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Government plans to reverse Cameron NHS reforms - and reduce privatisation: (tags:NHS UK )
Beat Saber, the best VR game, has sold 4 million copies: (tags:games VirtualReality )
Making steel without emissions: (tags:electricity materials )
Covid in Scotland: Vaccines exceeding expectations: (tags:vaccination Scotland GoodNews )
UK towns with more immigrants do much better economically: (tags:immigration economics UK success )
Jobs where workers have the highest risk of dying from Covid (line cook is the highest, top 5 are all manual labour): (tags:pandemic death )
Don't fall for quantum hype (a video by a researcher in the area about why it's heavily oversold): (tags:physics quantum video hyperbole )
Refusing furlough to working mothers shows gender equality is going backwards: (tags:parenting pandemic OhForFucksSake )
The Secret Bipartisan Campaign That Saved the 2020 US Election: (tags:politics USA )
Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than those with sons - but only once those girls become teenagers: (tags:children parenting teenagers girls )
Exports to the EU have plummeted by 68% since Brexit: (tags:UK Europe trade Doom )
Some Arabic and Persian accounts of the export of tin from Cornwall to Egypt and Iran in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries: (tags:history Cornwall metal trade UK Iran )
How Marvel Starts The Action Scenes From Movies Years Before Filming: (tags:CGI movies marvel )
We've known the earth was round for 2,500 years: (tags:earth history knowledge )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3996786.html

Would you like to listen to some butt music from hell? (As painted by Hieronymus Bosch): (tags:music hell painting ViaDrCross )
Small Pleasures Are Just As Important For Our Wellbeing As Long-Term Goals: (tags:happiness psychology pleasure )
The Greek government is taking refugees out to sea and then leaving them there: (tags:murder refugee OhForFucksSake greece )
Want to keep predators away from your cattle? Paint eyes on their butts: (tags:predator cows eyes )
40 Wholesome Middle-Age Success Stories: (tags:MiddleAge success life )
Belarus president: "Until you kill me, there will be no new elections": (tags:politics belarus dictators )
Scientists calculate that the top 200 meters of ocean alone contains up to 21 million metric tons of plastic. And that wasn't even counting microfibers.: (tags:plastic Ocean Doom )
Coronavirus: UK to ramp up household testing: (tags:Pandemic testing UK )
This is what coronavirus could do to our offices and homes: (tags:disease work organisation architecture design )
Looks like I fit male and female stereotypes almost entirely equally: (tags:stereotypes quiz psychology )
Highland polar bear Hamish to leave Scotland: (tags:bears scotland )
Julian Assange: condemned by his own actions: (tags:JulianAssange )
How many pieces can a puzzle have?: Of course you also get weird-shaped puzzles. I had great fun with one last time I visited my parents that had puzzle pieces carved into the shape of skulls, gargoyles, etc.
(tags:puzzles design mathematics )
The town where it snowed chocolate: (tags:chocolate Switzerland )
Why a Baker's Dozen is 13 Instead of 12: (tags:history cooking bread numbers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3915355.html

2 metres, explained with different animals around the world: (tags:pandemic animals )
Every Jurassic Park Dinosaur Illustrated With Modern Science: (tags:dinosaurs )
Scottish Independence is getting more and more popular: (tags:Scotland polls independence )
Coronavirus: 'Die-in' outside Dominic Cummings's house over COVID-19 response: (tags:pandemic protests UK )
Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality (buy over 700 games and game-related things for $5, and support Black Lives Matter): (tags:games race money )
How, during the Third American Race War, white racists overthrew the government: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1186468302400507904.html
(tags:usa history racism )
Between the Guardian, The Observer, The Telegraph, Financial Times, The Times and The Sunday Times, there have been only two reviews of a restaurant serving African or Caribbean cuisines in the last 10 years.: (tags:journalism food racism UK )
The Spectator comes out against Boris Johnson: (tags:BorisJohnson pandemic epicfail )
The US Marines ban the Confederate Battle Flag: (tags:USA marines military racism )
How Georgia rebooted its police force.: (tags:police organisation success )
No-deal Brexit will cause food shortages worse than coronavirus panic buying: (tags:food Doom UK Europe pandemic )
How Do You Know If You're Living Through the Death of an Empire?: (tags:Rome USA society organisation Doom )
Do not use the "Brave" web browser: (tags:scam web browser )
Tactics to Make Women Only Spaces Include All Women: (tags:women LGBT protests viaJaneCarnall )

Technical Debt Is Like a Tetris Game: (tags:Tetris programming design )
The messages in recent Doctor Who are *terrible": (tags:drwho writing OhForFucksSake )
Gibraltar considers joining EU's Schengen open borders area to ease damage from Brexit: (tags:Gibraltar borders europe )
"And he asked specifically for eggs" - linguistic diversity in 15th century England: (tags:language history )
When there was no electricity in India, how did British officers live in the scorching heat of India?: (tags:india temperature history uk military )
Upgrading existing railways instead of building HS2 would mean no functioning railways at the weekends for 15 years: (tags:transport railways uk )
Just amazing acrobatics: (tags:amazing video )
Clearview app lets strangers find your name, info with snap of a photo: (tags:faces recognition surveillance )
The wisdom of Martin Luther King: (tags:history racism USA quotes )
People no longer believe working hard will lead to a better life: (tags:work trust society success polls )
Jess Phillips on trans women: (tags:transgender LGBT women Labour )
One reason why trans women can sometimes look more "feminine" than most women: (tags:LGBT transgender OhForFucksSake women )
Brexit: UK to decide on Gibraltar-EU travel deal: (tags:UK Europe Gibraltar )
The Y2038 problem is already causing problems: (tags:date bug doom )
Robot tanks: On patrol but not allowed to shoot: (tags:robots military )
The amount that Poland's borders have moved around (and on occasion ceased to exist) is fascinating: (tags:Poland maps animation video )
Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of closed captions: (tags:deafness disability porn )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3858914.html

The Dazzling Designs of Alpine Lake Ice Formations: (tags:Ice water beautiful Germany )
Hard work and success - how interlinked are they?: (tags:work success )
Syd Mead, Blade Runner, Alien, Tron and futurist designer, dies at 86: (tags:design obituary movies )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3851779.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

The truth about science fiction: (tags:scifi writing funny comic )
Seeking Good Het or Poly Romantic Films: (tags:romance movies recommendation )
Republicans continue to roll back the rules put in place after the last financial crash: (tags:economics regulation republicans )
They're not all called 'haka' â€” the differences between Pacific war dances: (tags:viaLilysea pacific dance )
A threat to cut family tax benefits for Australians who did not vaccinate their children has resulted in an increase of 174,000 children being immunised over the last year.: (tags:australia money vaccination )
Mortal Engines: A baffling movie marketing case study: (tags:movies marketing design fantasy )
"Why I turned down exclusivity deal from the Epic Store": (tags:games business )
What really happened in the UK blackouts?: (tags:electricity fail analysis UK viaFanf )
Cannabis is 12,600 times stronger than it was in the 50s: (tags:marijuana propaganda drugs usa funny )
Rebel Tory MPs told they will be deselected if they vote to block no-deal Brexit: (tags:UK Europe politics Doom conservatives )
Fast and Furious 9: Full list of all 52 Edinburgh road closures for filming in September: (tags:movies Edinburgh transport )
Why the only real artistic failure is to not make something: (tags:art success )
When the Australian military lost the war against the emus: (tags:Australia war failure )
Mat Dan: 'I became an accidental celebrity 6,000 miles from home': (tags:celebrity Malaysia )
Scientists find drought-resistance gene that could help barley survive climate change: (tags:globalwarming farming genetics agriculture alcohol )
You'll be as shocked as I am to learn that all alternatives to the Irish backstop are unworkable.: (tags:NorthernIreland UK Europe ireland borders )
Ceramics enter a new era with laser-welded joints: (tags:materials ceramic )
Brexit: Boris Johnson wants to lose to rebels as excuse to purge moderate Conservatives and stage a snap election: (tags:uk europe politics Conservatives )
Drug death capital: What will it take for politicians to admit the need for decriminalisation?: (tags:uk drugs OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3819913.html

Lothian Buses staff vote for strike action in Edinburgh: (tags:buses transport edinburgh unions )
How Oxford university shaped Brexit â€” and Britain's next prime minister: (tags:Oxford university politics UK epicfail )
Why brilliant people lose their touch (reversion to the mean after a lucky streak): (tags:luck success sports investment gambling )
Do EU rules stop Britain re-nationalising its railways? It depends what you mean by 'nationalise': (tags:uk europe transport trains regulation )
Alas, I am unlikely to grow horns: (tags:research bone phones )
I'm adding this to the list of things Sophia is not allowed to do in the house: (tags:chemistry awesome video )
Swedish Couple Builds Greenhouse Around Home: (tags:glass housing design food plants )
Ends of the Urth - Neil Gaiman considers the most remarkable science fiction work of the past fifty years: (tags:scifi neilgaiman )
Giant Squid, Phantom of the Deep, Reappears on Video: (tags:squid video )
Mystery as pagan altar and symbol unearthed in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park: (tags:Edinburgh paganism weird )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3801270.html

How the UK allocates EU election seats: (tags:uk europe voting video )
The sign language translation of Iceland's Eurovision entry is great fun: (tags:sign video music eurovision )
The Vader/Kenobi duel, reimagined: (tags:StarWars fanfic video )
If you're so smart, why aren't you rich? Turns out it's just chance: (tags:inequality luck success )
Old People Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Young: (tags:age inequality politics )
In the hairdressers nobody can tell if your baby is a dog: (tags:dogs babies funny )
He voted for Trump. Now he and his wife raise their son from opposite sides of the border: It's leopards all the way down
(tags:immigration usa marriage OhForFucksSake karma )
Which of the Eurovision entries are British people actually listening to?: (tags:music eurovision )
A collection of peer reviewed research on transgender issues: (tags:lgbt transgender research )
The most terrible behaviour people have witnessed at an academic conference (note the gender divide): (tags:abuse conference academia )
What Actually Happens When a Country Bans Abortion: (tags:abortion history Romania )
Reference and shot comparison for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: (tags:animation video spiderman marvel )
Letting go to give yourself space to let the pictures grow: (tags:autism comic )
'They Were Conned': How Reckless Loans Devastated a Generation of Taxi Drivers: (tags:OhForFucksSake loans taxi newyork usa )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3791602.html

Jewish Labour members accuse party leaders of trying to censor conference antisemitism training: (tags: Jews labour )
What do Nazis look like?: (tags: nazis usa history Germany )
Second-hand smoke scientist points out terrible reporting of his findings: (tags: science research journalism fail )
"The University of Liverpool also told Dr Kay Inckle that it might be considered “reasonable” for her to go down stairs on her bottom in some circumstances rather than be timetabled into ground floor or fully accessible rooms.": (tags: disability academia uk OhForFucksSake )
New Evidence Contradicts Theory That Easter Island Society Collapsed: (tags: EasterIsland )
One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks to Microsoft Excel: (tags: excel genetics fail )
What the world can learn about equality from the Nordics: (tags: inequality success economics society Norway Sweden Denmark Finland scandinavia )
This is how an otter tells you it wants to be stroked.: (tags: otters cute video )
Day to Night to Day (long exposure timelapse photography is one of my favourite things): (tags: timelapse viaSwampers video )
This is definitely the worst team building exercise ever: (tags: work awful wtf teams )
A list of companies moving jobs out of the UK because of Brexit: (tags: uk Europe jobs doom )
Prison: A thought experiment: (tags: prison )
A fascinating introduction to different kinds of black hair (and some history): (tags: hair race )
The Scientists Who Starved to Death Surrounded By Food: (tags: Russia food wwii research )
Contrary to popular psychological theory, believers in free will were no more generous or honest: (tags: FreeWill psychology )
Vietnam going solar after nuclear power plants shelved: (tags: solarpower vietnam )
The world's first floating farm making waves in Rotterdam: (tags: netherlands farming ocean )
Boris Johnson's Facebook page hosts hundreds of Islamophobic comments after burqa row: (tags: islam Conservatives racism facebook )
US co-pay costs for drugs can be massively higher than just buying them direct.: (tags: medication usa healthcare insurance OhForFucksSake )
I am seriously starting to think that Trump has dementia: (tags: usa politics wtf )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3716848.html

Astronomers can now get sharper images from the ground than the Hubble can from space: (tags: astronomy space technology )
European Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine: (tags: Google Europe fines )
EU signs its biggest free trade deal with Japan: (tags: europe japan trade )
Critical realism in 100 words: (tags: reality philosophy )
UK facing longest fall in living standards for over 60 years (this is *before* a hard Brexit is taken into account): (tags: UK economy epicfail )
The 10 Phases of a 10 Minute Shower With a Baby at Home: (tags: cleanliness babies funny true viaJane )
‘Meghalayan Age’ announced as official new chapter in Earth’s history (starting 4,200 years ago): (tags: prehistory geology )
Hackers account for 90% of login attempts at online retailers - successful 3% of the time: (tags: hacking passwords security )
Edinburgh's Leith Street to reopen after almost a year: (tags: Edinburgh roads transport )
The end of all things is upon us: (tags: UK Europe doom )
Michael Scheuer, the former senior CIA official and NYT bestselling author of Imperial Hubris, is calling for Trump supporters to kill Trump opponents: (tags: WTF civilwar usa )
Homophobic University chaplain removed after holding service to atone for Gay Pride event: (tags: homophobia religion catholicism glasgow Scotland uk )
Timeline of the far future: (tags: thefuture )
As I assumed, the Chequers agreement is totally unacceptable to the EU: (tags: UK Europe doom fail )
Labour don't have the numbers to keep the UK in the EU: (tags: UK Europe labour )
Zuckerberg defends Facebook users' right to deny the Holocaust: (tags: Facebook freespeech lies Holocaust )
Israeli defense firm demos kamikaze drone bomb that can be called off: (tags: drone weaponry military )
Do not debate holocaust deniers. If possible, shut them down: (tags: Holocaust bigotry fraud history )
Labour politician refuses to quit despite calling women ‘b***h’, ‘cow’ and ‘c***’ in misogynistic hate campaign online: (tags: Labour misogyny Manchester )
Non-religious countries experience greater economic growth, study finds: (tags: religion success economy )
Spain to introduce ‘yes means yes’ sexual consent law: (tags: law rape Spain consent )
The women choosing to love their natural grey hair: (tags: women hair age )
Chief whip Julian Smith told MPs to defy pairing deals: (tags: politics conservatives OhForFucksSake uk )
Some notes on She-Ra from the guy who co-created her: (tags: writing women children animation )
"I was right to confront Jeremy Corbyn over Labour’s antisemitism": (tags: labour Jews bigotry )
Israel passes law enabling apartheid: (tags: israel bigotry racism )
Morrisons 'quiet hour' for autistic shopping introduced: (tags: shopping autism noise uk )
How democratic are the reformed electoral systems used in Britain’s devolved governments and English mayoral elections?: (tags: voting uk )
Looking at Test Driven Developmen: An Academic Survey: (tags: research testing development software )
Visualizing street orientations on an interactive map: (tags: design roads cities )
After a 400-Year Absence, A Rare Ibis Returns to European Skies: (tags: birds Europe GoodNews )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3706137.html

‘Like’ is an infix now, which is un-like-believably innovative: (tags: language )
YouTube videos without ads are coming to the UK. For only £12 per month. (I think not): (tags: YouTube advertising business )
Two (satirical) sequels to GATTACA: (tags: genetics education success funny satire movies )
Grandma’s trauma – a critical appraisal of the evidence for transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in humans: (tags: epigenetics genetics )
Why being left-handed matters for mental health treatment: (tags: brain )
War on cannabis ‘comprehensively and irreversibly lost’, William Hague says: (tags: Conservatives marijuana uk law )
The Perverse Incentives Helping Incels Thrive at Tech Companies: (tags: misogyny Technology )
Speech by Michel Barnier about European Arrest Warrants, police cooperation, and Brexit: (tags: uk europe law crime police )
Canada's House of Commons votes to legalise recreational cannabis: (tags: marijuana legalisation canada )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3695956.html

Games no longer where actors careers go to die: (tags: acting games )
Take Your Tupperware To The Supermarket: Morrisons Unveils Plan Cut Plastic Waste: (tags: food recycling plastic environment )
White Male Workers Respond Poorly To Women And Racial Minorities In Power: (tags: business racism sexism )
How far can you travel in an hour in different European capitals: (tags: cities driving transport visualisation )
Parents may help prep kids for healthier, less violent relationships: (tags: relationships parenting )
Curious children do better in school: (tags: children school success )
A History of What We Do in the Dark: (tags: history darkness )
How a typo helped end World War Two...: (tags: wwii history mistakes )
Cancer researchers need phones to process data: (tags: data cancer phones )
Brexit Breach: Labour Data Was Shared With Leave EU And Cambridge Analytica: (tags: labour data europe )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3683068.html

If you work at a university, here's why you should join the strike: (tags: UK university strike pensions )
Cognitive decline sets in at 45. (Ban old people from voting!): (tags: age Intelligence )
Please, please stop saying that "Autistic people lack empathy": (tags: autism empathy OhForFucksSake )
For 1300 years Europeans thought that Queen Bees were Kings. Here's how that changed: (tags: science gender bees history society patriarchy )
‘Black Panther': choose your weapons.: (tags: weapons marvel movies )
If you look at the economics, it's completely reasonable for university lecturers to strike over pension changes: (tags: pensions regulation academia uk strike )
Genetic contribution to neuroticism associated with affluence, health, longevity: (tags: genetics emotion psychology success health money )
A 19th-century painting of Narnia - or as close as we can get: (tags: narnia CSLewis art history oxford uk )
i agree with Nigel Farage: (tags: politics borders nationalism )
Starlings Obscure Sky Over Rome in Dystopic Viral Photo: (tags: birds Rome italy )
What is the evolutionary purpose of having periods?: (tags: menstruation evolution humans )
How poverty changes your mind-set: (tags: poverty psychology )
What is happening in the Arctic is now beyond words, so here are the pictures: (tags: globalwarming OhForFucksSake arctic ice )
How Gun Laws Could Change Even If Republicans Don’t Embrace Restrictions: (tags: usa guns )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3663465.html

UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful: (tags: surveillance GoodNews )
What does Hollywood's reverence for child rapist Roman Polanski tell us?: (tags: children Child_abuse rape movies RomanPolanski hollywood )
What's behind rich people pretending to be self-made?: (tags: psychology work money success )
Woebot is a therapy chatbot and app for depression and anxiety: (tags: automation counselling psychology mentalhealth )
Reporter covering school shooting learns suspect is her son: (tags: guns school reporting children )
A techie’s rough guide to GDPR: (tags: privacy technology Europe law viaFanf )
Autism, Labour and Birth: Beautifully written, and I really feel for her.
(tags: autism birth healthcare pain )
The ‘Black Panther’ premiere just put every other red carpet in Hollywood to shame: (tags: viaFJM clothing movies Hollywood marvel )
Bacteria in milk and beef linked to rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's: (tags: disease immune_system )
Fujifilm to cut jobs as demand for photocopiers drops: (tags: technology paper )
Thousands of cash machines may be closed: (tags: cash technology UK money )
The Jaffer-Humphreys Test: A Bechdel for the Museum World: (tags: women museums art history )
Toronto cops eat cannabis on duty, freak out, call in reinforcements, climb tree: (tags: police marijuana fail canada )
Number of social housing properties in England drops 11% in one year: (tags: housing inequality UK OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3656265.html

Heads-up, ceos: Corporate social responsibility may get you fired: (tags: society work success )
The Absurdly Underestimated Dangers of CSV Injection: (tags: security data google microsoft )
Frankie Muniz doesn't remember starring on 'Malcolm in the Middle': (tags: tv memory brain )
When did it become unacceptable for celebrities to rape people? and is political correctness to blame?: (tags: rape society celebrity )
The whole web at maximum FPS: How WebRender gets rid of jank: (tags: Firefox graphics computers browser )
The Rock Test: A Hack for Men Who Don’t Want To Be Accused of Sexual Harassment: (tags: assault harassment advice men satire )
The Lush Billion-Tree Spectacle of China's Great Green Wall: (tags: China desert trees )
MPs shocked to discover how many jobs work: (tags: work uk )
A list of myths about the European Union: (tags: Europe myths )
US Drug ads gloss over risks with a mind trick—that’s backed by the FDA: (tags: drugs safety usa advertising )
Viking Age script deciphered – is ancient Arabic, and mentions ‘Allah’ and ‘Ali’: (tags: islam viking history )
Huge effect of ethnicity on life chances revealed in official UK figures: (tags: uk ethnicity society work success )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3624276.html

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