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1. The Five-Year Engineering Feat Germany Pulled Off in Months: (tags:Germany engineering gas energy Russia impressive )
2. Countries that have banned spanking have lower rates of violence amongst children: (tags:children violence spanking )
3. Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer: (tags:Cancer genes GoodNews )
4. Where Do US Teaching Skeletons Come From?: (tags:USA education bodies India )
5. Aspartame makes mice anxious. And their children. and their grandchildren: (tags:food anxiety mice psychology )
6. If you're in London you should go see The Wolves in the Walls: (tags:wolves theatre puppets video London neilgaiman )
7. On White Girls Wearing Braids as Cultural Appropriation: (tags:cultural_appropriation hair race )
8. I object to headlines about Edinburgh Zoo penguins playing adorably in the snow when the video clearly shows them just standing about acting entirely normal!: (tags:headline OhForFucksSake journalism video penguins )
9. This lizard is behaving exactly the same as our cat, Jim: (tags:animals behaviour video )
10. What happens to your smartphone when it gets stolen?: (tags:iphone crime viaPatrickHadfield )

1. There's a plan for 200 homes and green offices at Edinburgh's old Scottish Widows HQ: (tags:Edinburgh housing )
2. There are only 10 types of movies.: (tags:movies posters viaSwampers )
3. DS9 series suggestion: Quark's: (tags:StarTrek TV )
4. Transphobes are the ones making up new definitions: (tags:language transgender LGBT bigotry )
5. Four countries pledge tenfold rise in EU offshore wind power capacity: (tags:windpower europe )
6. Edinburgh Zoo penguin Mrs Wolowitz is thought to be the oldest of her species in the world: (tags:penguins age edinburgh zoo )
7. A galactic collision strips dark matter, starts star formation: (tags:darkness physics space )
8. Weed legalisation linked to drop in alcohol, tobacco consumption: (tags:marijuana legalisation alcohol tobacco cigarettes )
9. Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told: (tags:racism sexism society uk science physics Education )
10. Two thirds of Edinburgh residents would cycle if there were more separated cycle lanes: (tags:edinburgh cycling polls )
11. "Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting," Ten Years On: (tags:society lgbt racism sexism history patriarchy kyriarchy )

Tesla autopilot will randomly swerve towards pedestrians: (tags:Tesla automation driving murder epicfail video )
The Fellowship of the Walk: (tags:lotr video funny music )
When Republicans control state legislatures, infant mortality is higher: (tags:politics usa healthcare children death )
Scottish taxes don't subsidise English spending: (tags:Scotland UK England tax )
I look forward to the forthcoming definition of "British TV" that some poor bureaucrat is going to have to try and come up with: (tags:UK TV WTF regulation conservatives )
Are *you* ready for Autumn Spider Festival?: (tags:spiders comic aieeee! )
Giant fossilised penguin found by New Zealand school children is previously unknown species: (tags:penguins paleontology newzealand )
Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish: (tags:music violin history materials )
Massive age-related division opens up in British society on a new front: (tags:time language age UK )
Why Is Inflation Rising Right Now? A Stuffed Toy Shows Why: (tags:trade China USA doom )
Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin: (tags:google apple russia OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4086976.html

Perth becomes first UK city centre with resident beavers: (tags:UK Scotland animals beavers cities )
Buffy Deserves Better Than Joss Whedon: (tags:JossWhedon buffy abuse tv viaKalimac )
Parenting: Three ways to calm your kids during a temper tantrum: (tags:children emotion psychology parenting )
Fifty construction workers from Edinburgh St James Quarter project self isolating following Covid-19 outbreak: (tags:Edinburgh construction pandemic )
I wish I was sixteen again so I could enjoy the new Mortal Kombat movie the way it was meant to be seen: (tags:movies violence games trailer video )
Japan's ruling party invites more women to meetings, as long as they don't talk: (tags:women Japan politics OhForFucksSake )
California State Legislator Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics: (tags:psychedelics decriminalization California USA GoodNews )
New Kalashnikov comes with WiFi, Bluetooth and phone sync: (tags:guns WiFi Bluetooth wtf technology )
Wildlife Photographer Captures Never Before Seen Yellow Penguin: (tags:birds colour penguins photos )
UK Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are workers: (tags:Jobs law employment UK GoodNews )
The 'war on woke' and law and policy commentary - and the importance of responding to illiberals but not on their terms: (tags:society politics )
Relax. Machines Already Took Our Jobs: (tags:automation history )
COVID/Vitamin D: Much More Than You Wanted To Know: (tags:vitaminD pandemic research )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4002720.html

The mysterious case of man who can read letters—but not numbers: (tags:viaDrPlokta numbers vision brain )
What if Plesiosaurs were giant penguins?: (tags:dinosaurs birds penguins )
Teacher Trainees Are More Likely To Misread Black Children As Angry Than White Children: (tags:racism psychology emotion children teachers )
Balrogs cannot fly: (tags:lotr flying )
400 million additional customs checks a year and fines for entering Kent without the proper documentation - the future of British trade with Europe: (tags:UK Europe trade Doom )
Mini cyclones are very cool: (tags:weather video viaCipherGoth )
Mysterious spiral structures found extending out of strange star: (tags:space weird )
Harry Potter - But all the wands are guns: (tags:harrypotter guns funny video trailer )
Parents share the times their children were creepy: (tags:children scary Twitter )
The Matrix Was Intended to Be a Trans Story, Says Lilly Wachowski: (tags:transgender TheMatrix movies )
Coronavirus: 'Inexplicable' failure to quarantine travellers to the UK made pandemic far worse: (tags:OhForFucksSake UK pandemic )
Scotland's results day: Thousands of pupils have exam grades lowered: (tags:exams scotland pandemic )
Edinburgh Waverley redevelopment: city centre set for incredible and dramatic transformation: (tags:edinburgh )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3909079.html

Sainsbury's, Co-op and Asda among stores saying they won't enforce English face mask laws: (tags:shopping pandemic )
Professor Sir Geoff Palmer compares Scottish independence with independence of former British colonies: (tags:UK history Scotland independence empire )
Your regular reminder that trans people have been competing in sport and using their preferred bathroom for *decades* and the world has not ended: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1286644150520209409.html
(tags:transgender history lgbt )
The true story of the Edinburgh voluntary penguin parade and Brigadier Sir Nils Olaf III, Colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard: (tags:penguins Edinburgh Norway military )
How far right extremists are terrorising people in the UK: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1286710702292508672.html
(tags:harassment politics UK OhForFucksSake violence )
The power of not being a leader: (tags:leadership work )
The Great Climate Migration Has Begun: (tags:globalwarming climate immigration )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3902365.html

Brexit is not the first time a people have turned to self destruction to try and turn back time.: (tags: Africa history doom )
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome more likely to have a child with autism (2.3% vs 1.7%): (tags: pcos testosterone autism )
People really are very judgemental about how other people show affection: (tags: society love OhForFucksSake children )
How to explain infinity to kids: (tags: infinity numbers children mathematics )
This is the most sense I've seen about Labour and the anti-Semitism saga: (tags: Labour Jews UK politics )
Netanyahu has tried to shift the blame for the holocaust from the nazis onto the palestinians.: (tags: Israel holocaust OhForFucksSake )
Buried UK government report finds fracking increases air pollution and lowers home values: (tags: pollution uk Conservatives )
A milestone is reached with the first zero-cost tracker funds - How low can you go?: (tags: investment wtf )
Timid, half-hearted and apologetic immigration policy is not the way to tackle prejudice: (tags: immigration libdem OhForFucksSake )
Research Shows Media Coverage Drives Public Support for UKIP: (tags: UKIP media uk )
How are negotiations going on the withdrawal agreement?: Still no solution for Ireland
(tags: UK Europe trade )
Indecisive penguin is indecisive: (tags: penguins video funny decisions )
Pocket City - Sim City, but on your phone. I've lost several hours to this already: (tags: simcity phone viaSwampers )
Driverless cars insurance laws receive Royal Assent: (tags: uk law automation driving )
Facebook API changes mean you can no longer cross-post from Twitter (or any other service): (tags: facebook twitter )
Heatwave forces 3 Nordic nuclear reactors to be curbed, 1 to close, more expected, and EDF may shut 4 French reactors: (tags: nuclearpower temperature weather doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3711680.html

In 5 states, richest Americans live in a new Gilded Age: (tags: inequality usa )
The idea of brainwashing is pseudoscientific and dehumanises people: (tags: psychology religion brain )
Parents set to lose right to veto sex education at age 15: (tags: sex Education children uk GoodNews )
The Irish ‘backstop’ offers a key to unlocking the Brexit impasse (albeit a really painful one that isn't sustainable): (tags: europe uk trade )
An MP was wheeled through the voting lobbies, high on morphine and carrying a sick bucket, the moment Brexit lost the dignity it never had: (tags: uk Europe voting politics )
Project Loon signs its first deal for Internet-delivering balloons—in Kenya: (tags: internet balloon kenya )
Magic Leap's First Augmented Reality Demo Is Anything but Impressive: (tags: augmentedreality )
Two weeks before his inauguration, Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that Putin had personally ordered cyberattacks to sway the election.: (tags: Russia usa security fraud voting elections )
8 Ways The Tories Have Torn Up Parliament's Conventions: (tags: uk parliament conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Depression-induced inflammation during pregnancy may impact newborns: (tags: babies depression inflammation )
ADHD drugs do not improve cognition in healthy college students: (tags: adhd medication )
Australia-led global push to tackle PCOS -- the principal cause of infertility in women: (tags: pcos testosterone women fertility )
"No Deal Brexit would be awful. So awful that it won't be allowed to happen. Therefore: Don't worry about it." *headdesk*: (tags: uk europe doom )
Good penguin, bad penguin: a thread: (tags: penguins )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3706842.html

Responding To The Lib Dem Policy Consultation on Immigration: (tags: libdem immigration OhForFucksSake )
On discovering that you're not a failure - you're a penguin: (tags: penguins autism diversity )
New favourite theory about Mad Max: (tags: movies funny australia )
Check out this amazing hyper realistic painting of a cat!: (tags: cats art )
America is a dystopia: (tags: usa dystopia OhForFucksSake school )
Frodo Laid a Geas (I really ought to re-read LOTR): (tags: lotr magic )
Cuttlefish does an amazing impression of a hermit crab: (tags: animals impressive ocean )
Heavy metal imagery to help with depression: (tags: depression HeavyMetal )
Men's ideal Hugh Jackman vs Women's ideal Hugh Jackman: (tags: gender society )
Why Do Cracking Knuckles Make That Noise?: I really wish mine didn't need to do it intermittently
(tags: bodies sound )
Vince Cable on internet regulation: (tags: regulation internet libdem )
How Amsterdam is reducing child obesity: Annoying that the article leads with the exercise, rather than the advice on healthy eating, the dieticians, and the banning of junk food advertising on the subway/sporting events.
(tags: obesity children netherlands )
The flags of most countries are really new: (tags: flags history )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3674591.html

Parliamentary Majorities Suck: (More because I want to be able to find it later than anything else)
(tags: democracy voting scotland snp green )
A Bitcoin Exchange Just Got Approval to Operate Across the EU: (tags: bitcoin europe finance )
This is basically the future. I'm not unduly bothered by that.: (tags: thefuture Technology )
My friend finds cool stuff. You should go take a look.: (tags: viaSwampers cool internet livejournal )
This has never happened to me. Ever. At all.: (tags: funny comic dancing )
Some stats on Star Wars fanfic: (tags: fanfic StarWars statistics )
Amazing acrobatics in China: (tags: china impressive video )
Useful reminders from extinct animals: (tags: animals advice life )
'Mediterranean' diet linked to 30% lower risk of heart attacks, strokes in heart patients: (tags: diet food heart health )
Why people have butt cheeks: (tags: evolution humans bodies )
Final piece of type 1 diabetes puzzle solved: (tags: diabetes immune_system viaConuly )
Scientists need your help looking at photos of adorable penguins. Seriously.: (tags: penguins science )
Lionsgate is making its films available on Steam: (tags: steam movies )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3444557.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3406629.html

What's the best word for genitalia?
- (tags: genitals language polls )
Not sure if being stuck at an airport with the casts of two Disney musicals would be the best or worst thing...
- (tags: musicals Disney airport video )
Inside the World's Biggest 'Magic: The Gathering' Tournament
- (tags: games competition magic )
YASKAWA BUSHIDO PROJECT / industrial robot vs sword master
- (tags: video swords robots Japan )
Why good people do bad things (and how to get them not to)
- (tags: psychology behaviour )
What do IQ tests actually tell you?
- (tags: iq intelligence )
Here's What Drug And Legal Experts Actually Think Of The Blanket Ban On Legal Highs
- (tags: drugs brain UK law epicfail )
This Woman Has Been Sitting on Manspreaders For the Last Month and She Has Never Felt More Free
- (tags: men space women behaviour transport )
The professor afraid of his students, and the one who isn't
- (tags: freespeech academia )
This Charity Gives Poor People A Year's Income, No Strings Attached (I donate to them)
- (tags: GuaranteedIncome charity effectiveness )
It turns out that "bra size" is not a very useful term
- (tags: clothing breasts women size )
Ferris Bueller took his Day Off 30 years ago today
- (tags: FerrisBueller )
Hollywood's inaccurate STEM stereotypes are bad for all of us
- (tags: science stereotypes )
Shakespeare's Big 4 (a summary)
- (tags: shakespeare funny comic )
What does it look like when Jesus walks on water?
- (tags: water jesus )
HTML is done
- (tags: html web )
An Interactive Mirror Built from 450 Rotating Penguins
- (tags: mirrors penguins technology art )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3295615.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3189633.html

Where’s our tax cut? ask paintballing sherry enthusiasts
(tags: funny politics UK )
UCL open letter to The Daily Mail, pointing out its racism and sexism
(tags: DailyMail racism sexism viafanf )
5-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus
(tags: mathematics education children )
The Only Fantasy Map You’ll Ever Need
(tags: fantasy maps )
Lost poems of Douglas Adams and Griff Rhys Jones found in school cupboard
(tags: douglasadams poetry )
Infinite! Dog! Machine!
(tags: dogs )
Puppies! In! The! Bath!
Have I mentioned how happy puppies make me?
(tags: dogs )
Whatever happened to youth subcultures?
(tags: uk society goth metal )
Extended Sleeplessness Leads to Irreversible Brain Damage
(tags: sleep )
Finally, a defense against penguins
(tags: penguins video )
Livejournal now supports embedding Getty Images.
(tags: livejournal photos )
Many homophobes _do not believe_ in straight people.
(tags: homophobia lgbt sexuality )
Cosmic Inflation Explained
(tags: physics science space )
The official word on publication of Tolkien’s Beowulf translation
(tags: Tolkien translation )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3064246.html

Rivers in the air could boost flooding
(tags: uk globalwarming meteorology rain )
I changed my mind. _This_ is the cutest penguin-related thing _ever_
(tags: penguins cute video )
The official campaign to get a sequel to Dredd made.
(tags: JudgeDredd )
This is what happens when you attempt to take video of police in Sweden.
(tags: sweden viaJamesNicoll police video )
We've identified how the immune system reacts to cats. I hope they find a cure.
(tags: cats allergies )
The truth about cats: REVEALED
(tags: cats )
Scientists can implant false memories into mice
(tags: mice memory )
Apple Prohibits Training App From Teaching Android Lessons
And this is why I won't buy a phone that won't let me install whatever software I like.
(tags: android censorship apple )
EA made more money on Apple’s App Store than through Origin (or Steam)
(tags: games money )
When the UKIP think you're too anti-immigrant YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR.
Of course, I'm a big liberal softie, so what would I know?
(tags: politics uk immigration Conservatives ukip )
The director of Hardware/Dust Devil is making HP Lovecraft's The Colour Out Of Space
(tags: hplovecraft movies viajohnbobshaun )
I got to Level 8 and completed "You Can't Write Proper English Under Pressure"! Bet you can't.
(tags: games language english )
Tell people off for being fat and they get fatter.
(tags: weight )
How to Future-proof your data model
(tags: computers design )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2950215.html

Say Goodbye to the Tech Sounds You'll Never Hear Again (although at least two of these are wrong)
(tags: history technology sounds )
You can now make a living playing video games on YouTube
Well, a few people can. I suspect it's a very small niche.
(tags: games youtube )
What Happens When People in Pakistan Start Taking MIT Classes?
(tags: globalization education )
10 jargon phrases used for my autistic son
(tags: autism language )
Porn-blocking season is here again - pointing out the wilful stupidity behind the Government's latest push.
(tags: pornography politics censorship internet )
Methane meltdown: The $60trn arctic timebomb
(tags: methane globalwarming )
Putting a price on life - why the meningitis B vaccine isn't being taken up by the NHS
(tags: vaccination nhs healthcare )
21 Awesome Pictures Of "Bunny Island"
(tags: rabbits )
Nice post on bisexuality. (I find it barking that it's still an issue for anyone.)
(tags: lgbt )
The cutest penguin-related thing _ever_
(tags: japan penguins cute )
Moss Graffiti looks awesome
(tags: viaAndrewHickey graffiti )
5 Thoughts From A Month With The Oculus Rift
(tags: virtualreality )
Facebook: 700million users every day, $333million profit last quarter.
(tags: facebook )
Mystery in Motion, Beauty in Battle - Helicopter+sand = pretty!
(tags: helicopter sand pretty )
How to Train Your Spouse Like an Animal (See also: Children & coworkers)
(tags: training people )
Psychopaths have an empathy switch - they only understand how you feel when they want to.
(tags: empathy psychopath )
What DNA Proves about the ancestry of the people of Ireland
(tags: genetics ireland dna )
Bot wars - The arms race of restaurant reservations in San Francisco
(tags: technology restaurant usa )
Why the UK Government website doesn't have FAQs
(tags: uk faq government internet )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2949549.html

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