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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 14-05-2015
May. 14th, 2015 01:00 pm- Cameron: "For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone."
And I find that sentence pretty fucking terrifying
- Justin Tomlinson, New Disabilities Minister, Voted Against Protecting Disabled Child Benefits
And for those undergoing cancer treatment.
Interesting Links for 10-04-2014
Apr. 10th, 2014 01:00 pm- 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 28-03-2014
Mar. 28th, 2014 12:00 pm- Homeopathic remedies recalled for containing real medicine
Which would actually make me sick! And another place wasn't doing enough to keep CRUSHED GLASS out of it, or the 'active ingredient' (which isn't actually active) in it
- 'Mordheim: City of the Damned' game coming out
Turn based tactical combat, with experience and equipment gain
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Interesting Links for 01-03-2014
Mar. 1st, 2014 12:00 pm- Surgeons shocked to find fully formed teeth in a baby's brain tumor
- Putting Time In Perspective
The T Rex is chronologically closer to Justin Bieber than to the Stegosaurus. Humans had fire for around 75,000 years before being able to talk about it.
- BBC News - Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis seen in Wales
The downside? You're still in Wales
Interesting Links for 14-01-2014
Jan. 14th, 2014 12:00 pm- Why "Stop taking photos and enjoy the view" is wrong
To be fair, I do try and avoid doing too much 'must capture it all' on events I'm going to, gigs, or whatever. But there's a joy in sharing the random weird stuff I find in London, or the fucked up stuff we come up with in our games of Cards Against Humanity, or just grabbing a few cool moments from a fun night out to remind yourself of it months or years later.
- Why are my feminist friends still taking their husbands' surnames? | Zoe Holman | Comment is free | theguardian.com
An interesting question; I can certainly see the very strong arguments for keeping your name, but I can also see those for wanting to share a name as part of the togetherness of marriage. The problem is that patriarchal culture means everyone expects it to be the man's name. Of course, in that case you can double-barrel, or you could even come up with an entirely new name (though few would, I think)
- “What Happened Next?” update chapter from Bad Pharma 2013
- Why people on benefits have a flatscreen TV
and expanded musings on the nature of cashflow, and what stuff counts as a 'I have a bit of extra cash, get something nice' purchase
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 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 30-09-2013
Sep. 30th, 2013 05:00 pm- 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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Interesting Links for 02-05-2013
May. 2nd, 2013 05:00 pm- 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 12-03-2013
Mar. 12th, 2013 04:00 pm- Antibiotics resistance 'as big a risk as terrorism' - medical chief
If anything, the risk seems rather larger than terrorism, in the UK at least.
- Capital rules for banks 'still need to be tougher', says Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards - Telegraph
- Dolphins may be calling each other by name - CNN.com
- Finally, a tablet simple enough for a woman to use | Ars Technica
'Do iPads or Nexus 7s scare and confuse you? ePad Femme is here to help!'
- The Sunday Times jails its source » Spectator Blogs
'My Guardian colleague Marina Hyde said that the lesson of the Sunday Times’ treatment of Pryce was that no one should talk to journalists.'
- Rape in the headlines: is there a war on? | Another angry woman
Trigger warning for rape, unsurprisingly enough. Discussion/disection of rape in the media ATM
- The religious right are wrong: all women have the right to choose | Liz Ford | Global development | guardian.co.uk
- KGB man will not assist British inquest into Alexander Litvinenko - Telegraph
'chief suspect in the poisoning of former Russian security services officer Alexander Litvinenko has withdrawn cooperation from the inquest into his death and accused Scotland Yard of political bias.'
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Interesting Links for 09-11-2012
Nov. 9th, 2012 04:00 pm- Dude Takes Pregnancy Test as Joke, Finds Out He Has Testicular Cancer via Rage Comic on Reddit
'He told his friend about the ordeal, who then turned the humorous tale into a rage comic and posted it on Reddit. And that's the decision that saved his friend's life.'
- Own a Piece of Disgusting Internet History With Your Very Own Goatse Email Address
'when the new Goatse.cx launches later this month, you will be able to get a [yourname]@goatse.cx email address, if you'd like everyone to think of a giant gaping asshole when you email them.'
Interesting Links for 18-10-2012
Oct. 18th, 2012 05:00 pm- 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.
