Interesting Links for 01-11-2024

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Aug. 23rd, 2024 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 19-04-2024

Apr. 19th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. This is how crime reporting feels to me nowadays
(tags:crime comics journalism )
2. The "Gender Game Test" and the distribution of money
(tags:psychology gender equality money children )
3. Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text—with a twist
(tags:copyright ai )
4. EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
(tags:privacy facebook europe regulation )
5. Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of bitcoin than the building of the pyramids of Giza
(tags:Egypt history )
6. Netflix Accused of Using AI Photos in True Crime Documentary
(tags:fraud documentary netflix crime AI )
7. U.S. blocks Palestinian request for full UN membership
(tags:USA Palestine nationality UnitedNations )
8. Sleeping flushes junk out of the brain
(tags:sleep brain )
9. The Scale of the Universe (zoom in from the largest objects to the smallest)
(tags:universe size visualisation )
10. Sweden passes law lowering age to change legal gender from 18 to 16 and greatly simplifying the process
(tags:LGBT transgender Sweden GoodNews )
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Interesting Links for 01-02-2022

Feb. 1st, 2022 12:00 pm
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Sue Gray says she's not able to present 'meaningful report' due to Metropolitan Police investigation
(tags:UK police conservatives BorisJohnson party )
What do you when the new hire who showed up is not the same person you interviewed?
(tags:work fraud identity wtf interviews )
The New York Times Buys Wordle
(tags:games newspapers newyork wtf )
People have the weirdest ideas: astronomy edition
(tags:astronomy ignorance )
The longer you watch this the more kittens appear
(tags:kittens cute video )
Police given 500 pieces of paper and 300 photographs of evidence on partygate
(tags:police party Pandemic )
Peter Dinklage Called Out By Actors With Dwarfism For His Accusations Against Disney
(tags:acting Disney size )
Scotland's new smoke alarms law comes into force
(tags:Scotland safety fire housing )
This Osprey Looks Right At His Rescuer As He Frees Him
(tags:birds video )
Sophia's nursery is the first childcare business in Scotland to transition to being owned by its staff!
(tags:children business ownership Scotland )
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Interesting Links for 13-01-2022

Jan. 13th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Covid loses almost all its ability to infect after 20 minutes.
(tags:pandemic virus )
Lorries stuck at checkpoints for four days due to terrible new Brexit red tape
(tags:uk europe trade )
Having just finished re-reading Sandman I enjoyed this person documenting their re-read.
(tags:sandman comics neilgaiman )
Using American spellings is cheating, Wordle told
(tags:language words spelling usa uk satire )
Atomic mushroom clouds are big. Really big. You might think it's a long way up Mount Everest, but that's peanuts compared to an atomic mushroom cloud
(tags:size nuclearweapons visualisation viaSwampers )
Firefox bug is causing it to hang. Here's the solution
(tags:Firefox bug viaSwampers )
How a livestreamed roleplaying game's bid to make an animated version became the biggest kickstarter campaign ever, and got a Prime deal out of it.
(tags:tv animation roleplaying amazon streaming )
Satisfying simulations of bouncing balls obeying physical laws; for a fleeting moment during the simulation, the balls pass through a beautiful regular pattern
(tags:physics simulation maths video )
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Interesting Links for 16-09-2021

Sep. 16th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 18-01-2019

Jan. 18th, 2019 02:11 pm
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Ambrosia charges $8,000 to fill your veins with blood of the young
(tags: blood youth wtf )
Theresa May still does not understand the meaning of the word 'compromise'
(tags: UK europe politics )
Labour will only consider new Brexit referendum if UK is facing 'no-deal disaster', says Corbyn
(tags: uk labour OhForFucksSake )
Theresa May is warned that a softer Brexit option would cause Conservative party to explode. (Yaaaaaay!)
(tags: uk europe Conservatives )
Bernie Sanders Has Highest Approval Among Nonwhite Voters in Recent CNN Poll
(tags: polls usa race )
Support for staying in EU is now at 56%
(tags: uk europe polls )
Labour shares vision for Scotland with view of Welsh mountain
(tags: Scotland Wales Labour fail )
The rowdy tourists currently obsessing all of New Zealand media
(tags: newzealand abuse tourism )
If He's Sexually Aggressive in Bars, It's Not Because He's Drunk
(tags: sex alcohol abuse )
Corbyn could face string of resignations if he backs 'people's vote'
(tags: UK europe labour doom )
Glasgow City Council confirms £500m equal-pay settlement
(tags: Scotland equality pay gender Glasgow snp labour )
Theresa May literally reads off a script when she has meetings with MPs
(tags: politics conservatives wtf )
Zooming out from the smallest animals to the largest
(tags: animals video size )
NHS not sustainable and Theresa May's £20.5bn funding pledge won't fix it, NAO warns
(tags: NHS fail austerity )
Ex-mayor of Ipswich denied citizenship after almost 40 years in UK
(tags: UK immigration OhForFucksSake )
The "ugly fruit" movement is ridiculous nonsense
(tags: food )
Minority ethnic Britons face massive job discrimination
(tags: racism uk jobs )
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Interesting Links for 26-10-2018

Oct. 26th, 2018 12:00 pm
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A fascinating trilogy of articles looking at the economics, politics, and culture of Irish reunification
(tags: ireland NorthernIreland politics viaDanielDWilliam economics europe uk )
VFX Artist Reveals the True Scale of the Universe
(tags: video size space solarsystem )
Three-quarters of newspaper stories about Jeremy Corbyn fail to accurately report his views
(tags: labour fraud journalism uk )
Mad Max: Fury Road's director has his next project, and it's not a Mad Max film
(tags: movies )
Joint statement from Lib Dems, Green Party, SNP and Plaid Cymru on Barnier meeting
(tags: libdem snp GreenParty UK europe )
Instagram Refuses to Pull Down Milo Post Praising Mail Bombs
(tags: socialmedia terrorism usa OhForFucksSake )
Google terminated 48 employees for sexual harassment in the last two years
(tags: Google harassment )
What the Sydney Opera House can teach us about Brexit
(tags: UK europe doom projectmanagement )
Argentina says it could exploit no-deal Brexit to 'enhance' relations with Falklands
(tags: Argentina Falklands UK europe )
Antibiotic 'Trojan horse' could defeat superbugs causing global medical crisis
(tags: antibiotics GoodNews thefuture )
Stressed out waiting for some news? Try playing a computer game
(tags: distraction stress games )
Stress Hormone Cortisol Linked to Early Toll on Thinking Ability
(tags: cortisol stress mentalhealth )
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Interesting Links for 24-09-2018

Sep. 24th, 2018 12:00 pm
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Majority Of Voters Back Urgent Reform Of Westminster System
(tags: reform voting uk )
Why it matters that Bert and Ernie are gay, which they are
(tags: lgbt muppets SesameStreet )
Octopuses on MDMA reveal genetic evolution link to human social behaviors
(tags: social octopus ecstasy psychology )
Continental Drift - It's amazing how recent anything even vaguely resembling modern continents arise
(tags: geology geography video time )
How the World Map Looks Wildly Different Than You Think
(tags: video maps world size )
Solar panels replaced tarmac on a motorway. Here are the results.
(tags: solarpower roads fail )
App update rejected for mentioning iPhone XR in release notes
(tags: apple wtf )
Chechnya starts concentration camps for gay men, first time after Hitler
(tags: lgbt homosexuality Chechnya fascism bigotry OhForFucksSake )
Labour's new Brexit referendum would not offer option to remain in EU, says John McDonnell
(tags: Labour UK Europe OhForFucksSake )
No one understands why DC is now removing Batman’s penis from comic
(tags: comics penis censorship )
Malware Disguised as Job Offers Distributed on Freelance Sites
(tags: jobs malware virus OhForFucksSake )
“Unadoptable” shelter cats get second chance at life by chasing mice
(tags: cats mice jobs )
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Interesting Links for 28-08-2018

Aug. 28th, 2018 12:02 pm
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The worst Edinburgh festival venues in ‘Bad Boss Awards’
(tags: work Edinburgh fringe OhForFucksSake )
Pension opt-outs have not jumped since auto-enrolment rate rise
(tags: pensions GoodNews )
Emmanuel Macron rejects Theresa May's plea for help to rescue her Brexit plan
(tags: uk europe doom france )
Path to 2 nm May Not Be Worth It (for computer processors)
(tags: computers technology size thefuture )
Online Bettors Good Indicator For If Psychology Studies Will Replicate
(tags: psychology gambling )
How Facebook, Apple and Microsoft Are Contributing to OpenStreetMap
I find OpenStreetMap really useful for footpaths, and details that Google doesn't bother with.
(tags: maps OpenStreetMap )
Depressed people find it hard to tell which negative emotion they're feeling
(tags: depression psychology )
EU calls Trump’s bluff as he takes an ax to the WTO
(tags: wto usa europe )
Germany calls for global payments system free of US
(tags: Germany usa money )
Stop telling women how they should talk
(tags: women voice viaFanf )
Diet has bigger impact on emotional well-being in women than in men
(tags: diet mentalhealth gender )
Blizzard disabling paid loot boxes in Overwatch & Heroes Of The Storm in Belgium
(tags: games gambling belgium )
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Interesting Links for 10-08-2018

Aug. 10th, 2018 12:00 pm
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How autistic adults are being let down by the healthcare system
(tags: autism healthcare )
The 20-Year Journey of 'The Meg'—the Movie the Internet Wouldn't Let Die
(tags: sharks movies )
It's taken me almost ten years, but I now have 25,000 geek points. If only I could spend them on something ;-)
(tags: geekery geek )
Inside The Culture Of Sexism At Riot Games
(tags: games sexism business )
This is precisely how I feel about voting software
(tags: voting software doom comic xkcd )
Women navigate almost as well as men in countries with more equality
(tags: equality navigation gender )
Germany relaxes ban on Nazi symbols in video games
(tags: Germany games nazis )
North American diets require more land than we have
(tags: diet farming environment )
The war between Labour and Europe continues
(tags: Labour UK Europe OhForFucksSake )
Lovely stop-motion video about woodworking with Lego
(tags: Lego video stopmotion )
Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry (much, much more interesting than I thought it would be)
(tags: family business counselling psychology japan )
French police accused of harassing aid workers at Calais (they deny it, because nobody has reported the police to...the police
(tags: police immigration aid France OhForFucksSake )
Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.
(tags: mathematics girls )
Moose are big. Really big. No, bigger than that
(tags: animals size video )
Women with partners higher in trait conscientiousness get more pleasure from sex
(tags: sex psychology behaviour )
Cable networks are speeding up TV shows to cram in ads
(tags: advertising tv OhForFucksSake usa )
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Interesting Links for 04-07-2018

Jul. 4th, 2018 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 08-04-2018

Apr. 8th, 2018 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 20-03-2018

Mar. 20th, 2018 12:00 pm
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How different languages agree and disagree, and why Latin didn't have a "yes" or "no"
(tags: language )
'I forget my PE kit deliberately' - the boys who hate sport. (This was me. It put me off exercise for decades)
(tags: sports school )
Bulk Resize Photos is an awesome tool
(tags: web photography size )
DirectX Raytracing is the first step toward a graphics revolution
(tags: graphics Technology )
Although they can’t tell us about it, infants can reason
(tags: babies logic thinking )
We can read each other's emotions from surprisingly tiny changes in facial colour
(tags: colour faces emotion )
Say Her Name: Marielle Franco, a Brazilian Politician Who Fought for Women and the Poor, Was Killed. Her Death Sparked Protests Across Brazil
(tags: murder racism brazil poverty police )
Dimethandrolone undecanoate shows promise as a male birth control pill
(tags: contraception hormones men )
Scrap 'highly regressive' council tax
(tags: tax uk )
MPs call for 12 weeks of paternity leave to address gender pay gap
(tags: men children gender inequality )
Police chief: Uber self-driving car likely not at fault in fatal crash
(tags: cars automation death )
Pregnant women and new moms still hesitant to introduce peanut products
(tags: babies allergies peanuts )
U.K., Land of ‘Brexit,’ Quietly Outsources Some Surgeries to France
(tags: France NHS OhForFucksSake UK austerity )
The world’s last male northern white rhino has died, aged 45
(tags: rhino extinction )
Watch Cambridge Analytica’s CEO Offer to Entrap Political Opponents With Sex Workers
(tags: sexwork crime OhForFucksSake corruption )
Project Pica Pica shows off new real-time ray-tracing tech
(tags: graphics Technology games )
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Interesting Links for 22-10-2017

Oct. 23rd, 2017 10:30 am
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Balloons providing emergency internet in Puerto Rico
(tags: balloon internet )
Google and the Resurgence of Italian Design
(tags: Italy design google )
Will Facebook and Google be able to access your bank data?
(tags: privacy banking UK europe )
Vikings Razed the Forests. Can Iceland Regrow Them?
(tags: iceland forests trees )
More information on the recent dyslexia/eye research
(tags: dyslexia eyes )
Burger King Reveals the Uncomfortable Truth About Bullying in a Remarkable In-Store Stunt
(tags: food bullying video advertising )
Microsoft has found a way to double the HoloLens Field of View
(tags: augmentedreality microsoft )
If Game Of Thrones was an anime this would be its opening credits
(tags: anime gameofthrones )
Basque leader supports Catalonia
(tags: Spain Catalonia )
The secret Swiss mountain bunker where millionaires stash their bitcoins
Frankly, pretty silly. Any attack will be network-based, or social.
(tags: bitcoin security_theatre security )
The difference between an unwanted pass & sexual harassment
(tags: harrassment relationships gender society power )
Literally Just GIFs Of Women Destroying Shit
(tags: women anger animated_gif )
"Dave The Period Fairy" Has Become A Viral Sensation After A Woman Shared A Nightmare Hiking Experience On Reddit
(tags: menstruation awesome )
The Case of the Small Shoes —a.k.a. Survival Bias (No, people were not "just smaller then.")
(tags: history size )
Franco’s fascism is alive and kicking in Spain
(tags: Spain fascism Catalonia police independence )
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Interesting Links for 31-08-2017

Aug. 31st, 2017 12:00 pm
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Man born and raised in UK told he is not a British citizen
(tags: UK OhForFucksSake citizenship )
Finland will keep sterilizing trans people
(tags: Finland lgbt transgender OhForFucksSake )
UK plan to bypass European Commission in Brexit talks doomed to fail
(tags: uk europe OhForFucksSake )
Are Some Psychiatric Disorders a pH Problem?
(tags: mentalhealth brain )
Why don’t you make your own Half-Life 3 if you’re so smart?
(tags: games half-life )
New t-shirt sewing robot can make as many shirts per hour as 17 factory workers
(tags: automation clothing )
How the GDPR will disrupt Google and Facebook
(tags: privacy data regulation Europe Google Facebook advertising )
Currency rates hit new low at airport bureaux de change
(tags: currency UK europe )
Large Companies Considered Harmful
(tags: companies size economics )
Patient plays saxophone while surgeons remove brain tumor
(tags: music brain surgery )
Moving from saturated to unsaturated fat doesn't help you lose weight, does lower cholesterol
(tags: fat health weight )
Marvel star slates racist Hollywood over name change
(tags: china usa racism tv movies names )
Beauty pageant winner hands back crown after being told she was too fat by organisers
(tags: society weight beauty OhForFucksSake )
NHS Wales: badly run by Labour or underfunded by Westminster?
(tags: wales nhs money )
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Interesting Links for 14-07-2017

Jul. 14th, 2017 12:00 pm
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Mario Kart VR looks absolutely incredible
(tags: Mario nintendo VirtualReality awesome video )
At Wimbledon 2017, one of the oldest tennis tournaments serves up new tech
(tags: technology sport )
Miniatur Wunderland, world's largest model railway, filmed with Google Maps Street View
(tags: photos size google models germany )
Electric cars to account for all new vehicle sales in Europe by 2035
(tags: cars thefuture electricity )
Superconducting Quantum Levitation on a 3π Möbius Strip
(tags: quantum video magnets )
Eight unusual neuropsychological syndromes (that I'd never heard of)
(tags: psychology weird )
Pakistan’s secret atheists
(tags: pakistan atheism religion islam )
This is still the best joke of all time
(tags: funny joke facebook )
Turn JavaScript code into Emoji (It was only a matter of time)
(tags: emoji javascript funny )
The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2020
(tags: demographics time age society )
Dark Souls cake!
(tags: cake games )
I Worry Blizzard Won't Make 'Diablo 4' If They Can't Monetize It With Loot Boxes
(tags: games money business )
Labour's 2017 election campaign worst in almost 70 years at turning votes into seats
(tags: voting labour uk politics )
Ravens can be better at planning ahead than four-year-old children
(tags: birds Intelligence )
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Jun. 22nd, 2015 12:00 pm
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