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• June 10th, 2021, 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 10-06-2021

Albania's first floating solar plant starts commercial operations

(tags:solarpower water Europe viaDanielDWilliam )

Which came first, bread or beer?

(tags:bread beer alcohol prehistory )

The UK is proud of its disregard for the rule of law

(tags:trade law Europe uk Doom )

Miraculous mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%

(tags:disease mosquito GoodNews viaKirsty )

Annular Solar Eclipse on 10 June 2021 - will it be visible for you, and if so when?

(tags:eclipse )

A mystery cube, a secret identity, and a puzzle solved after 15 years

(tags:puzzle history )

US hits UK with formal diplomatic reprimand

(tags:UK USA NorthernIreland Europe )

No Worries if Not!

(tags:comic funny society email )

The Dead Sea is disappearing, leaving behind a landscape shattered by sinkholes

(tags:Israel water Doom )

The Sandman - Behind The Scenes Sneak Peek

(tags:tv sandman neilgaiman )

DNA Jumps Between Animal Species. No One Knows How Often.

(tags:viaNancyLebov genes animals fish )

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  alcohol, animals, beer, bread, comic, disease, doom, eclipse, email, europe, fish, funny, genes, goodnews, history, israel, law, links, mosquito, neilgaiman, northernireland, prehistory, puzzle, sandman, society, solarpower, trade, tv, uk, usa, viadanieldwilliam, viakirsty, vianancylebov, water

• May 3rd, 2019, 12:55 pm

Interesting Links for 03-05-2019

Edinburgh University under fire over job which stops lecturers's pay over the summer

(tags:Edinburgh academia OhForFucksSake )

M&S made my sandwich gay.

(tags:lgbt food uk viaSwampers )

How has polling changed on Scottish independence since 2014?

(tags:scotland independence polls viaDanielDWilliam )

The Polish postman who was helped win World War 2

(tags:wwii encryption history Poland )

Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan and other right-wing personalities

(tags:facebook )

Little Known Types Of Eclipse

(tags:eclipse funny physics )

Ridiculously large swing from Labour to Lib Dems in Sunderland. Because the North of England isn't the mass of Brexit supporters Labour keep saying it is.

(tags:politics uk europe labour libdem )

Q&A about the plot of Avengers: Endgame

(tags:viaSwampers marvel movies )

Local election analysis: This all feels very unstable

(tags:politics uk )

Labour to Conservatives: 'We are trying to bail you guys out on Brexit'

(tags:uk europe labour Conservatives OhForFucksSake )

Are you prepared for Zombie Awareness Month?

(tags:zombies )

Why Autism Research Isn't For Autistic People

(tags:autism research )

Very slightly twisted graphene becomes a superconductor

(tags:electricity graphene carbon )

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  academia, autism, carbon, conservatives, eclipse, edinburgh, electricity, encryption, europe, facebook, food, funny, graphene, history, independence, labour, lgbt, libdem, links, marvel, movies, ohforfuckssake, physics, poland, politics, polls, research, scotland, uk, viadanieldwilliam, viaswampers, wwii, zombies

• August 20th, 2017, 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 20-08-2017

On decentralised communication, and being big in Japan for uncomfortable reasons

(tags: decentralisation communication japan )

Nasa reveals plan to prevent supervolcano eruption and generate electricity at the same time

(tags: volcano electricity )

Why "Liberalism" is not "Centrism"

(tags: liberal libdem politics )

Getting married because you want to be with your partner: Threat - or menace?

(tags: marriage immigration OhForFucksSake )

What's needed from actal Autism-friendly clothing (and clothing stores)

(tags: autism clothing )

Scientists are excited about the eclipse. Because they're people

(tags: science comic eclipse )

Outrage in Tunbridge Wells over sex festival in the woods

(tags: sex festival funny media )

I hadn't realised that lead leaches out of lead glass into alcohol

(tags: lead alcohol safety )

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• Tags

  alcohol, autism, clothing, comic, communication, decentralisation, eclipse, electricity, festival, funny, immigration, japan, lead, libdem, liberal, links, marriage, media, ohforfuckssake, politics, safety, science, sex, volcano

• August 19th, 2017, 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 19-08-2017

The Eclipse Conspiracy

(tags: conspiracy funny sun eclipse satire )

How many house points Harry and the others have won/lost for their house

(tags: harrypotter viaDanielDWilliam )

You’re not the hero of Pyre’s revolution, and that’s the point

(tags: games morality revolution )

What a Border Collie Taught a Linguist About Language

(tags: dogs linguistics language )

Evidence of a Toxic Environment for Women in Economics

(tags: economics misogyny )

What do we know about the ethnicity of sexual abuse gangs?

(tags: ethnicity sex abuse rape uk )

Bank Of Scotland, Lloyds and Halifax customers face up to 52% APR overdraft fee

(tags: banking )

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• Tags

  abuse, banking, conspiracy, dogs, eclipse, economics, ethnicity, funny, games, harrypotter, language, linguistics, links, misogyny, morality, rape, revolution, satire, sex, sun, uk, viadanieldwilliam

• August 31st, 2015, 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 31-08-2015

• Oliver Sacks, eminent neurologist and author, dies aged 82
  • (tags: psychology neuroscience death )
• Unbelievable Macro Shots Taken Inside Instruments
  • (tags: music photos )
• An Open Letter From a Death Star Architect
  • (tags: starwars funny )
• John Prescott supports electoral reform
  • (tags: reform politics Labour )
• If you can help make a menstrual app that has no fucking flowers on it, then this person needs your help
  • (tags: menstruation apps )
• I'm tempted to take the day off to watch the Supermoon Eclipse in September
  • (tags: moon eclipse )
• Clue Is The Pink-Less, Flower-Less, and Butterfly-Less Period Tracker You May Not Be Ashamed Of Using
  • (tags: menstruation apps )
• Looking at the best evidence for banning prostitution. (It's absolutely terrible.)
  • (tags: prostitution decriminalization )
• Whoa, Hugo: Women and Minorities Aren’t New to Sci-Fi
  • (tags: scifi women minorities race society )
• How High Def Is Makes Life Hard For Prop Masters
  • (tags: movies HDTV )
• "The Void" - a virtual reality theme park that looks like a _lot_ of fun
  • (tags: virtualreality fun video )
• Hereford couple married for 45 years separated by visa row
  • (tags: immigration OhForFucksSake )
• Probably the most racist roleplaying game ever!
  • (tags: roleplaying racism viaTheWeaselKing )
• Best movies on Netflix right now
  • (tags: vod movies netflix )
• Goths, depression and self-harm – reflections on Bowes et al’s study
  • (tags: psychology goth depression self-harm )
• You can tell children are evil - they'll bully robots if they get the chance
  • (tags: robots children bullying psychology )
• Cocaine makes it harder to recognise people's emotions
  • (tags: cocaine emotion psychology )
• The Science Behind Broken Work Cultures
  • (tags: work culture )
• Examining the core memory module inside a vintage IBM 1401 mainframe
  • (tags: mainframe memory technology history )
• Atlanta Nights - the (failed) attempt to produce a book so bad that it couldn't be published
  • (tags: writing publishing hoax books )

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  apps, books, bullying, children, cocaine, culture, death, decriminalization, depression, eclipse, emotion, fun, funny, goth, hdtv, history, hoax, immigration, labour, links, mainframe, memory, menstruation, minorities, moon, movies, music, netflix, neuroscience, ohforfuckssake, photos, politics, prostitution, psychology, publishing, race, racism, reform, robots, roleplaying, scifi, self-harm, society, starwars, technology, viatheweaselking, video, virtualreality, vod, women, work, writing

• July 14th, 2012, 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 14-07-2012

• There is no economic case for regional pay
  (tags: libdem pay uk economics )
• Bring in migrants to cut billions from deficit
  (tags: immigration economics uk )
• 10 Reasons Why Oxytocin Is The Most Amazing Molecule In The World
  (tags: psychology emotion oxytocin )
• If you "Like" something on Facebook, you just gave it permission to post in your Timeline.
  (tags: advertising facebook )
• Pupil Premium's first year: Grade A or could do better?
  (tags: school UK education politics )
• What happens if a batter tries to hit a baseball thrown at 90% of the speed of light?
  (tags: baseball funny science xkcd physics )
• Free users can now create LJ polls
  (tags: polls livejournal )
• The best post I've read on rape jokes.
  To which I would add that jokes are subjective. Declaring that X "is not funny" just doesn't parse as a sentence to me, and indicates that the speaker has failed to understand humour in particular and taste in general.
  (tags: humour rape jokes )
• A handy Higgs Boson flowchart. Can you understand it?
  (tags: funny flowchart physics higgs )
• The video for Amanda Palmer's "Want It Back" is lots of fun. (Warning: Stop motion nudity)
  (tags: stopmotion music video AmandaPalmer )
• Angela Merkel backs parental right to chop bits off their baby's penis
  (tags: germany circumcision )
• Indifferent cats in amateur porn
  (tags: nsfw funny cats porn )
• Stunning image shows boy watching solar eclipse... taken from 1.5 miles away
  (tags: viaPhilmoPhlegm eclipse photo )
• Some bird and bat species are disproportionately affected by wind turbines
  (tags: viaPhilmoPhlegm wildlife bats birds wind )
• 1200 years ago, Earth was struck by a mysterious energy burst.
  (tags: radiation science history )
• How to Make a Rape Joke
  (tags: humour jokes rape )
• Logging Spider - I had no idea we now had walking machines this awesome
  (tags: awesome transport Technology )
• How to spec out a truly ridiculous music system
  (tags: funny amplification music )
• There's a Defense Grid 2 Kickstarter. Go give them all your money!!!
  (tags: epicwin kickstarter DefenseGrid )
• What divorced readers did with their wedding rings
  (tags: relationships divorce jewelry wedding )
• I try to avoid doing this, because I loathe it when others do it.
  (tags: geeks culture society nerd )
• Super Resolution From a Single Image
  (tags: computers graphics resolution research )
• Scenes From A Multiverse takes on Game Of Thrones
  (tags: GameOfThones funny comic )

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  advertising, amandapalmer, amplification, awesome, baseball, bats, birds, cats, circumcision, comic, computers, culture, defensegrid, divorce, eclipse, economics, education, emotion, epicwin, facebook, flowchart, funny, gameofthones, geeks, germany, graphics, higgs, history, humour, immigration, jewelry, jokes, kickstarter, libdem, links, livejournal, music, nerd, nsfw, oxytocin, pay, photo, physics, politics, polls, porn, psychology, radiation, rape, relationships, research, resolution, school, science, society, stopmotion, technology, transport, uk, viaphilmophlegm, video, wedding, wildlife, wind, xkcd