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Tesla opens Gigafactory in Berlin. "Brexit made it too risky to put a Gigafactory in the UK": (tags:uk europe germany factory manufacturing OhForFucksSake )
Jeremy Corbyn U-turns on Scottish independence as he rules out fresh referendum for five years: (tags:scotland labour OhForFucksSake independence )
White House senior policy adviser is a white nationalist: (tags:racism USA politics )
How Disco Elysium's Skill Tree Teaches You Valuable Life Lessons: (tags:roleplaying games life advice socialisation )
Terminally ill scientist 'transforms himself into world's first full cyborg': (tags:cyborg )
Corbyn rows back on ruling out indyref2 in first term: (tags:Labour Scotland independence )
The battle over Luna Younger, a 7-year-old trans girl in Texas, explained: (tags:transgender USA LGBT )
Lib Dems vow to act on Gender Recognition Act reforms: (tags:libdem transgender LGBT )
Neutrinos lead to unexpected discovery about eigenvectors and eigenvalues: (tags:mathematics physics )
A brief history of Jury Nullification: (tags:law history USA )
The hidden truth: Polling shows the public are open to free movement: (tags:UK Europe immigration )
UK government loses supreme court fight over bedroom tax: (tags:tax disability welfare UK GoodNews law )
An EU negotiator on why any new agreement between the EU and the UK will take years: (tags:UK Europe trade )
The rise of 'facadism' in London: (tags:architecture london OhForFucksSake )
Scientists find eternal Nile to be more ancient than previously thought: (tags:egypt rivers prehistory )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3840937.html

Which Anonymous Sources Are Worth Paying Attention To?: (tags: politics reporting media advice )
A neat video showing how Google Glass helps people with manual/technical work: (tags: work glass google Technology )
Another cool video, talking to people who use Google Glass for their jobs (wire assemblies for planes): (tags: google glass Technology work airplanes )
Producing animated "art" faces based on real video and example art: (tags: art video faces )
Arguing against xkcd on free speech: (tags: freespeech xkcd comics )
Reducing lead levels in children reduces violent crime by a staggering amount: (tags: lead crime behaviour )
Analyzing the Gender Representation of 34,476 Comic Book Characters: (tags: gender comics analysis visualisation )
What Happens To Pornhub During Game Of Thrones: (tags: gameofthrones porn statistics visualisation )
State pension age increase brought forward (I'll be working an extra year): (tags: pensions uk viaSwampers )
Lost Time - on Proust and Science Fiction: (tags: time scifi writing )
A common underlying genetic basis for social behavior in dogs and humans: (tags: dogs humans genetics socialisation personality )
Cop’s body cam films him planting drugs—he obviously didn’t know it was recording: (tags: transparentsociety police cameras )
Sea cave preserves 5,000-year snapshot of tsunamis: (tags: sea cave tsunami earthquake history )
How Devastating was the Black Death?: (tags: history death disease )
Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" looks beautiful: (tags: movies GuillermoDelToro trailer video )
"Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra Special Talking Mongoose": I can only conclude that many people are _so_ desperate to believe things that they will do so no matter what. This is not, of course, a new observation.
(tags: magic belief history weird )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3600001.html

What it's like deep in the bowels of the British Library
- (tags: libraries )
UK living standards are back to pre-recession levels (if you're retired)
- (tags: uk economy )
Singing is a bonding behaviour that lets adults make friends more easily
- (tags: socialisation singing music friendship psychology )
Cancer-fighting viruses win approval
- (tags: virus cancer research )
Everything Doesn't Happen For A Reason
- Seriously, if anyone had told me that Julie's cancer "Happened for a reason" I would have been at least this angry with them.
- (tags: belief pain support )
How many weeks will eating processed meat knock off your life?
- (tags: meat cancer )
Herpes affects two-thirds of people under 50
- (tags: disease )
Four things learned since uber's arrival in glasgow
- (tags: taxi Glasgow )
Four UK bird species including puffins face extinction
- (tags: birds extinction uk viaSwampers )
Dear White House, Can We Have a Unified Microbiome Initiative?
- (tags: microbiome usa research bacteria )
Want to succeed at something? Measure your progress regularly
- (tags: measurement success )
Why are drugs illegal?
- (tags: drugs law history )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3360055.html

Why Nintendo shouldn't leap to put its games on mobile
(tags: games nintendo phones )
Training the brain using a new form of neurofeedback
(tags: neuroscience training )
Bitcoin to be accepted by university for fee payment
(tags: bitcoin academia )
Physicists track electrons as they tunnel to freedom
(tags: physics )
Why Worldbuilding Is Increasingly Important To TV Shows
(tags: tv writing worldbuilding )
On writing the future, and why so many shows are bad at it (particularly "Almost Human")
(tags: writing thefuture scifi worldbuilding )
Cocaine users enjoy social interactions less
(tags: cocaine drugs socialisation friendship )
Quinoa well tolerated in patients with celiac disease
(tags: food gluten celiac )
What people are talking about Davos: Potential war between China and Japan
(tags: china japan politics war )
Scientists produce gel that can be used for artificial muscles and transparent speakers.
(tags: science materials amazing )
Four Myths About Foreign Aid
(tags: poverty billgates economy )
Schizophrenia could be caused by a wide variety of DNA mutations rather than one gene
(tags: schizophrenia genetics )
If you put every virus in the world into a pile, how big would it be?
And how long would it take Syfy to make a movie out of it?
(tags: virus viaConuly )
This is my new favourite Harry Potter fact
(tags: harrypotter france )
Cats About to Sneeze is the best thing ever
(tags: cats funny )
An excellent statement on Lord Rennard
(tags: libdem politics )
Butter is now winning the fat wars
(tags: diet food butter )
UCL students discover a supernova during class.
(tags: students space astronomy viaDrDoug )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3038441.html

R.I.P. Harry Harrison, creator of the Stainless Steel Rat, Bill the Galactic Hero, and Soylent Green
(tags: scifi death )
16-year-old Amina Filali Who Was Forced To Marry Her Rapist, Commits Suicide
(tags: rape suicide Morocco )
Scotland is one of the most genetically diverse nations on the planet (And porridge played a big part in its history)
(tags: scotland genetics history )
America is now officially made of pi
(tags: viaSupergee geekery pi population usa )
How To Create A Liberal America
(tags: kickstarter liberal usa )
See (and buy) 27 concept images for never-made Gaiman Sandman movie
(tags: movies art neilgaiman sandman )
The C-Word - a follow-up on the "creeper" posts from a few days ago.
(tags: sex socialisation )
Factcheck: Are health and safety laws a "nonsense"?
(tags: law uk safety health )
Cats, shockingly, do not cope well with a lack of gravity
(tags: gravity video cats )
Broadband speeds rise 20% - have doubled in the last three years
Of course, my parents still have less than 1.5MBit, but eventually even they will join the 21st century.
(tags: internet uk broadband )
Revel in the wisdom of philosophy dog
(tags: funny philosophy dog )
Wow. Unbreakable glass is _really_ unbreakable.
(tags: glass )
Why Sexy A-Levels are shutting down
(tags: UK society education media feminism )
Streaming music revenues up 40% globally, physical media down 12% - tipping point set for 2015
At which point it's streaming media versus downloads - and which one can offer more convenience and choice.
(tags: music thefuture )
Mutilating girls is not "harm": the extreme relativist strand in anthropology
(tags: circumcision children fgm culture viaFanf )
You are allowed to run a "Company X ruined my life" site - but possibly only if you don't put advertising on it
(tags: internet web freespeech )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2770524.html

How does the Corby by-election change the UK's electoral mathematics?
(tags: elections coalition uk )
1300 extreme porn convictions in the last year. Rather more than the original estimate of _30_
(tags: viaCipherGoth porn uk law freespeech )
Spotify, Pandora, Streaming Music Make Up 25 Percent of Warner Digital's revenue
(tags: music spotify business )
Paying Prisoners £3 an hour - a solution.
(tags: prison pay )
Natural birth -- but not C-section -- triggers brain-boosting proteins (in mice)
(tags: birth brains memory children )
Deep-fried Mars Bar inventors seek EU protected status
(tags: eu omnomnomnom scotland food )
How not to be a sex creep.
(tags: socialisation sex )
How to deal with there being a sex creep in your social circle
(tags: culture relationships socialisation sex )
Change Your Passwords (Again): Battle.net Breached
(tags: security OhForFucksSake )
Student scores improve if teachers given incentives upfront
Shows that teachers can have a strong effect and incentives could be used better in general.
(tags: )
Brain in a dish flies jet plan simulator. (In 2004. Presumably nowadays they use them to predict the stock exchange)
(tags: brains technology thefuture )
Psychotherapy is effective but underutilized
(tags: psychology therapy mental_health )
Drinking at work makes you more creative (but less able to focus)
(tags: creativity alcohol productivity work )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2766744.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2670914.html

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