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Interesting Links for 10-03-2020

Microsoft: 99.9% of compromised accounts did not use multi-factor authentication: (tags:security )
Why Britain Uses Separate Hot and Cold Taps: (tags:video water heat uk history )
Russia, the Middle East and the USA are having an oil war: (tags:oil USA middle_east Russia viaDanielDWilliam )
"I never realised everybody felt as happy as I do when I am around autistic people" - a thematic analysis of autistic adults relationships with autistic and neurotypical friends and family: (tags:autism video )
Computer generated JFK gives the 'Darth Plagueis the wise' speech: (tags:speech accents USA video StarWars ai viaJohnBobShaun jfk )
Sometimes Toes Spontaneously Fall Off and Nobody Knows Why: (tags:viajoexnz feet wtf )
Lead Poisoning in Rome - The Skeletal Evidence: (tags:rome lead history archeology )
The situation in Northern Italian hospitals is horrifying: (tags:Italy disease doom )
Putin submits plans for constitutional ban on same-sex marriage: (tags:LGBT Russia OhForFucksSake )
Russian Lawmakers Back Extension of Putin's Presidency: (tags:Russia OhForFucksSake )

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Interesting Links for 13-02-2020

How the Danish electoral system makes it one of the most representative in the world: (tags:denmark elections voting )
When Rage Against The Machine announced they were playing a bookshop: (tags:funny music books shops )
Squabbling mice win photography award: (tags:mice photos nature )
Many stories are told of a legendary trickster, a prankster, a fellow of infinite jest. But what do we really know of this "Bon Jovi"?: (tags:funny music myths viaJohnBobShaun )
Why are all the great philosophers so bad?: (tags:philosophy )
The Myth of the Barter Economy: (tags:economics history )
British man sleeping on streets in Europe after being blocked from entering UK: (tags:UK citizenship OhForFucksSake )
Irish reunification - what does the law say?: (tags:Ireland NorthernIreland UK law viaDanielDWilliam )
How McKinsey Destroyed the Middle Class: (tags:management business inequality )
Jordan Peterson, Addiction, and the Cult of Personal Responsibility: (tags:addiction wtf )
Google's Android Keyboard "GBoard" - 13 handy shortcuts: (tags:keyboard android google )
People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia: (tags:blindness schizophrenia viaSwampers )
Coronavirus (COVID-19): latest information and advice: (tags:disease virus UK China )

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Interesting Links for 14-04-2019

Creepy Facebook patent uses image recognition to scan your personal photos for brands and advertise them at you: (tags:advertising photos facebook surveillance )
Perfect social engineering hacking example.: (tags:security passwords OhForFucksSake )
A Gay Man Was Sentenced to Die Because Jurors Thought He'd Enjoy Men's Prison Too Much.: (tags:lgbt usa death capitalpunishment OhForFucksSake homosexuality )
Is ABA Really "Dog Training for Children"? A Professional Dog Trainer Weighs In.: (tags:psychology autism training children dogs OhForFucksSake )
It's always a delight to find someone with a completely ridiculous Star Wars theory.: (tags:StarWars viaJohnBobShaun wtf )
Amazon's ??1bn Lord of the Rings series set to be filmed at new Scots studio in Leith!: (tags:Scotland lotr amazon )
Plastic toys: Is it time we cut back?: (tags:plastic toys recycling waste environment )

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Interesting Links for 06-03-2018

"Why I want to be adopted at the age of 27": (tags: adoption parenting law scotland )
Cognitive benefits of bilingualism overstated: (tags: language brain )
This satire version of Gwyneth Paltrow's health website reads like the real thing to me: (tags: health fraud satire funny viaJohnBobShaun )
A perfect economic storm made Italy ripe for a protest vote (and the Euro is partially to blame): (tags: euro Italy politics inequality economics )
Re-enter Sandman: Neil Gaiman's comics return with new writers: I loved the Lucifer series we got ages back. Hopefully some of these will also be good.
(tags: sandman neilgaiman comics )
On the sexualisation of the sirens: (tags: greece mythology translation language society sexuality writing patriarchy )
How to persuade a robot that you should get the job: (tags: cv jobs ai Technology )
How generics were added to .NET: (tags: programming design )
Australia could become first country to (nearly) eradicate cervical cancer: (tags: cancer women australia GoodNews )
Fruits and Vegetables Have Become Less Nutritious: (tags: fruit vegetables farming )
The Top Ten: Anachronistic skeuomorphs: (tags: design history )
MPs take 13 minutes to double Royal family income and approve £360m Buckingham Palace refurbishment: (tags: royalty UK money snp )
Women only multi-task because no other bugger does anything: (tags: women multitasking satire funny )
Toddler Feelings Helpline: (tags: babies funny viaSwampers )
Embiggen is now officially a cromulent word: (tags: language simpsons )

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Interesting Links for 13-12-2017

How Peppa Pig is destroying the NHS: (tags: children nhs healthcare )
David Davis has damaged trust in UK, says Verhofstadt: (tags: europe UK OhForFucksSake )
EU demands Brexit agreement made legally binding after David Davis says it is just a 'statement of intent': (tags: UK europe )
Speaking out against "Do they know it's Christmas": (tags: music africa viaSwampers )
HIV positive man unable to become a commercial pilot: (tags: hiv aids airplanes )
[Patreon] Something that's going on behind closed doors: (tags: CrowdFunding )
Internet protocols are changing: (tags: internet encryption networking )
These are my favourite Christmas Trees: (tags: christmas dogs )
Egyptian pop singer sent to prison for video that 'incited debauchery': (tags: egypt OhForFucksSake )
Cuphead: The Fake Outrage: (tags: games history video society journalism viaJohnBobShaun )
Internet traffic for Google, Facebook, Apple was briefly rerouted to Russia: (tags: Internet security russia )
TP-Link repeater firmware squanders 715 MB/month: (tags: networking OhForFucksSake )
Poland: Government agency fines private TV station for coverage of protests: (tags: Poland protests censorship )
Roy Moore defeat: Five consequences of Alabama election: (tags: usa politics )

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Interesting Links for 16-03-2017

Scientists need money so they’re yelling on Twitter: (tags: ViaDrCross research twitter funny )
Brexit: Government has done no economic assessment of the UK crashing out of EU without deal: (tags: uk europe economy OhForFucksSake epicfail government )
Surprise pig is surprising: (tags: pigs cute ViaDrCross )
Petition · Westminster: Indyref2 to be decided with trial by combat. Sturgeon V May.: (tags: funny petition independence scotland viaJohnBobShaun )
The Brexit bucket list: what to do before you leave the EU: (tags: europe uk )
The Oxford comma: A Maine court settled the grammar debate over serial commas with a ruling on overtime pay for dairy-truck drivers: (tags: grammar punctuation oxford law )
Why They Changed the Original Rogue One Ending: (tags: StarWars movies )
CMON Announce A Song Of Ice And Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game!: (tags: gameofthrones games )
Marine A's colleagues 'wanted Afghan insurgent dead': (tags: death war afghanistan law uk military )
Seven Ways to Win a Second Indy Referendum: (tags: independence referendum scotland advice )
Genetic variant accelerates normal brain aging in older people by up to 12 years: (tags: age brain genetics )
The new American Gods trailer looks awesome: (tags: trailer tv myths neilgaiman )
The genes, neural circuits behind autism's impaired sociability: (tags: social psychology autism genetics )
Female sexual desire is WEIRD and CONFUSING: (tags: women sex psychology viaJennieRigg )
Cold Does Not Increase Odds of Catching Cold: (tags: cold colds disease myths )
The SPRITE and the Carthorse: How to automate research fraud - now with carrots!: (tags: food fraud research viaDrCross )
Unsealed documents show Monsanto ghost wrote research papers on RoundUp: (tags: research fraud business )
How a "command & control" approach produces famine and cities nobody wants to live in: (tags: cities liberal architecture design agriculture history )
Four things to note about record electoral fine against Conservative Party: (tags: Conservatives elections )
Clean Energy Could Spark a Trade War Between the US and China: (tags: renewables energy usa china Technology research )

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Interesting Links for 08-02-2017

If you think Corbyn’s wrong on Labour’s Brexit policy, voters say otherwise: (tags: labour polls uk europe )
"It is Independence or nothing" - The German conditions for Scotland in the EU: (tags: scotland europe independence uk germany )
Google Brain super-resolution image tech makes “zoom, enhance!” real: (tags: Technology image ai )
One Woman’s Brilliant “Fuck You” to Wikipedia Trolls: (tags: wikipedia abuse women science )
World of Warcraft gold can now be used to buy other Blizzard items: (tags: money games )
Portal for the Microsoft HoloLens is a triumph: (tags: games augmentedreality amazing viaJohnBobShaun )
Fake news for liberals: misinformation starts to lean left under Trump: (tags: media fake news politics )
Wolfenstein Parody Thoughtfully Examines The Ethics Of Violence Against Nazis: (tags: nazis violence funny games viaSwampers )
More on GVFS: (tags: git microsoft )
Brexit boosts support for Scottish independence: (tags: uk europe scotland independence )
E-cigarettes safer than smoking says long-term study -- ScienceDaily: (tags: smoking health )
Toxic metals found in e-cigarette liquids: (tags: smoking health safety )
I just hit thirty thousand links!: (tags: links AndrewDucker )
A rash of invisible, fileless malware is infecting banks around the globe: (tags: malware virus )
Black Americans shot dead by police are twice as likely to be unarmed as white counterparts: (tags: racism police usa )
"I Helped Create the Milo Trolling Playbook—Stop Playing Right Into It": (tags: troll advertising politics marketing protests viaHugh )

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Interesting Links for 26-07-2016

Transistors will stop shrinking in 2021, but Moore’s law will live on: (tags: Technology thefuture )
UK suspended payments from £3bn EU development fund days after Brexit vote: (tags: uk europe money )
You can take dogs on the NYC Subway so long as they're in a bag. There is no limit on the size of the bag: (tags: dogs transport funny newyork )
Satanist opens city council meeting, and, well, just watch: More details: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/15/satanic-prayer-opens-pensacola-city-council-meetin/
(tags: funny religion viaElfy usa )
How would the search for the holy grail work if the knights had internet access?: (tags: myths funny internet google )
Bird brains are dense—with neurons (large corvids comparable to small monkeys): (tags: birds brains neurons )
Why "More United" doesn't look like the answer we need: (tags: politics uk )
Menopause, sleepless nights make women's bodies age faster: (tags: menstruation age women sleep )
McDonald's let the internet design burgers. With entirely predictable results: (tags: internet design funny OhForFucksSake food mcdonalds newzealand viaJohnBobShaun )
Is Western Culture winning? Or was it the first to be colonised?: (tags: society anthropology sociology history culture )
People can sense single photons: (tags: light vision )

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Interesting Links for 11-02-2016

Microsoft's Cortana has no time for sexist bullshit
- Microsoft sexism ai
Someone has proposed a Monument Valley Lego set
- games Lego
Twitter puts video ads at top of users' timeline feeds
- Twitter video advertising
Common gene variant may lead girls to make healthy or unhealthy food choices -- depending on their early socioeconomic environment
- society genes diet
The "Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year" photos are understandably gorgeous
- landscapes Scotland photography beauty
54% of Scots would back independence if the UK leaves the EU
- Here are the breakdowns: https://www.ipsos-mori.com/Assets/Docs/Scotland/scottish-monitor-feb-2016-tables.pdf
- Scotland independence UK Europe
If you win at something, you're more likely to cheat.
- I suspect that this is because "stopping winning" feels like moving backwards, and people feel much worse about it than if they hadn't won in the first place. I suspect this is also the reason why people defend their privileges...
- cheating competition viaSwampers
Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
- mining technology recycling
A Mammal’s Brain Has Been Cryonically Preserved and Recovered
- cryonics viajohnbobshaun rabbits
Coco bonds: what are they and why have they hit bank shares?
- banking finance ImpendingDoom
Bacterial spores may be effective treatment for recurrent C. difficile (And restore microbiome)
- bacteria microbiome infection
Android app helps Iranians avoid morality police checkpoints
- Iran morality police android apps
How the movie Airplane! is like Gilbert and Sullivan
- comedy movies opera
A movie producer tweets descriptions of women from the scripts he's sent
- women movies writing
Beliefs about all-knowing gods fosters co-operation
- society religion
The Problem with Time & Timezones
- video time computers
The Russian Cosmonaut Who Crashed To Earth 'Crying In Rage'
- Please do read the story linked at the top, which adds corrections from other historians.
- Russia space history death OhForFucksSake
Why you shouldn't believe the government health advice on the dangers of drinking
- Although you also shouldn't believe the person criticizing them either: http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/Christopher_Snowdon
- alcohol health advice lies

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Interesting Links for 16-12-2015

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Interesting Links for 29-11-2015

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Interesting Links for 02-09-2015

Scotland's only Lib-Dem MP is going on trial - on TV!
- Originally posted as "Scotland's only Lib-Dem is going to trial". Which would be close, but not entirely accurate
- (tags: politics law Scotland tv )
I found the person who created the pyramid joke I went viral with! (Or rather, they found me)
- (tags: viral Twitter )
The finest Batman story of all time
- (tags: batman reality )
Slapstick frog is incompetent
- (tags: funny animated_gif frog )
Forging an Alliance for Royalty-Free Video
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Starry Night. Now in both swirly and sparkly editions
- (tags: art VincentVanGogh )
On the new web, get used to paying for subscriptions
- (tags: web business advertising money )
Refugee crisis: Five obstacles to an EU deal
- (tags: refugee immigration Europe )
J.K. Rowling sorts James Sirius Potter and Teddy Lupin into Hogwarts houses
- (tags: harrypotter )
7 Simple Things You Can Do Right Now To Make Your Computer Run Faster
- (tags: funny satire computers viajohnbobshaun )
A fascinating discussion of what it's like working with really obsolete technology/computers
- (tags: technology obsolescence computers history )

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Interesting Links for 28-08-2015

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Interesting Links for 20-08-2015

From 2016 you will no longer be able to return Irn Bru bottles.
- I'm curious as to how the economics of this work. Is it really cheaper to make new bottles than to wash old ones?
- (tags: glass Scotland drink )
Activision Blizzard Inc. Doesn't Need "World of Warcraft" Anymore
- (tags: WorldOfWarcraft business )
Is taking drugs a human right? A cross-party group of MPs and peers think so
- (tags: drugs rights politics UK )
Scientists grow almost fully formed human brain in a lab for the first time
- (tags: brain )
How Many Of These Metallica Songs Have You Heard?
- (tags: Metallica funny viajohnbobshaun )
Think video games make people violent? You're probably old.
- (tags: age games violence psychology )
The world's cutest shark attack
- (tags: sharks dogs cute video )
I worked in this office for years. And now it is gone. I shall not mourn the big tin box.
- (tags: work )
Independence would leave Scotland £7bn worse off, oil forecasts show
- (tags: independence Scotland money )