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Jubilee for Republicans and the Queen - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Essentially says that 'getting rid of the monarchy' is a distraction from sorting out our constitutional and democratic (including the Lords) issues.
(tags: House of Lords reform politics posttofacebook Al Jazeera comment UK the monarchy interesting )
Chrome only future for Flash on Linux - The H Open Source: News and Features
'Adobe has announced that in future, the Flash Player for Linux will only be available through Google;
(tags: Google posttofacebook computers the future technology internet interesting )

'Anti-gay' book puts Gove at centre of faith school teaching row
It's telling that he's not denying that it's discriminatory, he's saying "Sure it is. And I don't have to do anything about it."
(tags: politics UK education lgbt discrimination people suck news )
6 Insane Foreign Memes That Put Lolcats To Shame | Cracked.com
They are pretty weird, and pretty awesome.
(tags: posttofacebook geeky culture internet humor cracked awesome amusing )
Mountain Lion could maul Windows 8 - SlashGear
One wonders when the antitrust phone to OS over-integration stuff will start.
(tags: comment operating systems technology Windows Apple computers interesting )
Why Chrome connects to three random domains at startup — Mike West
Less creepy than you might think. Probably.
(tags: via Andrew Ducker Google browser security technology posttofacebook internet image trust interesting )
Who is, and is not, invited to Cameron's emergency NHSbill summit? A data visualisation. - bengoldacre - secondary blog
Here's a hint; there's a correlation between attendance and current opinion on the bill.
(tags: via Andrew Ducker posttofacebook healthcare politics the coalition UK reform NHS important )

Civil servant in charge of Lobbying reform steps down after tweeting death wish for group campaigning for said reforms
'Walsh Atkins will be asked to explain the tweet she posted on December 22, saying: “I wish Unlock Democracy [the campaign group] would die. I am prepared to help it along.”'
(tags: ooh…nasty twitter internet culture lobbying posttofacebook Unlock Democracy politics interesting )
Tory grumblers told to fall in line over Lords reform
'because the policy was in the party's general election manifesto, the constitutional reform minister has said'
(tags: democracy Westminster UK House of Lords reform politics interesting )
"Universal Music Group Stole Our Music" | VICE
Youtube's auto-removal tool for the music industry leads to the industry removing stuff that's not their copyright
(tags: internet technology law crime fairness piracy intellectual property music copyright interesting )
No Devo-Max says Cameron - even if Scots vote for it
'UK Prime Minister David Cameron has flatly ruled out any extension to tax raising [or benefits system] powers for Scotland beyond the proposals contained in the Scotland Bill which is currently going through the Westminster Parliament.'
(tags: David Cameron news democracy independence SNP Scottish independence Scotland politics interesting )
Steve Jobs personally asked Eric Schmidt to stop poaching employees, and other unredacted statements in a Silicon Valley scandal | The Verge
(tags: computers internet technology news America law corruption competition fairness Apple Google )
Freedom Act leads to bad government, O'Donnell warns
risks forcing ministers and civil servants into a system of "oral government" Because gods forbid we should know what and why our politicians and civil servants decide things.
(tags: posttofacebook pos fail wtf information freedom Freedom of Information UK civil servants comment politics interesting )
Loveless partners in coalition ditch plan to renew their vows - Politics - The Independent
No new coalition agreement 2.0 The parties haven't gotten enough of what they were wanting through, and they can't agree on new stuff.
(tags: posttofacebook UK Conservatives Lib Dem the coalition politics interesting )

BBC News - Google+ relaxes real name policy to allow pseudonyms
Though only if they're 'established' ones a following
(tags: posttofacebook u turn culture identity google+ Google interesting )
Wi-Fi access to be available on London's Tube network by this summer - Telegraph
On the platforms only; not in the tunnels.
(tags: London Olympics internet technology interesting )
BBC News - Twelve unresolved questions on Scottish independence
Though TBH, some of them are actually already resolved.
(tags: government law news independence politics UK Scotand interesting )
Using phone-tracking tech? 'Fess up now, urges expert • The Register
Shopping centres & such track you by your mobile. Creepy…
(tags: posttofacebook creepy big brother surveilance technology The Register interesting )
Companies paid £1,800 to meet ministers at networking events | Politics | The Guardian
And government types went despite being told not to.
(tags: posttofacebook business culture politics lobbying corruption interesting )
BBC News - Polling station law 'must be changed before 2015'
'to allow anyone queuing at the ballot box when polls close to vote,'
(tags: voting fairness politics interesting )

Ask Chris #81: Scooby-Doo and Secular Humanism - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews
'I will fight tooth and nail over the idea that there should never, ever be even a trace of the supernatural in the world of Scooby-Doo.'
(tags: interesting belief comment tv cartoons via Andrew Ducker skepticism )
Gavin Mackey's Pokemon Redesigns Will Haunt Your Nightmares [Art] - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews
'In Mackey's art, [pokemon] take an insidious turn toward resembling Renée French subjects or that creepy baby in David Lynch's Eraserhead.'
(tags: awesome art drawings cartoons pretty )
Comics, Everybody: The History of Captain America Explained - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews
'Curt Franklin and artist Chris Haley of Let's Be Friends Again have broken down the history of Marvel Comics' esteemed Sentinel of Liberty. Read all about the fabled ascent of Steve Rogers from weakling to Nazi-smasher to Avengers Leader to head of S.H.I.E.L.D'
(tags: amusing geeky awesome comics )
EU: Copyright Doesn't Cover Functionality, Programming Language
'Yves Bot, an advocate-general at the Court, has stated that functions provided by computer programs, as well as the programming languages they're written in, do not receive copyright protection.'
(tags: copyright interesting law economics europe programming via Andrew Ducker intellectual property )
US judge orders hundreds of sites "de-indexed" from Google, Facebook
'After a series of one-sided hearings, luxury goods maker Chanel has won recent court orders against hundreds of websites trafficking in counterfeit luxury goods.'
(tags: interesting censorship law google copyright SOPA crime fail )
BBC News - Fahrenheit 451 becomes e-book despite author's feelings
Best line in the article? This: '"We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now," he said.'
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Paul McMullan lays bare newspaper dark arts at Leveson inquiry | Media | The Guardian
''Privacy is for paedos," declared former News of the World man and tabloid veteran Paul McMullan in the midst of his evidence at the Leveson inquiry. He had only just observed that "in 21 years of invading people's privacy I've never found anybody doing any good" – statements that together amounted to a credo for the brutal Sunday tabloid world of which McMullan became the chief spokesman in the otherwise stifled confines of courtroom 73.'
(tags: interesting journalism media notw Murdoch people suck via Andrew Ducker )
BBC News - Is £40,000 really a liveable income for families in the UK?
Perhaps a bad idea for them to lead with the family where the lady of the house "spends £10,000 every couple of years to buy a new car and likes to go on two or three package holidays a year." and yet complains of money being tight. The later couple who's café collapsed, leaving them with lots of debt, that I can more emphasise with.
(tags: money uk interesting via Andrew Ducker economy )
BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps • The Register
'…Trevor Eckhart showed how software from a Silicon Valley company known as Carrier IQ recorded in real time the keys he pressed into a stock EVO handset, which he had reset to factory settings just prior to the demonstration.'
(tags: wtf privacy security surveilance phones smart phones via Andrew Ducker )
BBC News - Ministers announce U-turn on mobility benefit cut
'Controversial plans to axe some benefit payments to disabled people living in care homes are being dropped.' Very glad to see this, as the plan to drop it felt very much like "If you're in a care home, you can stay there, you don't need to see the outside world"
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