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Interesting Links for 29-04-2016
Apr. 29th, 2016 01:00 pm- Zelo Street: Telegraph’s Junior Doctor Isn’t
Apparently he's a recently graduated foundation year doctor not yet at the point of being allowed to work on people alone.
Interesting Links for 15-12-2015
Dec. 15th, 2015 12:00 pm- Nurofen's maker misled consumers over painkillers' contents, court rules
- "One World of Darkness"
Interesting. Will have to see what they do with this. It's from White Wolf, i.e. effectively Paradox the game company, not from Onyx Path.
Interesting Links for 30-05-2015
May. 30th, 2015 01:00 pm- The case for prescription heroin » The Spectator
‘Whatever gave you the idea folk in authority operate according to reason? Your trouble is you’re being rational.’
- Rickrolling is sexist, racist and often transphobic in context - Boing Boing
Interesting Links for 26-06-2014
Sep. 2nd, 2014 09:00 pm- BBC News - Campaigners lose 'right to die' case
'but the judges said Parliament should now act.'
- What Remains: Portraits of Women Wearing Their Ex-Lovers Shirts
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Interesting Links for 16-04-2014
Apr. 16th, 2014 01:00 pm- Twitter / hrtbps: "OK, here are the stats. Make a graph so it looks like gun deaths have fallen since 2005."
Also, says 'gun deaths' at top, but 'murders' is what the chart actually is.
- Could offices change from sitting to standing? - BBC News
- Lembit Opik now hosts a pro-Iranian propaganda ‘comedy’ TV show | Political Scrapbook
Interesting Links for 31-03-2014
Mar. 31st, 2014 01:00 pm- Black death was not spread by rat fleas, say researchers | Science | The Observer
'Evidence from skulls in east London shows plague had to have been airborne to spread so quickly'
Interesting Links for 20-03-2014
Mar. 20th, 2014 12:00 pm- What Life Is Like When Getting Your Period Means You Are Shunned
- Former nurse who persuaded online contacts to take their own lives while he watched via webcam is freed - Americas - World - The Independent
'Minnesota's Supreme Court finds that while 'assisting' suicide may be illegal, 'encouraging' it is not'
Interesting Links for 21-01-2014
Jan. 21st, 2014 12:00 pm- Suspension of Lord Rennard
He'll be back in if he apologises, I think, but it's some action at least.
- Hero Forge wants you to design your own 3D-printable tabletop minis - Crave
'allows you to customise the race, gender, facial expression, pose, physical build, size (28-30 millimetres, three inches and six inches), hairstyle, armour and weapons of an existing base — rather like creating an avatar in an MMORPG.'
- Jet lag and night shifts disrupt rhythm of hundreds of genes, study shows
- Time to Bite The Ballot: National Voter Registration Day is coming | Metro News
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- uk,
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- westminster,
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Interesting Links for 13-01-2014
Jan. 13th, 2014 12:00 pm- TV adverts to be just picture of thing, name of thing
“You’ll buy our product anyway. We only spend money on advertising because otherwise we would literally drown in cash.”
- "Threshold" to be Called Windows 9, Ship in April 2015
One wonders whether the inverse Star Trek rule will continue to apply (odd numbered versions of Windows are good, even numbered are crap)
- India Manages to Free Itself of Polio
Interesting Links for 10-12-2013
Dec. 10th, 2013 04:00 pm- Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals
- 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'
- Growing Up Unvaccinated - Voices for Vaccines
Someone growing up on a super-healthy diet/lifestyle, but still getting lots of vaccinateable diseases
- 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.
- 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.
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Interesting Links for 28-11-2013
Nov. 28th, 2013 04:00 pm- BBC News - Cigarette packaging: Ministers launch fresh review
With a pilot scheme planned.
- Vote online – the Speaker’s plan to revive politics
Interesting, democracy, politics, UK, Westminster, internet, living in the future,
Interesting Links for 14-11-2013
Nov. 14th, 2013 04:00 pm- 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."'
- 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.'
- 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.'
- 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'
Interesting Links for 10-11-2013
Nov. 10th, 2013 04:00 pm- American photographer Angelo Merendino photographed every stage his girlfriend went through in her battle with cancer - Imgur
Powerful. But not for the faint-hearted.
Interesting Links for 29-09-2013
Sep. 29th, 2013 05:00 pm- 'It is time to end the war on drugs', says top UK police chief
'Mike Barton, Durham's chief constable, says NHS 'could be used to supply addicts' and urges drugs policy revolution'
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Interesting Links for 06-09-2013
Sep. 6th, 2013 05:00 pm- A £5,000 cap on donations?
'Manifesto at 2015 general election expected to include pledge to 'take the big money out of politics' - but it has yet to reach a consensus with Tories and Lib Dems'
- Bacteria from slim people could help treat obesity, study finds | Society | The Guardian
'Experiments show microbes from thin or fat people's intestines can cause mice to lose or gain weight'
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Interesting Links for 19-07-2013
Jul. 19th, 2013 05:00 pm- Satanists Turn WBC Founder's Mom Gay in Ceremony Held On Her Grave
- Give Blood - Statements - Blood from UK donors is not sold for profit
I've not seen any of the people worrying that it would be sold for profit, but this seems worth making sure people see it.
- A scientist's view: equality, feminism and men's rights | Andrew Holding | Science | guardian.co.uk
Yes, equality is important. Yes, there are issue that men face. But no, the 'men's rights' issues are not at the same level as the systemic and cultural disadvantage women face.
- BBC News - 10 ways the UK is ill-prepared for a heatwave
Insufficient ability to tow the country north when we need to!
Interesting Links for 09-07-2013
Jul. 9th, 2013 05:00 pm- BBC News - Aye, robot: Scotland's rise of the machines
'Robots are to be placed into the homes of people with dementia as part of a pilot on the Western Isles, but it is just one of many uses machines are being put to in Scotland amid a wider debate on robotics.'
- Sex, friends and strangers: what to expect when you stop shaving
'he was normally too happy to have someone getting naked in his bed that he sincerely could not care less whether she had some hair on her body or not.'
- How new UK spouse visa rules turned me into an Englishman in exile | Richard Fabb | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
- Still no evidence for St John Ambulance's life-saving claim | Full Fact
Knowing first aid is good. But making claims you can't back up is bad.
