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Interesting Links for 16-07-2016
Jul. 16th, 2016 01:00 pm- Turkey army group announces takeover on TV - BBC News
Not yet sure what the result will be, but looks like a coup in process.
- There is such a thing as a gin bus and it's coming to London
Interesting Links for 13-11-2014
Nov. 13th, 2014 12:00 pm- Glasgow Has Been Plastered in Thousands of Black Remembrance Poppies | VICE | United Kingdom
One for each of WW1's conscientious objectors.
- Definition - Robot Hugs
On why 'Well the dictionary says I'm right!' isn't a good argument.
Interesting Links for 23-10-2014
Oct. 23rd, 2014 01:00 pm- 50 sHAdes of VORpal — Kickstarter
What the fuck is this, I don't even… (appears to be a gaming version of potato salad)
- Soldier killed in Canada shootings - BBC News
Interesting Links for 21-10-2014
Oct. 21st, 2014 01:00 pm- The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons
Turns out they did have chemical weapons! Not militarily usable, ones we helped them make decades ago, that have fallen apart. Still dangerous to the soliders (and indeed locals) exposed to them, but the army didn't want information getting out about it.
Interesting Links for 07-06-2014
Sep. 2nd, 2014 01:00 am- New Statesman | Tactical voting against Ukip is bad news for Farage
The Newark by-election saw centre-left voters hold their noses and back the Tories to stop Ukip.
- The bizarre secret of London’s buried diggers
And one day, they shall rise up, their shovels honed to a razor edge on the gravel they were buried in, inexorably driving toward us on their caterpillar tracks…
- D-day anniversary: emotional swansong for UK veterans of Normandy
We will remember them.
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 25-02-2014
Feb. 25th, 2014 01:00 pm- Batman (military) - Wikipedia
'an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's "bat-horse"'
- A Farscape movie is in the works
Carrying on from the comics, partially about John & Aeryn's son, apparently
Interesting Links for 16-01-2014
Jan. 16th, 2014 12:00 pm- Kristen Stewart joins a "romantic" remake of 1984 because life is pain
- Amazon Warehouse Workers to Vote Today on Labor Union Representation | Re/code
- Britain could miss out on crazy, pointless war with China, says important American
“Your military will be dropping food from its only helicopter while the US Marines are surging towards Shanghai for reasons that will never be fully explained."
Interesting Links for 05-12-2013
Dec. 5th, 2013 04:00 pm- Launch code for US nukes was 00000000 for 20 years | Ars Technica
The codes, known as Permissive Action Links were not the pals of Strategic Command generals.
- Minneapolis professor Shannon Gibney: Reprimanded for talking about racism.
'The American myth of rugged individualism is alive and well. We love to believe that nothing determines our life’s chances but our capacity to dream and work hard, despite reams of evidence to the contrary.'
- Amazon’s $23,698,655.93 book about flies
The effect of pricebots
- Missing: hard drive containing Bitcoins worth £4m in Newport landfill site
- Scotland's entire rail network shuts down and motorists told to stay at home | Herald Scotland
'serious travel disruption as blizzards and winds of up to 114mph strike.'
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Interesting Links for 01-12-2013
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Interesting Links for 29-08-2013
Aug. 29th, 2013 05:00 pm- So, What’s It Going To Be? | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Dark, tongue in cheek, but makes its point quite effectively
- "You ended up in the Twelfth Plane of Torment on your way to the kitchen?"
Interesting Links for 24-07-2013
Jul. 24th, 2013 05:00 pm- Say Goodbye to the Tech Sounds You'll Never Hear Again | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
- The 15 Most Ridiculous College Application Questions - Yahoo! Finance
"If you could choose to be raised by robots, dinosaurs, or aliens, who would you pick? Why?"
- 12 Silly Things People Believe About Computers | Terminally Incoherent
- US And Russia Simultaneously Announce Intent To Arm Opposing Sides In Syria - Yahoo! Finance
It sounds like a parody story, but its not. I wonder if Fantasy Flight could make an updated version of Cold War...
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Interesting Links for 04-07-2013
Jul. 4th, 2013 05:00 pm- BBC News - Rupert Murdoch secret tapes: News Corp defends head
He says "It's the biggest inquiry ever, over next to nothing.", News Corp says ""Rupert Murdoch has shown understandable empathy with the staff and families affected". Yeah...
- BBC News - Shielding Commonwealth war graves from the ravages of time
- Why Rupert Murdoch tape was leaked - tearful journalists were angry | Media | guardian.co.uk
- The Danger in Demonizing Male Sexuality — The Good Men Project
'From the get-go, we are teaching our kids to fear male sexuality, and to repress female sexuality.'
- BBC News - Political parties shelve funding reform talks
"Labour would not move on trade union funding, while the Conservatives would not make concessions on big donations" Liberal Democrats stood in front of a small china pig and growled at anyone who came near.
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Interesting Links for 10-06-2013
Jun. 10th, 2013 05:00 pm- 26 Everyday Occurrences In Australia
- DoD Buzz | Navy Scuttles All-Cap Messages
'WE DON’T HAVE TO SEND MESSAGES THIS WAY ANYMORE, the Navy has decided.'
- If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise...
Interesting Links for 14-04-2013
Apr. 14th, 2013 05:00 pm- The forgotten prisoners of America's own Gulag - The Independent
166 inmates remain. 3 convicted, 30 to face trial. 50 in legal no-man's-land, too dangerous to release but against whom there is not enough evidence to prosecute. And then there are 86 who have been cleared for release, yet aren't released.
Interesting Links for 25-03-2013
Mar. 25th, 2013 04:00 pm- North Dakota Personhood Measure Passes State House
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if this passes the ballot, doesn't it then go against Roe vs Wade?
- How Brown Moses exposed Syrian arms trafficking from his front room | World news | guardian.co.uk
'Leicester-based blogger's monitoring of weapons used in conflict has been taken up by media and human rights groups'
- Indiegogo - Fuck you all
Awww, someone is upset that his 3D printing project didn't get funded
- First Spam Email - ARPANET | Geekosystem
It's in all caps, too.
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