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Interesting Links for 06-05-2021
May. 6th, 2021 12:00 pm- Why Bookshop.org is not the saviour the book world needs
- I'm not actually sure there *is* a saviour
(tags:books business ) - Facebook Oversight Board upholds ban on former President Trump
- (tags:facebook politics )
- West Midlands police are apparently both racist and incompetent
- (tags:OhForFucksSake police harassment UK incompetence )
- What adverts are the various Scottish parties running on social media?
- (tags:Scotland politics socialmedia advertising )
- EU negotiator Barnier spills Brexit secrets in new book
- (tags:politics UK Europe books )
- Trans Girls Belong on Girls' Sports Teams - There is no scientific basis for excluding them
- (tags:transgender LGBT sports )
- Are there any good films where the world starts out "okay" and the good guys are trying to make it better?
- (tags:movies utopia china )
- We are 'absolutely not' going to war with France, Jersey foreign minister says as Boris Johnson sends in navy
- (tags:france uk fish )
- What it's like when a firewatcher finds a fire
- (tags:fire storm lightning )
Tags:
- advertising,
- books,
- business,
- china,
- europe,
- facebook,
- fire,
- fish,
- france,
- harassment,
- incompetence,
- lgbt,
- lightning,
- links,
- movies,
- ohforfuckssake,
- police,
- politics,
- scotland,
- socialmedia,
- sports,
- storm,
- transgender,
- uk,
- utopia
Interesting Links for 11-09-2018
Sep. 11th, 2018 12:00 pm- Ancient farmers spared us from glaciers by profoundly changing Earth's climate
- (tags: globalwarming farming prehistory )
- "I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on"
- (tags: Holocaust history genocide fascism wwii Poland europe )
- No, the Sweden Democrats aren’t “kingmakers”. They don’t get to choose the next government. Here’s why
- (tags: SweDen politics )
- Generative Art Finds Its Prodigy
- (tags: art Technology )
- European shipping firms begin panicking about no-deal Brexit: 'Okay, it could be serious'
- (tags: UK Europe trade doom )
- Brexit: Barnier says agreement possible by early November
- (tags: uk europe doom )
- US to close Palestinian mission in Washington
- (tags: usa palestine israel )
- George Orwell: Why Socialists Don't Believe In Fun
- (tags: GeorgeOrwell fun happiness utopia )
- Doctor Who - A New Beginning - what are the plans for the new season?
- (tags: drwho )
- Some publishing advice you're not going to like
- (tags: publishing advice )
- The intensity of shame people feel when they imagine various actions accurately predicts the degree to which others devalue them if they carry them out
- (tags: shame psychology society )
- People are using cash less and less as a percentage of spending. (I'm almost exclusively Contactless nowadays)
- (tags: money Technology )
- Global demand for fossil fuels will peak in 2023, says thinktank
- (tags: co2 environment globalwarming thefuture GoodNews )
- Turns out Conservative eurosceptics can't even agree with each other about what they want
- (tags: europe Conservatives fail )
- The Spider-Man Proposal Easter Egg has a Darker Side
- (tags: spiderman relationships games )
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- advice,
- art,
- co2,
- conservatives,
- doom,
- drwho,
- environment,
- europe,
- fail,
- farming,
- fascism,
- fun,
- games,
- genocide,
- georgeorwell,
- globalwarming,
- goodnews,
- happiness,
- history,
- holocaust,
- israel,
- links,
- money,
- palestine,
- poland,
- politics,
- prehistory,
- psychology,
- publishing,
- relationships,
- shame,
- society,
- spiderman,
- sweden,
- technology,
- thefuture,
- trade,
- uk,
- usa,
- utopia,
- wwii
Interesting Links for 13-06-2017
Jun. 13th, 2017 12:00 pm- Irish girl sectioned after psychiatrist ruled out abortion
- (tags: abortion ireland OhForFucksSake )
- What real words are actually valid CSS HEX colors?
- (tags: colour language )
- Watch The Handmaid’s Tale and get back to us, DUP tells May
- (tags: satire politics scifi uk NorthernIreland )
- Sexual stereotypes can lead to unhealthy sexual relationships
- (tags: women sex stereotypes society consent music )
- "Utopia, LOL?" a short story that's worth, like, at least ten minutes of your time. Totes.
- (tags: scifi short_story utopia singularity )
- Arabic: more accessible than you think
- (tags: language islam )
Tags:
- abortion,
- colour,
- consent,
- ireland,
- islam,
- language,
- links,
- music,
- northernireland,
- ohforfuckssake,
- politics,
- satire,
- scifi,
- sex,
- short_story,
- singularity,
- society,
- stereotypes,
- uk,
- utopia,
- women
Interesting Links for 31-01-2016
Jan. 31st, 2016 12:00 pm- An interesting piece on America's class system
- A Model Is Alerting Girlfriends Of The Men Who Send Her Dick Pics
- Why democracy is important
- Electoral reform: Party leaders call for pact to achieve alternative voting system after next election
- Full colour photos of the moon have been released by China
Interesting Links for 06-05-2015
May. 6th, 2015 12:00 pm- If I were Prime Minister I'd give tax cuts to the rich, keep Trident, and get my football team wrong (hilarious)
- The Future of Civil Partnership in Scotland - have your say!
- Princess named after three people Charles hates
- Beards: Not actually covered in poop.
- Apple are, as usual, behaving like anti-competitive scum. (This time, over music)
- This is what I think of when people are against welfare systems
- There are significantly more Labour voters reading the Daily Mail than The Guardian
- Could the Greens change how money works?
- Brave New World coming to TV
- How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world
- What's going on with Black Widow?
- Amazon drops gendered categories for toys
- Politics is Show Business For Ugly People; Press & politicians both collude to keep it that way
- Facebook - still demanding "real names" from drag queens, despite promises
- XKCD perfectly captures how I'd feel about the chance to run the country
- Ten Things I Won’t Miss After The Election
- Stories from a costumed historical site worker.
- Prenda Law And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Appellate Argument
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- apple,
- avengers,
- beards,
- bicycles,
- blackwidow,
- business,
- comics,
- competition,
- dailymail,
- economics,
- elections,
- epicfail,
- facebook,
- facts,
- faeces,
- funny,
- gender,
- greenparty,
- guardian,
- history,
- jobs,
- labour,
- law,
- lgbt,
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- marriage,
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- newspapers,
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- reenactment,
- relationships,
- royalty,
- safety,
- satire,
- scifi,
- scotland,
- society,
- transport,
- tv,
- uk,
- utopia,
- viamonique,
- weapons,
- welfare
