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1. Automatic braking can cut crashes over 40%: (tags:cars driving safety speed automation )
2. Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing at a live concert: (tags:music sound dancing psychology )
3. I *really* don't want to work at Twitter: (tags:Twitter jobs ElonMusk viaPatrickHadfield )
4. Vaccine denial probably didn't play a role in Republican midterm losses: (tags:politics vaccination death usa )
5. Bill to protect equal marriage clears hurdle in US Senate with support from a dozen Republicans: (tags:USA marriage LGBT GoodNews )
6. Pubs refuse to show World Cup matches in protest over Qatar LGBTQ rights record: (tags:LGBT football protest pubs UK Qatar bigotry )
7. The Stereotype of the Woke Teen Is 'Tárring' Art: (tags:society TV writing )
8. Creating huasi ruyi filigree jewellery the old fashioned way: (tags:jewelry video )
9. Over 1,000 songs with human-mimicking AI vocals have been released by Tencent Music in China. One of them has 100m streams. (Sadly, I can't track any of them down.): (tags:music ai china viaPatrickHadfield )
10. Appreciating the history of chainmail armour: (tags:armour rome history viaDanielDWilliam )
11. 'Florida man makes announcement': Murdoch twists the knife on Trump with New York Post frontpage: (tags:RupertMurdoch politics journalism usa )

1. A material normally only found in meteorites has now been made artificially, and may solve our issues with some rare earth metals: (tags:materials meteor space technology viaSwampers )
2. German transphobe also a Holocaust denier: (tags:Holocaust transgender Germany viaSwampers LGBT )
3. Iran Votes to Execute Protesters (there are 15,000 in prison right now): (tags:Iran protest death_penalty OhForFucksSake )
4. English people encounter pizza for the first time: (tags:pizza history )
5. Discovery of bronze statue rewrites Italy's Etruscan-Roman history: (tags:history archeology Italy )
6. Why do so few women excel at maths? Sexism, of course: (tags:sexism women mathematics )
7. Major ad firm Omnicom recommends clients pause Twitter ad spend (clients include Apple and McDonalds, and 5,000 more): (tags:Twitter advertising Doom )
8. How "Wordle editor" became a real job at The New York Times: (tags:games language )

The bitcoin blockchain is helping keep a botnet from being taken down: (tags:bitcoin malware )
Firefox enables Total Cookie Protection to stop you being tracked: (tags:Firefox privacy )
Chip shortage may threaten PlayStation 5 supplies at Christmas: (tags:PlayStation CPU )
Robot lumberjacks are terrifyingly impressive: (tags:robots trees video )
It is staggeringly hard for small businesses to export to the EU: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1364137289165791232.html
(tags:trade UK europe Doom )
Why can't we unlock now the most vulnerable are vaccinated?: (tags:pandemic vaccination )
Why the high court was right to deny standing to members of parliament to bring public law claims: (tags:law UK )
Nursing home deaths spike after private equity acquisitions: (tags:death age care OhForFucksSake viaCharlesStross )
Learning to program increases your creativity, maths, and ability to reason: (tags:thinking programming education )
50 terrible terrible sets of stairs: (tags:housing stairs design fail )
Scientists create new class of Turing patterns in colonies of E. coli: (tags:patterns biology AlanTuring )
Edinburgh councillors back call for buffer zones to protect women from abortion clinic protesters: (tags:abortion protest Edinburgh GoodNews Scotland )
Slug filmed descending from vertical thread of slime in never seen before behaviour: (tags:animals )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4005428.html

Emergency measure planned at ports to prevent food shortages because of Brexit: (tags:food trade UK Europe Doom )
US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters: (tags:protest police bias )
The Scottish postman behind 'Sea Shanty TikTok': (tags:music sea )
Eyes Wide Shut is an anti-consumerist Christmas classic: (tags:christmas StanleyKubrick movies capitalism )
Highway to the Danger Zone: Top Gun and the dangers of flirting with heterosexuality: (tags:lgbt satire planes TomCruise homosexuality heterosexuality movies review )
People are great at following the lockdown rules - except for the one that matters the most: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349459843833352192.html
(tags:pandemic Doom OhForFucksSake viaFrancescaElston )
Dire Wolves Were Not Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal: (tags:wolves genetics USA )
Takeaways in Scotland: 'I put £2,000 in every week just to stay open': (tags:takeaway food Scotland business pandemic )
Why was NYC able to roll out a vaccine 50x faster in the 40s?: (tags:history vaccine USA nyc newyork )
The reluctance of the Home Office to deny publicly that it is reconsidering the restoration of the death penalty - an example of government-media relations: (tags:government journalism UK death_penalty )
An outbreak of common colds at an Antarctic base after seventeen weeks of complete isolation: (tags:colds virus weird )
What next for Scottish Labour?: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349830451742060545.html
(tags:Scotland politics labour )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3985865.html

Studio Ghibli releases a ton of high resolution stills from their movies: (tags:ghibli movies art )
The road from Barnard Castle - government and the problem of illegality: (tags:UK law pandemic )
Trafalgar Square protests end with 32 arrests as hundreds of anti-vaxxers and lockdown critics clash with police: (tags:vaccination protest pandemic UK police )
Just how problematic is JK Rowling's new 'cross-dressing serial killer book'?: (tags:jkrowling transgender LGBT )
Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes ( 30% relative decrease): (tags:unions pandemic newyork usa )
Leaked documents involving about $2tn of transactions have revealed how some of the world's biggest banks have allowed criminals to move dirty money around the world. (London is a major hub): (tags:crime finance uk USA money )
The "WandaVision" trailer looks glorious: (tags:TV marvel )
The mystery of Boris Johnson's "trip to Perugia": (tags:wtf BorisJohnson Italy Russia )
UK scraps rail franchise system: (tags:UK transport trains pandemic )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3931373.html

Birmingham anti-LGBT school protests: judge makes ban permanent: (tags:protest LGBT homophobia uk law )
New favourite political advert: (tags:advertising politics video )
Board games can protect thinking skills in older age: (tags:age thinking boardgames psychology viaJane )
No, Britain's Chief Rabbi is not the head of all Jews.: (tags:Jews uk )
Jeremy Corbyn's record on anti-Semitism: (tags:Jews labour history )
Psilocybin for Major Depression Granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA: (tags:depression psilocybin psychedelics )
air pollution causes changes in brain structure that resemble those of Alzheimer's disease.: (tags:pollution brain alzheimers )
Jeremy Corbyn refuses to apologise to Jewish community over Labour anti-semitism: (tags:Labour Jews OhForFucksSake )
Disney+'s The Mandalorian joins a long list of fake HDR content: (tags:TV fraud hdr )
Organising a union at Google? You're fired: (tags:Google unions OhForFucksSake )
Mental Mountains - a fascinating review of Unlocking The Emotional Brain: (tags:psychology thought thinking emotion rationality )
UK networks to join Â£1b mast sharing initiative to eliminate dead zones: (tags:UK mobile_phones )
Failure Is an Essential Prerequisite for Success: (tags:failure success )
Corbyn reveals secret documents that confirm Tory plot to sell off NHS in US trade talks with Trump: (tags:nhs Conservatives usa trade )
Boris Johnson said that Islamophobia is a natural reaction to Islam: (tags:Islam conservatives bigotry )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3844110.html

IPv4 Address Pricing: 2019 and Beyond: (tags:ip internet technology business )
The world's oldest love poem.: (tags:love prehistory poetry funny viaSwampers )
Protesters lose control of fake blood hose: (tags:blood protest headline )
Uber, Lyft Drivers Routinely Cancel Black, LGBTQ Riders (2-3 times as often as straight white people): (tags:homophobia racism lgbt taxi )
In America, young adults are now more likely to live with parents than spouses: (tags:visualisation viaSwampers housing OhForFucksSake )
Boris has destroyed what is left of UK's credibility: (tags:UK Europe BorisJohnson OhForFucksSake )
China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains (testing if vacuum tube trains are feasible): (tags:trains magnets China vacuum )
Paralysed man moves in mind-reading exoskeleton: (tags:cyborg technology )
UK wildlife species dying out and many will soon vanish if urgent action not taken: (tags:nature UK doom )
Cosmic web, thought to give the universe its structure, glimpsed by scientists: (tags:space physics )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3828677.html

Natalie Portman criticises creepy Moby over disturbing account of friendship: (tags:Natalie_Portman relationships ewwwwwwwww )
That Time Jonathan Safran Foer Left His Wife for Natalie Portman Without Checking First: (tags:Natalie_Portman ewwwwwwwww relationships )
Female BBC manager offered Â£12,000 less than man in same role: (tags:pay inequality gender )
US holiday: British man banned for life over text to girlfriend: (tags:usa uk immigration OhForFucksSake relationships )
"Conservative Home" tells people not to vote Conservative in the EU elections: (tags:europe Conservatives doom )
"I never met my daughter's dad - she was his dying wish": (tags:parents death viaJane )
Oculus Quest review: 2019's best new gaming system is wireless, affordable VR: (tags:VirtualReality review )
Belgian loot box decision takes down some of Nintendo's mobile games: (tags:gambling games nintendo Belgium )
A Glaswegian feminist, on "the C word": (tags:language swearing Glasgow scotland )
Nigel Farage held hostage on Brexit party bus surrounded by milkshake-holding protesters: (tags:fascism protest politics uk )
"I rely on plastic straws and baby wipes. I'm disabled - I have no choice": (tags:disability environment )
The attempts to prise Theresa May out of Downing Street would be hilarious if they weren't real: (tags:politics Conservatives OhForFucksSake )
What's coming up for Android in 2019?: (tags:android phones )
Washington state lawmakers just approved human corpse composting: (tags:death nature )
I Want To Vote Tactically. Who Do I Pick?: (tags:voting advice europe uk )
The wait is over - we've found the winner of Game of Thrones!: (tags:gameofthrones funny )
Mario Kart on your phone: Great except for the microtransactions.: (tags:games nintendo micropayments )
Study Pinpoints Source of Banned Gas That Saps Ozone Layer: Eastern China: (tags:China pollution environment )
Police: Teen killed herself with gunshot through her mouth while hands cuffed behind back: (tags:police murder OhForFucksSake )
New Eiffel Tower Park Plan: More Trees, Fewer Cars: (tags:Paris cities )
The formation of the moon brought water to Earth: (tags:moon earth water )
This prime minister was destroyed by Brexit. And the next one will be too.: (tags:politics uk europe )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3792599.html

Poll: Brits Would Rather Leave EU Than Keep Northern Ireland In The UK: (tags: uk europe NorthernIreland polls )
The defiance of an 'untouchable' New York subway worker: (tags: india usa bigotry )
Apple thinks you should have to sign up to multiple music services to get access to all music.: Make it harder for me to access music and I will stop spending £120/year on music and go back to downloading it. Frankly, I hadn't spent £120 on albums per year since I was about 25. Spotify gets me paying far more than I otherwise would.
(tags: music apple OhForFucksSake )
Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype - can fuck off: (tags: microsoft censorship OhForFucksSake )
‘Solo’ Actor Says Phil Lord and Chris Miller ‘Weren’t Prepared’ for ‘Star Wars,’ Alden Ehrenreich ‘Just Not Good Enough’: (tags: StarWars movies )
French waiter says firing for rudeness is 'discrimination against my culture': Somehow not satire
(tags: behaviour france food restaurant job headline )
First self-driving train launches on London Thameslink route: (tags: London trains automation transport )
All the Things the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Novelization Adds to the Movie: (tags: StarWars books )
Same-sex marriage bill for Northern Ireland to be introduced at Westminster in absence of power-sharing at Stormont: (tags: marriage equality LGBT NorthernIreland )
It all made sense when we found out we were autistic: (tags: autism life )
Fitbit Versa review: What the Pebble did next: (tags: watch technology review )
G Found in 31 Non-Western Cultures: Strong Evidence That G Is a Universal Trait: (tags: intelligence psychology )
One Strange Rock is a Cosmos for the Earth-bound that’s worth watching: (tags: TV review earth science )
Does the UK’s case against Russia stack up?: (tags: chemistry weapons spying Russia uk )
Music lessons improve children's cognitive skills and academic performance: (tags: music education children )
Neuroscientists say daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer's disease: (tags: alzheimers drugs )
Global carbon emissions could be cut 3 percent by following the UK's example: (tags: UK globalwarming electricity co2 )
The 30 Best Protest Signs from the March For Our Lives: (tags: protest guns usa funny )
Arizona Government Suspends Uber's Self Driving Cars from Roads: (tags: automation driving cars usa fail )
Scientists Print All-Liquid 3-D Structures: (tags: 3dprinting water )
It's not just Facebook. Thousands of companies are spying on you: (tags: surveillance advertising business )
Prenatal stress changes brain connectivity in-utero: (tags: stress babies brain )
Irn Bru sales go up after new recipe introduced: (tags: drink scotland sugar )
Science Is Getting Us Closer to the End of Infertility: And producing whole new ways of making new life
(tags: fertility babies Technology )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3672648.html

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