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1. "In Defense of Scrooge:" A Brief History: (tags:history stories Christmas society )

1. London hospital becomes first in the UK to perform 10,000 operations using a robot: (tags:robots surgery uk london )
2. Human memories are unreliable because of our tendency for complete storylines: (tags:stories psychology memory )
3. Theresa May is telling a fairytale about her Brexit deal. This is the truth: (tags:uk europe lies Conservatives )
4. UK government will not block Scots drug room pilot: (tags:Scotland drugs GoodNews UK )
5. Unfortunate Starlink 2 Hour Outage Last Night Just As Ukraine Attacked Sevastapol: (tags:Ukraine Russia space ElonMusk OhForFucksSake )
6. ScotRail peak fares to be scrapped as ministers try to push return to trains: (tags:Scotland trains money )
7. There are a *lot* of underwater cables: (tags:Ocean internet maps viaDanielDWilliam )
8. Alan Moore's 1986 opinions on superhero (and hero) discourse, and how ahead of the time they were.: (tags:superheroes alanmoore society history batman )
9. Scotland's population grew to record high (driven by migration): (tags:scotland population )
10. Edinburgh Filmhouse: Lease deal agreed to save cinema: (tags:scotland edinburgh movies cinema )

1. Duke of Edinburgh: Edinburgh council urged not to recognise Royal pair's 'illegitimate' titles: (tags:edinburgh monarchy )
2. Keir Starmer breaks another pledge - this time on scrapping university tuition fees: (tags:labour university fees tuition )
3. How do people feel about bill-splitting in restaurants?: (tags:money friendship )
4. Brain Activity Decoder Can Reveal Stories in People's Minds: (tags:neuroscience brain stories )
5. Why can you use the 60+ Oyster card as voter ID, but not the 18+ Student Oyster card?: (tags:IDCards uk )
6. AI chatbots pass next intelligence milestone after researchers fail to find a single AI that would vote for Brexit: (tags:ai uk europe funny viaMyBrotherHugh )
7. Lothian Buses Service change from Sunday 28 May (some pretty major changes, including my bus no longer going home->work): (tags:buses edinburgh transport )

1. Teenage girls are being raped by several boys during their boyfriends' gang initiation: (tags:UK gangs rape )
2. The Dangerous Ideas of "Longtermism" and "Existential Risk": (tags:morality transhumanism )
3. Genesis: an interpreted, Turing-complete Paleo-Hebrew programming language: (tags:programming Jews funny )
4. Humanities scholarship labor crisis: How the infrastructure of research is falling apart.: (tags:academia Doom research )
5. Why does the Bank of England appear to be ignoring its mandate?: (tags:economics Doom UK viaDanielDWilliam )
6. The terrible, awful, no-good morality of Thomas the Tank Engine: (tags:morality children stories )
7. How the Conservatives are going to crash the UK's most profitable export industry: (tags:uk art Education academia entertainment )
8. Tax cuts for the rich lead to higher income inequality in both the short- and medium-term with no significant effect on economic growth or unemployment: (tags:tax inequality economics )
9. Finland & Croatia Test Digital Passports: (tags:passport finland croatia )
10. Spain orders public places set air conditioning no lower than 27 degrees Celsius: (tags:spain electricity temperature weather )

EU can shut off flow of data and 'slow down' UK exports in a Brexit trade war, Boris Johnson warned: (tags:europe uk trade doom )
Cargo Is Piling Up Everywhere, And It's Making Inflation Worse: (tags:trade shipping )
Scotland lockdown easing delayed by three weeks: (tags:scotland pandemic )
Two brief stories about The Muppet Movie: (tags:Muppets movies )
Pollen helps Covid spread further and faster: (tags:plants pandemic )
When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid from a Clamp, That's a Moray: (tags:headline fish )
How fairy tales start in different languages/cultures: (tags:culture stories )
Where does the "One Britain, One Nation" campaign come from?: (tags:UK nationalism )
How much has Brexit cost us so far, and how much is to come?: (tags:UK Europe trade economics )
I've never reached the end of my to-do list (or emails) - but I assume this is what happens when you do: (tags:todo comic funny )
Welsh Gov slaps down Westminster plan for children in Wales to celebrate 'One Britain One Nation Day': (tags:wales uk propaganda )
Croatian Wikipedia Disinformation Assessment-2021: (tags:croatia propaganda wikipedia )
Brexit: What if EU referendum were held today? Here's what the polls say: (tags:uk europe polls referendum )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4052811.html

The 1,700 year old skyscraper city that's being destroyed by the weather: (tags:weather history yemen architecture viaDanielDWilliam )
How the Brothers Grimm went hunting for fairytales, accidentally changed the course of historical linguistics, and kickstarted a new field of scholarship in folklore.: (tags:history Germany language stories fairytale )
Excel formulas become Turing complete: (tags:programming spreadsheet Microsoft )
If you are giving the Guardian money then you are supporting bigoted lies that kill children: (tags:guardian bigotry LGBT transgender OhForFucksSake )
Forget London, Brexit fight is about Paris and Berlin: (tags:Germany France Europe UK trade )
Why a "soft Brexit" was never on the table - by an MP who tried to prevent a hard one: (tags:UK politics Europe history )
Charlie Stross on how the next month or so are likely to look (Bad. Very bad): (tags:UK Europe Doom charlesstross )
Zalando boss to quit so his wife can focus on her career while he looks after the kids: (tags:work women family )
The 'virtual nannies' looking after kids via Zoom: (tags:childcare children remote )
Kids can eat free in Asda cafes throughout December: (tags:children food supermarkets UK )
What might travel, holidays, and commuting look like over the next ten years?: (tags:thefuture travel work holidays )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3968064.html

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3926754.html

The Scots Wikipedia admins are looking for help from people who speak the language: (tags:language Scotland Wikipedia )
The daydream that never stops - When does living in a fantasy world become a problem?: (tags:thinking storytelling stories psychology mentalhealth )
New Mutants - reviewers are not going to risk their lives for this: (tags:movies reviews pandemic )
Coronavirus: NHS Scotland to get 12-minute Covid test kit (300 machines, 500,000 tests. Still nasal, sadly. 2% false positive, 3% false negative.): Here's the info on the test: https://www.medtechdive.com/news/lumiradx-lands-third-covid-antigen-eua-as-demand-for-rapid-tests-rises/583845/
(tags:scotland pandemic testing )
Wealth, shown to scale: (tags:wealth inequality usa ViaDrCross )
The Conan Doyle estate can fuck off: (tags:copyright SherlockHolmes emotion OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3919062.html

Jeremy Corbyn says UK military interventions have fuelled terrorism at home. The public agree (53% to 24%): (tags:polls terrorism UK Labour )
Precarity the Misery Cat (a poem about academia and job security): (tags:unions academia poetry security jobs ViaDrCross )
An Epidemic of AI Misinformation: (tags:AI fraud research )
Scientists Confirm Music Is Universal, and It Is Used in 'Strikingly Similar Ways' Across the Globe: (tags:music )
Extremism expert attacks Boris Johnson for misleading public on roots of terror risk and blames 'crazy austerity cuts': (tags:austerity crime terrorism )
A woman tries on men's trousers and gets very angry indeed: (tags:clothing gender design )
Daily Mail owner buys the i newspaper for Â£49.6m: (tags:DailyMail newspapers independent OhForFucksSake )
Wildermyth is a simple, beautiful, brilliant RPG.: (tags:gaming stories )
The Tory racism problem is as severe as Labour's: (tags:racism conservatives politics UK )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3845434.html

Gorgeous prize-winning wildlife photography: (tags:nature beauty photography )
On "Remain Alliances": (tags:politics uk europe )
"Hacked Off" investigates transphobia in the British media. Finds a _lot_: (tags:transgender lgbt bigotry media journalism uk OhForFucksSake )
The Story Universe of Magic: The Gathering Is Expanding: (tags:magic stories games tv media )
On liberalism and transphobia: (tags:transgender gender libdem liberal )
This is how the Democrats need to fight Trump: (tags:racism usa politics )
The state of ABA as treatment for autistic people: (tags:autism research abuse )
Jeremy Corbyn has 56% popularity with Labour party members: (tags:labour )
UK CO2 Emissions Are Lowest Since 1888 Due to Government Intervention: (tags:globalwarming co2 GoodNews uk regulation energy )
EU prepares multi-billion aid plan to shield Ireland from no-deal Brexit: (tags:ireland europe uk doom )
Canadian cities take wooden skyscrapers to new heights: (tags:design architecture wood canada )
A Peculiarly Dutch Summer Rite: Children Let Loose in the Night Woods: (tags:scouts children netherlands )
China: The Land That Failed to Fail: (tags:china economics politics history )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3809035.html

The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken: (tags:food usa chicken standards )
Trump UK visit: Sajid Javid is only senior cabinet member not invited to lavish state banquet for president. Can't imagine why!: (tags:racism USA UK politics )
Remain supporters aren't less likely to identify with country or local area - just that they have additional attachment to Europe: (tags:uk europe polls )
Good Omens: Neil Gaiman and creators on adapting the book: (tags:neilgaiman TV terrypratchett scifi )
Should the Lib Dems accept any defecting Change UK members who want to join?: (tags:politics UK libdem )
Lothian Buses boss: Why action is needed to tackle Edinburgh's growing congestion problems: (tags:transport edinburgh )
The strange story of Anneka Rice and the secret agent: (tags:TV business wtf )
Social transmission favours the 'morally good' over the 'merely arousing': (tags:morality stories psychology memetics )
'Lemoga': Lake District hotel offers yoga with lemurs as partners: (tags:lemurs yoga )
Nuclear: Energy bills used to subsidise submarines: (tags:nuclearpower UK viaDanielDWilliam )
Culture is the secret of humanity's success, and Reason is a massive threat (long, and utterly fascinating): (tags:society culture anthropology review )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3796543.html

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/3780077.html

Theresa May battling to save her leadership as Tory MPs demand she faces show trial: (tags: Conservatives doom )
Oral Tradition - The Oldest True Stories in the World Are Over 10,000 years old: (tags: stories history viaFanf australia )
EU withdrawal deal is 95% settled, Theresa May to tell Commons: (tags: Europe UK )
First Black Woman Legislator In Vermont Resigns, Flees To Another Town After Neo Nazis Threaten Her Family: (tags: racism usa OhForFucksSake )
SNP shuts down Israel-Palestine school resources after lobbying pressure: (tags: Jews Israel Palestine Scotland Education )
We've seen Boston Dynamics' infamous robot dog open doors, and climb stairs. But now it navigates complicated construction sites, and does detailed work inspections too: (tags: robots construction video )
Story-listening shows promise as an intervention for people living with dementia: (tags: dementia alzheimers memory stories )
Five arguments against a Peoples Vote: (tags: law politics uk europe referendum )
Premier Inn unveils no-frills hotel brand with pod-style rooms: (tags: hotel )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3734171.html

8 tips to help you become more resilient: (tags: emotion advice )
Best Breast Pumps 2018 (mostly saved for later for me): (tags: breastfeeding Technology review )
The Oral History Of The Poop Emoji: (tags: faeces emoji history )
The Racist and Sexist History of Keeping Birth Control Side Effects Secret: (tags: contraception racism sexism OhForFucksSake history usa )
Why did fans leave LiveJournal, and where will they go after Tumblr?: (tags: fandom socialmedia community )
Dark Souls speed run in 55 minutes with no glitches: By comparison it took me a few dozen hours.
(tags: games video impressive )
Publishers Haven't Realized Just How Big a Deal GDPR Is: (tags: privacy europe advertising surveillance )
GDPR Requirements in Plain English: (tags: privacy Europe law surveillance )
Star Wars turns out to still be popular, despite loud whining on the internet about ruined childhoods: (tags: StarWars )
Brexit: Nearly 20 banks have committed to Frankfurt since vote to leave EU: (tags: Germany banking europe )
Childbirth stories are the stuff of life. We should share them: (tags: childbirth birth stories )
The "Solo: A Star Wars Story" trailer actually looks pretty good: (tags: StarWars trailer )
An introduction to cat behaviour for dog owners: (tags: cats dogs behaviour )
I simply don't believe that security on the iPhone works this badly. I assume it's a hoax of some kind.: (tags: security iphone apple wtf )
Content aware scaled cats are delightfully odd: (tags: cats photoshop weird ViaDrCross )
Fear mongering about cell phones and cancer: (tags: phones cancer fraud OhForFucksSake )
The handwriting of Bowie, Cobain, Lennon and more are now downloadable typefaces: Both cool and creepy
(tags: font music viaElfy )
Gut microbes are vulnerable to wide range of drugs: (tags: microbiome drugs )
Does the “Article 50 Challenge” have any merit?: (tags: uk europe law )
Myth busting: Why didn't the Skripals die on the spot?: (tags: poison russia )
Why fat piles on when the body’s daily cycles are in disarray: (tags: fat sleep time hormones stress )
Too many toys stifles toddler creativity: (tags: toys creativity )
GTA 5 Is The Most Profitable Entertainment Title Of All Time, Over 90 Million Units Sold, $6Billion made: (tags: money media games entertainment )
Bacteria found in the small intestines of mice and humans can travel to other organs and trigger an autoimmune response: (tags: immune_system bacteria microbiome )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3676484.html

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