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Separating 'gifted' children hasn't led to better achievement: (tags:Education )
What if birds left tracks in the sky?: (tags:birds photography art viaElfy )
Propaganda with faked news footage being spread by Conservative Party: (tags:conservatives fraud elections OhForFucksSake )
Constituency polls vs MRP vs 2017 results: where to look for tactical advice?: (tags:polls elections UK politics )
How a misleading story about Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson went viral: (tags:libdem viral fraud Europe )
British politics is broken â€” and the electoral system is at the heart of it: (tags:elections politics voting UK )
Non-Voters and How To Win Elections: (tags:voting politics )
UK's richest people exploiting loophole to cut tax rate: (tags:UK tax inequality OhForFucksSake )
Failing 15% of the time is the best way to learn: (tags:learning experience psychology )
Jeffrey Epstein: ABC stopped report 'amid Palace threats': (tags:UK royalty rape )
RenÃ© Descartes in The Matrix: (tags:philosophy matrix fanfic )
OnePlus's Android 10 gestures are far and away better than Google's: (tags:Android design ux )
Blackadder Final Scene (The making of) - entirely saved in editing: (tags:TV comedy wwi editing video )
Please do not spread Tory lies - even if they're about politicans you dislike: (tags:Conservatives lies politics )
Democrats claim victory in key Virginia and Kentucky elections: (tags:politics usa GoodNews )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3839111.html

Gorgie City Farm: One of Scotland's last urban farms collapses: We've loved taking Sophia there, such a shame
(tags:farming edinburgh fail sad )
l am really hoping that Rod Liddle and The Spectator fall foul of anti hate laws: (tags:Islam bigotry UK media OhForFucksSake )
I would like to play Diablo 4 now please: (tags:diablo video )
The end of the liberal Tory: (tags:liberal Conservatives politics uk )
No, a genetic study didn't pinpoint the ancestral homeland of all humans: (tags:prehistory humans Africa )
Facebook will allow UK election candidates to run ads full of lies: (tags:lies Facebook politics advertising UK )
The war against today's dangerously dull playgrounds: (tags:history children play safety )
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 Confirmed for April 8 2022: (tags:spiderman animation GoodNews movies )
Met Police hand file of evidence surrounding Boris Johnson's Brexit campaign to prosecutors: (tags:UK law referendum )
Fracking suspended in UK as government makes major U-turn: (tags:UK oil earthquakes GoodNews )
I've gone viral without even knowing about it!: (tags:inequality me AndrewDucker wtf viral )
Heidi Klum's Latest Halloween Costume Is Her Most Over-the-Top Yet: (tags:costumes amazing scifi )
Trauma Is Not Your Fault, But Healing Is Your Responsibility: (tags:trauma advice self-improvement )
Marxist Financial Advice: (tags:finance savings satire funny comic )
Taliban kicked Jews out of prison for arguing too much: (tags:Jews afghanistan argument )
Why are the Conservatives calling a halt on fracking?: (tags:UK oil environment )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3838063.html

Can Society Scale?: (tags: society internet community discussion )
Men take care of their spouses just as well as women (new research suggests): (tags: relationships gender illness )
Free sanitary products roll out to Edinburgh schools: (tags: Scotland menstruation GoodNews school women edinburgh )
The sequel to snakes on a plane looks a little bit cheap: (tags: snakes funny video )
"It's called a green screen Morty" (a most excellent tattoo, click to animate): (tags: tattoo awesome animation tv )
Inigo Montoya has helped me go viral (300,000 people so far): (tags: meme internet viral )
Why we should be spending huge quantities of cash on big telescopes to look at planets: (tags: space astronomy )
This is the "About" page for an Etsy account. Well worth reading. No seriously, read it.: (tags: craftwork etsy Scotland children viaPatrickHadfield )
Worst Computer Bugs in History: Therac-25: (tags: bugs death healthcare radiation epicfail )
Brexit: More than 100 constituencies that backed Leave in 2016 referendum would now vote Remain: (tags: UK Europe polls )
How folklore starts: (tags: myths )
World of Warcraft’s "No Honor No Pauldrons" movement makes MMOs special: (tags: Hanhaa mmo community viaSwampers )
Man bun hairstyle gets British Airways worker the sack: The idea that long hair isn't ok in men is, frankly, not acceptable.
(tags: hair work OhForFucksSake )
Reddit's legaladvice forum is a mine of fascinating things: (tags: law advice interesting )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3714448.html

Ticket resale sites could face court over consumer law concerns: (tags: tickets law uk )
How Bored Panda Survived Facebook's Clickbait Purge: (tags: facebook viral business )
A woman approached The Washington Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.: (tags: fraud usa politics abuse media )
Netherlands fishmongers accuse herring-tasters of erring: (tags: headline fish fraud )
How Google Translate magnifies cultural biases: (tags: bias gender google translation )
Evidence that Doctor Who has never, ever, been as good as it used to be: (tags: drwho tv history )
Two wingsuit fliers pull off a breathtaking stunt over the Alps when they jump from a mountain and then land inside an airplane: (tags: amazing video mountain flying )
What Daniel Hannan thought Britain would look like after Brexit: (tags: uk Europe )
Samsung Develops Battery Material with 5x Faster Charging Speed: (tags: Samsung batteries )
New genetic variations linked to educational attainment: Genetic overlap between cognitive ability and longevity: (tags: genetics Education longevity )
Maternal mental health: How far have we come?: (tags: mother mentalhealth uk fail )
Court backs salesman's claim for 13 years of holiday pay: (tags: holidays money law uk )
Julius Caesar's Britain invasion site found by archaeologists: (tags: history rome uk )
Amazon.com "not found" pages have dogs on them. Refresh for MORE DOG!: (tags: dogs amazon awesome )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3638036.html

Tesla completes world's largest lithium ion battery in Australia: (tags: australia batteries power )
How to read reviews: (tags: reviews games )
The Conservatives are the party of high UK borrowing and low debt repayment: (tags: conservatives money fail )
It’s called effective altruism – but is it really the best way to do good?: (tags: altruism effectiveness charity )
SF doesn’t really make you stupid. It’s more that if you’re stupid enough to be biased against SF you will read SF stupidly.: (tags: scifi reading psychology )
The Financial Realities of Going Viral: (tags: money Fame viral )
"My Apology to Naomi Wu and the Make Community": Good Lord. An _actual_ apology!
(tags: apology sexism Technology china usa )
Why the UK will not be speaking Arabic in a decade.: (tags: language uk arabic immigration )
A History of Music, through the medium of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky": (tags: music history )
'I'm not going to listen to you any more' - Confronting an avatar on a computer screen helped patients hearing voices to cope better with schizophrenic hallucinations: (tags: schizophrenia avatars hallucinations )
What's going on in Saudi Arabia (an interview with the crown prince): (tags: saudiarabia )
Call of Duty: WW2's takes a huge step in rendering faces: (tags: faces graphics games )
Medical Marijuana users reduce their opioid consumption dramatically: (tags: marijuana drugs pain )
Observations of an ex pat: The Middle East explained: (tags: middle_east )
Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music: (tags: games memory music psychology learning )
Why I wish Kez Dugdale well for her jungle stint: (tags: labour tv scotland )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3636888.html

How to _really_ annoy a software developer
- (tags: software unicode pranks )
XKCD on World Polio Day
- (tags: disease xkcd )
Sex differences in rhesus monkey toy preferences parallel those of children
- (tags: sex gender toys monkey preferences behaviour hormones )
Why you shouldn’t believe everything you’ve read about China this week
- (tags: china politics economics uk )
The Future of Dieting Is Personalized Algorithms Based On Your Gut Bacteria
- (tags: diet health microbiome )
What does English Votes For English Laws actually do?
- (tags: votes law uk )
Paint Stripper - paint + nudity + green-screen
- (tags: nsfw nudity painting art video )
John Oliver discovers Daily Show slashfic
- (tags: slash funny )
Mom's thank-you letter to stranger who taught her daughter to skateboard goes viral
- (tags: parenting viral niceness )
Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth discovered inside copy of Lord of the Rings
- (tags: lotr Tolkien maps )
Nobody gets any work done on "Take your puppy to work" day
- (tags: puppy dogs work funny )
Of kimono and cultural appropriation
- (tags: cultural_appropriation culture Japan )
Medieval sexting
- (tags: history art penis funny comic )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3358120.html

Gene-edited 'micropigs' to be sold as pets at Chinese institute
- (tags: pigs genetics pets thefuture China )
Jeremy Corbyn apparently doesn't understand how the law applies to Scotland
- (tags: Scotland law Labour snp privatisation )
Mercedes, BMW and Peugeot cheating tests to show 50% lower fuel usage than reality.
- (tags: transport fraud cars efficiency )
Someone let Lois Lane know that Cosmo have written an article just for her...
- Whoever commissioned this is either a genius or should be taken out and shot.
- (tags: glasses OhForFucksSake media WTF )
The AAU sexual assault survey - are people protesting too much?
- (tags: assault rape survey )
The iPhone 6s is much harder to bend
- (tags: phones )
Middle-class white lawmaker changes his mind when he realises that drug laws affect people like him.
- (tags: drugs law usa OhForFucksSake )
This comic about shelter cats made me cry. And wish that Julie wasn't allergic to cats
- (tags: cats comic viaTheWeaselKing )
I deduce you are studying logic (And other logic/language his)
- (tags: philosophy language funny )
Self-control saps memory resources
- (tags: self-control memory psychology )
This guy bought 'Google.com' from Google for one minute
- (tags: Google internet fail )
What it feels like to have a tumor eat your memories - and then to get them back again
- (tags: cancer memory dementia brain )
Eat the same (an exercise the same) as someone in the 80s? You'll weigh 10% more.
- (tags: weight obesity diet health microbiome )
Ten years ago, Cory Doctorow helped launch Randall Munroe's career
- (tags: corydoctorow xkcd )
Game of Thrones movie? George RR Martin denies everything
- (tags: gameofthrones GeorgeRRMartin )
Clapham 'bed-under-stairs' advertised for £500 a month
- (tags: London housing OhForFucksSake viaSwampers )
Samsung TVs appear more energy efficient in tests than in real life
- (tags: efficiency energy testing samsung )
Star Trek did not have the first interracial kiss on television
- (tags: kissing StarTrek race history usa viaCipherGoth )
Is the "£500 Bed Under The Stairs" story just fantastic viral marketing?
- (tags: London housing marketing viral viaCipherGoth )
Leader of UK ‘must be prepared to kill everyone’
- (tags: nuclearweapons satire funny politics UK )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3347605.html

Prosthetic hand lets man actually feel what he touches for the first time
- (tags: prostheses cybernetics )
Will a robot take your job?
- (tags: robots jobs )
HMRC reports record £1bn tax take from use of accelerated payment notices
- (tags: tax UK )
Malnutrition common in obese people
- (tags: obesity nutrition food health )
Nine out of 10 new diesel cars exceed EU pollution limits (by massive amounts)
- (tags: cars pollution )
The best idea about Pratchett and the Hugos
- (tags: terrypratchett hugo )
AdultPlayer Android porn app takes photos of you masturbating and then blackmails you
- (tags: masturbation crime android phones porn )
Real programmers don't use Pascal
- (tags: languages history funny computers )
Army of Lame Ducks: Is copyright irrelevant in the viral age?
- (tags: ducks copyright viral video )
I'm fairly sure this video is why the internet was invented
- (tags: video music ducks funny )
Football Manager, the World's Most Influential Video Game
- (tags: games football )
Ron Weasley Made Me Sad (This is the kind of celebrity convention I have no interest in)
- (tags: celebrity conventions viaDrJon )
Harry Potter and the set of all sets that do not contain themselves
- (tags: mathematics funny harrypotter viaCipherGoth comic )
George Osborne's biggest benefit cuts are for people who actually have jobs, IFS says
- (tags: money conservatives pay UK )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3340479.html

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
- (tags: video patents )
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 )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3334550.html

When nursing homes don't understand probability you have a problem.
(tags: healthcare suicide probability )
One in five child deaths in England preventable - worst countries for child death also the most unequal
(tags: inequality death children )
Fast-paced TV shows don't harm preschoolers' concentration
(tags: tv children concentration )
A recent supreme court ruling on patents has wide-reaching effects
(tags: patents usa law )
Reuters has carried out a massive investigation into rising sea levels. Can you guess what they found?
(tags: ocean usa politics globalwarming )
How IPv6 knocked a chunk of the MIT network offline
(tags: ipv6 internet )
How app developers use "viral loops" to pull in more users
(tags: viral marketing )
BBC1 viewers have a median age of 59. On BBC2 it's 60.
(tags: age bbc )
TV is increasingly for old people
(tags: tv age )
Playboy weighs in on the nude celebrity thefts
(tags: playboy nudity celebrity )
I am a dog addict. Posts like this are basically my methadone
(tags: addiction dogs )
Changing history in a useful way is _hard_
(tags: history scifi timetravel )
YouGov release their first poll to show Yes in the lead.
(tags: Scotland independence polls )
Interview with an Auschwitz Guard: 'I Do Not Feel Like a Criminal'
(tags: Auschwitz Holocaust jews nazis interview )
Against Primaries
(tags: politics elections voting )
Police telling victims to solve crimes by themselves
(tags: police UK WTF )
How is a binary executable organized? Let's explore it!
(tags: files computers )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3146207.html

J.R.R. Tolkien's 10 Tips For Writers
(tags: Tolkien writing advice )
How a Basic Income would make it easier to work flexibly, and be a better fit for modern society
(tags: GuaranteedIncome work )
11 Problems With The House Of Lords Explained Using Cats
(tags: law houseoflords cats politics reform )
Amazon opens up a new front in its war. This time with Disney.
(tags: Disney Amazon media movies business )
What happens when you apply science to Anime Magical Girls
(tags: anime Japan science )
Here’s a map that lets you cyberstalk cats all around the world
(tags: cats stalking maps )
47% of initial applications for our Hacker Retreat came from women. This is how we did it.
(tags: computers women )
5 Things I Learned as a Foreign Aid Worker
(tags: aid )
What Is Google Genomics?
(tags: Google genetics )
First-person Hyperlapse videos are a pretty neat idea
(tags: video Microsoft timelapse )
Here's What Happens When Your Joke Goes Massively Viral On Twitter
(tags: funny Twitter viral )
The crooked ladder - how criminals used to achieve upward mobility, and why it doesn't happen any more
(tags: gangs crime drugs class race USA )
OpenStreetMap - 2007 vs 2014
(tags: maps history )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3131895.html

One unquestioned benefit of books, and the hardware to solve it
(tags: books ebooks funny )
Nice service to replace animated GIFs with HTML5 Video
(tags: video html5 animated_gif )
Sorry, Astronauts: It's Impossible to Fry Food in Zero G
I'm not going if I can't have my deep-fried Mars Bar
(tags: space food viaCahwyguy )
9 Lies About Fat That Destroyed The World's Health
(tags: diet food health fat viaCahwyguy )
Help push Female Genital Mutilation back up the political agenda
(tags: fgm uk politics )
2013 - The Year We Broke the Internet
(tags: writing media journalism viral newspapers )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3026197.html

Why the way tax is discussed is so appalling.
(tags: uk tax viaJennieRigg )
Code Mocking: Totally a real thing.
(tags: culture coding )
Burning calcium supplements summons Cthulhu
(tags: cthulhu video science )
Male soldiers in Germany are growing breasts - but just on the left side.
(tags: breasts germany military )
Computers prescribe better treatment than doctors.
(tags: computers ai medicine healthcare )
How “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid” Ruled The Internet
(tags: viral video meme )
Students to e-textbooks: no thanks
(tags: ebooks academia viafanf )
Watch an astronaut sing with the Barenaked Ladies. From space. I _love_ living in the future.
(tags: music thefuture canada space video )
How I Became a Feminist Porn Star
(tags: pornography feminism )
In Australia homeopathy website gets taken to court for misleading information.
(tags: homeopathy viaLilysea )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2876126.html

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