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1. Literature Clock: (tags:clock time quotes viaSwampers )
2. Viking golems and their links to Judaism: (tags:Viking Jews history viaDanielDWilliam )
3. Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump's Twitter account after users vote 52%-48% to bring him back: (tags:Twitter )
4. NHS chiefs in Scotland discuss having wealthy pay for treatment: (tags:money NHS Doom austerity )

1. New DNA Analysis Shows How Cats Spread Around Europe, Africa, And The Middle East - Including on Viking Ships: (tags:viking genetics cats )
2. Autistic children with imaginary friends have better social skills, just like neurotypical children: (tags:psychology imagination friendship autism children )
3. A flower woman in the style by 1500+ artists, by an AI: (tags:ai art flowers women )
4. "I'm not interested in reality, I'm interested in the images": Andrew Dominik on Blonde: (tags:movies celebrity rape history )
5. A story about the Big Bird actor that made me tear up: (tags:SesameStreet children death )
6. Ukraine ambassador tells Elon Musk to 'fuck off' after Tesla boss tries Twitter poll to solve conflict: (tags:ElonMusk Twitter Russia Ukraine )
7. Twitter's edit button is already being used for terrible, sinister, purposes: (tags:Twitter funny editing )
8. A really impressive piece of stop motion animation (with doodles): (tags:stopmotion animation video )
9. Compare detail levels between OpenStreetMap 2012 and 2022: (tags:OpenStreetMap history )

Brexit: Minister will not commit UK to respecting rulings on disputes with EU: (tags:UK Europe trade OhForFucksSake )
Plug-in hybrids don't actually save much CO2 (because their drivers don't charge them): (tags:cars CO2 )
Ancient DNA sheds light on Viking origins, travels: (tags:prehistory viking )
Review: We do not recommend the $299 Oculus Quest 2 as your next VR system: Shame, I really enjoyed the first one, and this is a big step back in every way.
(tags:VR review Facebook OhForFucksSake )
Andre Braugher on 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and His Turn to Comedy: (tags:TV acting comedy police )
Newly discovered mass extinction event triggered the dawn of the dinosaurs: (tags:dinosaurs extinction )
QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded: (tags:nazis conspiracy USA viaSwampers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3929485.html

"Love in the Time of Corona". (too soon?): (tags:pandemic TV relationships )
What kind of haircuts did Vikings have?: (tags:viking hair history )
Switzerland fights heroin with heroin: (tags:heroin drugs addiction Switzerland )
How colour-changing cats might warn future humans of radioactive waste: (tags:nuclearpower cats colour )
Australia will send power from the world's largest solar farm to Singapore and Indonesia via a 3,700 kilometer (2,300 mile) undersea cable: (tags:electricity solarpower Australia Singapore )
Face mask study: Researchers determined which masks are the least and most effective: (tags:pandemic materials )
Shelf life of 21 days or more could save red meat waste: (tags:food meat )
The world is very definitely stranger than I can imagine: Punishment Clown Edition: (tags:wtf children viaPatrickHadfield )
Metal detector user uncovers Scottish Bronze Age artefacts less than 2ft underground: (tags:archeology Scotland )
AmITheAsshole - Asshole percentage by age and sex: (tags:visualisation behaviour gender age )
"Us against the world" - I worry about this kind of thing regularly now I'm a parent. I hope I can rise to the occasion as well as this.: (tags:children parenting comic )
Tory Brexiters turn against the deal they helped secure: (tags:UK Europe conservatives OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3911872.html

Believers in conspiracy theories and the paranormal are more likely to see illusory patterns: (tags: illusion psychology conspiracy belief )
War Plan Red - the 1930s plan for the USA to invade Britain: (tags: history usa uk war )
Harvey Weinstein Accusers List: (tags: abuse movies hollywood )
That Viking textile doesn't actually say "Allah": (tags: islam history viking fail )
Carrie Fisher gave predatory producer a cow's tongue in a box: (tags: abuse Hollywood )
Gun waiting periods prevent hundreds of murders, according to 45-year study: (tags: guns death research )
Britain is facing a terrorist threat as unrelenting as it is unprecedented, MI5 chief warns: (tags: terrorism uk islam )
A day in the life of a Google human resources 'talent channels specialist.': (tags: Google work )
Amazon Studios exec Roy Price resigns after sexual harassment claim: I really am hoping this turns into an avalanche
(tags: abuse amazon )
world's first floating wind farm opens (in Scotland): (tags: Scotland windpower ocean )
Star Wars music with major and minor key reversed (Vader's march delightfully triumphal): (tags: music StarWars )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3626109.html

Heads-up, ceos: Corporate social responsibility may get you fired: (tags: society work success )
The Absurdly Underestimated Dangers of CSV Injection: (tags: security data google microsoft )
Frankie Muniz doesn't remember starring on 'Malcolm in the Middle': (tags: tv memory brain )
When did it become unacceptable for celebrities to rape people? and is political correctness to blame?: (tags: rape society celebrity )
The whole web at maximum FPS: How WebRender gets rid of jank: (tags: Firefox graphics computers browser )
The Rock Test: A Hack for Men Who Don’t Want To Be Accused of Sexual Harassment: (tags: assault harassment advice men satire )
The Lush Billion-Tree Spectacle of China's Great Green Wall: (tags: China desert trees )
MPs shocked to discover how many jobs work: (tags: work uk )
A list of myths about the European Union: (tags: Europe myths )
US Drug ads gloss over risks with a mind trick—that’s backed by the FDA: (tags: drugs safety usa advertising )
Viking Age script deciphered – is ancient Arabic, and mentions ‘Allah’ and ‘Ali’: (tags: islam viking history )
Huge effect of ethnicity on life chances revealed in official UK figures: (tags: uk ethnicity society work success )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3624276.html

Why Are The Lib Dem Leadership So Keen on Brexit?: (tags: libdem europe OhForFucksSake )
Let’s Debate Female Viking Warriors Yet Again: (tags: Viking history archaeology women )
23andMe Is Digging Through Your Data for a Parkinson's Cure: (tags: disease genetics )
Atheists are nicer to Christians compared to the other way around if their religious identity is known: (tags: religion atheism )
Jewish opposition to Israeli policies: (tags: israel Jews )
Tipping Point Leadership: (tags: leadership viaSwampers )
What's going on with all the directors on the Star Wars films?: (tags: StarWars movies )
Mother! - Movie Review (Oh very dear) (spoilers): (tags: review movies )
6 Reasons Good People Turn Into Monsters: (tags: morality groups psychology evil )
I clearly _really_ need to watch Robocop again: (tags: movies robots police awesome )
This timeline of the various versions of the Church of Scotland is impressive: (tags: Scotland religion visualisation )
When Roald Dahl's Editor Decided He Was Too Much of a Prick To Publish: (tags: writing publishing viaFJM )
Government spends four times more subsidising private housing than building affordable homes: (tags: housing uk OhForFucksSake )
Game of Thrones to shoot multiple endings of final season to stop story leaks: (tags: gameofthrones )
Autistic boys and girls found to have hypermasculinised faces: (tags: faces testosterone autism )
Autonomous Robots Plant, Tend, and Harvest Entire Crop of Barley: (tags: farming robots automation )
Face ID, Touch ID, No ID, PINs and Pragmatic Security: (tags: security faces )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3616166.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3144164.html

With Highway Patrol, hugs and kisses replace tear gas in Ferguson
(tags: police USA success )
If cats could fly, this would happen a lot
(tags: bats funny )
Guardians of the Galaxy: Clearly a roleplaying campaign gone badly wrong
(tags: marvel roleplaying funny )
This is why you can't have flying cars
(tags: cars bees )
Each copy of the AMY1 gene gives you a 20% reduction in your chances of being obese
(tags: obesity genetics carbohydrates )
£100m plan to revamp Edinburgh’s East End
And about time too - it's a really unpleasant set of backstreets there.
(tags: Edinburgh )
A great, detailed, timeline of the events of Ferguson
(tags: race police USA )
Meet Gavin Andresen, the Most Powerful Person in the World of Bitcoin
(tags: bitcoin Software )
Ten tricks the brain plays on us
(tags: brain belief psychology )
Viking Ship Discovered Near Mississippi River
(tags: viking USA history )
Republicans now producing fake news websites in order to disseminate disinformation
(tags: disinformation republicans news lies USA )
A good argument for why society owes you anything
(tags: society welfare )
Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops
(tags: intelligence police )
Tech Industry Believes it Invented San Francisco, Burning Man, and Sex
(tags: technology burningman sex sanfrancisco funny )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3134024.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3118941.html

Europe's largest tidal power project is approved (between Orkney and mainland Scotland)
(tags: scotland renewables electricity tidal )
Netflix studies piracy sites to decide what to buy
(tags: tv netflix copyright piracy )
On the banality of systemic evil
(tags: systems organisation secrecy evil viafanf )
Richard Dawkins's Existence Poses a Real Problem for the Darwinian Theory of Evolution!
(tags: RichardDawkins funny evolution )
I really like this photo
(tags: mirrors photo )
Setttling disputes: THE VIKING WAY
(tags: viaFyrie viking argument )
Women given a named midwife fare better and its costs less
(tags: childbirth pregnancy )
How the Christian fandom worked out what its canon was.
(tags: history viasupergee christianity funny fandom )
Daniel Dennett: The Normal Well-tempered Mind
(tags: thought brains )
Some thoughts on veils.
(tags: uk islam clothing libdem )
Edinburgh Trams: Start date for passenger service by end of May 2014
(tags: trams edinburgh )
Stop Saying “I Have a Boyfriend” |
(tags: flirting men women relationships )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2972539.html

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2573029.html

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