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There Isn’t A Specific Threat To London’s Tube Network, Despite What Your Text Messages Say
Has been shared a lot, but the police say it's bollocks.
(tags: PSA memes important London transport tube terrorism fear )
California Passes Affirmative Consent Bill; Rape Apologists Retreat Into Fantasy | Autostraddle
Trigger warning for discussion of rape, though it's discussed very much from just the consent side.
(tags: law USA rape rape-culture university sex )

BBC Blogs - What's behind the 'coldest winter for 100 years' headline?
From 2012, but the Express are doing it again this time
(tags: interesting science lies lies damn lies and statistics journalism money )
Texas, other death penalty states scramble for lethal injection drugs - CNN.com
'A federal civil complaint in Texas claims the defendants may have falsified prescriptions, lied to pharmacies and perhaps even broken the law, but they're not drug runners. They're officials from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, responsible for executing death row inmates.'
(tags: law crime death death penalty America drugs )
BBC News - Doctors and nurses may face jail for neglect
(tags: NHS UK crime fear healthcare law politics )

Best Cat Cosplay Ever! - Chick Geek Games
Cardboard cutout cat cosplay. Cucking awesome.
(tags: photos cats cute posttofacebook brain meltingly cute I warn you awwww awesome amusing )
BBC News - George Osborne 'forced to pay £160 first class train upgrade'
'after sitting in a first class train carriage with a standard class ticket.'
(tags: naughty naughty posttofacebook Westminster Conservatives George Osbourne transport money politics amusing )
tongodeon: Vote NO on CA Prop 37: Mandatory GMO Food Labeling
I doubt if anyone reading this actually gets a vote on this, but it's still an interesting and well argued set of points on genetically modified food.
(tags: information culture fear science food interesting )

BBC News - World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row
'Ms Lachowicz's liking for back-stabbing and poison in WoW raise questions about her "fitness for office", [Maine Republicans] claim.'
(tags: posttofacebook World of Warcraft geeky computer games culture elections democracy Democrats Republicans America politics dude... wtf what the everliving fuck )
'Softball-Sized Eyeball' Washes Up In Florida; Can You I.D. It? : The Two-Way : NPR
(tags: posttofacebook amusing Cthulhu sea biology bio )
BBC News - New York's High Line: Why cities want parks in the sky
'Once an elevated freight railway track, New York's High Line is now an oasis for pedestrians.'
(tags: wildlife environment culture cities interesting )
BBC News - Looking back to the future of video games
'many developers have been looking backwards of late and spending their time resurrecting games that are five, 10 and 20 years old.'
(tags: history nostalgia technology computers computer games geeky gaming posttofacebook interesting )
Terrifying French children's books - in pictures | Books | guardian.co.uk
They look awesome!
(tags: culture fiction children fear amusing )
Terrifying French children's books (with images) · jennycolgan · Storify
'But where is papa?' - more similar stuff
(tags: children fiction culture amusing France fear wtf )

Planning a trip to Canada or the Caribbean? US Immigration may have other ideas... - News & Advice - Travel - The Independent
'Even if the flight plan steers well clear of US territory, travellers whom the Americans regard as suspicious will be denied boarding.'
(tags: posttofacebook post fear wtf America terrorism security air travel )
BBC News - Tax avoidance: The most common schemes
(tags: Westminster politics UK tax economics money interesting )
BBC News - Uzbekistan's policy of secretly sterilising women
'[the BBC] has talked to women sterilised without their knowledge or consent.'
(tags: medicine children pregnancy human rights Uzbekistan )

Met spent £35,000 to find out time - The Independent
'110,000 calls to the speaking clock over the last 2 years'
(tags: police posttofacebook time = money time money amusing interesting )
Sorry day for Murdoch as High Court hears hacking apology - The Independent
'lawyer says more victims emerge every day '
(tags: crime law culture journalism notw Murdoch media news interesting )
Man threatens students at debate on sharia law - The Independent
'told they would be "hunted down and killed"'
(tags: posttofacebook death intimidation religion fear wtf )
Insane Entitlement: EMI Sues Irish Gov't For Not Passing SOPA-Like Censorship Law | Techdirt
(tags: piracy posttofacebook do what I say or I'll spank you news interesting intellectual property law wtf SOPA )
Muslim College Student Reports Sexual Harassment, Gets Reported To FBI For Terrorism And Expelled | ThinkProgress
(tags: via theweaselking via fear war on terror discrimination wtf )
"What if..." Movies reimagined for another time & place on the Behance Network
(tags: posttofacebook post culture image clever awesome interesting art design movies )
Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website | Techland | TIME.com
(tags: law internet intellectual property piracy interesting news )
Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
(tags: posttofacebook dude... interesting awesome photography russia photos history )
1st Science Fiction Movie Filmed in Space Stays Underground | Space.com
NASA won't let him release it publicly, alas.
(tags: posttofacebook pos movies scifi NASA space interesting )
Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn't Free | Motherboard
EMI owns the rights, it turns out.
(tags: racism history intellectual property interesting )
Unexpurgated atheist FAQ
'Although these are my personal answers, I am confident that I speak for all atheists…' (Potentially offensive, but also pretty funny)
(tags: atheism religion parody posttofacebook NSFW text potentially offensive rude amusing )
Anonymous Shuts Down The MPAA, RIAA And Other Websites - CinemaBlend.com
(tags: DDOS internet technology news intellectual property piracy interesting SOPA protest anonymous )
Sex is cheap: Why young men have the upper hand in bed, even when they're failing in life. - Slate Magazine
(tags: economy gender culture sex Slate posttofacebook interesting )
GOOD RIDDANCE - Slate Magazine
'The long-overdue movement to abandon Caps Lock.'
(tags: comment compters culture technology interesting )
The New Muslim suffragettes of the United Kingdom
An increasing number of Muslim women activists are receiving death threats, fatwas and even hate-mail from extremist male and female Muslims. Their crime: Rescuing fellow Muslim women from violent and life threatening situations.
(tags: posttofacebook post fear abuse violence Islam religion freedom sexism discrimination news )
BBC News - Leveson Inquiry evidence can be anonymous, judges rule
(tags: law culture journalism media news interesting )

Two fingers to you, my lord | Total Politics
'Baroness Trumpington uses an eloquent gesture to show just what she thinks of colleagues making reference to her age'
(tags: amusing politics discrimination age interesting House of Lords )
The second lever | Government Digital Service
'We [the Government Digital Service] are hiring. And we want more world-class digital talent in Government.'
(tags: jobs interesting economy government )
The Mariana Trench (Scale comparison)
Deep waters run deep. No, really deep. Deeper than that. Deeeeeeeeeeeep.
(tags: interesting impressive geography biology the sea via Andrew Ducker )
Israel refuses to alert US over Iran attack
'ISRAEL has refused to reassure President Barack Obama that it would warn him of a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear infrastructure, raising fears that it may be planning an attack as early as the next northern summer.'
(tags: interesting fear war international affairs military America Israel )
Apology after X Factor phone vote result 'revealed' before lines closed | Metro.co.uk
'STV has apologised after publishing the result of the X Factor phone vote, which saw Amelia Lily beat 2 Shoes, Jonjo Kerr and Jaes Michael to be voted back onto the show after Frankie Cocozza's exit, an hour before phone lines closed.'
(tags: interesting fairness music lies )
First man-made lab burger will be grown in a year, says scientist - mirror.co.uk
'THE first lab-grown burger will be produced in a year – at a cost of £213,000. Scientists believe “cultured meat” grown in a dish could feed the world, once they get the recipe right.'
(tags: interesting food biology the future science )
2D patterns self-assemble into 3D objects under light (Wired UK)
Researchers at North Carolina State University have come up with a way to make two-dimensional patterns self-assemble into three-dimensional objects by simply shining light on them.
(tags: interesting awesome science )
Veterans join Occupy protest as St Paul's canon shows support | UK news | The Observer
'At least 15 former service personnel have now pitched up outside the cathedral and at nearby Finsbury Square, many in protest over treatment of veterans or the conflicts that have burdened them with mental or physical scars.'
(tags: interesting war military protest the 99% )
Criminals fall for beer sting | UK news | The Guardian
'Derbyshire constabulary sent letters to dozens of suspects who had evaded detention for several months, inviting them to ring a marketing company offering a free crate of beer. But when suspects called the number, they were unwittingly put through to Chesterfield police station.'
(tags: amusing clever police crime interesting )

Police arrest EDL members to 'avert planned attack' in London | UK news | The Guardian
Police have arrested more than 170 members of the English Defence League after reports of repeated threats to attack Occupy protesters camped outside St Paul's Cathedral on Armistice Day.
(tags: fear protest the 99% the far right )
Deep-sea squid go from transparent to dark as fast as a Kindle • The Register
'US-based scientists have left the tech world flabbergasted today with the discovery that living e-ink displays – very bit as responsive as those found in a Kindle or similar e-reader – have been found swimming about deep beneath the Pacific Ocean.'
(tags: interesting weird biology animals sea )
Black Sabbath reunite to release new album and tour | Music | The Guardian
'In a much-hyped appearance at Hollywood's Whisky A Go Go club on Friday night, the band's original line-up told an ecstatic gathering of fans they would be bringing out their first new studio album in 33 years in 2012.'
(tags: interesting music alternative culture history metal )

Nick Franglen: Hive | Sound and Music
Following his 24-hour Theremin marathon on The Manhattan Bridge this summer, Nick Franglen’s latest sound installation will see the experimental musician holed up for 24 hours in a remote WW2 concrete gunnery dome in the company of fifty radios, each tuned to a different station.
(tags: interesting weird music sound culture )
Muslims Against Crusades to be banned from midnight | UK news | The Guardian
'Home secretary announces ban on group, which burned poppies last November and was planning Armistice Day protest this year' But they're doing it for the fact that they're glorifying terrorism, and they're apparently just a renaming of an already banned group, not for burning poppies, so I have less issue with the ban.
(tags: war terrorism culture protest news )
Malaria: The beginning of the end? - Science - News - The Independent
You wait for years for a breakthrough in the battle against malaria, and then two come along in two weeks.
(tags: interesting science death disease health medicine via Andrew Ducker )
Two rhino species 'extinct' - Telegraph
the Western Black Rhino could soon be joined by the Northern White Rhino of central Africa which is “possibly extinct” and the Javan Rhino which is “probably extinct.”
(tags: animals death :( extinction wildlife money crime )
Man Gets Cannon Shell Stuck up His Butt, Now Faces Other Problems
The title kinda says it all.
(tags: semi-nsfw weird wtf health sex )
Company Reconsiders ‘Hells Angels Are Pussies’ Ad - Badvertising stories - Gawker
(tags: amusing fear violence culture )
Dirty Naughty Nasty Filthy - Adventurotica
'We want a society where people can fuck who and how they want without judgment or fear of social/legal repercussions, right?Only - where does that leave us? If there is nothing taboo, then what about the fun of doing taboo things?' Page in question has nothing harsher than swearwords. Rest of the site is presumably more NSFW.
(tags: sex culture interesting image discrimination )
China economy: Bye-bye cheap, Chinese labor | GlobalPost
'Factories in China’s manufacturing heartland are feeling the squeeze again, with minimum wages in Guangdong province set to rise by as much as 20 percent on Jan. 1 for the second time in less than a year.'
(tags: interesting China money economics culture the future )
Women see naked men differently, too
'For both men and women, wearing revealing attire causes them to be seen as more sensitive but less competent, says a new study' Amongst other things, people are less willing to electrocute topless dudes than those whose nipples are not on display.
(tags: interesting weird psychology braaaaaains science )

The case of the 500-mile email
'I was working in a job running the campus email system some years ago when I got a call from the chairman of the statistics department. "We're having a problem sending email out of the department." "What's the problem?" I asked. "We can't send mail more than 500 miles," the chairman explained.'
(tags: amusing technology internet SCIENCE!!! weird geeky )
Garden Law - Garden Burial
'It is possible to bury a loved one in your garden. The law is contained in the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880.'
(tags: interesting death )
Nature Wants to Eat You
Warning: Teeth.
(tags: nature biology awesome fear )
Moray eels attack with second pair of ‘Alien-style’ jaws | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
'In the Alien movies, the eponymous monster killed shipmates and marines with a fearsome set of double jaws. That may have been science fiction but science fact isn’t too far off. In our planet’s tropical oceans, moray eels use a ballistic set of second jaws to catch their prey.'
(tags: awesome weird biology )

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