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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
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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 )
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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 )
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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 )
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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 )
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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 )
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Interesting Links for 25-07-2020

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 )
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Interesting Links for 03-08-2018

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 )
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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 )
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Interesting Links for 02-04-2018

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 )
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Interesting Links for 26-04-2016

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 )
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