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Interesting Links for 14-07-2021

What Black Widow's $60 Million Disney+ Haul Actually Means: (tags:business movies streaming Disney marvel )
I believe many of you would subscribe to the Marple Cinematic Universe: (tags:funny satire marvel crime video viaSwampers )
On a scale of 1 - 10, how cute are yawning snakes?: (tags:cute snakes comic )
Lightning-strike selfie lands siblings in hospital: (tags:lightning selfies )
The UK government is breaching human rights commitments under UN racism treaty: (tags:UK racism OhForFucksSake )
British travellers with India-made AZ vaccine turned away by Malta: (tags:vaccine travel Europe India UK )
Commons scraps "English votes for English laws": (tags:UK law Scotland )
Government plans to end prosecutions for Northern Ireland Troubles: (tags:NorthernIreland law )
Prestigious US film schools charge a fortune and don't deliver: (tags:movies Education usa business )
Covid in Scotland: Restrictions to ease but face masks remain: (tags:scotland pandemic )
Reaching people on the internet in 2021: Personally, I use RSS to keep up.
(tags:facebook internet history )
10 ways to befriend a misanthropic cat: (tags:cats )
North's first female Muslim council leader targeted in firebomb attack on car: (tags:islam terrorism uk )
Why don't adults take teenager's problems seriously?: (tags:adult teenagers problems comic )
If your bank calls you, hang up and call them back (on a number you got from them directly): (tags:Banking fraud )

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Interesting Links for 10-04-2021

'Justice League' Screenwriter Chris Terrio Is Super Pissed Off (They really don't seem to understand what they're making): (tags:movies dc )
Elon Musk's 'Public Transit' in Las Vegas Still Just Humans Driving Cars Slowly in a Tunnel: (tags:ElonMusk transport epicfail )
People are more likely to consider solutions that add features than solutions that remove them, even when removing features is more efficient: (tags:psychology problems )
YouTube's policies block advertising for Black Lives Matter, but not White Lives Matter: (tags:racism Google advertising YouTube )
Death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - here's how to complain about too much coverage on BBC TV: I mean, seriously, they had exactly the same show on multiple channels earlier. What is the point?
(tags:BBC monarchy UK complaints viaPatrickHadfield )
Please Take A Moment To Sign This Important Pledge Promising You're Not Mad At Me: (tags:mentalhealth rejection )
Taylor Swift, intellectual property law, and due dilligence disasters: (tags:music intellectual_property law )
The Eye Of Sauron is upon Boris Johnson: (tags:BorisJohnson video lotr funny fake )
Twitter are calling for public input on their approach to world leaders: (tags:politics Twitter )

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Interesting Links for 07-03-2020

Caffeine Boosts Problem-Solving Ability but Not Creativity: (tags:caffeine problems thinking creativity psychology )
The majority of popular films, including those for children, have at least one torture scene, and the scenes are usually depicted as achieving the torturer's goal: (tags:children torture society movies OhForFucksSake )
Complete moral collapse on the Greek border: (tags:asylum immigration racism greece Turkey Syria war Europe OhForFucksSake )
Government asks Labour for ideas on social care reform. Labour refuses to give them: (tags:Labour wtf )
Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Policy Would Likely Increase Wages and Create Jobs, New Economic Analysis Shows: (tags:healthcare USA economics )
Alien nation: Myths about UK immigration are fueling ignorance: (tags:bigotry immigration UK )
Why a lot of black Southern voters will never vote for Bernie.: (tags:politics USA democrats race )
What it's like to be anaesthetised: (tags:drugs surgery )
Hundreds Of Guardian Staff Have Signed A Letter To The Editor Criticising Its Transphobic Content: (tags:guardian bigotry LGBT transgender )

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Interesting Links for 20-11-2018

Edible insects: Expensive, taste of sawdust, and have too many eyes.: I really can't see people paying _more_ to eat insects! If insect protein was cheap, and turned into a delicious paste of some kind, then maybe...
(tags: food insects )
Italy’s olive crisis intensifies as deadly tree disease spreads: (tags: disease food italy trees fail )
5 Ways Smart People Sabotage Their Success: (tags: Intelligence problems advice )
This Giant Automated Cricket Farm Is Designed To Make Bugs A Mainstream Source of Protein: (tags: food insects )
Everyone's united against Theresa May yet she's never seemed so upbeat. When you think about it, the reason is clear: (tags: politics UK europe )
Theresa May: how dare you say we EU nationals ‘jumped the queue’?: (tags: conservatives bigotry OhForFucksSake )
Brexit deal: Ministers back down and agree to publish analysis comparing impact of Theresa May's plan with remaining in EU: (tags: europe uk )
Reality Check: Can you be 'employed' for one hour's work?: (tags: statistics employment unemployment uk )
My oldest outstanding Kickstarter has concluded. Only five years late!: (tags: games kickstarter )
Germany ends arm sales to Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi killing: (tags: Germany military saudiarabia )
A friend has posted a photo of themselves. What should you do?: (tags: advice etiquette photos )
When Randy Milholland met Neil Gaiman: (tags: neilgaiman comics life )
Jeremy Corbyn doesn't understand that the transition period is reliant on the withdrawal agreement: (tags: labour UK europe OhForFucksSake )

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Interesting Links for 16-03-2018

"I Watched All 629 Episodes of The Simpsons in a Month. Here’s What I Learned.": (tags: simpsons society TV review women Intelligence )
Ask a computer to do something and it'll cheat like hell: (tags: ai computers problems intelligence cheating funny )
Technology Meant to Make Bitcoin Money Again Is Now Live: (tags: bitcoin cryptography money )
Live in Phoenix, Arizona? You can now fall asleep in the back seat of a driverless taxi: (tags: taxi automation usa )
If your parents keep getting your name wrong it's because they love the dog just as much: (tags: memory names family )
Two months of daily GTA causes no significant changes in behavior: (tags: behaviour games psychology )
Planting GMOs kills so many bugs that it helps non-GMO crops: (tags: genetics farming insects )
A look at a comic that touched on everything that makes Batman great: (tags: batman comics )
Decoding the Signals In The Prime Minister's Speech on the Russian Poisoning of Sergei Skripal: (tags: Russia UK diplomacy viaFanf )
Gibraltar warns it could rescind citizens rights if Spain uses veto on Brexit deal: (tags: Europe Spain Gibraltar )
No progress in finding solution to Irish Brexit border problem: (tags: Ireland UK Europe NorthernIreland parliament borders )
After Rihanna instructed her 60,000,000 Instagram followers to delete Snapchat, the company's shares plunged- causing the it to lose about $600,000,000.00 in market cap in a matter of hours.: (tags: money celebrity socialmedia )
Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch of American Power Plants: (tags: power Russia security hacking usa )

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Interesting Links for 09-04-2017

Girls' confidence level, not math ability hinders path to science degrees: (tags: mathematics confidence gender )
Is terror more of a threat to Europe than before?: (tags: terrorism europe )
There's something delightful about restaurant reviews of terrible, expensive, food: (tags: restaurant review fail food money viaPatrickHadfield )
Leaked document shows ‘secret’ government studies into impact of 'hard' Brexit: (tags: uk europe secrets viaPatrickHadfield )
"My Out-of-Network Somatic Healer Cured Me of My Class Privilege Guilt": (tags: funny inequality money satire guilt viaBartCalendar )
UK to scale down climate change and illegal wildlife measures to bring in post-Brexit trade, secret documents reveal: (tags: uk globalwarming environment wildlife OhForFucksSake )
350 Data Structure Problems and Solutions: (tags: data problems advice programming )

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Interesting Links for 01-09-2014

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Interesting Links for 31-03-2014

Beer! Cures! Cancer!
(tags: cancer beer )
The problem with Moffat
(tags: StevenMoffat writing )
UK will finally allow citizens to legally rip CDs (and quote people!)
(tags: uk copyright )
'Game Of Thrones' Cast Hits The Beach, Poses For The Best Photo Ever Taken
(tags: gameofthrones photos )
Having an animator for a dad is, unsurprisingly, awesome.
(tags: animation children video )
A Mighty Girl: Books about Smart, Confident, and Courageous Girls
(tags: books girls children )
Four in 10 infants lack strong parental attachments
(tags: babies emotion psychology )
The Descent to C (how it differs from high-level languages)
(tags: programming language computers )
People! I bring solutions to your problems!
(tags: problems advice )
Every few years I try beer again. The results usually look like this.
The same is also true of wine.
(tags: beer kittens )
Salivary 'carb breakdown' gene linked to obesity
(tags: obesity food weight carbohydrates )
Space Station 76 Is The Greatest Space Comedy Since Galaxy Quest
(tags: scifi comedy movies viaNeilRodger )
Wheat: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
(tags: wheat gluten research diet )
The Tech Bubble’s Silver Lining: Cheap Services for Everyone
(tags: technology business )
I don't drink coffee, but I found this discussion of Flat White vs Latte fascinating
(tags: coffee )
An overview of the legality of virtual currency
(tags: bitcoin currency law )
When you start out making a coffee shopping list, and end up running a bank...
(tags: money software )
Frozen becomes highest-grossing animation of all time (thought not adjusted for inflation)
(tags: disney animation )
Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts to be movie trilogy
(tags: harrypotter movies )

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Interesting Links for 16-03-2014

We Got 20 British Strangers Who Aren't Models to Kiss Each Other
(tags: kissing video uk )
Doctors’ New ADHD Frontier: Diagnosing Adults
(tags: adhd adult psychology )
The Infinite Lives Of BitTorrent
(tags: bittorrent )
School Bans Bullied Boy from Wearing his ‘My Little Pony’ Bag
(tags: mylittlepony bullying epicfail )
In 2002 an asteroid tried to hit us. Seven times. (Impressive visualisation)
(tags: asteroids space visualisation )
Babies moving, as seen through their mother's skin.
(tags: babies pregnancy )
What are, and aren't Men's Issues?
(tags: men problems )
Why I am a male feminist (one reason,anyway)
(tags: feminism assault society )
Warning: This article contains spoilers for True Detective, Frog Fractions and The Secret of NIMH
(tags: writing games viajohnbobshaun )
Why we love repetition in music
Now, someone should tell Brian Eno why Generative Music never took off...
(tags: music psychology )
Gender-specific books demean all our children. So the Independent on Sunday will no longer review anything marketed to exclude either sex
(tags: books publishing gender vializziecassmaran )

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Interesting Links for 30-01-2013

Third World Problems (a brilliant dissection of why I don't like the phrase "First World Problems")
(tags: life problems people )
Our drive to find food is turned off (and on) by insulin.
(tags: food insulin brains )
The existence of grammar schools make things worse for poor children.
(tags: poverty education uk inequality )
Flu myths and legends: Five common flu misconceptions dispelled
(tags: disease virus vaccination myths )
Original art for all 12 Watchmen covers up for auction
(tags: watchmen art )
You can now only see public Facebook events if you're logged in to Facebook.
(tags: facebook internet )
The Russian family who were cut off for 40 years (missing WWII)
(tags: russia people )
If you prime people with the idea that morals are "real" then they are more likely to act morally.
A useful manipulation method, of course.
(tags: morals behaviour psychology )
How would _you_ market a movie towards the opposite gender? (Funny look at stereotypes)
(tags: stereotypes movies gender )

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Interesting Links for 23-07-2012

Why are there no marine insects?
(tags: ocean insects )
How the media shouldn't cover a mass murder
(tags: media murder )
£13tn: hoard hidden from taxman by global elite
(tags: tax )
How business people and technologists approach problems differently
(tags: problems thinking technology business )
Prime Number Patterns - very pretty.
(tags: visualization PrimeNumbers mathematics )
30 Awesome Behind The Scenes Photos From Old Movies
(tags: history photos movies )
Why You Won’t See Hard Augmented Reality Anytime Soon
(tags: augmentedreality )
Police And BBC Deny Olympic Residents Access to Home
(tags: viaFanf olympics bbc police uk )
The nicest cease and desist letter _ever_
(tags: alcohol trademark law )
The 'chemputer' that could print out any drug
(tags: viaRoy technology chemistry drugs thefuture )
Comment of the day regarding Bitcoins
No, I don't believe that bitcoins are a completely stupid idea. They don't look like the future to me either.
(tags: money bitcoin funny )
Is Gun Control in the USA either necessary or feasible?
(tags: viaFanf guns usa )
Police arrested actors for spilling custard, say Olympic protesters
(tags: OhForFucksSake london police olympics )
Oldest record in the world recreated from photograph. Damned impressive stuff.
(tags: recording sound photograph technology )
Distribution of colours in movie posters between 1914 and 2012
(tags: movies colour )
Neil Gaiman, 7, Interviewed About Scientology by the BBC in 1968
(tags: neilgaiman interview Scientology )
0 XP: The Zynga Counterrevolution (Click the top link for the article - the discussion was worth including too)
(tags: gaming zynga games )
Why Women Still Can’t Have It All
(tags: women family society children jobs )

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Interesting Links for 11-02-2012

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Interesting Links for 07-12-2011