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Interesting Links for 14-07-2015

Tories consider making people pay into savings accounts to cover periods of illness or unemployment
I believe "Fuck you, you fucking fuckers" covers my opinions on this. The Tories already trying to rip up the social safety net.
(tags: fuck-you-fucking-fuckers Conservatives another-horror-from-the-Tories government politics Westminster benefits illness unemployment privatisation )

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Interesting Links for 14-05-2015

Cameron: "For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone."
And I find that sentence pretty fucking terrifying
(tags: another-horror-from-the-Tories human-rights religion radicalisation culture law Westminster )
Justin Tomlinson, New Disabilities Minister, Voted Against Protecting Disabled Child Benefits
And for those undergoing cancer treatment.
(tags: benefits another-horror-from-the-Tories Westminster politics disability medicine cancer WTF )

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Interesting Links for 21-05-2014

Will UKIP make me Richer, or will UKIP make me Poorer?
AKA 'flat taxes are regressive'
(tags: Interesting money UKIP politics economics tax UK )
Disabled students could be 'shut out' by government cuts
Some of the support I got through the Disabled Students Allowance, particularly the PDA it got me, were a real help in getting myself organised, actually managing to make all the things I was supposed to, etc. I think I'd've had a much harder time without them.
(tags: disability cuts benefits university education UK money equality )
What If We Admitted to Children That Sex Is About Pleasure? - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society
(tags: Interesting sex culture education children humanity;-we-are-a-fucked-up-species )

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Interesting Links for 18-01-2014

£1000 certification required to apply to join the Metropolitan Police
Which'll be a fairly massive obstacle to having a diverse force. Especially given that it's no guarantee of a job once you have it.
(tags: WTF money police UK fail poverty diversity via-Robin-Sutton )
I've Been Single For My Entire Life | Huffington Post
A fair bit of sympathy with this, given it's been quite a long time since my last relationship. Though I note it appears to ascribe to the 'Men approach women' cultural model without thinking about it.
(tags: Interesting relationships love )
Hate crimes against disabled people soar to a record level - Crime - UK - The Independent
'Last year the Glasgow Media Trust found the public believed between 50 and 70 per cent of those on disability benefits were fraudulent. The actual number is likely to be between 1 and 2 per cent.'
(tags: crime disability discrimination hate-crime benefits image )
The Myth Of The Absent Black Father | ThinkProgress
(tags: Interesting race racism USA statistics image parenting children )

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Interesting Links for 14-01-2014

Why "Stop taking photos and enjoy the view" is wrong
To be fair, I do try and avoid doing too much 'must capture it all' on events I'm going to, gigs, or whatever. But there's a joy in sharing the random weird stuff I find in London, or the fucked up stuff we come up with in our games of Cards Against Humanity, or just grabbing a few cool moments from a fun night out to remind yourself of it months or years later.
(tags: Interesting life photography culture social-media )
Why are my feminist friends still taking their husbands' surnames? | Zoe Holman | Comment is free | theguardian.com
An interesting question; I can certainly see the very strong arguments for keeping your name, but I can also see those for wanting to share a name as part of the togetherness of marriage. The problem is that patriarchal culture means everyone expects it to be the man's name. Of course, in that case you can double-barrel, or you could even come up with an entirely new name (though few would, I think)
(tags: Interesting feminism names culture comment comment-is-free )
“What Happened Next?” update chapter from Bad Pharma 2013
(tags: Interesting Bad-Science Ben-Goldacre medicine lies-damn-lies-and-statistics statistics )
Why people on benefits have a flatscreen TV
and expanded musings on the nature of cashflow, and what stuff counts as a 'I have a bit of extra cash, get something nice' purchase
(tags: Interesting money benefits poverty comment link-is-to-a-Facebook-page )

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Interesting Links for 11-01-2014

Try formalising a dress code and you will understand the importance of informal, cultural regulation.
(tags: Interesting culture clothes British-Telecom uniform business amusing fail via-Danny-Zinkus )
How useless is a Chocolate Teapot? - The Naked Scientists
http://www.plokta.com/plokta/issue23/teapot.htm - An alternative (less rigorous) approach.
(tags: amusing science SCIENCE!!! silly chocolate tea Mmmm-tea )
sorrelish: 7 Reasons Why You Should Stop Bitching About People On Benefits.
(tags: benefits economics politics )
Woman claims lawyers should have told her divorce would end her marriage - Home News - UK - The Independent
(tags: amusing WTF the-stupid-it-burns marriage divorce law litigation via-Bart-Calendar )

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Interesting Links for 10-12-2013

Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals
(tags: Interesting Publish or Perish academia culture science university )
Metal 3D printing and six key shifts in the 'second industrial revolution'
'From a 3D printer that you can build from stuff lying around the house to 3D printing steel, food or plastic in the home'
(tags: 3D printing awesome interesting living in the future technology )
Growing Up Unvaccinated - Voices for Vaccines
Someone growing up on a super-healthy diet/lifestyle, but still getting lots of vaccinateable diseases
(tags: vaccination health culture healthcare )
BBC disciplines Graham Norton for wearing AIDS awareness ribbon on chat show · PinkNews.co.uk
Do you make a list of approved symbols? Essentially the question is where do you draw the line on what stuff presenters are allowed to wear and thus show their support (and arguably plug) - e.g. political party rosettes during an election.
(tags: image BBC AIDS rules symbols culture the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules )
Can young people influence Government policy by voting? | ampp3d
Politicians woo the grey vote, because it makes a difference. They shit on the young people, because they don't vote.
(tags: voting democracy UK westminster benefits age )

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Interesting Links for 14-11-2013

Man Dies Mysteriously After Opening Box Labeled 'Pandora'
'An official inquest into the mysterious death of Jason Airey was unable to determine exactly what led the 37-year-old to suddenly stop living shortly after opening a container inscribed with the words "Pandora's box."'
(tags: wtf weird UK news death Do Not Open The Box You Must Not Read From The Book )
Labour’s plan for Tea and Coffee prohibition « Complicity
'It appears those drafting the amendment did not realise that the scary sounding phrase “psychoactive drugs” includes caffeine.'
(tags: amusing law fail drugs War on drugs Labour party )
George Osborne to announce cuts while covered in diamonds
'The chancellor is upping his game in response to the Prime Minister’s declaration of permanent austerity amid the gilded splendour of the lord mayor’s banquet.'
(tags: Conservatives The Daily Mash UK amusing austerity benefits goverment parody )
Calorie labels fitted to staircases - Telegraph
'Trials at three large office buildings found that signs advertising how many calories could be burnt by climbing a particular set of stairs increased the number of people using them by up to 29 per cent'
(tags: exercise health UK interesting )

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Interesting Links for 12-11-2013

Affordable homes facing demolition because of bedroom tax | Society | The Observer
There isn't the spare housing for people to move around like the bedroom tax wants them to. And it's not a bad thing for people to have spare rooms. But the government keeps on pushing this, because it's a way to punish people on benefits.
(tags: politics epic fail fail housing money westminster UK benefits )
The gambling machines helping drug dealers 'turn dirty money clean'
(tags: UK crime culture drugs gambling poverty )
Proverbial Wallets Keep You Informed About Your Spending
'the pocket-sized cases are meant to help you pay better attention to your spending at a time when most of your transactions are done using debit cards and credit cards, instead of cash'
(tags: technology living in the future gadgets money clever interesting internet )
Tom Baker – the longest serving time lord, but by no means the best
Shared mostly to see what reaction it gets. I notice it doesn't say who *is* the best, or even slightly discuss the other Doctors.
(tags: Doctor Who scifi UK interesting comment culture TV )
Finally, A Game Where You Argue About Slashfic
(tags: geeky gaming amusing relationships internet fanfiction )

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Interesting Links for 03-10-2013

Under-25s would not be able to claim benefits under all-Conservative government, David Cameron says - Telegraph
What's that, you have a bad relationship with your parents, a need to live somewhere else, or they're just not able to support you? Well, fuck you then, says the Tories.
(tags: politics conservative party discrimination ageism money economy westminster UK benefits wtf )

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Interesting Links for 24-09-2013

BBC News - Traffic wardens issue 'dodgy' parking tickets to meet 'targets'
Many years ago, when I passed my probation as a traffic warden (about a week or two before I quit), they did say several, times that I needed to 'improve my quotas'. There were no explicit targets for us there, but there was definitely pressure to give more tickets.
(tags: parking posttofacebook cars local government money UK interesting )
A Selection of Especially Stupid Benefit Sanctions
'Cruel, arbitrary and ridiculous reasons why people have their benefits stopped'
(tags: posttofacebook fail money UK benefits culture )