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Interesting Links for 31-10-2013
Oct. 31st, 2013 04:00 pm- BBC News - Press regulation: Papers lose Privy Council injunction bid
'two judges refused them an injunction and said there were no grounds for a judicial review;
- Phone-hacking trial: three ex-News of the World staff plead guilty | UK news | theguardian.com
One of the major parts of the case appears to be Brooks and others running around hiding information about their awareness and support of the hacking.
- Russell, choosing to vote is the most British kind of revolution there is
'Robert Webb tells Russell Brand: your essay has made me rejoin the Labour party.'
- ISO 3103 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
a standardized method for brewing tea
- Robot Hugs - Body Policing Police
"You and your cunt have a nice night now, ma'am." Potentially NSFW subject, but nothing explicit actually shown.
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Interesting Links for 16-08-2013
Aug. 16th, 2013 05:00 pm- www.themediablog.co.uk
Spare a thought for academic Dr Jude Roberts who admitted on Newsnight on Wednesday night that she uses porn. A minute or so later the caption writers at the BBC had made the necessary changes to her billing and stripped her of her PhD.
- 4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
''graffiti tags in which the word “anti-social” had been corrected to read 'antisocial.''
- 27 Pictures That Will Change The Way You Look At The World
Ahh, data :)
- 'I said to Klaus Barbie: I want people to see your human side' | World news | The Guardian
'French lawyer Jacques Vergès has represented some of the 20th century's most notorious criminals.'
- Women who fear being forced to marry abroad told to hide spoon in underwear | World news | The Guardian
Charity advises women and young girls to set off airport metal detectors to give them more time to seek help from authorities
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Interesting Links for 26-06-2013
Jun. 26th, 2013 05:00 pm- Texas abortion bill defeated after missing deadline | World news | guardian.co.uk
The bill would have banned abortions in the state after the 20-week gestation mark, limit abortion-inducing drugs and require terminations to be performed in ambulatory surgical centres. Advocates say these and other restrictions in the bill would have also triggered the closure of 37 of the state's 42 abortion clinics.
- BBC News - US Supreme Court overturns gay marriage provision
'The US Supreme Court has struck down a law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman only, in a landmark ruling.'
Interesting Links for 25-03-2013
Mar. 25th, 2013 04:00 pm- North Dakota Personhood Measure Passes State House
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if this passes the ballot, doesn't it then go against Roe vs Wade?
- How Brown Moses exposed Syrian arms trafficking from his front room | World news | guardian.co.uk
'Leicester-based blogger's monitoring of weapons used in conflict has been taken up by media and human rights groups'
- Indiegogo - Fuck you all
Awww, someone is upset that his 3D printing project didn't get funded
- First Spam Email - ARPANET | Geekosystem
It's in all caps, too.
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Interesting Links for 12-03-2013
Mar. 12th, 2013 04:00 pm- Antibiotics resistance 'as big a risk as terrorism' - medical chief
If anything, the risk seems rather larger than terrorism, in the UK at least.
- Capital rules for banks 'still need to be tougher', says Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards - Telegraph
- Dolphins may be calling each other by name - CNN.com
- Finally, a tablet simple enough for a woman to use | Ars Technica
'Do iPads or Nexus 7s scare and confuse you? ePad Femme is here to help!'
- The Sunday Times jails its source » Spectator Blogs
'My Guardian colleague Marina Hyde said that the lesson of the Sunday Times’ treatment of Pryce was that no one should talk to journalists.'
- Rape in the headlines: is there a war on? | Another angry woman
Trigger warning for rape, unsurprisingly enough. Discussion/disection of rape in the media ATM
- The religious right are wrong: all women have the right to choose | Liz Ford | Global development | guardian.co.uk
- KGB man will not assist British inquest into Alexander Litvinenko - Telegraph
'chief suspect in the poisoning of former Russian security services officer Alexander Litvinenko has withdrawn cooperation from the inquest into his death and accused Scotland Yard of political bias.'
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Interesting Links for 14-03-2012
Mar. 14th, 2012 04:00 pm- 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 13-03-2012
Mar. 13th, 2012 04:00 pm- BBC News - 'Locked-in syndrome' man to have right-to-die case heard
- Downing Street Lord asks Mayor to Replace Tube Escalators with Slides - Going Underground's Blog
- Yahoo files lawsuit against Facebook | Technology | guardian.co.uk
'claims Facebook infringes patents covering advertising, privacy controls and social networking'
