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1. Scottish Greens vote to ban 'Behaviour Modification' practices for disabled people
(tags:Scotland disability autism abuse GreenParty )
2. Edinburgh council statement on their house emergency
(tags:edinburgh housing homelessness )
3. Harvard Gutted Initial Team Examining Facebook Files Following $500 Million Donation from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
(tags:Facebook corruption USA research academia )
4. Possibly the worst customer service of all time (cancelled plane edition)
(tags:airplanes kenya epicfail )
5. Liz Truss to propose law banning biological males from single-sex spaces
(tags:lgbt bigotry OhForFucksSake conservatives UK )
6. Did you know that the *Real* version of the Muppet Christmas Carol is on Disney+ (hidden in a submenu)
(tags:Muppets Christmas Disney )
7. Happy Clair Cameron Patterson day! He did a lot more than most to improve the world (by fighting to remove lead from so many things)
(tags:lead health )
8. Neurons in your eye help keep your view stable
(tags:neuroscience eyes humans )
9. UK police are using AI data analysis to spot crimes. And they want to start predicting them.
(tags:ai data predictions crime police uk )
10. Bye bye to the Edinburgh Zoo pandas
(tags:edinburgh zoo panda )
11. "My $500M Mars Rover Mistake: A Failure Story"
(tags:mars space epicfail )
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2023-07-12 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 19-05-2022

1. There's a plan for 200 homes and green offices at Edinburgh's old Scottish Widows HQ
(tags:Edinburgh housing )
2. There are only 10 types of movies.
(tags:movies posters viaSwampers )
3. DS9 series suggestion: Quark's
(tags:StarTrek TV )
4. Transphobes are the ones making up new definitions
(tags:language transgender LGBT bigotry )
5. Four countries pledge tenfold rise in EU offshore wind power capacity
(tags:windpower europe )
6. Edinburgh Zoo penguin Mrs Wolowitz is thought to be the oldest of her species in the world
(tags:penguins age edinburgh zoo )
7. A galactic collision strips dark matter, starts star formation
(tags:darkness physics space )
8. Weed legalisation linked to drop in alcohol, tobacco consumption
(tags:marijuana legalisation alcohol tobacco cigarettes )
9. Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told
(tags:racism sexism society uk science physics Education )
10. Two thirds of Edinburgh residents would cycle if there were more separated cycle lanes
(tags:edinburgh cycling polls )
11. "Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting," Ten Years On
(tags:society lgbt racism sexism history patriarchy kyriarchy )
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Interesting Links for 31-10-2021

John Carmack issues some words of warning for Meta and its metaverse plans
(tags:internet socialnetworking VirtualReality johncarmack )
A few short examples of why Ringo Starr was a great drummer
(tags:drums music Beatles )
Activision Blizzard to Improve Diversity and Workplace Culture
(tags:gaming women abuse GoodNews )
Bored animals at empty zoos are entertained by each other (the second video is lovely)
(tags:zoo video animals )
Pain Doesn't Lie: On Elliott Page's Performance In Hard Candy
(tags:LGBT transgender movies horror abuse rape )
The US Embassy sample Scottish cuisine ahead of their trip to Glasgow
(tags:USA Scotland food video )
How to help a student get unstuck
(tags:programming teaching knowledge )
Tree Rings Show Modern Cyclones Are the Rainiest in Centuries
(tags:weather history trees )
This is the world’s oldest image of a ghost
(tags:supernatural history )
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Interesting Links for 09-06-2020

Historic England on The Removal of the Statue of Edward Colston
(tags:history UK slavery )
Remote teaching fails a lot of pupils
(tags:teaching school viaFJM pandemic )
Petition To Change Slavers Street names in Scotland starting with Dundas Street.
(tags:Scotland slavery history )
Authors share advances to expose racial disparities
(tags:writing business publishing scifi race )
When 511 Epidemiologists Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again
(tags:pandemic viaSwampers )
How to get your elected representative's attention
(tags:politics communication )
Daniel Radcliffe Responds to J.K. Rowling's Tweets on Gender Identity
(tags:jkrowling LGBT transgender )
Trump Camp Runs Ads on D.C. Cable to Ease the Boss' Anxieties and Buck Up Congressional GOPers
(tags:politics advertising USA )
Portal - The Sound Of Science (a song)
(tags:video music portal games viaSwampers )
Coronavirus: NHS drug stockpiles meant for no-deal Brexit used up entirely in pandemic
(tags:UK Europe NHS healthcare Doom pandemic )
Edinburgh Zoo prepares to reopen
(tags:zoo edinburgh )
On Harry Potter and separating the art from the artist
(tags:writing bigotry LGBT jkrowling harrypotter )
MPs back no-fault divorce bill despite Tory rebellion over 'undermining marriage' (finally catching up with Scotland)
(tags:marriage England law )
What are Labour playing at with the Brexit extension?
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1270256129843646464.html
(tags:Labour UK Europe doom )
Do you have the rocket gene? Why genetics may decide whether you like the peppery veggie
(tags:food genetics )
IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology
(tags:faces technology IBM race police )
Edinburgh's slavery links to be added to Melville Monument
(tags:Edinburgh slavery )
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Interesting Links for 31-03-2020

The slice of bread here was made with leavening cultures sampled from ancient Egyptian baking vessels, using ancient Emmer wheat, with an ancient Egyptian recipe, using ancient Egyptian baking tools, and no oven!
(tags:bread history viaDanielDWilliam )
And now the police are getting overexcited about Easter eggs!
(tags:OhForFucksSake police Easter eggs )
"Panic Buying" was about 15% higher than normal shopping levels. And spending has already returned to normal levels
Of course, my local supermarket had no pasta and almost no bread when I was in last...
(tags:shopping money )
Hungary hands unlimited power to Orban, with no time limit
(tags:pandemic fascism hungary )
Alex Salmond was a bully and a sex pest, his own QC says on train
(tags:abuse OhForFucksSake )
"Whatever it takes." Getting into the specifics of fiscal policy to fight COVID-19
(tags:pandemic economics viaDanielDWilliam )
FactCheck: how many people are dying from Covid-19 in the UK? 
(tags:death pandemic virus uk )
UK faces cardboard shortage due to coronavirus crisis
(tags:materials packaging Doom uk recycling )
This is terribly cute and I must do something similar for Sophia when she's older
(tags:children adventure )
The Empire State Building looks amazing right now
(tags:design colour video pandemic newyork USA )
Orangutans and otters pictured playing together in photos shared by Belgian zoo
(tags:otters orangutan zoo cute )
Posiopaths: Positive only attitude can be toxic
(tags:emotion communication negativity )
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2019-08-22 12:15 pm
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Interesting Links for 22-08-2019

The six year project to embroider Sandman: Dream Hunters on a dress
(tags:sandman clothing short_story art )
Firefox and Chrome Fight Back Against Kazakhstan's Spying
(tags:spying surveillance kazakhstan web )
ZooBorns - cute baby animals!
(tags:zoo animals cute )
What happened when Johnson met Merkel (clue: much less than the UK press seem to think)
(tags:UK Europe Germany Doom )
Train drivers need to understand a really complex set of information. Much more than I realised
(tags:trains transport )
UK's warped first-past-the-post system gave wrong winners in 17 local authority elections
(tags:UK elections fptp )
How Men's Bodies Change When They Become Fathers
(tags:fatherhood men children )
Why Japan's shūkatsu job-seeking system is changing
(tags:Japan jobs )
Thousands of Years Ago, a Dog Gave Rise to an Immortal Entity
(tags:dogs cancer )
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2018-07-28 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 28-07-2018

So, What Actually Is Communism Then?
(tags: communism economics society )
Zoo denies painting black stripes on donkey to look like a zebra
(tags: zoo fraud funny )
Chalk under a microscope looks very cool.
(tags: nature photos )
The Flash Gordon movie novelization is entertainment gold.
(tags: scifi books movies funny )
Ban fat-shaming show Insatiable, its critics cry. But none of them have seen it
(tags: tv weight internet viaSwampers )
This is what no-deal Brexit actually looks like
(tags: UK europe )
Why communism is impossible
(tags: communism politics economics )
European Parliament's Brexit Steering Group: No withdrawal agreement without a “backstop” for the Irish border
(tags: europe uk ireland NorthernIreland doom )
Theresa May’s attempt to bypass Brussels in Brexit talks fails as member states line up to back official EU position
Nathalie Loiseau, France’s European affairs minister, said: “There should be no mistake. Michel Barnier does not represent only the Commission. He is the negotiator for the European Union. “He gets his mandate and his guidelines from the heads of state and government. And we have discussed it regularly at the level of ministers. We meet with Michel Barnier on a regular basis. “So do the heads of state and government. So there is no difference between what Michel Barnier says and what we would say individually, each and every member state.”
(tags: UK Europe doom )
The austerity of the coalition government lead directly to Brexit
(tags: austerity uk europe inequality poverty UKIP )
YouTube banning Hobby chemists
(tags: censorship chemistry videos OhForFucksSake )
Law and justice, and divorce: why the Supreme Court has acted unjustly
(tags: divorce law uk )
Canada is using ancestry DNA websites to help it deport people
(tags: immigration genetics canada )
Facebook’s “downvote” system begins rolling out wider in US—here’s how it works
(tags: Facebook discussion )
Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet
(tags: language society English history )
‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Announces Cast; Carrie Fisher to Return
(tags: StarWars )
Why spend £1,000 on a smartphone when you could get one for less than £150?
(tags: phones money )
Architect turned cake-maker serves up mouth-watering geometric 3D-printed cakes
(tags: 3dprinting cake food )
Put Your Face in It: How Gaming Helped Me Understand My Dog
(tags: dogs games )
Homeless people make us miss NHS targets, says UK's chief dentist
(tags: teeth UK government homelessness OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 12-07-2018

The dry summer is revealing archeological sites
(tags: archeology weather farming )
After Brexit, farming is fucked
(tags: farming doom uk Europe )
Hacker Steals Military Docs Because Someone Didn’t Change a Default FTP Password
(tags: military security fail drone )
The EU has just passed a law that could end the problems with free movement (employers undercutting locals by bypassing minimum wage requirements)
(tags: minimumwage Europe immigration )
Solar power in the USA is now ridiculously cheap
(tags: solarpower usa GoodNews )
What Babies Know About Their Bodies and Themselves
(tags: babies neuroscience psychology bodies )
A Massive, Black Sarcophagus Has Been Unearthed in Egypt, And Nobody Knows Who's Inside
(tags: Egypt archaeology )
Whitehall’s ‘potty’ plan to keep NI lights on if no Brexit deal
(tags: UK Europe NorthernIreland )
Ministers draw up secret plans to stockpile processed food in case of a 'no deal' Brexit
(tags: UK Europe doom )
Hilariously bad translations at the zoo
(tags: zoo translation funny fail )
Elusive trigger for cooling 13,000 years ago might have been found
(tags: Canada atlantic temperature prehistory )
LED lights reduce seabird death toll from fishing by 85 percent
(tags: light birds ocean )
Whole-fat dairy foods aren't bad for you
(tags: food milk dairy health )
Humans did not stem from a single ancestral population in one region of Africa
(tags: Africa evolution humans )
Trump Aide Connected To 2006 Overseas Attack On US Marines
(tags: usa Ukraine russia )
Ministers urged to up public spending on rail, green energy and digital
(tags: investment economy )
Einride's T-log Is a Self-Driving Truck Made for the Forest
(tags: forests transport electricity automation )
Hard Brexiteers Set Out How They Will Thwart Theresa May's Negotiating Plan
(tags: UK conservatives Europe doom )
Here is a horrifying example of how the media make women's achievements invisible
(tags: women football media OhForFucksSake sexism )
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Interesting Links for 16-08-2017

Advice to the Only Actor Who's Realized They're in a Shitty Film 
(tags: movies bad advice )
Why Nazi symbols should not be covered by Freedom of Speech
(tags: freespeech nazis )
Ten Signs a Claimed Mathematical Breakthrough is Wrong
(tags: mathematics research )
Who runs a social media campaign without checking how it can be abused?????
Seriously. How incompetent do you have to be nowadays???
(tags: twitter fail OhForFucksSake viaSwampers )
Words Used to Describe Genitals in Fanfic
(tags: fanfic genitals funny language )
Amazon’s Instant Pickup turns it into Argos
(tags: Amazon )
Same-sex couples do not influence their adoptive children's gender identity
(tags: lgbt gender children )
Video presentation on C# 7
(tags: programming c# microsoft )
Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (fascinating, and related to autism)
(tags: social anxiety autism psychology )
Red panda and bull amongst animals that escaped Edinburgh Zoo - one of which made it to Cramond!
(tags: zoo edinburgh animals fail )
America At The End of All Hypotheticals
(tags: freespeech nazis politics usa )
The companies who want to dissolve your dead body
(tags: death chemistry technology business )
Deep in the belly of a giant fiberglass triceratops, eight rare bats have made a home
(tags: bats dinosaurs )
SNP-Labour coalition in Edinburgh reveals plans for the next five years
(tags: Edinburgh )
More intelligent people are quicker to learn (and unlearn) social stereotypes
This would be me. I had to go through stereotypes and out the other side to get any kind of understanding of people.
(tags: stereotypes Intelligence )
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Interesting Links for 08-07-2017

Shout out to the the social media intern at Church of England who just accidentally restarted a 500 year old sectarian conflict.
(tags: religion history Catholic UK funny )
What’s the best way to cross the Thames in London? We’ve ranked all 63 options
(tags: London transport viaPatrickHadfield )
Panda power! China is building the world's cutest solar station
Although, to be honest, I'm not convinced that any of those images are photos rather than mockups.
(tags: panda solarpower china )
Fires at tower blocks in Scotland fall to an eight-year low
(tags: fire scotland )
Dinner lady suspended after Manchester attack demonstration
(tags: politics uk )
Forget flying cars or humanoid robots, the most disruptive inventions are often cheap, simple and easy to overlook
(tags: Technology thefuture )
Zoos weigh up the costs of China's 'pandanomics'
(tags: zoo animals china panda viaSteer )
Drone dropped tools enabling inmate to escape, prison officials say | Ars Technica
(tags: drone prison usa )
Learning to program when you don't speak English
(tags: programming language english )
Volvo admits its self-driving cars are confused by kangaroos
(tags: animals driving automation cars )
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