of trans people: (tags:LGBT BBC rape transgender bigotry )
UK Government Officials Held Secret Meeting With âEx-Gayâ Conversion Therapy Providers: (tags:LGBT UK politics conservatives OhForFucksSake bigotry )
US issues first gender-neutral 'X' passport: (tags:USA gender passport GoodNews )
CDC overwhelmingly recommends COVID vaccine for US kids 5 to 11: (tags:vaccine Pandemic children USA )
Man left shocked as his house is stolen: (tags:housing theft fraud identity uk )
BBC News reports a non-existent religious revival: (tags:uk polls religion )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3645593.html

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Interesting Links for 23-12-2017

Yay! Sourdough Bread doesn't set off my IBS!: (tags: food bread )
How Machine Learning Is Generating Strange, New Sounds: (tags: music sound ai video )
Why Do We Still Circumcise Boys?: (tags: circumcision children )
OkCupid think people should be able to spread your sexual interests back to your boss.: For instance: https://twitter.com/girlonthenet/status/944238471165677568
(tags: dating identity )
Live Aid: The Terrible Truth: (tags: charity history ethiopia africa epicfail genocide )
No. The Government isn’t spending £500m to change the colour of the UK passports in 2019.: (tags: passport )
Why Iceland's Christmas Witch Is Much Cooler (and Scarier) Than Krampus: (tags: Iceland christmas myths )
Theresa May to target unscrupulous puppy farms by banning sale of young dogs without mother present: (tags: dogs law uk )
Read the reviews of the worst guest house in the world: (tags: review hotel epicfail )
Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year: (tags: advertising netflix streaming tv )
Adolescent brain makes learning easier by reacting more strongly to rewards: (tags: teenagers brain )
Two heterosexual Irish men marry to avoid inheritance tax on property: (tags: tax lgbt marriage ireland )
Some positive stories from 2017: (tags: GoodNews )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3565074.html

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Interesting Links for 03-04-2017

Spain drops plan to impose veto if Scotland tries to join EU: (tags: scotland europe spain )
Anger as tampon tax is used to help fund anti-abortion group: (tags: menstruation abortion charity OhForFucksSake )
A Retiree Discovers an Elusive Math Proof—And Nobody Notices: (tags: mathematics )
Don't believe the 500 million quid passport story until you see it on the side of a bus: (tags: uk europe migration passport )
Mega-Tunnels Dug by South American Megafauna: (tags: animals prehistory tunnels wtf )
Bacon Ipsum - A Meatier Lorem Ipsum Generator: (tags: text meat funny )
It's very hard not to be _this_ smug about Brexit: (tags: comic fail )
Differences in gender and sexual identity between different age ranges: (tags: gender age demographics lgbt )
For Americans who don't realise that racism in Europe is different to the US: (tags: racism europe )
Karl Lagerfeld's Schedule in 24 Hours: (tags: fashion life privilege work )
Ambient Sounds has a whole set of background noises from TV/movies. You can chill in Rivendell or 221B Baker Street!: (tags: sound tv movies )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3541827.html

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Interesting Links for 22-12-2015

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3305174.html

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Interesting Links for 28-06-2015

Bisexual Privilege, Bisexual Erasure
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I should be less surprised how annoying passport rules are
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There's now a training course on "How to talk to the SNP"
- (tags: snp Scotland OhForFucksSake )
Women are keeping their names after marriage in greater numbers.
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Watch CNN Confuse a Bunch of Dildos and Buttplugs for an ISIS Flag
- (tags: sextoys terrorism reporting OhForFucksSake )
Doctor Who Online, Sebastian J. Brook, and the Defrauding of a Community
- (tags: drwho fraud advertising )
Greek bailout extension refused: a panel of leading economists give their verdict
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My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to use on the site
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Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood?
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Rats Dream About the Places They Want to Explore
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A Music-Sharing Network for the Unconnected
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Man shoots downs neighbor’s hexacopter drone
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Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3127807.html

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Interesting Links for 31-07-2014

Passport office won't allow "Skywalker" in a name - because it infringes a trademark
(tags: intellectual_property trademark starwars passport )
Victory: format shifting and right to parody clear last hurdle
(tags: copyright parody uk )
Some great comments on Amazon’s latest volley in its war on Hachette
(tags: publishing Amazon )
We Don't Play With Our Vulvas At The Table
(tags: sex children education vializziecassmaran )
Challenge Complete: Watch the Same Movie 5 Nights in a Row
(tags: viaAlexTFish movies interesting )
Who wants to see a pangolin mum with her pangopup
(tags: cute )
I read this idea for an SF short story to Julie. And now she won't talk to me.
Seriously, she sighed heavily, rolled over, and tried to go back to sleep. WIN!
(tags: scifi funny teeth )
The Lifespan Of All Of Doctor Who's Doctors, By Screentime
(tags: drwho visualisation )
Reading Harry Potter makes children less bigoted
(tags: lgbt bigotry harrypotter children reading )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3110928.html

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Interesting Links for 23-06-2014

Labour needs to be candid about the painful cuts it will have to make
(tags: politics economics UK Labour )
Women impressed by men who condemn their taste in music
(tags: funny music relationships viajohnbobshaun )
RunPee - Because movie theaters don't have pause buttons.
(tags: movies urination )
Eigenmorality
(tags: morality philosophy google )
A Sound You Can't Unhear (And What It Says About Your Brain)
(tags: sound illusion )
Scottish Independence: £200m to be initial cost
(tags: scotland independence )
A fantastic article on spoilers
(tags: spoilers viaErindubitably )
Communication Charts Around The World
(tags: communication business culture )
How much does it cost to store a VHS tape in a New York City apartment?
(tags: newyork housing )
Free will? It's all just noise in the brain
(tags: FreeWill brains )
What does Bill Gates think is the biggest myth about him?
(tags: billgates )
Do Rational People Exist?
(tags: rationality viaCipherGoth )
Where do people live? (Nice graphs by longitude and latitude)
(tags: visualisation population )
29 Hilarious Uses For Sex Toys Around The House
(tags: sex sextoys funny nsfw )
UK singles chart to take into account Spotify and other streaming sites (100 streams = 1 sale)
(tags: music streaming spotify charts )
A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling More Popular
(tags: bicycles )
Scottish independence: What might happen to passports and citizenship?
(tags: Scotland citizenship passport independence )
Will Queen Elizabeth Take the Iron Throne?
(tags: games royalty )
UK Government accused of funding "No" campaign
(tags: uk Scotland independence )
Several common pesticides associated with autism
(tags: autism pesticide )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3090275.html

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Interesting Links for 13-05-2014

Richard and Judy agree assisted death pact
(tags: euthenasia death UK )
There are at least five types of depression
(tags: depression chemistry biology )
This Is What "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" Would Look Like As A LucasArts Point-And-Click Game
(tags: viaJulie buffy games )
Some interesting opinions on what men can do to be more attractive to women.
(tags: relationships advice )
Rat Park - a brilliant comic about addiction, drugs, and science
(tags: heroin addiction rats comic viaMyBrotherHugh )
Fans Deliver a Stunning Live-Action Akira Trailer
(tags: video trailer akira )
Today at 16:53:20 GMT, it'll be 1400000000 in Unix time.
(tags: unix time )
Oscar winner: ‘Alien’ creator H.R. Giger is dead
(tags: giger )
Having a sense of purpose may add years to your life
(tags: meaning life lifespan )
EU backs 'right to be forgotten'
(tags: rights europe )
Your surname doesn't match your child's? Good luck at border control
(tags: children borders parents passport names )
Black Milk Clothing Illustrates How Not To Use Social Media
(tags: socialmedia marketing epicfail )
What if we treated food the way we treat housing?
(tags: food housing )
The reason every book about Africa has the same cover
(tags: africa books culture stereotypes )