Entries tagged with swearing

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Interesting Links for 14-02-2025

1. Why the UK's Public Finances are in Even Worse Shape than You Think (A different measure of the economy that shows how bad things have gotten over the last few decades): (tags:UK economics video doom )
2. What language do the British people find offensive?: (tags:language offensive UK swearing viaPatrickHadfield )
3. Statement on Ukraine by Germany, France, Poland, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the European External Action Service and the European Commission: (tags:Ukraine Europe uk )
4. US Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong.: (tags:USA economics statistics poverty )
5. The one true test of whether something is a sandwich: (tags:ontology food )
6. A 'True Crime' Documentary Series Has Millions of Views. The Murders Are All AI-Generated: (tags:crime fraud ai lies viaPatrickHadfield )
7. German Navy Says Warships Were Sabotaged, Warns of Russian Threat: (tags:germany navy russia sabotage ships )

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Interesting Links for 01-09-2023

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Interesting Links for 03-06-2022

1. Wouldn't everyone's life be better if they could hear the theme music?: (tags:music movies StarWars funny )
2. Searching 32 million academic papers for obscene acronyms hidden in the titles: (tags:swearing research academia funny )
3. We've Known How To Prevent A School Shooting for More Than 20 Years: (tags:viaPatrickHadfield schools guns murder psychology USA )
4. Celebrity culture is the modern morality play: (tags:morality society celebrity )
5. If you're wondering how Britain is doing, the #12 single right now is "Prince Andrew is a Sweaty Nonce": (tags:monarchy UK music funny )
6. I do not understand why anyone would rely on Google for a chat application: (tags:Google communication epicfail )
7. MBE for Travelling Tabby - very well deserved!: (tags:Pandemic awards )
8. The UK government is having the most ludicrously biased consultation I've ever seen (on Imperial units): (tags:consultation UK government measurement OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4137516.html

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Interesting Links for 22-09-2021

"Why I Can't Write Competence Porn": (tags:competency scifi writing )
We are living through a Russia-controlled fossil fuel shock. Net zero is the solution - not the problem: (tags:electricity energy russia uk europe renewables )
r/BritishFoodShortages - cataloguing the sunlit uplands of our glorious future: (tags:Doom food shopping UK trade )
Kat Dennings Tells Us How Neil Gaiman Honest-To-God Told Her To 'Be Yourself' While Playing Death In 'The Sandman': (tags:neilgaiman sandman acting audio )
Edinburgh's Christmas to be spread across more of the city: (tags:Edinburgh Christmas )
Government Strikes Deal To Reopen Key Plants Amid CO2 Shortage Crisis: (tags:co2 UK )
Britons getting less tolerant of racist and transphobic language on TV, Ofcom finds: (tags:language racism transgender LGBT UK swearing )
Online dating site OkCupid Features "Pro-Choice" Badge: (tags:abortion relationships internet )
Biden pours cold water on prospect of early US/UK trade deal - reiterates that the UK shouldn't force a closed border in Ireland: (tags:uk ireland NorthernIreland usa trade europe )
Are President Biden's comments on 'the Irish Accords' a life line for the Human Rights Act?: (tags:Europe UK law humanrights rights NorthernIreland )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4036367.html

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Interesting Links for 10-12-2020

Lost Muppet Christmas Carol song rediscovered: (tags:muppets movies Disney Christmas )
Covid in Scotland: Lockdown nearly eliminated it, but the second wave was reignited by summer holidays: (tags:pandemic Scotland holidays OhForFucksSake )
"A damn stupid thing to do"—the origins of the C programming language: (tags:programming history computers )
Looks like one in every few thousand people is allergic to the Covid vaccine: (tags:pandemic vaccine allergies )
Tyrannosaurs probably sounded like geese: (tags:birds dinosaurs sound )
Five reasons why the "Nordic Model" is a terrible approach to sex worker legislation: (tags:sexwork law )
Top 10 student and graduate design projects of 2020: (tags:design architecture )
I don't usually talk about new battery technology, but this one looks like it might actually happen: (tags:batteries technology )
British public now supports proportional representation 42% - 33%: (tags:voting reform polls )
Nicolas Cage To Host 'History Of Swear Words' At Netflix: (tags:niccage swearing Netflix )
Some more info on the Pfizer vaccine and its safety and efficacy: (tags:vaccine safety )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3963350.html

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Interesting Links for 27-11-2020

First 'clear evidence' of hallucinogens at cave art site found: (tags:archeology hallucinogenics prehistory USA )
Grouse shooting estates to be licenced: (tags:Scotland land regulation birds )
British coal plants fired up to meet temporary electricity shortfall: (tags:electricity coal UK )
MPs demand Amazon explain why Alexa offers messages from antisemitic websites and conspiracy theories: (tags:bigotry Jews Amazon OhForFucksSake )
Fun and games with camera tricks: (tags:illusion video )
Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging: (tags:names swearing Austria )
Claims the UK has 'maxed out' its credit card are bad economics: (tags:economics UK )
Channel 4 to focus on online audiences in shift away from TV: (tags:TV channel4 internet UK )
Leaf-cutter ants are coated in rocky crystal armor, never before seen in insects: (tags:armour ants materials )
Have a lovely Christmas story: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1332095349176086536.html
(tags:Christmas shopping food viaPatrickHadfield )
Separating deposit-taking from investment banking: new evidence on an old question: (tags:Banking investment banks )
Robots on the rise as Americans experience record job losses amid pandemic: (tags:robots automation jobs pandemic )
Government secretly deployed British troops to defend Saudi Arabian oil fields: (tags:uk military saudiarabia )
Oslo got pedestrian and cyclist deaths down to zero. Here's how: (tags:transport cities design cars safety death norway )
UK Household wealth tripled in the last twenty years. Where did all that wealth come from?: Simple overview at https://twitter.com/ianmulheirn/status/1332266121366560768
(tags:UK wealth economics tax )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3912262.html

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Interesting Links for 11-08-2020

Every British swear word has been officially ranked in order of offensiveness: (tags:swearing language offensive )
'Godzilla' was a metaphor for Hiroshima, and Hollywood whitewashed it (by cutting twenty minutes from the original film): (tags:Godzilla movies nuclearweapons history censorship )
Why Wikipedia Decided to Stop Calling Fox a 'Reliable' Source: Spoilers: because they aren't
(tags:Wikipedia FoxNews )
Scientists discover the perfect way to make tea! It is, of course, in the microwave: (tags:tea microwave china )
Are *you* the unnecessary pedant?: (tags:language comic funny )
If you could see your brain's world-modelling system it would be incredibly embarrassing: I have to fight mine all the time
(tags:thinking conspiracy models funny comic )
Doctor Who fans "healed something" in me, says Christopher Eccleston: (tags:christophereccleston drwho fandom )
Imperial! Marching! Ducks!: (tags:ducks StarWars video )
Which glowing legendary cat are you? (A personality quiz generated by an AI. Made me giggle a lot): (tags:quiz cats ai ViaDrCross )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3880527.html

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Interesting Links for 07-01-2020

London bus drivers could strike - so exhausted that they're falling asleep at the wheel: (tags:safety transport buses london work )
What humans gave up for the ability to talk: (tags:memory chimpanzees video brain humans )
Brewery boss shuts down brand new pub after hearing customer swearing: (tags:swearing pubs UK OhForFucksSake )
So you want devolution: How exactly are you going to do it?: (tags:devolution politics uk )
Reynhard Sinaga: UK's worst serial rapist handed multiple life sentences for campaign against men: (tags:rape men uk )
City region-wide Glasgow Metro tram network plan moves forward: (tags:trams Glasgow viaDanielDWilliam )
Mary Oliver: Wild Geese (a poem I rather liked): (tags:poetry )
Animals sniffing flowers: (tags:animals cute )
Delightful Photos of Acrobatic Harvest Mice Balancing on Plant Stems: (tags:cute mice ViaDrCross )
The UK budget being postponed is making life a lot harder for the Scottish budget: (tags:budget economy Scotland UK )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3839503.html

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Interesting Links for 08-11-2019

Jeremy Corbyn 'will keep free movement of people' in Brexit U-turn: (tags:Labour immigration GoodNews )
Bond Film Anagrams. Very nicely done: (tags:JamesBond language funny )
Microsoft's Project Silica offers robust thousand-year storage: (tags:glass storage )
When you have already lied to a judge, for god's sake stop digging!: (tags:lying law USA OhForFucksSake )
Neil Gaiman confirms that work is already underway on Sandman season 2: (tags:sandman tv neilgaiman )
On historical women's fashion, patriarchy, and ease of movement: (tags:women history clothing )
Whom the fuck?: (tags:language swearing )
Welcome to Britain (WWII Orientation Film for US servicemen arriving in the UK): (tags:USA UK history video wwii )
Italy Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre under guard amid death threats: (tags:Holocaust Jews Italy OhForFucksSake )
Man has chip implanted in his brain to help tackle opioid addiction: (tags:cyborg addiction )
Penis-and-scrotum transplant patient reports near-normal erections, orgasms: (tags:penis organdonor )
MRP models and tactical voting: (tags:statistics data voting advice polls )
Massive Facebook document leak gives ammunition to investigators: (tags:facebook )
It keeps going: 1 meter sea-level rise by 2300 is now inevitable: (tags:globalwarming ocean )
A New Floating Solar Farm Shows That Renewables Can Be Easy: (tags:solarpower viaDanielDWilliam water )
Why are India's Twitter users moving to Mastodon?: (tags:twitter india decentralisation socialnetworking censorship )
'Ice eggs' cover Finland beach in rare weather event: (tags:ice eggs finland weird weather )
My friend Kenny takes gorgeous photos, including some great cosplay and concert pics: (tags:photography cosplay music )
When he supported the Norway option: The Brexit policy Farage would rather forget: (tags:UK Europe Norway )
The tech of PIXAR: Piper (modelling millions of grains of sand): (tags:pixar sand cgi animation )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3792599.html

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Interesting Links for 23-05-2019

Natalie Portman criticises creepy Moby over disturbing account of friendship: (tags:Natalie_Portman relationships ewwwwwwwww )
That Time Jonathan Safran Foer Left His Wife for Natalie Portman Without Checking First: (tags:Natalie_Portman ewwwwwwwww relationships )
Female BBC manager offered Â£12,000 less than man in same role: (tags:pay inequality gender )
US holiday: British man banned for life over text to girlfriend: (tags:usa uk immigration OhForFucksSake relationships )
"Conservative Home" tells people not to vote Conservative in the EU elections: (tags:europe Conservatives doom )
"I never met my daughter's dad - she was his dying wish": (tags:parents death viaJane )
Oculus Quest review: 2019's best new gaming system is wireless, affordable VR: (tags:VirtualReality review )
Belgian loot box decision takes down some of Nintendo's mobile games: (tags:gambling games nintendo Belgium )
A Glaswegian feminist, on "the C word": (tags:language swearing Glasgow scotland )
Nigel Farage held hostage on Brexit party bus surrounded by milkshake-holding protesters: (tags:fascism protest politics uk )
"I rely on plastic straws and baby wipes. I'm disabled - I have no choice": (tags:disability environment )
The attempts to prise Theresa May out of Downing Street would be hilarious if they weren't real: (tags:politics Conservatives OhForFucksSake )
What's coming up for Android in 2019?: (tags:android phones )
Washington state lawmakers just approved human corpse composting: (tags:death nature )
I Want To Vote Tactically. Who Do I Pick?: (tags:voting advice europe uk )
The wait is over - we've found the winner of Game of Thrones!: (tags:gameofthrones funny )
Mario Kart on your phone: Great except for the microtransactions.: (tags:games nintendo micropayments )
Study Pinpoints Source of Banned Gas That Saps Ozone Layer: Eastern China: (tags:China pollution environment )
Police: Teen killed herself with gunshot through her mouth while hands cuffed behind back: (tags:police murder OhForFucksSake )
New Eiffel Tower Park Plan: More Trees, Fewer Cars: (tags:Paris cities )
The formation of the moon brought water to Earth: (tags:moon earth water )
This prime minister was destroyed by Brexit. And the next one will be too.: (tags:politics uk europe )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3630472.html

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Interesting Links for 01-09-2017

Florida power company exchanging nuclear plans for solar plans, cutting rates: (tags: usa solarpower nuclearpower )
Hot New ‘Anonymous’ Chat App Sarahah Hijacks Millions of Contact Data: (tags: privacy identity data )
Experimentally Reducing Racist Harassment (Being told off by high-status white males makes racists stop): (tags: racism twitter psychology )
How Programming Languages Differ Between Wealthy and Developing Countries: (tags: demographics programming language viaSwampers money )
How vanishing debt costs helped the UK forget about a never-ending deficit: a) We should be investing _heavily_ in better infrastructure right now. Heck, we should have been for a few years, considering how cheaply we can borrow. b) Look at how worried people are about the stock market lining up for a crash. I wonder if a big-enough one could cause us to abort Brexit.
(tags: uk economics viaSwampers )
Lenovo’s first augmented reality glasses are a Star Wars exclusive: (tags: StarWars augmentedreality )
Possibly the oddest spam I've ever had: (tags: illuminati spam weird )
50% of men and 40% of women are unable to identify the vagina on a diagram: I'd like to see the diagram myself, to be honest.
(tags: vagina Education health OhForFucksSake )
The problem with how men perceive rape (and consent in general): (tags: consent rape sex society patriarchy viaJane )
Tory peer says Brexit is good because young people will be able to work longer hours: (tags: UK europe working_hours OhForFucksSake Conservatives )
The story of the Jewish codebreakers who helped win WWII: (tags: wwii encryption history Jews )
How should white people feel about privilege: (tags: privilege race society viaTheFerrett )
Tanzania becomes the latest country to use drones for medical deliveries: (tags: drone healthcare )
Here's the first recorded instance of the F-word in English: (tags: language history swearing )
Learned kinkiness - or how they trained rats to love lingerie: (tags: rats clothing sex psychology )
You can be your own therapist - if you’re up to the job: (tags: psychology mentalhealth )
The new 7,541-piece Lego Millennium Falcon is the biggest and most expensive set ever: (tags: lego StarWars )
Scottish tidal power station breaks world record for electricity generation: (tags: water power scotland )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3571100.html

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Interesting Links for 22-04-2017

Borussia Dortmund bombs: Rogue capitalist to blame: Now, I'm not saying all capitalists are to blame, but why have the leaders of the capitalist community not condemned this action by one of their members?
(tags: capitalism finance murder germany )
Britain set for first coal-free day since the industrial revolution: (tags: coal electricity pollution )
Nearly half of US liberals under 30 are religiously unaffiliated: (tags: religion usa )
A British pub chain has just banned swearing: (tags: swearing UK alcohol viaSwampers )
"I Think I Should Get More Credit for Killing Hitler": (tags: hitler timetravel funny viaSwampers )
Fansubs for TV shows and movies are illegal, court rules: (tags: hearing copyright subtitles )
What Makes N++ Different To Other Platformers?: (tags: games physics )
China tells USA and North Korea to quit it: (tags: usa china NorthKorea )
Can Anybody Find Any Significant Difference Between May's Policies and the British National Party Manifesto of 2005?: (tags: politics Conservatives uk )
What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?: (tags: banks security OhForFucksSake )
The most patriotic of all email services: (tags: email RonaldReagan EpicWTF )
UK incomes: how does your salary compare?: (tags: money demographics uk )
The Loch Ness Monster of Mollusks: (tags: history animals ocean )
Trump bumps Britain down the queue after Merkel lobbies for EU trade deal first: (tags: trade uk Europe usa )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3556333.html

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Interesting Links for 28-02-2017

Movie review: The Great Wall (Amusingly summarised): (tags: movies china )
Dusseldorf's carnival floats show some intense feelings about Trump (and other far-right leaders): (tags: politics art satire germany viaElfy )
The most upvoted story on AO3 is not what you'd expect: (tags: funny marvel fanfic nsfw )
The red carpet isn't actually red, and other secrets underfoot at the Oscars: (tags: oscars viaSwampers design )
How true are most "Based on a true story" movies?: (tags: movies truth viaSwampers visualisation )
Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Friendly Makeover: (tags: swearing fiction Education scifi )
Reykjavik time-lapse captures overnight snowfall: (tags: snow video timelapse )
Whatever happened to the Greek Gods?: (tags: myths greece story short_story )
Study reveals ways powerful 'master gene' regulates physical differences between sexes: (tags: sex genetics )
Who Needs GPS? The Forgotten Story of Etak's Amazing 1985 Car Navigation System: (tags: Technology history cars )
Labour peers join Tories to vote down move to keep UK in the Single Market: (tags: houseoflords labour politics europe )