Interesting Links for 27-07-2016
- Viewpoint: The waste mountain of coffee cups
Effectively unrecycleable in the UK
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Interesting Links for 02-03-2016
- Kiddle: a search engine which endangers children
Blocking LGBT searches and a load of searches that children seeking help might use — including support helplines.
Interesting Links for 26-06-2015
- If Lord of the Rings was a Series of LARP Events
[Legolas fires an arrow.] Legolas: “Strike down!” [Arrow bounces off monster, who ignores it.] Legolas, noble elf, full of the grace and light of his people: “Fuck.”
- Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies
:(
- The Mad Max Furiosa comic, created entirely by men, is terrible about women
Le sigh. And after the film handled it so well.
Interesting Links for 21-10-2014
- The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons
Turns out they did have chemical weapons! Not militarily usable, ones we helped them make decades ago, that have fallen apart. Still dangerous to the soliders (and indeed locals) exposed to them, but the army didn't want information getting out about it.
Interesting Links for 30-09-2014
- Has DC Comics Done Something Stupid Today?
Keeping track of the dumb.
Interesting Links for 20-09-2014
- Alex Salmond to quit as first minister
- Mayors: The Gathering – city leaders in fantasy playing cards
It's just like a collectable card game! Except for the utter lack of rules/stats/any real resemblance beyond the fact they're framed a bit like cards!
Interesting Links for 09-09-2014
- Duchess of Cambridge pregnant: TUC leader Frances O’Grady speech on class system cut off by royal baby newsflash - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
“Good luck to the Duchess of Cambridge, but she would still have been pregnant when Frances finished speaking.”
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- awesome,
- canada,
- crime,
- current-events,
- fail,
- hacking,
- links,
- money,
- news,
- people-suck,
- privacy,
- sexism,
- social-media,
- technology,
- theft
Interesting Links for 03-09-2014
- Teenagers hack ATM by bothering to read the instructions
Google instructions. See if they've changed the default passcode. Don't steal money, just set the welcome screen to say it's been hacked, and tell the bank. Realise you're late for your next school lesson…
- A PSA About Nude Photos
'*Tasers you* *steals your shoes* SHOULDN’T WEAR SHOES BRO' Well put. It's theft. But because its of women, and because there's a sexual/titillation element, the victim blaming suddenly appears.
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Interesting Links for 28-08-2014
- Better Together gets mauled for its #PatronisingBTLady ad
I've previously been saying "From a self-interest PoV, I'd probably benefit from Scotland staying, but if I lived there, I'd vote Yes in a shot" But after the sheer level of talking down to people in that ad, fuck it, run free Scotland, and I'll just blame the idiots who made this.
Interesting Links for 23-08-2014
- The least popular election ever?
We now had an elected official who wasn't supported by 94.8% of the electorate. Pretty shitty.
Entry tags:
- fail,
- internet,
- links,
- oops,
- technology
Interesting Links for 14-08-2014
- Internet hiccups today? You're not alone. Here's why | ZDNet
'Summary: It's not just you. Many Internet providers have been having trouble as they run into long expected (but not adequately prepared for) routing table problems.'
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Interesting Links for 09-07-2014
- Rolling Coal: Conservatives ‘screw’ Obama by modifying trucks to spew toxic black smoke
- John Barrowman goes Deaf for the Day
Quite powerfully written. Top quote: 'if a deaf person asks you to repeat something, never say “it doesn’t matter.” It does matter. It matters more than you know.'
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Interesting Links for 03-07-2014
- Hearthstone tournament explains why women aren't allowed to play
Because apparently the only way that eSports will be accepted as 'real' sports is if they unnecessarily ape the gender divisions of such.
- Facebook under investigation by UK data regulator following psychological experiments - Gadgets and Tech - Life & Style - The Independent
Glad it's being looked at. Hope some sort of ban/fine/punishment results.
Interesting Links for 15-05-2014
- Why your pictures of naked chicks aren’t art | Charlotte Sometimes
NSFW for drawn breasts and a Rosie the Riveter wearing a strap-on.
- OAP offers armed but inept man attempting to rob bank £20 to leave
'A hapless criminal wearing socks over his shoes tried robbing a bank with a breadknife – just minutes after giving the cashier his full name and address.'
- Turkey mine disaster: grief turns to rage as hopes of finding survivors fade
Prime Minister uses examples from Victorian England to argue "These things happen."
Interesting Links for 12-05-2014
- Valve pulls Earth: Year 2066 and offers refund
Because of editing criticisms into praise, and use googled images for promotion