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Interesting Links for 07-05-2016
- Fewer people die in hospital at weekends, study finds
Because fewer are admitted a bed (compared to just visiting A&E), as the threshold to do so is higher then.
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Interesting Links for 10-04-2014
- Homeopathy is bunk, study says
I for one am shocked and appalled!
- Calvin & Muad'Dib — Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything....
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Interesting Links for 10-12-2013
- 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 17-11-2013
- BBC Blogs - What's behind the 'coldest winter for 100 years' headline?
From 2012, but the Express are doing it again this time
- 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.'
- BBC News - Doctors and nurses may face jail for neglect
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- america,
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Interesting Links for 08-10-2013
- Daily Kos: A political crisis
After all, if you can't win, it's your responsibility to make sure the others lose. Right? Right??
- It’s enough to make you cancel your reservation | bl0gdramedy
“I was bitten by a mosquito. The brochure did not mention mosquitoes.”
- 25 True Facts About Scottish Independence
'All our dreams will come true. Yes, all of them. Including the slightly unsavory one involving Kylie Minogue, a talking parrot called Steve and two pounds of warm lard.'
- Facebook Requires Social Fixer Browser Extension To Remove Key Features
Facebook, making its site more annoying to use. Why am I not surprised?
- iOS 7 Does NOT Make Your iPhone Waterproof
Nor will it walk your dog for you.
- Scott Lynch's Blog - Against Big Bird, The Gods Themselves Contend In Vain - February 29, 2012 00:24
Muppets be badass.
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Interesting Links for 30-09-2013
- Card sharp used infrared contact lenses in Cannes poker scam - Telegraph
He had the technology, but didn't have the brains to use it a bit more subtly.
- US shutdown: an explainer for non-Americans | theguardian
Personally, I think that a big reason they want to shut down Obamacare is how popular it'll become once it actually kicks in properly.
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- amusing,
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- design,
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Interesting Links for 02-05-2013
- Top Ten Horrible Book Covers | Ramp.ie
Actually there's 34. But they're pretty funny.
- BBC News - MMR: How parents feel now about avoiding jabs
- Google Glass makes everything look like Knightmare
'Logan’s girlfriend Emma Bradford said: “We talked about buying a house and having kids but since he got these glasses his main goal has become finding a magical scroll.'
- How Not to Die.
When my mother was dying, her knowledge of the health system meant she could make her choices with open eyes and understanding. And I think we are better at having The Conversation here than they are in the US. But it's still something worth considering.
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Interesting Links for 27-03-2013
- Do four out of five people really believe in prayer? | Science | guardian.co.uk
No. 4/5 people are able to think up an answer to "What would you pray for?"
- David Miliband to quit as MP, taking up dream charity job in New York triggering South Shields by-election - Mirror Online
'intends to step down with immediate effect, triggering a by-election in May'
- BBC News - Brick up spare rooms, urges Labour MP Frank Field
'said landlords should "brick up" doors and "knock down the walls" in defiance.'
- Video: water appears frozen in sine wave - Boing Boing
- Police Issue ‘Scratch and Sniff’ Cards to Help Weed Out Marijuana Growers | TIME.com
- PGN-The Philadelphia Gay News. Phila gay news. philly news - Archive looking for Philly gay couple from 1950s ceremony
'they likely eagerly awaited the return of their photos of the big day — which they may soon finally receive, nearly 60 years later.'
- 21 graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous
'pay much, much more than other countries do for the exact same things'
- Ed Miliband to join Scooby Doo Gang
'admitted last night that his brother David becoming the head of International Rescue is more impressive than him becoming prime minister. But he now believes he can leapfrog his brother by joining an organisation that has a much better 'hit-rate' in apprehending evil-doers'
- South Shields: Why bother with a by-election?
It's been Labour since 1935, and in that time, only one MP there has had a local connection, he was the only one from there to not become a cabinet minster.
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- london,
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- power,
- renewable energy,
- science,
- science!!!,
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- silly,
- space,
- star wars,
- technology,
- trains,
- transport,
- uk,
- via #exalted,
- via andrew ducker,
- vietnam,
- westminster
Interesting Links for 19-03-2013
- 'New Banksy' appears at site of 'stolen' mural - ITV News
"A stencil image of a rat holding a card saying 'Why?' "
- National Security Letters ruled unconstitutional • The Register
'A federal court judge has ruled that National Security Letters (NSLs) – the controversial, ultra-clandestine surveillance tools used by the FBI to gather information on individuals – are unconstitutional and must be halted.'
- Don’t let Jedi Knights hold weddings - Free Church - Scotland - Scotsman.com
May your marriage be with you, always.
- Nadine Dorries: Tory party is looking 'silly and ridiculous' for suspending me - Telegraph
Does she really think these comments will help? Nope. She thinks they'll get her media attention.
- Train Wi-Fi and mobile access expected to be in Osborne's budget giveaway | Politics | The Guardian
Some 12 out of 25 rail franchise operators still don't have Wi-Fi – chancellor expected to offer an inducement to them to install it
- ‘Unwise to block free speech law’ at Stormont - Headlines - Belfast Newsletter
'he could think of no reason for Stormont blocking the Defamation Bill from Northern Ireland other than that politicians wanted “to be able to sue newspapers more readily”.'
- 10 Companies Chasing Innovations That Really Matter | Wired Business | Wired.com
- Innovator Under 35: Danielle Fong, 24 - MIT Technology Review
'Making clean energy pay off by storing it as squeezed air '
- Computer lessons in Vietnam
Computer classes start at age 7, programming starts at age 9
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Interesting Links for 19-02-2013
- A sensational breakthrough: the first bionic hand that can feel - News - Gadgets & Tech - The Independent
- Burger King's Twitter Account Hacked (And Switched To McDonald's)
'“Just got sold to McDonalds because the whopper flopped =[“ Someone's having a bad day over at BK HQ. Still going after nearly an hour.'
- HowStuffWorks "What's so important about the Code of Hammurabi?"
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, a couple of hundred years before Moses came up with that idea.
- BBC News - RSPB Ham Wall 'slime' baffles experts
'Scientists at a nature reserve in Somerset have been baffled by a jelly-like slime which has appeared in a number of locations at the site.'
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- france,
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- home,
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- war,
- wtf
Interesting Links for 24-01-2013
- X-Surface: Don't believe everything you read.
Journalism no longer appears to include even basic fact checking, as regards tech, anyways.
- Actual Facebook Graph Searches
Simultaneously amusing and worrying.
- Get ready for 'Objectify a Male Tech Writer Day' | Crave - CNET
- Private health contractor's staff told to cut 999 calls to meet targets | Society | The Guardian
'Leaked email from Serco managers tells workers to manipulate computer system to 'stop the clock' on emergency calls'
- Cat Transit System (CTS) | Because We Can
- Obama Urged to Resign Over Beyonce Scandal : The New Yorker
It worries me that I've grown so used to the level of anti-Obama retoric that it took me a while to be sure this was a parody. Poes Law is starting to apply to politics more and more.
- Government says mot-diese is proper French term for hashtag – The Connexion
THE French government has caused amusement on the internet by insisting the proper term for “hashtag” in French should be mot-dièse.
- 'Leave immediately': Britons in Benghazi warned to get out due to 'specific and imminent threat' - Africa - World - The Independent
Interesting Links for 18-10-2012
- Scottish independence: Funding fees for EU students would cost £150m, Mike Russell reveals - Education - Scotsman.com
'The Scottish Government says talks are under way to find some means of charging EU students.' So, going against that whole EU equal access thing whilst saying "Of course we'll be let in!"
- Expenses scandal: MPs block details of new expenses - Telegraph
'believed to show that some rent their taxpayer-funded homes to each other.'
- Young blood can reverse some effects of ageing, study finds | Science | guardian.co.uk
As a friend put is: "Diablerme! Diableryou! Diablereverybody!" Possibly also 'Diablermice!' given the source.
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- discrimination,
- facebook,
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- it's a craaazy world,
- lgbt,
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- politics,
- posttofacebook,
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- relates to another of today's links,
- republicans,
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- what the everliving fuck,
- xandar; our reign has gone on long enoug
Interesting Links for 17-10-2012
- For all the details on Mitt Romney's 5 trillion dollar tax plan visit ROMNEYTAXPLAN.COM
'For a detailed explanation of how the Romney-Ryan tax plan is able to cut taxes by $5 trillion without exploding the deficit or requiring tax hikes on the middle class, simply click the button below.'
- NHS Reform, the bill "no one voted for"? No, not really. | Mat Bowles
'Saying "I disagree wtih this" is fine'… 'but saying "no one voted for it" is a blatant lie. 44% of voters in my constituency voted for a candidate backing these reforms. 39% did nationally.'
- Full Disclosure: Is it OK to hold credit card numbers in cookies? Santander?
Full credit card number, name, user ID stored in cookies. What the hell?
- Man in court for hitting Darth Vader's wife - Top Stories - News - Birmingham Mail
'An angry Walsall man who threw a punch at his neighbour called Darth Vader because he suspected he had been having a relationship with his girlfriend has been punished in court.'
- How Does Homeopathy Work?
A useful, informative and comprehensive summation.
- Homeopathy: there's nothing in it | The 10:23 Campaign | #ten23
'The 10:23 Campaign aims to raise awareness about the reality of homeopathy. This site will tell you how we know there is nothing in it, why the claims made by homeopaths are impossible, and why you should care.'
- When the Most Personal Secrets Get Outed on Facebook - WSJ.com
'two students were casualties of a privacy loophole on Facebook—the fact that anyone can be added to a group by a friend without their approval. As a result, the two lost control over their secrets, even though both were sophisticated users who had attempted to use Facebook's privacy settings to shield some of their activities from their parents.'
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Interesting Links for 05-09-2012
- Hunt for the NHS | Edinburgh Eye
Jeremy Hunt isn’t just an unscrupulous toerag – we knew that. He’s now Health Secretary, despite believing…' (quite a few bad/incorrect things)
- Pro homeopathy health minister Jeremy Hunt vows to cure NHS by diluting budget to 1p
“We need to bang the budget against some special leather books, taking all of the money out as we go, but once that’s done and were down from £94bn down to 1p we’ll be good to go,” Hunt told reporters.
- The Many Cum Faces of George Osborne
NSFW only for the big title at the top.
- How King’s Cross Concourse Was Designed 12,000 Years Ago* | Londonist
'The concourse’s circular form was quite possibly dictated by the melting of a glacier 12,000 years ago…at least if you want to believe the historical thought experiment that follows.' Reminds me of how the size of US space shuttles is partially determined by the width of a Roman horse's arse.
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- mmmmm the lovely water that cures malari,
- mmorpg,
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- relates to another of today's links,
- stupidity,
- technology,
- tongues or no tongues?,
- tv,
- uk,
- ukraine,
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- xandar; our reign has gone on long enoug
Interesting Links for 04-09-2012
- Infinite cats
A page of infinitely many pictures of cats (note to pedants; infinitely many cat pictures, not infinitely many *different* cat pictures)
- Sleeping Beauties Wait To Be Kissed At Ukrainian Museum
'To participate in the exhibit, potential princes have to sign a contract that states, "If I kiss the Beauty and she opens her eyes, I agree to marry her." The female performers have also entered into an agreement that reads, "If I open my eyes while being kissed, I agree to marry the kisser."'
- How copyright enforcement robots killed the Hugo Awards
Livestream of the awards ceremony shut down by automated robots due to the terrible crime of… showing clips of stuff that was nominated for an award.
- City of Heroes shutting down | bit-gamer.net
'set to close its doors by the end of the year and NCSoft is disbanding its developer, Paragon Studios.'
- BBC launches mobile downloads for iPlayer - Telegraph
will allow viewers to download programmes onto a smartphone or tablet, free of charge.
- Why Jeremy Hunt shouldn't be Health Minister
Because he supports the wastes of money that are the homeopathic hospitals.
- 3 top Tories call for NHS to be dismantled - Mirror Online
2009 story. Our health minister wants the NHS got rid of 'Three of his Shadow Cabinet - Michael Gove, Greg Clark and Jeremy Hunt - called for the health service to be dismantled. They claimed it was "no longer relevant"'
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Interesting Links for 28-08-2012
- Amazon Customers Go Rogue, Hilariously Review the Bic's Idiotic Pen for Women
Pens! For Women! So they can write things! (It'll never catch on)
- ‘Pregnancy Begins 2 Weeks Before Conception’ Now The Law In Arizona | The New Civil Rights Movement
Interesting Links for 27-08-2012
- Evangelical Colleges Didn't Figure Out Whether They Covered Contraception Before Suing Over Obamacare Regulation | ThinkProgress
Paying for such things was so against their beliefs that… they were doing it already?
- YOU CHOSE WRONG
'Your adventure ends here. Badly.' A tumblr of 'you lose' results from choose your own adventures.
Interesting Links for 26-04-2012
- BBC News - Diabetes: Most NHS costs wasteful, says Diabetic Medicine
'It suggests that 80% of the NHS's £9.8bn annual UK diabetes bill goes on the cost of treating complications. Experts say much of this is preventable with health checks and better education'