Entries tagged with temperature

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Interesting Links for 14-06-2025

1. Australian politicians do not mince words: (tags:australia politics video )
2. An Australian piece on why 25 degrees really is hot in the UK: (tags:temperature architecture climate uk australia video )

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Interesting Links for 09-04-2025

1. Confusion surrounds ETA visa waiver process for some dual national Brits: (tags:migration uk passport )
2. Intelligence Evolved at Least Twice in Vertebrate Animals: (tags:Intelligence crows primates evolution )
3. No elephants: Breakthroughs in image generation: (tags:ai Technology images )
4. Trump tariffs based on massive error (as well as being total nonsense): (tags:mathematics trade incompetence EpicStupidity politics usa )
5. Pakistan's 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy (current payback time for a solar panel in Pakistan is 2-3 years): (tags:pakistan solarpower GoodNews )
6. People conceived during colder months may end up with a lower body mass index and less fat around internal organs: (tags:weather temperature fat )
7. What's going on with the announcements of "bringing dire wolves back from extinction": (tags:prehistory DNA animals wolves genetics viaPatrickHadfield )
8. Bracket City - a fun new daily puzzle!: (tags:puzzle games )
9. Trade Will Move On Without the United States: (tags:trade USA )
10. Great Moments in Peaceful Protest History: (tags:protests funny satire comic )
11. Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws: (tags:gender race research libraries USA censorship )
12. China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech: (tags:china materials USA trade doom )
13. How are Trump's supporters dealing with the tariff fallout?: (tags:politics usa republicans )

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Interesting Links for 16-05-2024

1. What's it like being one of the vast hidden teams of OnlyFans chatters who pretend to be sexy women.: (tags:sexwork fraud communication )
2. The future of motorway rehabilitation - a bridge that runs along the length of the motorway so that repairs can happen underneath: (tags:design Technology video impressive )
3. 2023 temperatures were warmest we've seen for at least 2,000 years: (tags:globalwarming doom )
4. Edinburgh planning: £80 million two tower blocks in Leith approved: (tags:Edinburgh housing )
5. Body temperature and depression seem to interact with each other in interesting ways: (tags:temperature depression )
6. Sex Education - Benefits and Statistics: (tags:education sex children )
7. Raw Milk Sales Skyrocket in the USA as Idiots Believe Drinking Bird Flu Will Give Them Immunity: (tags:virus disease birds milk EpicStupidity USA )
8. A fantastic review of Chuck Tingle's trans wizard novel.: (tags:lgbt harrypotter transgender review fantasy satire )
9. 'It's destroyed us': Parents of children with long Covid accused of making it up - threatened with having their children taken away: (tags:pandemic children OhForFucksSake )

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Interesting Links for 28-02-2024

1. Beautiful Edinburgh garden many locals don't know about named most peaceful spot in UK (I'd lived here twenty years before I knew it was there): (tags:Edinburgh gardens nature )
2. If you're wondering why there's a worldwide shortage of ADHD drugs, blame the USA: (tags:USA adhd OhForFucksSake regulation manufacturing )
3. Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users' Data to Train AI Tools: (tags:ai Tumblr wordpress OhForFucksSake )
4. Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state this year, more than doubling its capacity: (tags:Texas batteries GoodNews )
5. The reason why Tory MPs won't use the word 'Islamophobia': (tags:islam UK politics )
6. Small steps forward in understanding the links between DNA damage and aging: (tags:genetics aging )
7. How the gender pay gap in the UK compares to other nations: (tags:gender wages pay UK )
8. Atmospheric rivers mapped by scientists in California: (tags:rain weather )
9. Botanical gardens can cool city air by an average of 5 °C (and other green spaces are also effective, if less so): (tags:gardens cities temperature )

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Interesting Links for 03-11-2023

1. Bigots lose Scottish court case over definition of 'woman': (tags:bigotry GoodNews scotland transgender )
2. The Information Commissioner found, two years ago, that the Scottish Government didn't use WhatsApp for discussions.: (tags:Scotland government communication )
3. Ancient roman road found in Stirling garden.: (tags:Scotland Rome archeology )
4. Peter Jackson Talks About Making The Beatles' Last Music Video: (tags:peterjackson Beatles video music )
5. Insulin less temperature-sensitive than previously thought (can cope at temperatures up to 25 degrees for 6 months): (tags:insulin diabetes temperature )
6. This Plane Wasn't Snooping On Protesters In Los Angeles, It Was Dropping Irradiated Bugs: (tags:insects radiation fertility USA airplanes )
7. Cyclists are Better People than Drivers: (tags:cycling psychology morality driving cars bicycles )
8. The TRUTH about stars!: (tags:stars space comic funny )

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Interesting Links for 13-12-2022

1. Researchers thought weight and education had shared genetic roots - turns out that educated people tended to marry thin people: (tags:education weight genetics family )
2. How many times does Hidetaka Miyazaki have to tell an interviewer that Armored Core 6 isn't a Soulsborne game?: (tags:games interview mecha )
3. Reminder that "Eskimo" is a slur.: (tags:Inuit language abuse )
4. The 10 Most Promising Breakthrough Innovations of 2022: (tags:science viaDanielDWilliam )
5. Renewables are set to triple over the next three years, and overtake coal to be the largest source worldwide: (tags:renewables GoodNews viaBenWerdmuller )
6. Probably the geekiest drinking game of all time: (tags:games alcohol geekery Windows )
7. When your nose gets cold it loses its ability to fight infections: (tags:disease cold temperature noses )
8. Disney now hiding LGBT content from kids, irrespective of age rating: (tags:LGBT children Disney )
9. Independent blockchain news site turns out to be funded by fradulent crypto company: (tags:fraud journalism blockchain )
10. The amusement park rides in The Centrifuge Brain Project deeply unsettled me: (tags:video gravity physics movie documentary )
11. It is very hard to keep a straight face while an elephant is fondling it: (tags:elephants cute video funny )
12. I'm not sure if my advice would be to never interview the Muppets live, or always interview the Muppets live.: (tags:muppets interview funny video )

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Interesting Links for 08-08-2022

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 )

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Interesting Links for 14-06-2022

1. What things tend to lead to happiness?: (tags:happiness psychology )
2. 1 in 5 US adults have Long Covid: (tags:pandemic health usa )
3. Why can't we remember being born or our first words?: (tags:language memory babies children )
4. Majority Of Northern Ireland Politicians Reject UK's Protocol Plan "In Strongest Possible Terms": (tags:UK NorthernIreland trade Europe politics )
5. Whole bunch of homophobia in the adoption system: (tags:LGBT adoption children UK OhForFucksSake gay )
6. Europe's Plan to Quit Russian Fuel Plunges Pakistan Into Darkness: (tags:Europe Russia fuel oil Doom Pakistan Ukraine war viaDanielDWilliam )
7. Healthy human brains are hotter than previously thought, exceeding 40C in the core: (tags:brain temperature )
8. Europe is prepping for a trade war with the UK that no-one wants: (tags:europe uk trade doom NorthernIreland )
9. Neil Patrick Harris Boards Doctor Who: (tags:drwho )
10. BA.4, BA.5 rise in Europe; officials sound alarm of COVID-19 surge to come: (tags:pandemic doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4080993.html

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Interesting Links for 02-09-2021

The rise of period pants: are they the answer to menstrual landfill - and women's prayers?: (tags:menstruation clothing )
Scots to need vaccine passports for large events: (tags:scotland vaccination pandemic )
Scotland had fourth hottest summer on record: (tags:Scotland temperature )
Round animals!: Anyone complaining that some of them are unhealthy will be roundly booed.
(tags:animals )
Beware of all of these dogs. Their cuteness levels are too high: (tags:dogs cute )
Google's new AI photo technology guesses what details might have been there in a very believable way!: (tags:ai photos )
Pair complete UK's longest straight-line challenge: (tags:uk walking )
White 'old boys' network holding ethnic minority surgeons back from job promotions: (tags:uk racism nhs doctors sexism )
Dogs can distinguish between deliberate acts and accidents: (tags:dogs psychology )
Five Myths About the Taliban's New Arsenal: (tags:taliban afghanistan military viaDanielDWilliam )
What happens to your brain when you give up sugar?: (tags:brain sugar dopamine addiction )
Neil Gaiman's 11 Geekiest Cameo Appearances: (tags:neilgaiman TV radio )
Mayday trailer - Metaphorical sirens as female revenge fantasy. Looks interesting, and rather gorgeously shot.: (tags:women society movies trailer )
I'd wondered why John Varley's "Irontown Blues" hadn't had great reviews. And now I know!: (tags:scifi writing OhForFucksSake publishing )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4057560.html

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Interesting Links for 05-07-2021

When "Ma'am" and "Sir" Just Don't Work (Gender Neutral and Nonbinary-Exclusive Language; A Small Guide): (tags:language gender )
This thread is a delightful little spooky short story: (tags:short_story horror Twitter )
In Thailand, blood sacrifice is out. Strawberry Fanta is in.: (tags:religion Thailand food colour )
How can Christian fundamentalists be anti-Semitic and Pro-Israel at the same time?: (tags:christianity Jews OhForFucksSake Israel )
St James Quarter floods as heavy rainfall batters Edinburgh during storm: (tags:Edinburgh weather rain shopping )
World's largest ever four day week trial in Iceland 'overwhelming success': (tags:work working_hours Iceland )
Brian Blessed's Tarzan story is delightful: (tags:movies Disney voice )
Ships! Cats! In! Tiny! Hammocks!: (tags:cats navy history photos viaSwampers )
City streets need trees: (tags:trees cities temperature )
Transmission of Covid between 2 people who used the same bathroom 40 minutes apart: (tags:toilet pandemic Doom Epidemiology )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4045640.html

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Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4002956.html

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Interesting Links for 20-02-2021

Monkeys having a diving competition: (tags:monkeys video water viaSwampers )
Why Uber lost their case, and why it's so important: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1362723609006006274.html
(tags:taxi apps work UK law )
Petition · Embra Cooncil: Pit Googly Eyes Oan The Jobby: (tags:petition funny Edinburgh hotel architecture viaSwampers )
Scientists have discovered how to break into people's dreams and leave them messages: (tags:dreams )
Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows: (tags:computers Mars space Linux Windows )
How Antidepressants Work, at Last?: (tags:antidepressants psychology brain )
If you've ever wondered what it's like supporting ancient code in a big company...: (tags:software funny OhForFucksSake )
Pfizer vaccine can cope without ultra-cold storage for two weeks longer than we thought: (tags:vaccine temperature pandemic GoodNews )
There is nothing funny about the British army, at all: (tags:military UK video funny true )
Draw an iceberg and see how it will float.: (tags:iceberg water )
Being a female tech lead at Mailchimp: (tags:Jobs technology OhForFucksSake )
UK government cites US anti-LGBT hate group in free speech proposals: (tags:LGBT abortion freespeech OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3999353.html

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Interesting Links for 11-02-2021

Locus really need better editors working on their reviews: (tags:reviews fiction )
How To Build a Snölykta - Traditional Swedish Snow Lanterns: (tags:snow Sweden video viaNeilRodger )
'Fuck Your Feelings' Doesn't Apply to White Men: (tags:politics USA gender society racism sexism )
Charisma Carpenter on Joss Whedon's abusive behaviour: (tags:acting TV buffy abuse JossWhedon )
Stage meat - food you can eat on stage and still act around: (tags:food acting viaSwampers )
I see the EU is asking the UK to honour its promises. I can't see that going down well: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1359590841619275776.html
(tags:UK Europe trade Doom NorthernIreland )
Amsterdam becomes Europe's top trading hub, ousting London: (tags:Netherlands shares finance UK Europe )
Temperature of -22.9C in Braemar 'UK's lowest in 26 years': (tags:winter Scotland temperature cold UK )
Netflix acquires the rights to all 22 Redwall books, plans film and series: (tags:TV fantasy animals children books Netflix )
Weird Pride Day is March 4th: (tags:weird pride )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3957977.html

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Interesting Links for 15-11-2020

Dominic Cummings Is Gone. But What Does His Reign Tell Us About Boris Johnson?: (tags:BorisJohnson UK politics Doom )
Do not pet, touch, talk to, talk about, or otherwise interact with service animals: (tags:pets dogs animals disability )
There's a link between traffic-related air pollution and mental disorders: (tags:mentalhealth pollution traffic )
Chili pepper consumption associated with 25% reduction in death from any cause: (tags:death food )
Remembering strengthens memories. Here's how that works: (tags:memory brain neuroscience )
Amazon declares that Northern Ireland is no longer part of the UK: (tags:Amazon NorthernIreland uk )
There's a Link Between QAnon and Polling Errors (because they don't trust pollsters enough to answer questions): (tags:conspiracy polls USA )
The Falkland Islands are landmine free for the first time in 38 years: (tags:falklands military GoodNews )
Near Donegal the trees are on the march: (tags:trees video Ireland wtf )
We could be detecting half of Covid carriers with cameras. Why aren't we?: (tags:pandemic temperature cameras )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3943550.html

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Interesting Links for 15-10-2020

Is wind power's future in deep water?: (tags:windpower Ocean )
Amazon to escape UK digital services tax that will hit smaller traders: (tags:Amazon tax wtf UK )
Why women's gymnastics is legal child abuse: (tags:abuse sports girls )
Dissolving The Fermi Paradox: (tags:aliens statistics )
How game genres are born and how that can stifle innovation: (tags:games genre design history video )
High pressure superconductors reach room temperature: (tags:physics temperature pressure )
White House informally endorses letting pandemic spread unchecked: (tags:pandemic USA Doom OhForFucksSake )
Why are more Scots supporting independence?: (tags:independence polls demographics Scotland )
China insists Genghis Khan exhibit not use words 'Genghis Khan': (tags:china censorship history )
Rosie Duffield: Second staffer quits over Labour MP's transphobic views: (tags:LGBT labour transgender bigotry )
Plan to let people get cashback from shops without buying anything: (tags:cash UK )
When a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in.: (tags:Bears government USA libertarianism )
The world's first known babies were from Orkney: (tags:fish archeology Scotland )
What would be required for the UK (or Scotland) to rejoin the EU: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1316406750321442816.html
(tags:Europe Scotland uk )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3933490.html

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Interesting Links for 25-09-2020

J.K. Rowling plugs disgusting anti-trans online store to her 14 million Twitter followers: (tags:jkrowling transgender LGBT OhForFucksSake bigotry )
The borders of Kent are more complex than you'd think.: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1309108526522994698.html
(tags:trade borders )
18% of people with COVID symptoms adhere to self-isolation, and only 11% adhere to quarantine if contacted by test and trace: (tags:pandemic doom )
Why the Supreme Court Should Have 27 Justices, Not 9: (tags:law USA viaNancyLebov )
End the Poisonous Process of Picking Supreme Court Justices: (tags:viaNancyLebov law USA )
Tempestry Project - tapestries that show how temperature changes over time: (tags:craft temperature globalwarming history visualisation )
Here's what happens when all the pubs empty at the same time, because of the curfew: (tags:alcohol pandemic London UK video )
What The French Get So Right About Taking Care Of New Mother's: (tags:vagina exercise France childbirth healthcare )
Preventing spread of coronavirus in Scottish universities (frankly they should just mandate remote learning, this is unworkable and unpleasant): (tags:university Scotland pandemic )
PEN15's Gay Teen Storyline Is Shockingly Authentic: (tags:writing TV lgbt )
Covid-hit university students: 'Why have they sent us here?': (tags:university OhForFucksSake pandemic )