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Interesting Links for 04-11-2024

1. Starmer's Brexit reset is stalling - and insiders in Brussels are worried
(tags:UK Europe doom Labour OhForFucksSake )
2. 70% of the land in Britain is still owned by 1% of the population, largely descended from William the Conqueror's army
(tags:uk inequality land )
3. The Mystery of How Agatha Christie Could Afford a Maid and a Nanny but Not a Car
(tags:history economics )
4. PETA's Animal "Shelter" Continues as a Leader in Animal Death
(tags:PETA pets death )
5. AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
(tags:ai racism sexism names jobs )
6. 60% of Britain's Brexit pain is still to come, admits Treasury minister
(tags:uk europe trade doom )
7. The 'light sabre' wielding photographer creating colourful light paintings
(tags:light art photography )
8. When you visualise spacetime curving you're probably doing it wrong.
(tags:physics visualisation )
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2024-10-22 12:00 pm
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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 )
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2023-09-28 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 28-09-2023

1. The Plot of All Objects in the Universe
(tags:physics visualisation )
2. There are no good carbon offset schemes. (78% of are worthless.16% are problematic. The remaining 6% don't publish enough data to tell.)
(tags:co2 globalwarming fraud )
3. How common infections can spark psychiatric illnesses in children
(tags:children infection mentalhealth immune_system )
4. A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma controversy
(tags:babies injury health )
5. Donald Trump defrauded banks for years by exaggerating his net worth
(tags:fraud usa politics republicans )
6. Trying out the first legal level 3 automated driving system in the US
(tags:automation driving usa )
7. Strategic Plan for Holyrood Park (your chance to comment)
(tags:park Edinburgh transport survey )
8. What Is a Woman? (a response)
(tags:women LGBT transgender society viaPatrickHadfield )
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2023-09-07 12:00 pm
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2023-09-01 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 01-09-2023

1. Neil Gaiman almost inadvertently prevented Terry Pratchett's unfinished work from being steamrolled
(tags:terrypratchett neilgaiman death writing )
2. Las leyes de la física son inquebrantables.
(tags:physics funny video )
3. RSPB boss apologises after charity points out government lies
(tags:lies conservatives charity UK politics )
4. Ukraine unveils 'terminator' land drones that can fire machine guns and cross minefields
(tags:drone ukraine war Russia )
5. Comic Book Character Says "Bollocks" Every Once in a While so You Don't Forget He's English
(tags:swearing english UK writing comics funny )
6. Patients treated by female surgeons are less likely to die
(tags:surgery women death )
7. Bessie Watson, the incredible life story of the "Suffragette Piper Girl"
(tags:Edinburgh history music women voting Scotland wwi viaDanielDWilliam )
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2023-08-01 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 01-04-2023

1. Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT
(tags:ai Italy privacy Europe regulation )
2. Where Stands Scotland after the SNP Leadership Election?
(tags:Scotland LGBT politics religion snp )
3. My cultural dimensions are most like the Netherlands. I can live with that
I object to the "feminine" bit, by the way. At no point are you asked if you think if women are better. It's all about "Are women real people like men are?"
(tags:Netherlands society quiz )
4. Europe's first remotely operated underwater laboratory is taking shape 2.5 km under the sea
(tags:research physics ocean Europe )
5. How Chaos Control Is Changing The World
(tags:chaos control ai video viaNancyLebov )
6. This kind of abuse is what Keir Starmer wants for trans children
(tags:LGBT school labour OhForFucksSake )
7. Energy Saving Road Lighting in Norway Dims To 20% When No Cars Are Nearby
(tags:lighting energy roads Norway )
8. Coloring LGBT history
(tags:lgbt history photos colour )
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2023-03-13 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 13-03-2023

1. How Brexit has weakened the narratives of nationalist parties across the EU
(tags:UK Europe nationalism )
2. Banning make-up, short skirts and toilet breaks is allowing misogyny to run rife in our schools
(tags:school misogyny clothing girls )
3. Buried alive in elven armour - for art
(tags:lotr archeology art death )
4. Brexit Britain doesn't even make the long list for new manufacturing investment
(tags:UK Europe manufacturing investment Doom )
5. Neil Gaiman on what it was like writing with Terry Pratchett
(tags:neilgaiman terrypratchett writing )
6. Pulsars sometimes speed up because they're slowing down, because of quantum mechanics
(tags:astronomy stars quantum physics viaPatrickHadfield )
7. China's gay conversion camps: survivors tell of abuse, beatings, and electric shocks
(tags:abuse LGBT China OhForFucksSake )
8. Catholic Group Spends Millions on Dating App Data to Out Gay Priests
(tags:LGBT Catholic gay OhForFucksSake )
9. Believe it or not, the Amish are loving electric bikes
(tags:electricity bicycles Amish technology )
10. Victorian Vampire slaying kit complete with wooden stake and holy water set to fetch thousands at auction
(tags:history vampire auctions )
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2023-01-26 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 26-01-2023

1. Justin Roiland: Rick and Morty creator and star dropped by Adult Swim (over assault charges)
(tags:USA assault tv )
2. Chatting with the dead: the hermeneutics of thanabots (what happens when you train an AI on all the text a person leaves behind)
(tags:ai writing communication death memory viaPatrickHadfield )
3. A lovely remembrance of a dying friend, and the last things he wanted to do.
(tags:archaeology death viaDanielDWilliam )
4. Edinburgh's iconic Granton gas holder to be transformed into new city park
(tags:Edinburgh gas park )
5. Clearly the best console gaming setup ever
(tags:gaming consoles video impressive )
6. Facebook follows Twitter in un-banning Donald Trump ahead of 2024 presidential bid, Nick Clegg confirms
(tags:Facebook politics USA )
7. What time is it on the moon?
(tags:time moon physics )
8. Christian decline UK: How it's measured and what it means
(tags:religion uk census demographics )
9. The UK's Biggest Cooking Myths
(tags:uk cooking myths )
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2023-01-09 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 09-01-2023

1. The Oberkassel puppy is the oldest known domesticated dog
(tags:dogs prehistory Germany )
2. The Westminster Accounts - The first fully searchable database of the money being used to lubricate the machinery of British politics
(tags:money UK politics viaDanielDWilliam )
3. This is my favourite story about computers and bureaucracy
(tags:computers history bureaucracy )
4. Stephen Hawking's most important contribution may have been a very interesting question about black holes
(tags:physics space StephenHawking viaPatrickHadfield )
5. Baby! And! Cat!
(tags:babies cats video cute )
6. Why Conan is freed - a look at a pivotal moment in the movie
(tags:Conan movies writing )
7. The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene
(tags:genetics sports fat bodies research )
8. Countries as villains (as created by an AI)
(tags:ai evil countries art )
9. Killings by US police reach record high
(tags:USA police death )
10. Bolsonaro weighs next steps with input from Trump aides Bannon, Miller (from November, just a reminder that this is all linked)
(tags:USA SouthAmerica coup Brazil )
11. On the Russian soul, imperialism and moral obligations (and how Russians lie to themselves about their colonial past)
(tags:russia )
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Interesting Links for 13-12-2022

1. Researchers thought weight and education had shared genetic roots - turns out that educated people tended to marry thin people
(tags:education weight genetics family )
2. How many times does Hidetaka Miyazaki have to tell an interviewer that Armored Core 6 isn't a Soulsborne game?
(tags:games interview mecha )
3. Reminder that "Eskimo" is a slur.
(tags:Inuit language abuse )
4. The 10 Most Promising Breakthrough Innovations of 2022
(tags:science viaDanielDWilliam )
5. Renewables are set to triple over the next three years, and overtake coal to be the largest source worldwide
(tags:renewables GoodNews viaBenWerdmuller )
6. Probably the geekiest drinking game of all time
(tags:games alcohol geekery Windows )
7. When your nose gets cold it loses its ability to fight infections
(tags:disease cold temperature noses )
8. Disney now hiding LGBT content from kids, irrespective of age rating
(tags:LGBT children Disney )
9. Independent blockchain news site turns out to be funded by fradulent crypto company
(tags:fraud journalism blockchain )
10. The amusement park rides in The Centrifuge Brain Project deeply unsettled me
(tags:video gravity physics movie documentary )
11. It is very hard to keep a straight face while an elephant is fondling it
(tags:elephants cute video funny )
12. I'm not sure if my advice would be to never interview the Muppets live, or always interview the Muppets live.
(tags:muppets interview funny video )
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Interesting Links for 08-12-2022

1. Support for Independence hits 56%, 51% of people to vote SNP (53% if it's a defacto referendum)
(tags:scotland independence polls )
2. Transphobes are now attacking...The Samaritans.
(tags:lgbt transgender bigotry OhForFucksSake suicide )
3. BBC plans to switch off broadcast TV and move to internet-only programmes
(tags:bbc thefuture streaming broadcasting )
4. Discovery of world's oldest DNA breaks record by one million years
(tags:genetics dna prehistory )
5. The Art Game and the Money Game and how the ending of Minecraft was set free
(tags:games art money copyright Microsoft contracts )
6. Sats: MPs and peers fail tests for 11-year-olds as campaign groups call for overhaul of 'high-stakes' exams
(tags:exams children politics )
7. First UK coal mine in decades approved
(tags:UK coal environment globalwarming )
8. Europe First: Brussels gets ready to dump its free trade ideals (because the USA and China both already have)
(tags:Europe China USA trade )
9. Two inhaled covid vaccines have been approved. Here's what you need to know.
(tags:vaccines pandemic )
10. AI learns to precisely manipulate individual atoms
(tags:ai atom physics research )
11. How Many Fundamental Constants Does It Take To Explain The Universe? (26, at the moment)
(tags:physics )
12. People expect identical twins to be *really* identical
(tags:twins genetics statistics )
13. Humans are surprisingly poor at picking up cues of aggression in dogs
(tags:dogs behaviour psychology )
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