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Interesting Links for 10-07-2015
- I, Racist — "Why I don’t talk about race with White people"
- Border crossings no more
Photos of the closed border checkpoints of Schengen-ised Europe
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Interesting Links for 03-09-2013
- BBC News - 'Walkie-Talkie' skyscraper melts Jaguar car parts
- Parents celebrate end of nightmare
I think my favourite bit is the last paragraph. Does that make me a bad person?
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Interesting Links for 07-03-2013
- Facebook's 'New Look' May Include Multiple News Feeds
'we could see multiple news feeds based on categories, such as Instagram photos and music your friends are listening to and artist updates.'
- AFP: N. Korea threatens 'pre-emptive' nuclear strike on US
- Lib Dems want new rules to sack Nick Clegg - Telegraph
'A party conference this week will week vote on new rules that would allow grassroots members to force a leadership contest.'
- Is This The Greatest Cover For "Fahrenheit 451" You've Ever Seen
The '1' is a match, the spine is a striking paper. Awesome
- Detailed Floor Plan Drawings of Popular TV and Film Homes - My Modern Metropolis
My main reaction to this is 'Wow, Americans have really big houses'
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- advertising,
- amusing,
- architecture,
- awesome,
- beautiful ruins,
- cats,
- clever,
- education,
- film,
- interesting,
- internet,
- lib dem,
- links,
- nudity,
- parody,
- photos,
- politics,
- posttofacebook,
- scifi,
- sex,
- star wars,
- student fees,
- students,
- weird,
- wtf
Interesting Links for 06-03-2013
- Billionaire Alki David Promises To Pay Tuition Fees In Return For Streaking Past Nick Clegg
- Photos of abandoned school buildings, with scenes from when they were used mixed in over the top
- Adult Cat Finder
'you're never more than one click away from chatting with a hot, local cat in your area!'
- Carrie Fisher Confirms She Will Be Back As Princess Leia In Star Wars Episode VII - CinemaBlend.com
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Interesting Links for 28-02-2013
- US supreme court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act in southern states | Law | guardian.co.uk
'Case could end requirement for states with history of discriminatory policies to get federal approval for election laws'
- BBC News - Slides plan for Newcastle's St James Park
'Football fans exiting Newcastle's St James' Park could be speeded on their way if plans to install slides outside the ground are approved.'
- Up to 84% on low incomes will not pay council tax, local authorities believe | Society | The Guardian
'Benefit changes mean poor people face average £247-a-year council tax bill from April – but many are not expected to pay'
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Interesting Links for 05-09-2012
- Hunt for the NHS | Edinburgh Eye
Jeremy Hunt isn’t just an unscrupulous toerag – we knew that. He’s now Health Secretary, despite believing…' (quite a few bad/incorrect things)
- Pro homeopathy health minister Jeremy Hunt vows to cure NHS by diluting budget to 1p
“We need to bang the budget against some special leather books, taking all of the money out as we go, but once that’s done and were down from £94bn down to 1p we’ll be good to go,” Hunt told reporters.
- The Many Cum Faces of George Osborne
NSFW only for the big title at the top.
- How King’s Cross Concourse Was Designed 12,000 Years Ago* | Londonist
'The concourse’s circular form was quite possibly dictated by the melting of a glacier 12,000 years ago…at least if you want to believe the historical thought experiment that follows.' Reminds me of how the size of US space shuttles is partially determined by the width of a Roman horse's arse.
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- abuse,
- america,
- architecture,
- art,
- catholicisim,
- choice,
- christianity,
- co,
- culture,
- discrimination,
- fail,
- health,
- important,
- intellectual property,
- interesting,
- jeze,
- jezebel,
- justice,
- law,
- links,
- media,
- medicine,
- obama,
- people suck,
- post,
- posttofacebook,
- pregnancy,
- psa,
- psychology,
- religion,
- sex,
- technology,
- theft,
- time and tide marches on,
- weird,
- wtf
Interesting Links for 14-03-2012
- Bennett Barbour exonerated of rape in Virginia: how the state is botching the DNA retesting and notification of old cases - Slate Magazine
'Virginia knows it has DNA evidence that may prove the innocence of dozens of men convicted of crimes they didn’t commit. Men just like Barbour. So why won’t the state say who they are?'
- Catholic Church Puts Legal Pressure on Survivors’ Network - NYTimes.com
- Spread the Word: Theft is Theft
Someone has taken the RSS feed of over 90 webcomics, ripped the images, put them in their Android app, and then put their own advertisements next to them in order to make money.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Dies Under Its Own Massive, Printed Weight
'after 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print'
- Law Will Allow Employers to Fire Women for Using Whore Pills
'[giving] employers the power to request that women being prescribed birth control pills provide proof that they're using it for non-sexual reasons.'
- Daily Kos: Do conservatives really think Obama is Muslim, or are they just dicks?
'Chuck Todd's argument is that these Republican respondents aren't stupid enough to think Obama is a Muslim, they're just hateful enough to associate him with a religion they despise.'
- Architect looking for investors and/or victims for his giant see-through maze
'within its clear laminated polymer walls are nine floors of dead ends, staircases, and psychological torment for those willing to broach its premises.'
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Interesting Links for 04-03-2012
- Far-right supporters agree with armed attacks | World news | The Observer
Significant numbers of far-right supporters in the UK consider violence and "armed conflict" a legitimate form of political expression, experts will warn this week.
- Dementiaville: How an experimental new town is taking the elderly back to their happier and healthier pasts with astonishing results
(Daily Mail link; can't be arsed to find a version of the story from a nicer newspaper, and it seems light on their biases)
- 25 of the Most Creative Staircase Designs
Via SpuriousLogic's posting of the Floating Stairs, and TinEye.
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Interesting Links for 29-01-2012
- Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class-NYTimes.com
“Made in the U.S.A.” is no longer a viable option for most Apple products.
- Richard Dawkins Opposed to Temple for Atheists Planned for London | Christian News.
There does seem a pattern of the humanist atheists replicating aspects of religion, and often it feels like they're going "Look! This means we're alright people, really!"