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Interesting Links for 15-11-2019

The "weakest link" theory that explains some of our economic woes: (tags:economics organisation )
AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds: (tags:ai voice )
The new NI protocol locks *the whole of the UK* into EU state aid rules in perpetuity: (tags:uk NorthernIreland europe )
Put your hands in your pockets like you just don't care!: (tags:video dancing funny children )
We are hounded by Labour's myth of the 2017 contest: (tags:Labour politics elections UK )
PayPal Pulls Out of Pornhub, Hurting Hundreds of Thousands of Performers (one of those situations where bitcoin may actually be a reasonable solution): (tags:payment censorship paypal )
Newly Discovered Fossil Bird Fills in Gap Between Dinosaurs and Modern Fliers: (tags:birds dinosaurs archeology )
Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism: (tags:autism psychology interesting )
Why Frozen appeals: (tags:Disney relationships abuse women movies )
The possible origin of the idea of the doors between worlds being open on Halloween: (tags:Halloween Ireland history )
12-year-old British-Nigerian Whizkid discovers a new way of telling if something is divisible by 7: (tags:mathematics )
FACT CHECK: Ring Around the Rosie: (tags:song children myths uk )
Sea-Thru: A Method for Removing Water from Underwater Images: (tags:Ocean water photography )
The Â£7,500 dress that does not exist (Digital clothing is the latest "stupidest thing ever"): (tags:fashion digital OhForFucksSake wtf )
Everything is the fault of immigrants. Yes, everything.: (tags:immigration Labour video )
Greens offer basic income by 2025: (tags:uk GuaranteedIncome GreenParty politics )

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Interesting Links for 27-08-2018

‘Typically British‘ fish & chips introduced by Jews: (tags: Jews food UK history fish )
The worst boss stories I’ve heard in a decade-plus writing "Ask a Manager": (tags: management work OhForFucksSake )
Greece was never bailed out – it remains a debtor’s prison and the EU still holds the keys: (tags: Greece economics epicfail europe )
How the Netherlands Feeds the World: (tags: Netherlands farming )
Couple who claim their cats are ‘just like babies’ slept for eight hours last night: Jim is currently asleep on me, and woke us at 4a.m.twice last week...
(tags: cats babies funny satire )
If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, close it now. (And, frankly, avoid Paypal if you can): (tags: paypal )
Thieves replace Paraguay police rifles with toy replicas: (tags: guns theft )

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Interesting Links for 30-04-2017

If you follow any #ActuallyAutistic people online, you may have seen some upset recently: (tags: autism testing OhForFucksSake )
How Not To Fight The Murder Zombies.: (tags: society )
You can tell the writers of Doctor Who are non-immigrant white people because...: (tags: immigration happiness drwho race society )
DOUBLE KING - a short, psychedelic movie about envy, power, and crowns: (tags: video animation )
No matter how cool superblack activated charcoal food looks, it's a bad idea: (tags: food medicine drugs )
12-year-old girl was forced to withdraw from a chess championship for wearing a dress that was deemed "seductive": (tags: OhForFucksSake clothing women children )
"The Handmaid’s Tale is the most horrific thing I have ever seen": (tags: tv misogyny rape thefuture scifi review )
Humble Comics Bundle: Bloom County (pay what you want and help charity): (tags: comics charity )
If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, close it now: (tags: paypal age advice )

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Interesting Links for 27-02-2015

What science communicators can learn from #ThatDress
(tags: science communication )
UK government announces first 27 renewable energy projects to receive contracts for difference
(tags: renewables energy environment uk )
Stay away from arguing about the dress, lest you come to doubt your very being
(tags: philosophy reality colour perception )
Less Than 40 Percent of People Worldwide Have Ever Connected to the Internet
(tags: internet )
Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files
(tags: encryption usa PayPal )
I don't understand the logic - or the politics - around Labour's £6k tuition fee announcement
(tags: Labour fees tuition university politics )
An update on Google's blogger porn policy
(tags: Google porn blogs )
8 ways game makers can portray women better
(tags: women games )
The Clash of Civilizations That Isn’t
(tags: islam isis usa politics religion history middle_east )
Strangers on the Internet Are Listening to People's Phone Voice Commands
(tags: voice privacy technology phones )
The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress
(tags: colour science perception )
The EU’s plan for an energy union would call Vladimir Putin’s bluff
(tags: Europe energy electricity gas Russia )
Twitter captivated by Arizona llama drama
(tags: llama headline )
Nearly Frozen Waves Captured On Camera
(tags: photos cold sea )
Admit it. You've always wanted to hear Mary Poppins sing Death Metal
(tags: HeavyMetal Disney music video )
No Boys Allowed: School visits as a woman writer
(tags: books gender )
Double-blind trial shows that gluten sensitivity is real
(tags: gluten science )
Marijuana Officially Legal in Alaska for Private Use
(tags: marijuana legalisation )
How Mice Turned Their Private Paradise Into A Terrifying Dystopia
(tags: mice behavior population psychology )
The girl who gets gifts from birds
(tags: birds presents behaviour )
The state of Linux gaming in the SteamOS era
(tags: linux games steam valve )
What causes people to join Isis?
(tags: politics torture Islam middle_east )
No long-term future for BBC licence fee, MPs say
(tags: bbc politics UK )

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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 )

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Interesting Links for 27-02-2012

Paypal forces publisher to censor themselves
(tags: writing censorship paypal )
On feminism
(tags: feminism )
Scotland and Ireland in the British Parliament
(tags: ireland independence politics uk scotland )
Spain will not veto an independent Scotland joining EU
(tags: independence uk scotland eu spain )
Kripke resigns as report alleges that he faked results of thought experiments
(tags: academia funny satire philosophy )
New figures show low level of benefit fraud
(tags: benefits welfare uk fraud )
What happens to the cocain in Coca-Cola?
(tags: manufacturing cocacola cocaine )
Labour still pushing the Digital Economy Act. (And, for this and numerous other reasons, not getting my vote)
(tags: politics uk copyright labour )
Measuring fragmentation in Android
(tags: mobile_phones software android )
When misunderstanding slang causes a massive waste of resources
(tags: usa funny lgbt slang )
Would you like a phone with a 50" screen?
(tags: Technology projector mobile_phones )
FBI Turns Off Thousands of GPS Devices After Supreme Court Ruling
(tags: law gps technology usa privacy )
One of my favorite book-related stories ever
(tags: awesome usa books )
Like music? Go vote in the Rock And Roll March Madness. (This is the anchor post, click on to see more)
(tags: BartCalendar music )
A Steam Train on the London Underground
(tags: london transport trains video )
The Flying Baby Photos
(tags: baby photos )
Why I’m Not Discussing Politics Much Right Now
(tags: uk politics )
The Racist Tree, a parable
(tags: story racism )

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Interesting Links for 14-01-2012

Circumventing the No-Fly list in thirty seconds
(tags: usa transport securitytheatre )
Google stealing people's customers in Kenya. I hope it's just a local group fucking up.
(tags: google kenya fraud africa )
RF MEMS enables auto-tuning, single-radio, anti-death-grip smartphones.
(tags: radio technology mobilephones )
A checker to find out when Virgin will be doubling broadband in your area
(tags: broadband virgin uk )
Paypal denies its own service exists, or that anyone there knows anything about it.
(tags: paypal customerservice EpicFail )
The figures the media industries use to justify tougher laws are blatant lies.
(tags: copyright money usa law )
America's decade of terrorism? Try the 1970s
(tags: usa terrorism )
Against assimilation
I'm not in favour of assimilation. I am against Culture.
(tags: culture Jews )

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Interesting Links for 04-01-2012

This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids
(tags: art children )
The US ends its pro-democracy pretense
(tags: politics usa iran egypt democracy middle east israel )
Some science on why dieting doesn't work (and what you need to do to make it work).
(tags: diet weight health )
'Big banks make their money from optimism' - an interview with an investment strategist
(tags: banking finance investment )
Killer instinct - the financial company that deliberately hired psychopaths.
(tags: economics psychopath psychology finance banking )
Paypal forces buyer to destroy disputed violin worth thousands of dollars
(tags: paypal violin )
Top Ten Cutest Photos of 2011
(tags: photos cute 2011 )
The Dumbest Idea In The World: Maximizing Shareholder Value
(tags: business economics management capitalism finance value )
Mineways - 3D printing of Minecraft landscapes/objects.
(tags: minecraft printing 3d )
Steam reaches 5 million concurrent user mark
So, PC gaming still not dead? I wonder what the comparative figures for the 360 and PS3 would be.
(tags: steam games computergames )
I Have Seen the Future of Retail…And It Doesn't Have Cashiers
Of course, this is about the low end of the market. Where people are prepared to pay higher prices there will be assistants there to make it easy for them.
(tags: business shopping technology )

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Interesting Links for 22-11-2011