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Interesting Links for 30-11-2022

1. Lion statues Edinburgh: Pride of 24 lions arrive in The Meadows: (tags:lions statue edinburgh )
2. Less than half of England and Wales population Christian, Census 2021 shows (46% to be precise, down 13% in a decade): (tags:religion Christianity UK )
3. Inside the Proton, the 'Most Complicated Thing' Imaginable: (tags:physics viaNancyLebov )
4. You've almost certainly seen photos of Nazis burning books. But do you know which books they were?: (tags:Nazis books LGBT transgender history censorship )
5. Labour refuses to follow recommendations for an independent disciplinary process: (tags:labour OhForFucksSake )
6. Movetodon: Find your Twitter Friends on Mastodon: (tags:mastodon twitter viaSwampers )
7. Every object in Conway's Game of Life that can be constructed at all, now has a fixed cost of 15 gliders. Here's how.: (tags:life computers impressive )

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Interesting Links for 13-02-2022

Douglas Adams has an interesting answer when asked what kind of computer Arthur Dent had: (tags:computers fiction writing douglasadams HHG2G )
Russia tensions reveal threat to UK food supplies: (tags:UK food Russia Doom )
In Moscow, Macron found a different, tougher Putin: (tags:France Russia nato )
Britishvolt gigafactory: Britain's best-kept industrial secret is an unexpected solution to saving the planet (I didn't know most of this, fascinating stuff): (tags:batteries oil carbon UK manufacturing )
'Futurama' Revived At Hulu; John DiMaggio Not Returning As Bender: (tags:Futurama tv animation )
220 musicians perform "Europe - The Final Countdown": (tags:music video russia )
Why 'Death on the Nile' is every publicist's worst nightmare: (tags:movies Doom )
Evolution is just amazing: (tags:evolution animals snake video insects birds )
Thread of metal statues where one part has been stroked so much that it's shiny: (tags:statue )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3956685.html

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Interesting Links for 12-11-2020

"My experience as a poll worker in Pennsylvania": (tags:USA voting )
Dwayne Johnson is rebooting The Scorpion King: (tags:movies )
So, how is the USA managing its Covid-19 response?: (tags:USA pandemic epicfail )
Our Brains Have Two Distinct "Beauty Centres": One For Art And One For Faces: (tags:beauty faces art psychology brain neuroscience )
Being More Authentic On Social Media Could Improve Your Wellbeing (I suspect that being more authentic generally would do the trick, hiding who you are is exhausting and stressful): (tags:psychology happiness socialmedia )
Boris Johnson picks pro-fracking Tory MP who has campaigned against wind farms as 'climate change champion': (tags:globalwarming conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Capital gains tax: Rate should double, says government review: (tags:UK tax )
Behold! The most Irish of all films!: (tags:Ireland movies satire trailer funny )
A focus group on Trump voters finds out what they really think. (Interesting on defunding the police): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1326210279387099136.html
(tags:voting usa )
COVID-19 Daily Dashboard for Scotland (broken down by neighborhood): (tags:pandemic Scotland visualisation viaDanielDWilliam )
The Polls Weren't Great. But That's Pretty Normal.: (tags:polls USA politics )
Good statues of women: (tags:women statue )
Japanese town deploys Monster Wolf robots to deter bears: (tags:robots wolves bears )
How Brexit will make it much much harder for artists and musicians to tour in Europe: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1326554078256656389.html
(tags:music Europe UK Doom )
New project at Oxford University explores the origins of money: (tags:money prehistory research )
Politics versus policy, and why the approach of Johnson and Cummings to exercising power is going so badly: (tags:politics government UK )
There is no evidence that suicides have increased 200% under lockdown: (tags:suicide pandemic )
Will government lockdown shopping loopholes destroy the high street?: (tags:shopping UK doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3896025.html

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Interesting Links for 18-06-2020

Australia is much more interested in a deal with the EU than one with the UK: (tags:trade UK europe australia )
Any of my friends got $75,000 and want a robot dog?: (tags:dogs robots )
Mars: Green glow detected on the Red Planet: (tags:mars )
Please write to your MP about trans rights. It seems to be working so far, and anything you can do to persuade your MP will help.: (tags:LGBT transgender UK politics )
Brexit trade deal with New Zealand will have 'close to zero' benefit to UK economy, government admits: (tags:UK newzealand trade pointless )
This Simon Cowell "Choose Your Own Adventure" is both fun and full of ridiculous musical parodies. Check every branch!: (tags:music funny game twitter viaJennieRigg )
Abuse and threats aimed at wheelchair user over faked photo: (tags:abuse OhForFucksSake disability )
Trump asked Chinese president to help him win reelection: (tags:republicans USA politics China )
The Physics of Taking Down Racist Statues (From "Popular Mechanics" of all places): (tags:statue physics racism )
Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice: (tags:mice age blood )
D&D Creators Are Rethinking Race In Dungeons And Dragons: (tags:race games dungeonsanddragons )
Deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland - very detailed, if you like crunching numbers: (tags:Scotland pandemic statistics viaPatrickHadfield )
DNA study reveals Ireland's age of 'god-kings': (tags:Ireland genetics archeology )
Coronavirus: 'Significant transmission' of Covid-19 takes place in households before people develop symptoms: (tags:pandemic )

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Interesting Links for 10-06-2020

The Army is considering renaming military bases named for Confederate leaders: (tags:USA slavery military history names )
Young children believe intervening in antisocial behaviour is a universal duty. Until we tell them it's not.: (tags:society morality police psychology children )
Bill & Ted Face the Music - Official Trailer 1 (looks like a lot of fun, and they haven't forgotten how to be Bill & Ted): (tags:movies trailer KeanuReeves )
Women! Would you like some technology to validate your orgasms?: (tags:orgasm women technology )
Turns out the robots Microsoft replaced their journalists with are racist: (tags:racism robots journalism Microsoft )
A map of British statues connected to slavery: (tags:slavery UK statue maps viaPatrickHadfield )
'Miss Hitler' beauty pageant contestant jailed for part in neo-Nazi terror group: There's a what now? Do they have to grow the moustache? Or can they just draw one on?
(tags:nazis wtf headline )
Let's talk about black on black violence.: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1268463768285188096.html
(tags:racism violence race USA )
How did coronavirus spread across Scotland?: (tags:virus pandemic Scotland )
Why do recipe writers lie and lie about how long onions take to caramelize?: And the sequel article.
https://gizmodo.com/googles-algorithm-is-lying-to-you-about-onions-and-blam-1793057789
(tags:food cooking lies )
London's oldest theatre discovered in East End excavation: (tags:theatre London UK History )
Here's How a No-Deal Brexit Would Shock Virus-Hit U.K. Companies: (tags:UK Europe Doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3863273.html

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Interesting Links for 05-02-2020

New government plans could see you jailed for life over propaganda: (tags:UK terrorism censorship propaganda crime )
Heartbeats and bunnies, how simple repeating patterns lead to chaos (and back again): (tags:mathematics video patterns )
'The Good Place,' 'BoJack Horseman,' and the Audacity of Committing to Decency: (tags:TV morality )
The EU has released a Q & A on the draft negotiating directives: (tags:Europe UK trade )
Brexit fuelling surge in support for Scottish independence, but work still to be done on currency and economics: (tags:UK Europe Scotland independence polls )
Children as young as 9 locked up by Indian police for speech violation: (tags:India police freespeech children )
Graham Linehan is compiling a horrifying database of conversion therapists willing to abuse young trans people: (tags:abuse LGBT transgender OhForFucksSake )
Symptomless coronavirus spreader had symptoms after all: (tags:disease )
I'd give this prosthetic three thumbs up: (tags:cyborg technology prostheses video )
'Happy Brexit Day' Norwich flat residents unite to show support: (tags:society GoodNews racism UK )
What is SAP? And how are they worth $163Bn?: (tags:business organisation software )
Cats! On! Statues!: (tags:cats statue )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3780077.html

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Interesting Links for 08-04-2019

What are the equivalents of "once upon a time" in other cultures?: (tags:language culture fairytale stories )
Rehearsing for death: A pre-Kindergarten teacher on lockdown drills with 5 year olds: (tags:children school guns usa OhForFucksSake )
"I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could": (tags:healthcare death )
Why Rent Control Doesn't Work (Build More Housing!): (tags:housing economics )
Explaining why young men are having much less sex: (tags:sex men society )
Dundee in Scotland has the best statue anywhere.: (tags:Scotland statue games lemmings )
How poor public transport explains the UK's productivity puzzle: (tags:transport uk productivity fail )
Sleep, Diet & The Brain-Gut Connection: (tags:sleep diet carbohydrates )
People Who View Their Britishness or Englishness As "Causally Central" To Their Self-Concept Are More Likely to Have Voted For Brexit: (tags:uk europe nationalism )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3664855.html

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Interesting Links for 02-03-2018

UK running out of gas, National Grid warns: (tags: gas UK infrastructure OhForFucksSake )
Theresa May admitted there could be no open border in Ireland if Britain outside the EU: (tags: UK Europe ireland )
Living in 'Demon's Souls' as the Servers Shut Down: (tags: games end_of_the_world )
An outraged Theresa May rejects her own EU withdrawal plan: (tags: Europe UK conservatives OhForFucksSake )
A short list of problems that having a smart dog can bring into your life: (tags: dogs Intelligence funny )
How Google has celebrated Wales every St David's Day since 2004: (tags: wales google )
Denmark plans double punishment for ghetto crime: (tags: denmark OhForFucksSake immigration crime )
Revealed: The Edinburgh bus driver who averted snow disaster: (tags: driving impressive snow Edinburgh video )
Why Scotland doesn't cope as well with snow as Canada does: (tags: Canada Scotland snow money )
Someone Put a Statue of Jason Voorhees in a Minnesota Lake For Divers to Stumble Across: (tags: water horror movies art statue )
States court Delta after lawmaker's threat to punish it for not giving discounts to the NRA: (tags: guns airplanes USA law OhForFucksSake )
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War moved up to April 27th: Gives me a little more chance of seeing it before I'm distracted by a baby ;-)
(tags: marvel movies )
St Andrews university is refusing to pay staff for doing their job: (tags: StAndrews strike work OhForFucksSake academia university )
Las Vegas Strippers Accept Bitcoin via QR Tattoos: This was the future you were expecting, right?
(tags: bitcoin sexwork LasVegas thefuture )
By 2055, no single racial or ethnic group will constitute a majority in the United States.: (tags: USA diversity thefuture )
Polar bear makes the most of the snow at Scottish wildlife park (lovely video): (tags: bears snow video scotland )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3628224.html

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Interesting Links for 25-10-2017

Brexit can be stopped by UK, European Council president Donald Tusk says: (tags: uk europe )
Why do so few black students go to Oxbridge?: (tags: university race uk )
Portugal Bans Use of DRM to Limit Access to Public Domain Works: (tags: GoodNews drm portugal )
This is what happens if we fail to negotiate an agreement with Europe: (tags: europe uk doom )
Survey evidence: Europeans support the EU’s hard line in the Brexit negotiations: (tags: Europe UK polls )
Facebook mistranslates 'good morning', Palestinian man arrested: (tags: Facebook palestine Israel translation OhForFucksSake )
Let’s Enhance! Recovering a private key from a blurry QR code: (tags: encryption bitcoin programming maths )
Teaching Demonology, Possession, and Exorcism in Texas: (tags: religion academia University viaMartinPage )
70s Dinner Party on Twitter is full of delightfully awful food: (tags: food history )
A book, crystallized in the ocean: (tags: books ocean )
I found the best font: (tags: font fantasy swords awesome )
The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons: (tags: dungeonsanddragons )
Lib Dems offer to vote for EU Withdrawal Bill: (tags: europe libdem uk )
Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early human trials: (tags: age research GoodNews )
Saudi crown prince promises 'a more moderate Islam' and to destroy extremist ideologies: That is a remarkable statement from Saudi Arabia. This kind of move, if they follow through with it, could lead to huge changes in the region.
(tags: religion saudiarabia islam GoodNews )
The Invisible Black Man on a Prospect Park Statue: (tags: statue racism history usa )
Lonley people are more self-centred. And vice versa: (tags: loneliness psychology behaviour )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3405316.html

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Interesting Links for 12-08-2014

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Interesting Links for 30-07-2014

An 80's arcade themed turn-based tactical shoot 'em up? Backed!
(tags: kickstarter games )
Scotland's BIG question: What effect will Independence have on my broadband?
(tags: broadband Scotland independence media internet )
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster in 9/11 facepalm extravaganza
(tags: tmnt fail funny )
'Women should not laugh in public,' says Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister
I mean, say what you want about Nick Clegg....
(tags: turkey women )
How easy is it to run a free and open source smartphone?
(tags: opensource phones )
Guitarists play solos on giant slugs. (I have no further explanation.)
(tags: funny )
Markov Chains - a neat visual explanation
(tags: mathematics visualisation )
Guinness advertising posters from Nazi Germany
(tags: germany nazis alcohol advertising )
UK to allow driverless cars on public roads
(tags: cars ai UK technology )
US Suburbs are unsustainable (tax brings in less than the infrastructure maintenance costs)
(tags: USA design cities )
Great fun with photos of statues
(tags: statue funny photography )
Diet affects males' and females' gut microbes differently
(tags: diet gender )
The Comic-Con 2014 Cosplay Gallery (750+ Photos)
(tags: viaErindubitably comics convention cosplay )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3045750.html

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Interesting Links for 07-02-2014