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Interesting Links for 03-07-2021

New 'Alien' TV Series Will Be Class Warfare With Xenomorphs (from the showrunner of Fargo)
(tags:TV aliens )
Scottish Greens say SQA teaching benefits of climate change
(tags:globalwarming scotland Education )
Loch Ness falls to lowest water level in five years
(tags:LochNess scotland water )
Here's what a Falcon 9 looks like after 8 flights to space in a year
(tags:space recycling Spacex )
Drop-in vaccination clinics to open across mainland Scotland
(tags:Scotland vaccination pandemic )
Five Former Treasury Secretaries: Enable the IRS to fight tax evasion
(tags:tax USA )
Radioactive hybrid terror pigs have made themselves a home in Fukushima's exclusion zone
(tags:pigs radiation Japan headline )
What *is* classic liberalism?
(tags:politics history liberal )
Apps with 5.8 million Google Play downloads stole users' Facebook passwords
(tags:Facebook passwords apps android )
Queer readings of The Lord of the Rings are not accidents
(tags:LGBT lotr history )
Two more cis Black women banned from Olympics for their natural testosterone levels
(tags:women testosterone Olympics OhForFucksSake )
The Gulf of Mexico is on fire
(tags:Mexico sea fire oil )
High Court backs trans women being housed in women's prisons
(tags:LGBT transgender women prison UK )
A useful list of things that have to be explained in writing workshops
(tags:writing advice viaFJM )
English school planning on abusing children
(tags:school abuse UK OhForFucksSake )
When a nerd has a pH monitoring capsule implanted, what else are they going to do but intercept the signals and try to decode them?
(tags:hacks radio technology medicine )
Driver shortage crisis: Major suppliers axe deliveries
(tags:transport UK Europe Doom )
This mudslide in Japan is terrifying
(tags:earth Japan terrifying video )
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Interesting Links for 26-06-2021

Men: Why can't they shut up?
(tags:women men talking communication psychology )
Warren Ellis issues apology over how he treated women. Waiting to see how this goes.
(tags:WarrenEllis women apology )
Why has the sea off part of Scotland turned turquoise?
(tags:scotland sea colour )
New blood test can find 50 types of cancer (accuracy levels are problematic, but it's an interesting start)
(tags:cancer blood )
It's True: Stress Does Turn Hair Gray (And It's Reversible)
(tags:stress hair colour )
The military's top officer schools congressmen on critical race theory, 'white rage' and communism
(tags:USA military racism politics )
"I Was Taught From a Young Age to Protect My Dynastic Wealth"
(tags:wealth tax society epicfail )
Brighton Palace Pier: Hundreds overcharged £2,100 for rides (system mixed up date and amount)
(tags:epicfail money computers )
Russia's Gigantic Submarine, Belgorod, Sails For The First Time
(tags:Submarine Russia )
New solar is cheaper to build than to run existing coal plants in China, India and most of Europe
(tags:viaDanielDWilliam renewables )
NFC flaws let researchers hack an ATM by waving a phone
(tags:hacking banks technology )
Explaining Derek Chauvin's sentencing
(tags:law USA prison )
Smart screens on fridge doors in shops is a terrible idea
(tags:technology awful shopping advertising )
Even mild COVID in young people often leads to long-term symptoms
(tags:Pandemic Doom )
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Interesting Links for 01-10-2020

Dreading a dark winter lockdown? Think like a Norwegian
(tags:Norway psychology darkness winter pandemic happiness )
"My son can get a COVID test result in 90 minutes. And that's a disgrace."
(tags:pandemic virus testing OhForFucksSake uk )
Scotland's Covid death toll hits highest level since June (7 people)
(tags:death Scotland pandemic )
Switzerland referendum: Voters reject end to free movement with EU
(tags:Switzerland referendum freedom immigration Europe )
Downing Street will not rule out using Scottish Islands for asylum processing plan
(tags:Scotland asylum viaPatrickHadfield wtf )
Covid-19 and the Problem of Collective Action
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1311276277798756352.html
(tags:pandemic economics organisation government viaDanielDWilliam )
Far Right Extremists celebrate after Trump's debate callout
(tags:racism USA politics republicans OhForFucksSake )
The Dying Russians
(tags:Russia death society )
The world is stranger than I can imagine: Australian prison tree edition
(tags:viaDanielDWilliam prison trees Australia weird history )
How Agatha Christie moved with her times
(tags:murder society writing history UK time )
Call for laws to force sale of derelict sites in Scotland
(tags:land housing Scotland )
Coronavirus Is Spreading Most Rapidly Among Young People in The North East and North West of England
(tags:pandemic UK )
Why the UK's "grammar, punctuation, and spelling" test is nasty and dangerous
(tags:language UK teaching OhForFucksSake )
Large scale sequencing of 1,500 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Norwich shows 32 foreign strains and other interesting details
(tags:pandemic virus UK genetics viaPatrickHadfield )
EU brings Infringement process against the United Kingdom
(tags:UK Europe law )
Investigations launched after Atikamekw woman records Quebec hospital staff uttering slurs before her death
(tags:Canada racism healthcare OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 17-08-2020

Workers at the centre of an outbreak faced pay dock if they self-isolated
(tags:pandemic food money )
Facebook refused to check hate speech by India BJP fearing business fallout
(tags:India hate facebook )
Who wants a large house, complete with attached jail. Yes, a real one. (See photos 1-30, and then the switchover...)
(tags:housing prison weird )
Making decisions is work
(tags:work decisions viaCipherGoth )
How Denmark reopened its schools without massively increasing infection risk
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1294707856462295041.html
(tags:school pandemic Denmark )
The Tentacled Monster Here is Racism: Lovecraft Country Episode 1 Review (looks like it's going to be excellent)
(tags:hplovecraft racism TV horror )
What if Corbyn's Labour had had a chance at government in 2017?
(tags:politics UK labour history )
Global Wave Discovery Ends 220-Year Search
(tags:air earth science )
Public urged to sign up for Covid-19 vaccine trials after 100,000 people register in first month
(tags:vaccine pandemic UK )
Why does Google think the slowest animal is the sloth?
(tags:animals Google Wikipedia facts )
Morrisons to remove plastic 'bags for life' and trial paper alternative
(tags:plastic shopping paper environment )
UK facing worst wheat harvest since 1980s
(tags:food farming wheat UK Doom )
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Interesting Links for 01-08-2020

British prisons are inhumane and do not prevent crime - most of them should go
(tags:prison politics uk )
What's the most significant SF novel by a woman that's not currently in print?
(tags:scifi women publishing )
Why governance models are important, and how the government keeps doing them badly.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1289127360348987394.html
(tags:organisation UK fail )
Female employees asked to dress 'sexier' for video calls
(tags:OhForFucksSake work women )
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Interesting Links for 26-04-2020

In four U.S. state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus -- 96% without symptoms
(tags:pandemic USA prison )
Young people with coronavirus are dying from strokes
(tags:stroke pandemic )
'We'd go bust in months': restaurants at a loss over social distancing dilemma
(tags:restaurant pandemic Doom )
My Human is Not (A tale of Data's Cat)
(tags:comic StarTrek )
How many costume dramas can pass The Bill and Ted Test?
(tags:TV movies costumes history )



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Interesting Links for 06-12-2019

Study that argued EVs aren't cleaner gets an update
(tags:electricity cars transport environment )
University of Reading threatening to cut 100 per cent of pay if staff don't work unpaid overtime
(tags:university academia pay jobs )
"I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn't commit. Ask me anything"
(tags:crime prison USA OhForFucksSake )
Here's a bunch of evidence of antisemitism in the Labour Party (and of the party not dealing with it properly)
(tags:jews bigotry labour )
How to vote in the forthcoming election
(tags:uk elections )
Self-styled 'anti-extremism' campaign just spending thousands on anti-Labour attack ads
(tags:labour politics fraud OhForFucksSake )
The Psychological Impacts Of Poverty
(tags:poverty psychology )
'The Irishman' Gets De-Aging Right—No Tracking Dots Necessary
(tags:age cgi movies MartinScorsese )
Does Who You Are at 7 Determine Who You Are at 63? - A History of the 7-Up Films
(tags:age class society people film movies documentary uk )
Pachelbel's Canon as played on passing trains
(tags:trains music video )



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Interesting Links for 05-12-2019

Tell your child Santa exists and you'll ruin them for life
Okay, fine. Lying to your children is linked to less trust, them believing lying is ok, and them being more likely to lie themselves.
(tags:Christmas lying psychology lies children )
Plans unveiled for massive 8000-capacity indoor music arena at West Straiton in Edinburgh
(tags:Edinburgh music GoodNews )
"How I Defeated the Tolkien Estate"
(tags:viaNWhyte Tolkien satire funny )
Gender parity in software engineering is possible - if we change how we hire
(tags:hiring jobs gender women Technology )
EU to spell out plans for potentially years more Brexit talks on day after general election, leak shows
(tags:uk europe trade doom )
Study that argued EVs aren't cleaner gets an update
(tags:electricity cars transport environment )
University of Reading threatening to cut 100 per cent of pay if staff don't work unpaid overtime
(tags:university academia pay jobs )
"I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn't commit. Ask me anything"
(tags:crime prison USA OhForFucksSake )
Here's a bunch of evidence of antisemitism in the Labour Party (and of the party not dealing with it properly)
(tags:jews bigotry labour )
How to vote in the forthcoming election
(tags:uk elections )



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Interesting Links for 01-12-2019

First catch your gannet ... then prepare for a challenge to nose and tastebuds
(tags:food birds scotland )
That time the Knights Hospitaller, of medieval crusading fame, 'accidentally' became a major European air power.
(tags:airplanes history Europe wtf Italy malta )
The Star Wars Holiday Special is on YouTube if you want to destroy any faith in humanity you had left
(tags:StarWars video christmas awful )
How Corbyn, Johnson and Swinson voted on LGBT issues and legislation
(tags:LGBT politics uk )
I'm with peanut butter penis guy
(tags:peanuts penis food funny viaSwampers )
Boris Johnson was personally warned about risks of freeing terrorists but said there was 'no money' to deradicalise them, ex-top prosecutor says
(tags:terrorism UK BorisJohnson )
10 things you should know about the London Bridge attacker and "early release"
(tags:law crime prison politics UK )
How Edinburgh became the Aids capital of Europe in the 1980s
(tags:aids history Edinburgh Scotland heroin drugs )



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Interesting Links for 26-11-2019

Uber loses licence to operate in London after 14,000 trips taken with unlicensed drivers
(tags:driving london taxi OhForFucksSake regulation )
Tory minister admits extra nurses won't be in place for 10 years and cannot explain how government will stop 18,500 leaving
(tags:healthcare uk Conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished
(tags:fraud cryptography money OhForFucksSake )
Priceless 18th-century jewellery stolen in Dresden Green Vault heist
(tags:jewelry theft history )
As a British Jew I'm not fearful of a Corbyn government but I'm horrified at how antisemitism is being used against him
(tags:Jews Labour UK )
West Virginia Inmates Will Be Charged by the Minute to Read E-Books on Tablets
(tags:OhForFucksSake reading USA prison )
"What really obvious thing have you only just realised?"
(tags:interesting learning )
The Remainer election guide: Where to campaign
(tags:UK Europe )



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