Interesting Links for 25-06-2016
- Nicola Sturgeon announces plans for second Scottish independence referendum after UK votes for Brexit
Seriously tempted to look at moving up there.
Interesting Links for 20-09-2014
- Alex Salmond to quit as first minister
- Mayors: The Gathering – city leaders in fantasy playing cards
It's just like a collectable card game! Except for the utter lack of rules/stats/any real resemblance beyond the fact they're framed a bit like cards!
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Interesting Links for 18-09-2014
- 10 Lessons From Real-Life Revolutions That Fictional Dystopias Ignore
- What will happen if Scotland votes Yes?
Answers to important questions as we wait for Referendum day to dawn.
- Bus strike - Transport for London
Bus strikes tomorrow and Monday in South West London.
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Interesting Links for 10-09-2014
- Cameron, Clegg and Miliband to make emergency visit to Scotland
It deeply irritates me that Miliband feels the need to tell people that he's not *travelling* with Cameron. All three are going up to Scotland, agreeing to miss PMQs, and all are working to the same aim there. But gods forbid anyone worry they might be liftsharing.
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Interesting Links for 07-09-2014
- ‘Yes’ campaign lead at 2 in Scottish Referendum
'which means a statistical dead heat at this late stage'
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Interesting Links for 28-08-2014
- Better Together gets mauled for its #PatronisingBTLady ad
I've previously been saying "From a self-interest PoV, I'd probably benefit from Scotland staying, but if I lived there, I'd vote Yes in a shot" But after the sheer level of talking down to people in that ad, fuck it, run free Scotland, and I'll just blame the idiots who made this.
Interesting Links for 31-07-2014
- Windows 95 Tips, Tricks, and Tweaks
Useful and informative!
- 17 Things Overheard In Glasgow
I don't wish to slander a city, but these are pretty fucking funny…
Interesting Links for 02-06-2014
- Edinburgh trams ‘worth 400 year wait’
'Original plans for the Edinburgh tram system were drawn up shortly after King James VI united Scotland and England into the Union of the Crowns in 1603'
Interesting Links for 01-04-2014
- Scotland to switch to driving on the right if independence given green light | Politics | The Guardian
"It sends out an explicit signal: we are part of Europe,"
- Dead college pigeon ‘tweets’ from netting trap - Edinburgh Evening News
Too expensive to cut it down.
Interesting Links for 18-02-2014
- Crystal Head Vodka Forensic Facial Reconstruction
Rather freaky. But awesome. And he's *so* happy!
- Large Pooh blocks Scottish sewers
Winnie, specifically.
- Britain somehow manages to drag itself away from the curling
'Millions of workers congratulated each other on their strength of character and pledged mutual support until they can rush home and immerse themselves once more in the icy drama.'
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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 22-11-2013
- The tube will run all night long on weekends from 2015 – Now. Here. This. – Time Out London
'On the other hand, TfL are closing every single ticket office on the tube' Reducing ticket office provision, I can see the argument for. Removing? Not so much.
- Scottish independence: Dr Who claim dismissed - The Scotsman
Finally, they're getting to the heart of things
- How a @totalprat duped the UK's media on Twitter
By pretending to live near the women who'd been held for 30 years. 'He said it had been "truly the funniest afternoon I have had in about three days"'
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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 09-07-2013
- BBC News - Aye, robot: Scotland's rise of the machines
'Robots are to be placed into the homes of people with dementia as part of a pilot on the Western Isles, but it is just one of many uses machines are being put to in Scotland amid a wider debate on robotics.'
- Sex, friends and strangers: what to expect when you stop shaving
'he was normally too happy to have someone getting naked in his bed that he sincerely could not care less whether she had some hair on her body or not.'
- How new UK spouse visa rules turned me into an Englishman in exile | Richard Fabb | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
- Still no evidence for St John Ambulance's life-saving claim | Full Fact
Knowing first aid is good. But making claims you can't back up is bad.
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Interesting Links for 31-05-2013
- “Why do women try to get ahead by pulling men down?” — LadyBits on Medium — Medium
A rather good metaphorical escalator
- Peter Mandelson joins board of Russian firm 'with organised crime links' | Business | The Guardian
- BBC News - Incapacity benefit test claims 'conflated figures' - watchdog
'Suggestions that 878,300 benefit claimants dropped their claims rather than take a medical test have been challenged by the statistics watchdog.'
- BBC News - Scottish independence: Dissecting legal advice on student fees post-yes
- Nick Clegg: we will strike a balance on 'snoopers charter' after Woolwich attack - Telegraph
'work is already under way within the civil service to resurrect some of the proposals without the need for legislation, meaning the Liberal Democrats would not be able to vote it down in parliament.'
- Motorola's tattoos could replace passwords for phones- Telegraph
- BBC News - Tory MP Patrick Mercer resigns
'has resigned the Tory whip to "save my party embarrassment" over a BBC Panorama programme alleging he had broken lobbying rules.'
- 33 Teachers Who Got The Last Laugh
I may have to use the Helen Waite one at some point myself.
- How attractive is Britain to ‘benefit tourists?
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Interesting Links for 20-05-2013
- BBC News - Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn'
- Chicago Grid | Eight nerds get rich off a game that makes Oprah sob into a Lean Cuisine
'Cards Against Humanity has made well more than $12 million, all because some Highland Park 20-somethings wanted to avoid conversation.'
- Scotland's tough call: stay in the UK, or stay in the EU? | Angus Roxburgh | Comment is free | The Guardian
'It's the bad luck of the Scots. You wait a lifetime for a referendum, and then two of the damned things come along at once, each profoundly influencing the other.'
- Intervision Song Contest - Wikipedia
'The competition had an interesting way of voting. Because lot of citizens did not have phones, viewers would turn on lights if they liked the song or turned them off if they didn’t like the song. According to load experienced on the electrical network, points were granted accordingly to each contestant.'
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Interesting Links for 11-03-2013
- Linear A - Sunday Sermonette: The Prodigal
The Catholic church is saying 'Welcome home!" to its lapsed members. But are they listening?
- Facing the future: an interview with Jim Al-Khalili | Rationalist Association
Theoretical physicist and star science presenter Jim Al-Khalili has just become the President of the British Humanist Association.
- Why should married women change their names? Let men change theirs | Jill Filipovic
- Ticking time bomb scenario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'a thought experiment that has been used in the ethics debate over whether torture can ever be justified.'
- David Cameron in peril as discontent in Tory ranks rises - Telegraph
'Up to 25 Conservative MPs are planning to oust David Cameron if the party’s fortunes do not improve within the next two months'
- Schneier on Security: Hacking the Papal Election
'As the College of Cardinals prepares to elect a new pope, people like me wonder about the election process. How does it work, and just how hard is it to hack the vote?'
- Scotland's top judge summoned to appear before MSPs after trying to block register of interests - Daily Record
'A Holyrood committee want the law chief to explain why he tried to halt a register which would reveal judges' business, professional and financial links.'
- 'If I turn a green field into an estate then I’m not doing it for peanuts' - Telegraph
'Three councillors reveal their involvement with consultancies which specialise in helping companies to win planning permission for developments across the country.'
- E.U. to Ban Cosmetics With Animal-Tested Ingredients - NYTimes.com
'expected to announce Monday a ban on the import and sale of cosmetics containing ingredients tested on animals and to pledge more efforts to push other parts of the world, like China, to accept alternatives.'
- Study debunks notion that men and women are psychologically distinct | The Raw Story
'there are not two distinct genders, but instead there are linear gradations of variables associated with sex, such as masculinity or intimacy, all of which are continuous.'
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Interesting Links for 01-03-2013
- BBC News - Judicial review of TfL's decision to ban gay cure ad
- Tories beaten by ‘perfect storm’ of Huhne, Rennard and nutjobs
'THE Tories admitted there was no way they could have won the Eastleigh by-election as their opponents were either mired in scandal or completely insane.'
- Former SNP council leader compares Scotland to 'slave' state - Telegraph
Also argued that 'North Sea oil and gas revenue flowing to the Treasury was akin to domestic abuse.'
- Nationwide to leave benefit claimants homeless - Telegraph
'The Mortgage Works (TMW), which is part of Nationwide, will not offer new loans to landlords who accept housing benefit in a move which experts said could leave people unable to find anywhere to live.'
- Tim Bale: Eastleigh By-Election: Worst of All Worlds for the Tories
'Rather than shooting Nigel Farage's fox, all Cameron has done is feed it.'
- BBC News - Dice and digital - rehabilitating the board game geek
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Interesting Links for 08-02-2013
- Damsel, Arise: A Westboro Scion Leaves Her Church — Reporter’s Notebook — Medium
- Nancy A. Collins calls for DragonCon boycott over ties to co-founder | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
Because money from it is still going to said person, who is using it to fight his court cases against his arrests for child abuse
- Scottish independence: bread and circuses | Brian Wilson | Comment is free | The Guardian
'The Scottish nationalists' promises are getting more fantastical. No wonder: their support is dwindling'
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Interesting Links for 22-11-2012
- The Man Who Stole Greece: Cuffed chap had data on most of country • The Register
'Greek police have cuffed a suspect who allegedly stole personal data of three-quarters of the country's population as part of an attempted industrial-scale ID theft scam.'
- Thanks, Textbooks.
'I’m less concerned with the question, “What does the scale read?” and more concerned with the question, “Why the hell are we lubricating a hamster?”'
- Alex Salmond 'should allow business leaders to speak out against independence' - Telegraph
'Labour and the Tories described as “significant” accusations by the chief executive of one of the country’s largest firms that the SNP pour “rains of bile and ire” on businessmen who publicly oppose separation.'
- Great tit disease ‘spread to UK by insects’
(It's actually about Avian pox, but allow me my dirty mind)
- Apple - Support - iPod nano Replacement Program
Battery issues on iPod 1st generation models, Apple will replace them