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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
Interesting Links for 07-06-2015
- Is Britain racist to the core?
Clip from a Frankie Boyle show after the elections. Rapper and poet Akala making a bunch of good points about structural racism in the UK.
Interesting Links for 20-03-2015
- Lighten Up
A strong point, and a beautiful use of design, image, and concepts like hexadecimal web colours on a post about colour, race, and racism
- British Views off the Solar Eclipse
I feel we've shared something important, as a nation.
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Interesting Links for 12-01-2015
- 36 questions and four minutes, to fall in love.
It's actually about intimacy in personal relationships.
- Fox News c 'Birmingham, UK, is a totally Muslim city...non-muslims don't go there'
And London has Muslim religious police beating people up
Interesting Links for 03-05-2014
- BNP Twitter gets hacked, no-one really notices - UK - News - The Independent
Nick Griffin's own account has also been hacked.
Interesting Links for 22-03-2014
- 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.'
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- benefits,
- children,
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- disability,
- discrimination,
- diversity,
- fail,
- image,
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- love,
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- parenting,
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- uk,
- usa,
- wtf
Interesting Links for 18-01-2014
- £1000 certification required to apply to join the Metropolitan Police
Which'll be a fairly massive obstacle to having a diverse force. Especially given that it's no guarantee of a job once you have it.
- I've Been Single For My Entire Life | Huffington Post
A fair bit of sympathy with this, given it's been quite a long time since my last relationship. Though I note it appears to ascribe to the 'Men approach women' cultural model without thinking about it.
- Hate crimes against disabled people soar to a record level - Crime - UK - The Independent
'Last year the Glasgow Media Trust found the public believed between 50 and 70 per cent of those on disability benefits were fraudulent. The actual number is likely to be between 1 and 2 per cent.'
- The Myth Of The Absent Black Father | ThinkProgress
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- ageism,
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- london,
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- mcdonald's,
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Interesting Links for 09-01-2014
- The Appropriateness of Appropriation | The Angry Black Woman
- Jury decides Duggan was lawfully killed despite concluding he was not holding gun when police shot him
- McDonald's issues apology after London branch tries to impose 7pm ban on teenagers - London - News - London Evening Standard
- BBC News - Peers block law on being annoying in public
'Courts could impose these on anyone engaging - or threatening to engage - in "conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to any person".'
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Interesting Links for 21-12-2013
- IAC's PR Chief Apparently Tweeted a Bizarrely Tasteless Joke About AIDS and Africa | Adweek
She's apparently 'unreachable on an international flight'. Going to have an interesting landing then. Company owns Match.com, OkCupid, Vimeo, Ask.com, Dictionary.com, & more.
- Students win LSE apology over ban on T-shirts depicting Prophet Mohamed and Jesus Christ - News - Student - The Independent
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- academia,
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- education,
- fail,
- humanity; we are a fucked up species,
- interesting,
- links,
- marketisation,
- military,
- money,
- nuclear weapons,
- oops,
- people suck,
- racism,
- scotland,
- technology,
- the code is more what you'd call 'guidel,
- transport,
- uk,
- university,
- war,
- weather,
- what the everliving fuck,
- wtf,
- xandar; our reign has gone on long enoug
Interesting Links for 05-12-2013
- 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 20-06-2013
- Marine Le Pen to face prosecution for comparing Muslims to Nazis - Telegraph
'after the European Parliament's legal committee recommended that the far-Right leader be stripped of her immunity.'
- What happened when I started a feminist society at schoolWhy I started a feminist society at school | Education | guardian.co.uk
The level of vitriol levelled at those who try and promote equality shows why we desperately need that equality.
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- terrorism,
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- via andrew ducker,
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- 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 24-03-2013
- BBC News - America's forgotten black cowboys
- LibreOffice for Android “frustratingly close” to release | Ars Technica
Which is frustrating for me too, as I'd like to use it. Ah well, there appear to be a few other options.
- Leopards are the new urban foxes in India - Telegraph
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Interesting Links for 28-02-2013
- US supreme court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act in southern states | Law | guardian.co.uk
'Case could end requirement for states with history of discriminatory policies to get federal approval for election laws'
- BBC News - Slides plan for Newcastle's St James Park
'Football fans exiting Newcastle's St James' Park could be speeded on their way if plans to install slides outside the ground are approved.'
- Up to 84% on low incomes will not pay council tax, local authorities believe | Society | The Guardian
'Benefit changes mean poor people face average £247-a-year council tax bill from April – but many are not expected to pay'