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Emergency measure planned at ports to prevent food shortages because of Brexit: (tags:food trade UK Europe Doom )
US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters: (tags:protest police bias )
The Scottish postman behind 'Sea Shanty TikTok': (tags:music sea )
Eyes Wide Shut is an anti-consumerist Christmas classic: (tags:christmas StanleyKubrick movies capitalism )
Highway to the Danger Zone: Top Gun and the dangers of flirting with heterosexuality: (tags:lgbt satire planes TomCruise homosexuality heterosexuality movies review )
People are great at following the lockdown rules - except for the one that matters the most: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349459843833352192.html
(tags:pandemic Doom OhForFucksSake viaFrancescaElston )
Dire Wolves Were Not Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal: (tags:wolves genetics USA )
Takeaways in Scotland: 'I put £2,000 in every week just to stay open': (tags:takeaway food Scotland business pandemic )
Why was NYC able to roll out a vaccine 50x faster in the 40s?: (tags:history vaccine USA nyc newyork )
The reluctance of the Home Office to deny publicly that it is reconsidering the restoration of the death penalty - an example of government-media relations: (tags:government journalism UK death_penalty )
An outbreak of common colds at an Antarctic base after seventeen weeks of complete isolation: (tags:colds virus weird )
What next for Scottish Labour?: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349830451742060545.html
(tags:Scotland politics labour )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3985865.html

Archiving digital art is really really hard: (tags:art technology )
It is ok not to feel bad about feeling this way: (tags:emotion comic )
Cutting corners cost Boeing $19Bn. I wonder how much it saved them.: (tags:business safety epicfail )
What do you do if a rhino walks straight up to you while you're filming and wants a belly scratch?🦏: (tags:rhino video cute )
A thread of the Brexiter interviews from last night. Lovely people, all of them.: (tags:Europe UK society OhForFucksSake )
Not All Routines Can Become Habits: What You Need To Know: (tags:behaviour habits viaFrancescaElston )
Brexit trade talks: EU to back Spain over Gibraltar: (tags:Gibraltar UK Europe Spain )
The Crown will end after season five, with Imelda Staunton as Queen: (tags:royalty TV Queen UK )
An indigenous community in Mexico finds its voice — and its strength (they kicked out the corrupt politicians and loggers and rebuilt their lives): (tags:Mexico corruption )
A parole board sent a convicted wife-murderer to a sex worker *because* they knew he was a danger to women but wanted to make sure he got his "sexual needs" met. The guy murdered the 22-year-old sex worker.: (tags:Canada murder sexwork OhForFucksSake )
Finally, proof that procrastination is good (on Tolkien and Chaucer): (tags:Tolkien procrastination writing )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3862484.html

People are reporting collisions with Tesla's Smart Summon feature: (tags:cars automation fail )
A French Tunnel Sculpture That Took 30 Years to Complete: (tags:France sculpture history )
Margaret Beckett emerging as favourite to be caretaker prime minister: (tags:UK politics Labour Europe )
On Philip Lee, homophobia, and the Liberal Democrat party leadership not listening: (tags:LGBT libdem OhForFucksSake )
A Public Service Announcement About Bamboo Straws: (tags:advice food )
A viral fake news story linked trans health care to 'thousands' of deaths: (tags:transgender LGBT OhForFucksSake fraud )
Opposition parties pour cold water on SNP plan to bring down Boris Johnson this week: (tags:UK politics )
Vaccinations could be made compulsory for schoolchildren: (tags:school vaccination )
The Uterati Founders Disrupting the Vagina Economy: (tags:vagina health business )
China is stealing back its looted heritage: (tags:art theft history museums China )
BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? snubbed Christopher Eccleston because his family was too working class: (tags:family class history TV BBC )
Jane Eyre translated: 57 languages show how different cultures interpret Charlotte BrontÃ«'s classic novel: (tags:language translation ViaDrCross )
"What in Harry Potter did you think was magic but later found out was just British?": (tags:harrypotter UK school magic )
Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers from Seeing Job Ads: (tags:advertising discrimination Facebook jobs )
Daily Mail owner leads race to buy the i newspaper: (tags:newspapers uk )
Austrian elections: support for far-right collapses: (tags:austria politics )
We urgently need a long term plan to deal with social care in the UK. Signing this petition was the least I could do: (tags:care UK politics petition viaFrancescaElston )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3827553.html

An excellent summary of how badly the Brexit negotiations are going: (tags: uk NorthernIreland Europe doom viaFrancescaElston )
Beluga whales adopt lost narwhal in St. Lawrence River: (tags: whales )
Advocates hold birthday party for 30-year-old Boston gas leak: (tags: gas )
Dietary fiber reduces brain inflammation during aging: (tags: diet brain inflammation )
Scientists reveal drumming helps schoolchildren diagnosed with autism: (tags: music autism children drums )
Keep them guessing, keep them gaming: Uncertain rewards motivate consumers to make repeat purchases: (tags: psychology addiction )
Afghan father who sought refuge in UK shot dead by Taliban after being deported by Home Office: (tags: uk Afghanistan immigration OhForFucksSake )
The body in charge of ensuring the EU referendum was fair gave out the wrong advice and helped Vote Leave. This isn’t democracy: (tags: referendum UK Europe fraud OhForFucksSake )
BBC Question Time⁩ producer & person responsible for audience/panel selection revealed to be a member of British far right fascist organizations.: (tags: bbc racism politics tv OhForFucksSake )
Divorce law: Plans to overhaul archaic laws revealed: (tags: UK law divorce )
The UK's approach to negotiating with the EU continues to be...not good: (tags: uk europe fail )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3723532.html

The Transgender Scientist Who Changed Our Understanding of the Brain: (tags: brain lgbt research viaSwampers )
HDR Photography in Microsoft Excel?! (amazing, funny, talk. With maths): (tags: photography excel video funny Technology )
Get a grip, get a smartphone, and move into the 21st century: (tags: technology thefuture phones )
U.S. to End Policy That Let Legal Pot Flourish: (tags: usa marijuana legalisation OhForFucksSake )
'Would you be willing?': words to turn a conversation around (and those to avoid): (tags: psychology language communication viaFrancescaElston )
Aversion to holes driven by disgust, not fear: (tags: fear emotion disgust psychology )
Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain: (tags: babies brain food )
Having science students do lab work doesn't actually teach them anything: (tags: education science )
Rosamund Pike says actors won't play second fiddle to actresses: (tags: acting Hollywood movies gender )
HBO will make Game of Thrones fans wait until 2019 for final season: (tags: gameofthrones tv thefuture )
Demolition complete at St James Centre site: (tags: Edinburgh construction architecture )
Stop asking ‘what about men?’: (tags: gender society )
'Swedish death cleaning' is the new decluttering trend: (tags: death cleanliness )
New measurement confirms: The ozone is coming back: (tags: environment GoodNews )
SyFy Announces Nightflyers (based on the GRRM novella): (tags: scifi tv GeorgeRRMartin )
Vienna ‘New Year’s Baby’ Greeted First With Hate, Then Hearts: (tags: austria racism )
Mapping technique finds links between brain connections and IQ: (tags: IQ intelligence brain )
The common ancestor of all humans lived about 3,600 years ago: (tags: history humans genetics )
"My ten hour white noise video now has five copyright claims!": (tags: copyright youtube OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3649437.html

France: no coal power from 2022, no new petrol cars from 2040.: (tags: france globalwarming coal cars )
Having to explain how a political policy works makes people less extreme about it: (tags: politics psychology viaFrancescaElston )
Use of WhatsApp in NHS widespread: (tags: nhs chat communication internet security )
Why People With Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through Automatic Doors: (tags: cybernetics cyborg brain Technology fail )
Disabled MP forced to miss Commons debates because he has nowhere to sit: (tags: disability uk parliament )
Welcome to Our Startup Where Everyone is 23 Years Old Because We Believe Old People Are Visually Displeasing and Out of Ideas: (tags: age job startups funny satire )
How A Reader’s Feminist Critique Changed My Sci-Fi Novel: (tags: writing feminism criticism scifi )
Stream-ripping is fastest growing music piracy: (tags: piracy copyright music streaming )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3595227.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3323753.html

The Hobbit: The Tolkien Edit (Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy recut into a single 4-hour film)
- (tags: Tolkien thehobbit movies )
How Thomas The Tank Engine Appeared In Ant-Man
- (tags: marvel trains movies )
Middle-class children benefit from a "glass floor" protecting them from slipping down the social scale
- (tags: class success UK education jobs )
Why is EU free movement so important?
- (tags: Europe rights borders )
Here's A Colossally Bad Idea From Congress About How To Fund Science
- (tags: science usa politics )
There could be autonomous trucks on the road by the end of the year
- (tags: robots transport )
Twitter is hiding jokes due to copyright claims
- (tags: copyright jokes Twitter )
Technology Is Magic, Just Ask The Washington Post
- (tags: technology security OhForFucksSake )
Woman Assaulted By Celebrity Just Needs To Sit Tight For 40 Years Until Dozens More Women Corroborate Story
- (tags: rape RapeCulture celebrity satire )
Breakthrough technique announced of editing DNA to fight off deadly illnesses
- (tags: disease genetics )
Without the soft left, Labour is doomed to splinter
- (tags: viaFrancescaElston politics Labour )
Emails Reveal Hollywood Plan To Run Anti-Google Smear Campaign Via Today Show And WSJ
- (tags: media Google copyright fraud viaCipherGoth )
Why privilege isn't something you apologize for
- (tags: privilege )
To Weed Out Protesters at Last Night’s Event, The Satanic Temple Had Attendees Transfer Their Souls to Satan
- (tags: religion funny )
More of What Women Want From Porn
- (tags: porn women )
Brain structure reveals ability to regulate emotions
- (tags: brain emotion )
Filmmakers fighting “Happy Birthday” copyright find their “smoking gun”
- (tags: copyright birthday epicwin )
The new Israeli proposal
- (tags: Israel )
I Wish Steam’s Films Were Games
- (tags: games movies )
Sea Slaves: The Human Misery That Feeds Pets and Livestock
- (tags: slavery ocean fish food pets )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3317927.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2898968.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2892104.html

Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court To Strike Down the Defense Of Marriage Act
(tags: law usa lgbt )
Surprising Lessons from the White House campaign Trail
(tags: politics usa viaFrancescaElston )
Who owns Sherlock Holmes?
(tags: SherlockHolmes copyright )
Therapists Argue To Replace “LGBT” With More Inclusive “GSD”
(tags: lgbt )
Behold the 900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka - Popular Mechanics
Purdue University professor Mark French tweaks his ping-pong-ball cannon to let the projectiles exceed the speed of sound.
(tags: technology awesome viaSkreidle )
Indie Booksellers Sue Amazon, Big Six over E-book DRM
(tags: books drm amazon publishing )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2847781.html

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