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Interesting Links for 16-01-2022

Tearful funeral worker regrets enforcing Covid rules while No10 partied

(tags:death Pandemic Party BorisJohnson )
DSLRs are dead, and lenses are never going to be the same
(tags:cameras mirrors technology )
What genuine contrition looks like
(tags:crime guilt morality )
The UK Prime Minister just doesn't believe that rules apply to him
(tags:BorisJohnson rules Pandemic OhForFucksSake )
Microsoft Word will now warn you if you're not using inclusive language
(tags:language Microsoft )
"I'm a strong woman - but I'm still a woman. Stop calling me a man"
(tags:women fitness society )
Spacecraft detaching and attaching to the ISS
(tags:space spaceflight iss )
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Interesting Links for 15-01-2022

An interesting take on a simple time management tool
(tags:time )
Covid: Are Scotland and England's isolation rules different?
(tags:scotland england pandemic rules )
Operation Save Big Dog: Boris Johnson draws up plan for officials to quit over partygate so he can keep job
(tags:politics BorisJohnson Pandemic party )
Any geneticists out there able to tell me is this is paranoid nonsense or a reasonable take on COVID?
(tags:genetics Pandemic virus conspiracy )
Old stone toilet reveals Jerusalem's wealthy elite had intestinal parasites
(tags:parasites Israel archeology )
We don't know why, but being in space causes us to destroy our blood
(tags:blood space disease anaemia )
Boris Johnson's 'wine time Fridays' - No10 staff held drinks EVERY week during pandemic
(tags:BorisJohnson Pandemic Party )
How to make friends around the world
(tags:uk history food funny comic )
Some thoughts about the Sue Gray investigation into Johnson's parties
(tags:party Pandemic BorisJohnson investigation )
Countries that have managed to almost completely suppress Covid have difficult choices ahead of them
(tags:Pandemic viaDanielDWilliam )
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Interesting Links for 01-12-2021

The facts about people seeking asylum in the UK
(tags:asylum migration uk )
10 pieces of useful life advice
(tags:advice work )
Tiny! Naked! Kittens!
(tags:cats naked cute video )
Toss it out! UNSW academic proposes radical new way to make cricket toss less decisive
(tags:games cricket sports rules viaDanielDWilliam )
Which is better: machine learning or a parrot?
(tags:parrot ai funny )
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Interesting Links for 21-11-2021

TDoR 2021: Remembering the 462 transgender people killed in the last year
(tags:murder transgender LGBT viacmcmck )
Wired's 90s predictions of how the future could go wrong have basically all happened
(tags:thefuture predictions Doom )
I see the Labour purges continue
(tags:Labour OhForFucksSake )
The "Great Green Wall" Didn't Stop Desertification, but it Evolved Into Something That Might
(tags:trees desert viaNancyLebov )
There are times when being a rules lawyer is a wonderful thing
(tags:rules )
Families in Cornwall offered £1,200 to take relatives out of NHS hospitals and free up space as crisis deepens
(tags:Cornwall UK NHS Doom )
SpinLaunch Flings a Test Vehicle Kilometers Into the air. Eventually, it'll Throw Them Almost all the way to Orbit
(tags:space )
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Interesting Links for 12-01-2021

People Without Covid Are Being Treated On The Same Wards As Infected Patients Because Hospitals Are Overwhelmed
(tags:hospital UK NHS Doom )
'Welcome to the Brexit, sir': Drivers have sandwiches confiscated at Dutch border
(tags:UK Europe food trade )
Liberals and Conservatives Read Totally Different Books About Science
(tags:books politics science )
How disinformation reaches millions of people
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1348689248006893568.html
(tags:Twitter lies disinformation )
Ban non-mask wearers, health secretary tells supermarkets
(tags:pandemic shopping UK )
'No show' Glasgow councillor forced from office
(tags:politics Scotland Glasgow )
Did Man at Capitol Riot Die After Accidentally Tasing Himself In The Testicles?
(tags:tasers coup facts penis )
QAnon Has Woken Up the Real Deep State
(tags:law politics terrorism coup usa )
Which of these bedrooms do you like best?
(tags:design beds )
Deutsche Bank will not do future business with Trump
(tags:Banking coup USA politics )
How far is "local"?
(tags:pandemic rules )
Scotland considering crackdown on takeaways and non-essential construction
(tags:Scotland food construction pandemic )
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Interesting Links for 13-10-2020

Anyone in Edinburgh want an a IT admin role and know both Windows and Linux?
(tags:Jobs Edinburgh computers Windows Linux )
The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture
(tags:colour sculpture history Roman greece racism )
How archeology is used for nationalism
(tags:archeology nationalism viaDanielDWilliam )
Old Government advert suggesting ballet dancer could retrain is one of several from 2019. The internet is still outraged, of course
https://mobile.twitter.com/eleanormia/status/1315586377703190528 for more of them.
(tags:advertising jobs anger technology )
Former Senate Majority Leader Confirms Federal Government Covered Up UFOs For Years
(tags:USA ufo )
Solar meets 100 percent of South Australia demand for first time
(tags:Australia solarpower )
You can buy these grapes, but there are a few rules you need to know first... (because they're patented)
(tags:food rules OhForFucksSake patents )
U S. COVID Cases since June by state partisanship
(tags:ViaDrCross visualisation pandemic USA politics )
Scientists discover why mosquitoes are so attracted to human blood
(tags:blood mosquito )
Leaders Can Feel Licensed To Behave Badly When They Have Morally Upstanding Followers
(tags:psychology morality behaviour leadership )
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Interesting Links for 26-02-2020

Beloved, You Are Not "Torn," You Are In Denial About Your Choices
Found this one fascinating because I've drifted like this in the past and am very glad not to be this person any more.
(tags:relationships Choice decisions )
Austerity blamed for life expectancy stalling for first time in century (and declining for the poorest)
(tags:inequality poverty austerity uk Conservatives )
Ancient 'lost' civilisation uncovered by archaeologists in Turkey (who defeated King Midas)
(tags:turkey prehistory archeology )
I am absolutely fascinated by how "Sovereign Citizens" think the world works
(tags:weird law society conspiracy )
FactCheck: the Conservatives' youth unemployment claim
(tags:unemployment employment UK conservatives )
The original sins of grammarians still plague the rulebooks
(tags:grammar language history rules OhForFucksSake )
How to share bad news of sexual abuse by someone you trusted?
(tags:abuse support )
Freakangels Adapted For Animation At Crunchyroll
(tags:comics TV WarrenEllis )
Third of Poland now declared 'LGBT-free zone', making intolerance official
(tags:bigotry LGBT Poland OhForFucksSake )
Covid 19 looks likely to become the fifth freely circulating coronavirus
(tags:virus )
Scotland to make period products such as tampons and pads free
(tags:Scotland menstruation viaSwampers )
Getting Sweet Patron Money On the Modern Internet
(tags:business money CrowdFunding )
UK income inequality greater than previously thought
(tags:inequality uk )
More humans than thought survived volcanic super-eruption 74,000 years ago
(tags:prehistory volcano )
Secret doorway in Parliament leads to historical treasure trove
(tags:parliament uk history )
A Gamer Has Beaten Superman 64 Over 300 Times
(tags:viaSwampers games superman )
Getting 6 hours sleep for 2 weeks is as bad as no sleep for 2 days - but you don't feel as tired.
(tags:sleep )
Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain
(tags:copyright music technology )



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Interesting Links for 15-01-2020

What it's like to freeze to death
(tags:temperature weather death cold viaElfy )
Who wants to know the rules to knife karaoke?
(tags:rules music fighting )
Star Wars 9's Original Story From Colin Trevorrow Reportedly Revealed
(tags:StarWars )
A Massive Global Reforestation Project Is How We Fix Climate Change
(tags:climate geoengineering forests viaCipherGoth )
Cumbria's Eden Valley to see reintroduction of beavers
(tags:wildlife uk )
A new approach to making airplane parts, minus the massive infrastructure
(tags:airplanes design manufacturing nanotech carbon )
Cryptominers are now hiding their code in WAV files
(tags:cryptography virus malware )



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Interesting Links for 10-01-2020

A Surprising New Source of Attention in the Brain Raises New Questions
(tags:brain attention )
Häagen-Dazs Loves Honey Bees
(tags:bees sustainability )
The US almond harvest is killing billions of bees
(tags:bees Doom USA farming )
FactCheck: has the government pulled the UK out of Erasmus?
(tags:UK Europe politics Education )
What video game is the "Cats" of gaming?"
(tags:games epicfail questions )
Imagine being told you can't chat to your grandmother about your plans for life. Not surprised Harry decided to leave.
(tags:monarchy family UK )
Women's rights, religious sensibilities. Can Israel respect both?
(tags:religion rights women Israel )
Scottish Labour to hold conference over indyref2 stance
(tags:Labour Scotland independence )
For Suicide Prevention, Try Raising The Minimum Wage
(tags:minimumwage economics suicide )
Married people talk about the stupid disagreements they have
(tags:argument marriage relationships )
Man hacking his girlfriend's favorite Disney movie might be the best proposal ever
(tags:marriage Disney impressive )
Mondo Mascots - a collection of Japanese mascots (why are mascots such a big thing in Japan?)
(tags:Japan )
Understanding Japan's National Mascot Obsession
(tags:Japan cute anime viaSwampers )
The ridiculous 14 page handbook for running a 5-a-side football team
(tags:football rules wtf viaSwampers )



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