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Interesting Links for 22-02-2015
Feb. 22nd, 2015 12:00 pm- The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman
The Monty Hall problem. A few times I've had long, long arguments with people refusing to accept how it works. It's also a place where pigeons learn better than humans.
Interesting Links for 20-02-2015
Feb. 20th, 2015 12:00 pm- 8 Things Some A$$#ole Says in Every Debate About Sexism | Cracked.com
"I'M ON FIRE!" "Actually, before we start, I think you should say you're violently oxidizing. Not all oxidization is bad."
Interesting Links for 25-11-2014
Nov. 25th, 2014 12:00 pm- Transgender woman dies suddenly, presented at funeral in open casket as a man
Gable’s death “stresses the importance of having a will.”
Interesting Links for 29-10-2014
Oct. 29th, 2014 12:00 pm- Gender-neutral pronouns: When ‘they’ doesn’t identify as either male or female
'Language is about respect, and we should all do our best to recognize how people wish to be identified'
Interesting Links for 28-09-2014
Sep. 28th, 2014 01:00 pm- Men aren’t entitled to women's time or affection.
Think I'd replace "But it's a hard lesson to learn" with "But some don't want to learn"
Interesting Links for 30-03-2014
Mar. 30th, 2014 01:00 pm- Butch
'a documentary portrait project and exploration of the butch aesthetic, identity and presentation of female masculinity as it stands in 2013-14. It is a celebration of those who choose to exist and identify outside of the binary.'
Interesting Links for 22-03-2014
Mar. 22nd, 2014 12:00 pm- The problem with “We are all Oxford"
When people say they've experienced racism, it's not good to dismiss it with "But we're trying really hard!" or "But these other people haven't experienced that!"
- PHD Comics: Cosmic Inflation Explained
A rather good visual explanation of stuff to do with Cosmic inflation and gravitational waves
- “‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley — A Dribble of Ink
'I’m going to tell you a story about llamas. It will be like every other story you’ve ever heard about llamas: how they are covered in fine scales; how they eat their young if not raised properly; and how, at the end of their lives, they hurl themselves – lemming-like - over cliffs to drown in the surging sea. They are, at heart, sea creatures, birthed from the sea, married to it like the fishing people who make their livelihood there.'
Interesting Links for 30-12-2013
Dec. 30th, 2013 12:00 pm- Marks & Spencer Toy Store Gender Neutral | The Mary Sue
'Marks & Spencer has decided to ditch the gender-specific packaging that unfairly restricts toys by what gender they “should” be played with.'
- Parliament still has a long way to go if it is to be considered ‘family friendly’ : Democratic Audit UK
'many MPs are still finding it difficult to achieve a healthy life/work balance, putting off prospective candidates in the process'
- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's a grammatically correct sentence about the attitudes of New York fauna.
Interesting Links for 25-12-2013
Dec. 29th, 2013 05:54 pm- BBC News - Giant prehistoric toilet unearthed
'The 240-million-year-old site is the "world's oldest public toilet"' Though I don't think the saying is usually worded 'you don't poo where you eat', as the article suggests
- BBC News - Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The legacy of the teen heroine
'what is Buffy the Vampire Slayer's legacy and why there are so few "daughters of Buffy": strong and complex fictional creations, who aren't simply the sole female lead in a predominantly-male cast'
- BBC News - Queen Elizabeth Hospital surgeon suspended over 'branding' claim
A doctor has been suspended over allegations he "branded" his initials on to a patient's liver.
- BBC News - Cryptolocker ransomware has 'infected about 250,000 PCs'
Made me think; I'd really not care if it hit me. I'd just use another computer to google and ask friends about solving it, and use my antivirus to try and solve it. I've got pretty much fuck all that I care about that I can't retrieve, either from another computer, from cloud storage, or redownload from where I got it originally.
Interesting Links for 19-12-2013
Dec. 19th, 2013 04:00 pm- 10 Reasons Coffee is Both the Best and the Worst Beverage Ever Invented
I'd imagine a lot of these would apply to tea too.
- One Weird Old Trick to Undermine the Patriarchy : The Last Word On Nothing
'My five-year-old insists that Bilbo Baggins is a girl.'
- This Man Came Up With 101 Uses For His Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress - Business Insider
- Anna in Frozen: Her eyes are bigger than her wrists.
Interesting Links for 25-11-2013
Nov. 25th, 2013 04:00 pm- The cutesification of everything makes me want to strangle an elf
'how many sleeps until Christmas? I should warn you that if you answered with a number – any number at all – then you're dead to me'
- One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet
Fighting the Revenge Porn sites.
- The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath | Surprising Science
Now I want a scan...
- Breeds of metal brethren - Imgur
Amusing. But how about the breeds of metal sistren? Or drawings of both for each category?
- DC Noir | henriksahlstrom
Batman & some of his villians, with added Noir.
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Interesting Links for 15-11-2013
Nov. 15th, 2013 04:00 pm- Welcome to Dinovember
' Every year, my wife and I devote the month of November to convincing our children that, while they sleep, their plastic dinosaur figures come to life.'
- Boris Johnson accused of dodging responsibility over cycling deaths
Says there can be no blame or finger-pointing, then does exactly that.
- Men and Women Can't Be "Just Friends": Scientific American
Titled for the internet; more accurate would be "Men are more likely to be attracted to platonic friends, and to think it's recipriocated, than women are."
- The Glass Ceiling Illustrated in one 'Meet the Staff' page
Funnily enough, that page has now disappeared from the company's website.
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Interesting Links for 08-11-2013
Nov. 8th, 2013 04:00 pm- Swedish cinemas take aim at gender bias with Bechdel test rating | World news | theguardian.com
As has been said before, the Bechdel test is not an absolute; you can fail and be a pro-feminist film, or pass and be very misogynistic. It's more what it says about the proportion of films that fail it.
- YouTube aims to tame the trolls with changes to its comments section | Technology | theguardian.com
'The promise of a calmer, more constructive comments section on YouTube is, however, slightly undermined by the fact that the second comment in the top thread under the video explaining the changes includes a prominent ASCII penis.'
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Interesting Links for 09-10-2013
Oct. 9th, 2013 05:00 pm- 29 People Who Make You Proud To Be British
Heroes, one and all.
- Why Parents of Transgender Children Are Faced With a Difficult Decision
- Do you dunk your penis? (full thread) | Mumsnet Discussion
'Even if you have an acid fanjo and his sperm is nine tenths itching powder, surely you can use the bathroom at the same time?'
Interesting Links for 22-08-2013
Aug. 22nd, 2013 05:00 pm- Gerrymandering jigsaw puzzle game: Put the congressional districts back together. - Slate Magazine
Clever little thing. If rather worrying…
- Vikings were just fantasy role-players
'Hrothgar claimed his double-headed axe gave him +4 Pillage Points but this is patently not correct'
- Portraits of Albanian Women Who Have Lived Their Lives As Men
'burneshas,' or females who have lived their lives as men for reasons related to their culture and society.
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Interesting Links for 04-04-2013
Apr. 4th, 2013 05:00 pm- Same-Sex Marriage Does Threaten “Traditional” Marriage | Nursing Clio
Because it shows the lack of necessity of the traditional gender roles.
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Interesting Links for 18-03-2013
Mar. 18th, 2013 04:00 pm- How to do madness: An illustrated guide « zedkat
'how the media presents mental health'
- Inquest to open into death of prisoner convicted of stealing gingerbread man | Society | The Guardian
- BBC News - Richard O'Brien: ‘I'm 70% man'
"There are people who are hardwired male and there are people who are hardwired female, but most of us are on that continuum"
- Fujitsu smartphone can check your pulse - Telegraph
Bit creepy, no?
- Global warming denial: Debunking misleading climate change claims by David Rose.
The Mail on Sunday, getting it wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Interesting Links for 11-03-2013
Mar. 11th, 2013 04:00 pm- Linear A - Sunday Sermonette: The Prodigal
The Catholic church is saying 'Welcome home!" to its lapsed members. But are they listening?
- Facing the future: an interview with Jim Al-Khalili | Rationalist Association
Theoretical physicist and star science presenter Jim Al-Khalili has just become the President of the British Humanist Association.
- Why should married women change their names? Let men change theirs | Jill Filipovic
- Ticking time bomb scenario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'a thought experiment that has been used in the ethics debate over whether torture can ever be justified.'
- David Cameron in peril as discontent in Tory ranks rises - Telegraph
'Up to 25 Conservative MPs are planning to oust David Cameron if the party’s fortunes do not improve within the next two months'
- Schneier on Security: Hacking the Papal Election
'As the College of Cardinals prepares to elect a new pope, people like me wonder about the election process. How does it work, and just how hard is it to hack the vote?'
- Scotland's top judge summoned to appear before MSPs after trying to block register of interests - Daily Record
'A Holyrood committee want the law chief to explain why he tried to halt a register which would reveal judges' business, professional and financial links.'
- 'If I turn a green field into an estate then I’m not doing it for peanuts' - Telegraph
'Three councillors reveal their involvement with consultancies which specialise in helping companies to win planning permission for developments across the country.'
- E.U. to Ban Cosmetics With Animal-Tested Ingredients - NYTimes.com
'expected to announce Monday a ban on the import and sale of cosmetics containing ingredients tested on animals and to pledge more efforts to push other parts of the world, like China, to accept alternatives.'
- Study debunks notion that men and women are psychologically distinct | The Raw Story
'there are not two distinct genders, but instead there are linear gradations of variables associated with sex, such as masculinity or intimacy, all of which are continuous.'
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Interesting Links for 23-01-2013
Jan. 23rd, 2013 04:00 pm- Nepal to Issue 'Third Gender' IDs - ABC News
- '2 girls 1 cup' producer sentenced to 4 years in federal prison | Circa News
'for producing, distributing and selling obscene videos.'
- The dark side of Buddhism | Rationalist Association
Is Buddhism harmful? Karma suggests your life's events can be dominated by a past life's misdeeds, & if the thought, "I am happy right now", can never occur without an accompanying, "And I am just delaying my ultimate fulfillment in being so", then what, essentially, has life become?
- BBC News - Cameron speech: France offers 'red carpet' to UK firms
'France will welcome any businesses that leave the UK, should the country exit the European Union'
