Interesting Links for 29-04-2015
- Small Business letter to the Telegraph; an attempt to defraud the electorate?
Names repeated, people that are retired, not small business owners, people (and charities) that didn't sign it. Quite an impressive set of inaccuracies, all told.
- Thousands sign letter dismissing David Cameron as a ‘meat hamper-faced gobshite’
Seems a fair response to the other letter 'the signatories dismiss Conservative economic plans and say that the Tories are an assortment of git-brained wank hammers with about as much compassion as a hookworm.'
- A graffiti artist named Wanksy found a cheeky way to force his city to fix potholes
'It looks like Wanksy's work is yielding results. The road ahead may be long and hard, but as long as he keeps thrusting ahead, he'll get the satisfaction his city needs. And when he sees the hot liquid asphalt spurting all over the street, he knows it's worth it.'
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Interesting Links for 22-12-2014
- How do you counter-protest those calling for less police brutality, less deaths of black people to them?
Get a bunch of white guys to wear hoodies saying "I can breathe", apparently. Seriously, what the fuck? How do they think that makes any kind of point bar privilege?
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Interesting Links for 13-11-2014
- Glasgow Has Been Plastered in Thousands of Black Remembrance Poppies | VICE | United Kingdom
One for each of WW1's conscientious objectors.
- Definition - Robot Hugs
On why 'Well the dictionary says I'm right!' isn't a good argument.
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Interesting Links for 02-10-2014
- Victory for drag queens as Facebook apologises for 'real-name' policy | Technology | The Guardian
Looking positive! Of interest to Cattes.
Interesting Links for 02-08-2014
- Counter-Protest to Abortion Clinic Picketers,
with amusing and sometimes surreal signs.
Interesting Links for 07-02-2014
- Snipers Attacked A Silicon Valley Power Station Last Year And Nobody Told Us
So, this is what the Elf sniper and Dwarf Technomancer were doing, but what did the Troll street samurai and orc adept up to when this was going on?
- We wish Nadia and Masha well – but they're no longer part of Pussy Riot | Comment is free
Interesting Links for 27-01-2014
- BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Peaceful negotiations 'futile'
- The secrets of Sloth-poo
- Mull of Kintyre test - Wikipedia
'an unofficial guideline said to have been used by the British Board of Film Classification to decide whether an image of a man's penis could be shown.'
- So You Want To Be A Writer For Evil Hat
'You’re in luck! We’re looking for a few writers for our plans over the next few years. To get your name on our talent list, you need to pass our evaluation. Details follow.'
Interesting Links for 25-01-2014
- German Olympians will wear rainbow-colored uniforms in Sochi
- Why sugar helped remove Victoria Line concrete flood - Telegraph
To stop the concrete they poured the sugar, to stop the sugar they poured the…
- Gmail And Google+ Go Down Across The World, Intermittent Outage Continues For Many | TechCrunch
It was down, it's now back up, for some at least
Interesting Links for 24-01-2014
- Mystery of the Lyubov Orlova: Ghost ship full of cannibal rats ‘could be heading for British coast’ - Home News - UK - The Independent
- Whose Policy: UKIP Or Monster Raving Loony Party
Slightly worrying…
- London Underground: Victoria Line Suspended After Concrete Poured into Control Room
Some solid journalism here, but it does seem to be a pretty pour decision-making process in action at TFL…
- Tory MP calls police on handful of retired constituents delivering petition against lobbying bill 'gagging law' - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
'A handful of retired constituents delivering their local MP a petition might not sound the most terrifying of prospects, but it prompted one Tory politician to call for police protection.'
Interesting Links for 11-04-2013
- Amsterdam To Fly Gay Rainbow Flag During Russian President Vladimir Putin's Visit
- After 27 years of burglaries, 'North Pond Hermit' is arrested | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
Living alone in the woods for nearly three decades. Seemling for no other reason than inertia.
- Margaret Thatcher: This is a state funeral, and that’s a mistake - Telegraph
'The decision to acknowledge Lady Thatcher, but not Clement Attlee, makes the Queen appear partisan and is out of kilter with the impartiality of the modern monarchy'
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Interesting Links for 27-03-2013
- Do four out of five people really believe in prayer? | Science | guardian.co.uk
No. 4/5 people are able to think up an answer to "What would you pray for?"
- David Miliband to quit as MP, taking up dream charity job in New York triggering South Shields by-election - Mirror Online
'intends to step down with immediate effect, triggering a by-election in May'
- BBC News - Brick up spare rooms, urges Labour MP Frank Field
'said landlords should "brick up" doors and "knock down the walls" in defiance.'
- Video: water appears frozen in sine wave - Boing Boing
- Police Issue ‘Scratch and Sniff’ Cards to Help Weed Out Marijuana Growers | TIME.com
- PGN-The Philadelphia Gay News. Phila gay news. philly news - Archive looking for Philly gay couple from 1950s ceremony
'they likely eagerly awaited the return of their photos of the big day — which they may soon finally receive, nearly 60 years later.'
- 21 graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous
'pay much, much more than other countries do for the exact same things'
- Ed Miliband to join Scooby Doo Gang
'admitted last night that his brother David becoming the head of International Rescue is more impressive than him becoming prime minister. But he now believes he can leapfrog his brother by joining an organisation that has a much better 'hit-rate' in apprehending evil-doers'
- South Shields: Why bother with a by-election?
It's been Labour since 1935, and in that time, only one MP there has had a local connection, he was the only one from there to not become a cabinet minster.
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Interesting Links for 08-11-2012
- The class teaching young people to find their inner activist | Politics | The Guardian
'Demand the Impossible, a course that teaches the theory – and practice – of political activism'
- BBC News - MPs say committee hearings 'dull' and new approaches needed
MPs are not always able to get key information out of witnesses, a new report argues.
- BBC News - David Cameron trialling app to aid government decisions
'using it to keep track of live data relating to jobs, housing and other areas… It also monitors polls and posts on social media'
- John Bercow: women behave better than men in Parliament - Telegraph
'and revealed that he tries to avoid allowing an unbroken sequence of male politicians to speak in the Commons.'
Interesting Links for 02-11-2012
- BBC News - Trick-or-treat children given cocaine in Oldham
'It is understood the drugs were bought for personal use and ended up in with the bags of sweets by accident.'
- BBC News - Apple ordered to re-write 'inaccurate' Samsung statement
'Samsung complained the statement Apple had posted did not comply with the court order.Judges agreed and have told Apple it must be removed within 24 hours.'
- NaNoWriMo countdown
For all those doing the novel writing thing to torment themselves with. Currently at 1632
- BBC News - Stuart Rodger sentenced for shouting at David Cameron
When I read this headline, I had an immediate instinct to check whether it was a parody. But it's not. What the fuck? 'A man who shouted "no public sector cuts" at David Cameron during a speech in Glasgow has been ordered to carry out 100 hours of community service.'
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Interesting Links for 13-10-2012
- Greek police accused of using protester as human shield | World news | guardian.co.uk
Witnesses say the young woman was frogmarched in handcuffs ahead of riot police as protesters threw stones at officers
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Interesting Links for 17-08-2012
- The new totalitarianism of surveillance technology | Naomi Wolf | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
'If you think that 24/7 tracking of citizens by biometric recognition systems is paranoid fantasy, just read the industry newsletters'
- We are Waltham Forest
'a campaign launched by Waltham Forest residents to show the EDL that they are not welcome in our multicultural borough.' The EDL are planning on marching in Walthamstom on 1st of September, this is a page for people wanting to counter-march/protest against them/celebrate the UK's multiculturallism.
- Amazon to deliver parcels to UK cornershops - Telegraph
The online shopping giant has quietly started trialling the scheme on a small scale with items such as books and clothes, and plans to roll it out nationwide.
- This is what’s wrong with Britain today « Decline of the Logos
'This is really someone who writes a blog post entitled ‘Why I don’t listen to experts (or facts and figures)’ and means it.'
- Women’s Football Isn’t ‘Proper’ Football | The Daisy Cutter
Briefly rage inducing, then very funny and well put.
- Ecuador Grants Assange Asylum, to Extradite Whistle-Blower | World | TIME.com
The government of Rafael Correa extends its hospitality to the WikiLeaks founder but is accused of harassing unfriendly journalists and may extradite a whistle-blower from Belarus to face grave charges in the country described as "Europe's last dictatorship"
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Interesting Links for 14-06-2012
- 400 women called Sarah
Julie Bindle has written an article essentially dismissing the existence of bisexuality, and suggesting it's all a political/feminist issue. The 'evidence' she includes is a survey of 400 women, some of those women thinking bisexuality doesn't exist. As a comparison, inspired by the project to get a longer list of evolution-supporting scientists named Steve, than the list of evolution denying scientists (named anything), a friend has set up a page to get 400 women called Sarah to affirm that they believe bisexuality exists.
- Julie Bindel: Where's the Politics in Sex?
The story relating to the 400 women called Sarah group. The rather flabbergasting idea that people should choose to be lesbian for political reasons.
- Memos From Fury
Director Fury has to let people know who's boss. Using memos.
- BBC News - Theresa May sets out plans to monitor internet use in the UK
- BBC News - World's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7
'Customers who use IE7 will have to pay an extra surcharge on online purchases made through the firm's site.'
- World+dog discovers hi-res aerial maps, thanks to Google and Apple • The Register
'‘Military grade spy stuff’, my arse'
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Interesting Links for 04-05-2012
- Warren Ellis » GUEST INFORMANT: Anonymous
- The Alpha Parent: Sexism and the Early Learning Centre
- Holy crap, these bees will DRINK TEARS FROM YOUR EYES
'Closing the eye did not necessarily dislodge bees but some continued to suck at the slit.' (Warning, contains images of bees drinking from open human eyes)
- DEA apologizes to student left in cell | UTSanDiego.com
'engineering student accidentally left in a holding cell without food or water for five days'
- Microsoft drops DVD support from Windows 8 | bit-tech.net
'Windows Media Centre will be a paid-for add-on - and mandatory if users want DVD playback support.' (Well, mandatory as in you'll need it *or* some other specific playback program.)
- It's Time to Give Digital Rights Management the Boot | PCWorld
'Today is the Free Software Foundation's Day Against DRM'
- Linux Format censored over 'Learn to Hack' feature | bit-tech.net
'A controversial hacking how-to in the last issue of Future's Linux Format has led to the magazine being pulled from the shelves of US bookselling giant Barnes & Noble.'
- Learn to Hack | TuxRadar Linux
Essential disclaimer: Hacking is bad/illegal Mmmmmkay? If it's not your computer and you're doing bad stuff, anyway. 'There are two rules of computer security: one – don’t buy a computer; and two – if you have to buy a computer, don’t turn it on. If you break these rules then you’ll be opening yourself up to potential problems. No system is 100% safe from hackers, but by following a few simple steps you can make yours much harder for intruders to attack.'