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Interesting Links for 10-07-2015
- I, Racist — "Why I don’t talk about race with White people"
- Border crossings no more
Photos of the closed border checkpoints of Schengen-ised Europe
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- america,
- amusing,
- awesome,
- bigotry,
- clever,
- comment,
- cracked,
- crime,
- culture,
- czech republic,
- economics,
- image,
- interesting,
- islam,
- links,
- love,
- money,
- movies,
- police,
- politics,
- posttofacebook,
- prauge,
- privacy,
- priviledge,
- racism,
- relationships,
- religion,
- republicans,
- sexism,
- surveilance,
- terrorism,
- transport,
- via andrew ducker,
- violence,
- war on terror,
- warning: spoilers
Interesting Links for 02-06-2013
- Why do Muslims keep having to explain themselves? We hate extremists more than any outsiders ever could - BelfastTelegraph.c...
- So Much For Fiscal Hawks - Republicans Now Costing You Tens Of Millions To Save A Few Million
Infrastructure maintenance. It's a thing.
- 5 Gamer Comments That Give Straight White Guys a Bad Name | Cracked.com
- Prague introduces singles only 'love carriages' on underground trains - Telegraph
- Only half of officers 'would report colleague who punched suspect' - Telegraph
'for fleeing and resisting arrest, figures showed, as senior officers called for a new code of ethics.'
- MI5 failures over Woolwich probably 'misjudgement' not lack of snoopers' charter, says Sir Chris Fox - Telegraph
'result of human misjudgement rather than lack of "draconian" powers to monitor email traffic, a former police boss said today.'
- 5 Brilliant Clues Hidden in the Background of Movies | Cracked.com
Contains spoilers
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Interesting Links for 06-02-2013
- The Distress of the Privileged « The Weekly Sift
Acknowledges that the "Things are changing and I feel disadvantaged by that!" is a natural human reaction from the people whose privilege is being eroded, but that said people then conflate it as being as bad/worse than the actual discrimination. And does so in a way that doesn't come off as "You should be less angry"
- Stardancer News - In the Future, All Space Marines Will Be Warhammer 40K Space Marines
Please share far and wide. GW tries to claim ownership over a term that's been used by others for decades.
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Interesting Links for 28-01-2013
- Anatomically accurate, knitted BRAAAAIIIINNN!
- BBC News - Quantum biology: Do weird physics effects abound in nature?
"These three things... have dispelled the idea that quantum mechanics had nothing to say about biology."
- 5 Ways You're Accidentally Making Everyone Hate You | Cracked.com
#1 is on largely on privilege — 'You didn't perceive yourself as being in a position of power because that is the main advantage of power'
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Interesting Links for 13-09-2012
- Jeremiah Goulka: Joining the Reality-Based Community
Without using the word, a comprehensive explanation of privilege, and how it feels to have your privilege revealed to you.