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Interesting Links for 30-03-2017
Mar. 30th, 2017 06:00 pm- Wanna Protect Your Online Privacy? Open a Tab and Make Some Noise
- (tags: internet privacy security )
- Origami intersections that are visible from space
- (tags: origami space art )
- Conservative Club fined for being (small-c) conservative?
- (tags: women gender-inequality Conservatives )
- Guy Who Got a C on Constitutional-Amendment Paper GETS CONSTITUTION AMENDED
- (tags: history law USA )
- LEGO UK Hiring Product Designers To Build Models Professionally
- (tags: lego WANT work play jobs UK )
- How I Let Disney Track My Every Move
- "...the most magical surveillance state on Earth..."
(tags: Disney privacy technology ) - Best High School Reunion Ever: The Buffy Cast 20 Years Later
- (tags: tv nostalgia awesome )
- You can’t buy Congress’ web history - it doesn't work like that
- (tags: internet politics privacy security )
- The Four Types Of Scarlett Johansson Movies
- (tags: movies statistics visualisation via:andrewducker )
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Interesting Links for 16-03-2017
Mar. 16th, 2017 05:00 pm- Maternity incidents not being reviewed
- (tags: maternity childbirth Scotland healthcare )
- Olly the rescue dog at Crufts
- (tags: dogs funny awesome )
- The new American Gods trailer looks awesome
- (tags: trailer tv myths neilgaiman via:andrewducker )
- Why This Court Decision Hinged on the Oxford Comma
- (tags: punctuation grammar English laws USA )
- Astronomers just found a star orbiting a black hole at 1 percent the speed of light
- (tags: wow astronomy physics )
- Breivik was 'already damaged by the age of two'
- (tags: psychology terrorism Norway childhood )
- After 100 years of debate, hitting absolute zero has been declared mathematically impossible
- (tags: physics science mathematics thermodynamics )
- The pyschology of the Good Samaritan
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Interesting Links for 10-03-2017
Mar. 10th, 2017 05:00 pm- 'Twin Peaks' missing posters are some damn fine viral marketing
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- 'Game of Thrones' season 7 premiere date revealed via fan torture
- (tags: funny game-of-thrones TV )
- You know nothing about snow...
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- Password-less login
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- AI figured out a surprising word people text when their risk of suicide is high
- (tags: suicide mental-health AI )
- PEP 308 and why I still hate Python
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- Landlord accepted £40,000 stolen whisky as rent payment
- (tags: Scotland whisky law )
- BBC interviewee interrupted by his children live on air
- (tags: South-Korea interview children funny video )
- Alexandra Petri Is The Only Op-Ed Columnist America Needs Right Now
- (tags: writing USA politics satire )
- It's a good name, Bront
- (tags: QC webcomics funny dogs )
- How an online fight about dogs became one of 2016’s greatest memes
- (tags: memes dogs Twitter funny )
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Interesting Links for 09-03-2017
Mar. 9th, 2017 05:00 pm- Amelia Earhart and Rosalind Franklin immortalised in Lego for International Women’s Day
- (tags: women Lego awesome )
- Lessons Learned About Gaming After Becoming A Parent
- This. All of this.
(tags: gaming parenting kids ) - IBM somehow crammed data into a single atom
- (tags: data IBM physics wow )
- 'Very, very pink' tap water in Alberta town
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- In Puerto Rico, Teachers’ Pension Fund Works Like a Ponzi Scheme - The New York Times
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- No DSS: More flat shares refuse benefit claimants than pets
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- A digital clock ... in Conway's Game Of Life
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- Why some infinities are bigger than others
- (tags: mathematics infinity )
- Feeling authentic in a relationship comes from being able to be your best self, not your actual self
- (tags: relationships personality psychology via:andrewducker )
- Pumpktris - the Tetris Pumpkin
- (tags: Tetris coding pumpkin wow )
- Indyref2 set for after May has ballsed everything up but before she’s kicked out
- (tags: independence funny politics uk via:andrewducker )
- The woman who broke the Tetris World Record - without meaning to
- (tags: games world-record Tetris via:andrewducker )
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Interesting Links for 16-02-2017
Feb. 16th, 2017 05:00 pm- The Genderbread Person
- (tags: lgbt gender visualisation )
- Depression symptoms among men when their partners are pregnant
- (tags: depression men children via:andrewducker )
- Ronald D. Moore's Philip K. Dick anthology series picked up at Amazon
- (tags: scifi Amazon wow via:andrewducker )
- Explaining the basics of Git in simple words
- (tags: git via:andrewducker )
- Arrival: Author Ted Chiang reveals how his story went from page to screen
- (tags: scifi writing short-story movies via:andrewducker )
- Nokia 3310, 'the world's most reliable phone', to be re-launched
- (tags: phones nostalgia )
- Meet Facebook, Your New Financial Regulator
- (tags: facebook advertising regulation )
- This Machine Turns Trump Tweets into Planned Parenthood Donations
- (tags: politics charity usa funny )
- Burger King Israel includes (v tame) sex toys in its very happy meal
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- BrewDog offering paid 'puppy leave' for new dog owners
- (tags: dogs business Scotland )
- A 17th-Century French Couple Traded Hearts Before Being Buried
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- R for Excel Users
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- Would Harold Pick Maude on Tinder?
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- Psychologists Think They Found the Purpose of Depression
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Interesting Links for 31-01-2017
Jan. 31st, 2017 05:00 pm- Pirates Of The Caribbean Cosplay
- (tags: wow cosplay awesome )
- George Orwell Reviews Mein Kampf
- (tags: history politics literature war )
- Japan Now Has Kit Kat...Sushi
- (tags: WANT food Japan wow )
- Lego Life Is a Social Network That's Safe for Kids
- (tags: lego children social-media )
- The Chinese man trapped in India for half a century
- (tags: India China family wow )
- A New Kind of Clairvoyance
- (tags: data stats economics suicide )
- "Science curious" people are more likely to explore data contradicting their world view
- (tags: science psychology via:andrewducker )
- Conscience is a collective phenomenon - what resistance to The Holocaust can teach us.
- (tags: Holocaust history politics psychology fascism via:andrewducker )
- The Viking Squad - Iceland's Elite Counter-Terrorism Unit
- (tags: awesome Iceland )
Interesting Links for 16-12-2016
Dec. 16th, 2016 05:00 pm- Carpool Karaoke Christmas special
- Merry Xmas!!
(tags: xmas singing awesome ) - The new anti-feminist member of the Women and Equalities Committee speaks against a gender violence bill
- (tags: horrifying UK politics gender-inequality )
- Here are some of the bills Tory MP Philip Davies has filibustered
- (tags: politics UK via:andrewducker )
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Interesting Links for 12-12-2016
Dec. 12th, 2016 05:00 pm- Scone or scone?
- (tags: UK map language )
- Best Buy Employees Surprise Teen Who Visited Store Every Day To Play Smash Bros.
- (tags: awesome Nintendo USA feelgood )
- OneShot Is A Game Where The Main Character Knows Who You Are
- (tags: gaming funny )
- Everybody Poops
- (tags: poop gaming wtf )
- History of the human population
- (tags: history prehistory map data visualisation )
- This is what happens when Donald Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter
- (tags: twitter USA politics ffs )
- Guidelines to help couples manage conflict
- (tags: psychology conflict-management )
- The cult of compulsory happiness is ruining our workplaces
- (tags: management happiness work )
Interesting Links for 31-10-2016
Oct. 31st, 2016 03:00 pm- Seattle: Highest Minimum Wage, Lowest Unemployment Rate
- (tags: usa economics via:andrewducker minimum-wage )
- A fascinating review of PS1 game Parasite Eve
- (tags: gaming review games Japan horror )
- Descendants of Jewish refugees seek German citizenship after Brexit vote
- (tags: politics history Germany UK wow )
- Amazon vs Netflix - period drama is the next battlefield
- (tags: TV Netflix Amazon )
- Costumes for wheelchairs at Halloween
- (tags: disability wheelchairs cosplay costumes awesome )
Interesting Links for 25-10-2016
Oct. 25th, 2016 04:00 pm- Phono-semantic matching is corporate America's best option when trying to rebrand for new countries
- (tags: culture language business )
- Forget Trump and Clinton. ‘Black Jeopardy’ is SNL’s best political sketch this year
- (tags: politics USA funny comedy TV )
- 'The Bachelor' contestants find love on the show...
- (tags: Australia love awesome lgbt )
- If you want to influence people don't try to persuade them. Use ‘pre-suasion’ instead.
- (tags: psychology communication via:andrewducker )
- Revisiting the “Moral” Panic Around D&D
- (tags: dungeonsanddragons religion history usa via:andrewducker )
- How German nuclear scientists reacted to the news of Hiroshima
- (tags: nuclearweapons wwii history via:andrewducker )
- Here Are Some Adorable photos of Kittens Pouncing
- (tags: cats photography awesome )
- Study suggests approach to waking patients after surgery
- (tags: research medicine neurology )
- If you've never heard of "Mrs Columbo", here is your chance to catch up
- "Neither Peter Falk nor the character of Lieutenant Columbo ever appeared on or endorsed the show."
(tags: funny TV )
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Interesting Links for 24-10-2016
Oct. 24th, 2016 04:00 pm- Stand-up comedy routine about Spreadsheets
- (tags: geekery spreadsheets comedy funny )
- The Weird Economics Of Ikea
- (tags: design economics data IKEA )
- Most of Trump’s charts skew the data. And not always in his favor
- (tags: design data visualisation politics USA )
- I've never wanted a handheld Nintendo device before, but this appeals for some reason
- (tags: WANT Nintendo technology gaming )
- Banks poised to relocate out of UK over Brexit
- (tags: banking uk europe via:andrewducker )
- Being Single Is Now a Disability, According to the World Health Organization
- (tags: health children fertility WHO )
- Chinese firm admits its hacked DVRs, cameras were behind Friday's massive DDOS attack
- (tags: security technology China via:andrewducker )
- Secret Red Dwarf Theme Tune Lyrics Discovered After 27 Years
- (tags: comedy TV UK song easter-egg )
- The Sunday roast burger
- (tags: food wow UK Liverpool )
- When Charles Dickens, his raven, Grip, and Edgar Allan Poe met
- (tags: raven Poe Dickens literature history awesome )
- After authorities did not charge rapist, student fought back
- (tags: rape USA crime )
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Interesting Links for 19-10-2016
Oct. 19th, 2016 04:00 pm- The London borough with a '50-year waiting list' for council houses
- (tags: housing UK society ffs )
- London Is Still Paying Rent to the Queen on a Property Leased in 1211
- (tags: london history weird awesome via:andrewducker )
- Why, It's The Lusty Argonian Maid Herself
- (tags: cosplay funny Skyrim awesome )
- Why do twins live longer than the rest of us
- (tags: twins psychology society longevity )
- When Stranger Things Happen...
- (tags: awesome Australia TV video )
- When love and attention just aren't enough
- (tags: psychology children parenting )
- "My father injected me with HIV"
- (tags: HIV horrifying )
- Programming books you might want to consider reading
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- The Cryptopals Crypto Challenges
- (tags: cryptography programming security )
- World chess grandmaster stops by to take on hustlers in NY
- And yes, that is Liv Tyler
(tags: chess funny USA )
Interesting Links for 18-10-2016
Oct. 18th, 2016 04:00 pm- UK Government agreed referendum could not be legally binding
- (tags: politics UK Brexit )
- How to really read to kids
- (tags: reading children parenting psychology )
- "Secretaries are women, that's how it's always been"
- (tags: sexism society women work business )
- Why inauthentic apologies infuriate
- (tags: apologies psychology )
- Punny stories
- (tags: stories funny puns awesome via:andrewducker )
- Jennicam: The first woman to stream her life on the internet
- (tags: internet privacy streaming )
- What’s the Most Popular Time of Year to Get Married?
- (tags: data weddings economics )
- Secret Grief: Over 35, Single, and Childless
- (tags: grief psychology children )
Interesting Links for 12-10-2016
Oct. 12th, 2016 04:00 pm- Inheritance should go directly to grandchildren to help ease housing crisis, says housing minister
- (tags: housing uk Conservatives ffs via:andrewducker )
- The Massacre at Monkey Hill (a fascinating story of primate research gone wrong)
- (tags: monkeys anthropology research fail via:andrewducker )
- How Realistic is Your Favorite Medical Show ?
- (tags: medicine funny nhs )
- A clickable map of all popular music since 1880
- (tags: music maps data visualisation )
- Robin Williams died because of "a terrorist inside his brain"
- (tags: mental-health medicine )
- English man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle
- (tags: tea Technology wifi fail via:andrewducker )
- How to cut a cake fairly. At last.
- (tags: mathematics cake awesome )
- Samsung was never able to replicate the exploding Note7
- (tags: technology phones )
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Interesting Links for 12-09-2016
Sep. 12th, 2016 04:00 pm- Clancy Brown's greatest villains
- (tags: movies villains )
- 'Die Hard' scene homemade shot-for-shot
- (tags: movies awesome yippeekiyay )
- The Accidental Twitter Poet
- (tags: twitter poetry social-media )
- Losing followers hurts
- (tags: twitter religion funny webcomic )
- Why a papercut hurts so much
- (tags: biology pain injury )
- The organs that we are reluctant to donate
- My father's corneas were the only part of him undamaged enough from a life of hard living to donate. Every little bit helps.
(tags: medicine physiology organ-donation ) - Raising a well-adjusted, gifted child
- (tags: children parenting genius education )
- Watching Evolution: right in front of your eyes
- (tags: biology evolution video wow )
- Man buys woman a drink, texts her awkward request weeks later
- (tags: funny twitter drink romance-is-dead )
- This Tube station now has pictures of cats instead of ads
- (tags: advertising cats London transport )
- Searching for Aki
- (tags: UK Liverpool bodybuilding psychiatry )
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Interesting Links for 07-09-2016
Sep. 7th, 2016 04:00 pm- China says it's 'too soon' to remove giant pandas from the endangered list
- (tags: panda China conservation )
- Capturing the Unicorn Tapestries
- (tags: tapestry art photography mathematics )
- A 16-year-old British girl earns £48,000 helping Chinese people name their babies
- (tags: awesome UK China babies names )
- Costa Rica hasn't burned any fossil fuels for electricity in two months
- (tags: wow Costa-Rica electricity renewables )
- Meet Kpop's Answer To Chun-Li
- (tags: cosplay Kpop )
- Ask Carrie Fisher- advice column in The Guardian
- How did I not know about this already?
(tags: Star-Wars celebrity advice ) - 500 Byte Images: The Haiku Vector Icon Format
- (tags: design programming computing )
- Framing a PTA mom
- (tags: crime USA drugs school )
- Google’s Clever Plan to Stop Aspiring ISIS Recruits
- (tags: terrorism Google advertising technology )
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Interesting Links for 26-08-2016
Aug. 26th, 2016 04:00 pm- Why do we judge parents for putting kids at perceived (but unreal) risk?
- (tags: culture morality parenting society )
- A Minnesota town re-elects a dog as their Mayor
- (tags: dogs USA awesome )
- Parenthood - in graphs
- I'm only five weeks into my journey of being a parent, but the one about sleep especially speaks to me...
(tags: graphs funny data visualisation parenting )
