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Interesting Links for 23-01-2014
Jan. 23rd, 2014 12:00 pm- The Wicked Weed Conspiracy
'clearly [cannabis legalisation] is an attempt by the GOP to kill everyone who lives in California, Colorado and New York well before the 2016 elections'
- 25 worst passwords: What your terrible, common password says about you.
- Cats About to sneeze
Interesting Links for 08-01-2014
Jan. 8th, 2014 12:00 pm- Satanic Temple Unveils Design For 7-foot Statue In Oklahoma
'The Satanic Temple maintains that the Oklahoma Legislature's decision to authorize a privately funded Ten Commandments monument at the Capitol opened the door for its statue.'
- The British Punk Band That Fooled Reagan, Thatcher And The CIA - The Daily Beast
- The Internet of Things Is Wildly Insecure — And Often Unpatchable | Wired Opinion | Wired.com
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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 12-06-2013
Jun. 12th, 2013 06:00 pm- Obama Is Checking Your Email
- Lego launches 'Incredibly Depressing Recession-Era Town Centre'
'chain pubs where hollow-eyed old Lego men sit drinking.'
- the Lampocalypse
'Ironically, it was a dark time.'
- Russian lawmakers pass anti-gay bill in 436-0 vote
'A bill that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality won overwhelming approval Tuesday in Russia's lower house of parliament.'
- Ohio woman accused of breaking into home, cleaning it and leaving $75 bill pleads guilty - Yahoo! News
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Interesting Links for 31-05-2013
May. 31st, 2013 05:00 pm- “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 24-04-2013
Apr. 24th, 2013 05:00 pm- BBC News - Same-sex marriage: France changes law
'becomes the 14th country to pass a law allowing gay marriage, and follows New Zealand last week.'
- Fox Censors Cory Doctorow’s “Homeland” Novel From Google | TorrentFreak
DMCA notices for a Creative Commons book. Faaaaaaaiiiiiiillllll.
- Clay Nikiforuk: I Was Detained and Interrogated at the Border for Carrying Condoms
- The Scale of the Universe
Rather awesome little flash thing showing everything from the universe to quantum foam
- Is your Twitter password secure?
'It's a scary world right now, guys. Your Twitter password can cause the Dow Jones to drop nearly 150 points and compel dozens of blogs to write breathless posts about the future of online journalism. You should be worried.'
- Russell's teapot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'an analogy first coined... to illustrate that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making scientifically unfalsifiable claims'
- Large Hadron Collider putting family-run particle colliders out of business
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Interesting Links for 17-04-2013
Apr. 17th, 2013 05:00 pm- IT Security in a Nutshell - The Fishbowl
Please don't write your password in response to this. (Hey, it's worth a try!)
Interesting Links for 09-04-2013
Apr. 9th, 2013 05:00 pm- Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette
'When a political leader dies, it is irresponsible in the extreme to demand that only praise be permitted but not criticisms.'
- Wearable Video Cameras, for Police Officers - NYTimes.com
- Alt Text: Magical Fruit Trees and the Sale of Digital Music — A Parable | Underwire | Wired.com
How much money does the anti-piracy efforts of the music industry make for *musicians* as opposed to the businessmen, lawyers, etc?
- Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
"When people don't see stuff on Google, they think no one can find it. That's not true."
- Budge: Facing up to Facebook scams
'A Facebook page is created, with an appeal for readers to like, comment or share …the people who started it, having quickly acquired tens of thousands of followers, sell the page. Now an advertiser has all those names and Facebook addresses'
- The 17-Year-Old Yahoo Paid $30 Million Did Not Build His Startup's App (Or Invent Its Technology) - Business Insider
- Google accused of anti-competitive Android rules - Telegraph
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- via andrew ducker,
- via ed rolison,
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Interesting Links for 22-03-2013
Mar. 22nd, 2013 04:00 pm- Labour abstention on workfare bill prompts party infighting
Quite why Labour is helping the government cover their arse with retroactive legislation to make the illegal become legal, I'm not sure.
- MPs profits on taxpayer-funded second homes stay secret for now - Telegraph
'Profits made by scores of MPs on their taxpayer-funded second homes have not been published after a legal challenge' (which sources believe was paid for by a millionaire potential Tory leadership candidate.
- Planning minister’s war on the countryside - Telegraph
'Property developers have been privately promised that planning laws will be liberalised again within weeks to allow them to begin a house-building boom backed by this week’s Budget.'
- Twitter to fight hacking by boosting login security | Technology | guardian.co.uk
'firm to introduce 'two-factor authentication' system'
- Apple introducing extra protection against hackers | Technology | guardian.co.uk
'Two-factor authentication for iCloud and other services aims to help guard against hackers trying to access peoples' accounts'
- Why It's So Annoying to Overhear Someone's Cellphone Conversation
Because it's a puzzle you can't solve, and thus can't ignore.
- Trans woman commits suicide after being bullied by the Daily Mail » Zinnia Jones
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- the daily mash,
- twitter,
- uk,
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- westminster,
- wtf
Interesting Links for 19-03-2013
Mar. 19th, 2013 04:00 pm- 'New Banksy' appears at site of 'stolen' mural - ITV News
"A stencil image of a rat holding a card saying 'Why?' "
- National Security Letters ruled unconstitutional • The Register
'A federal court judge has ruled that National Security Letters (NSLs) – the controversial, ultra-clandestine surveillance tools used by the FBI to gather information on individuals – are unconstitutional and must be halted.'
- Don’t let Jedi Knights hold weddings - Free Church - Scotland - Scotsman.com
May your marriage be with you, always.
- Nadine Dorries: Tory party is looking 'silly and ridiculous' for suspending me - Telegraph
Does she really think these comments will help? Nope. She thinks they'll get her media attention.
- Train Wi-Fi and mobile access expected to be in Osborne's budget giveaway | Politics | The Guardian
Some 12 out of 25 rail franchise operators still don't have Wi-Fi – chancellor expected to offer an inducement to them to install it
- ‘Unwise to block free speech law’ at Stormont - Headlines - Belfast Newsletter
'he could think of no reason for Stormont blocking the Defamation Bill from Northern Ireland other than that politicians wanted “to be able to sue newspapers more readily”.'
- 10 Companies Chasing Innovations That Really Matter | Wired Business | Wired.com
- Innovator Under 35: Danielle Fong, 24 - MIT Technology Review
'Making clean energy pay off by storing it as squeezed air '
- Computer lessons in Vietnam
Computer classes start at age 7, programming starts at age 9
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Interesting Links for 11-03-2013
Mar. 11th, 2013 04:00 pm- 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 17-01-2013
Jan. 17th, 2013 04:00 pm- Meet the Sandy Hook truthers - Salon.com
'Theorists think they've found “absolute proof” that Newtown was a hoax.'
- This man helped save six children, is now getting harassed for it - Salon.com
'Gene Rosen sheltered six kids during the Sandy Hook massacre. Now he's become a target of conspiracy theorists'
- Cat Map | PUBCATS | yep, cats in pubs
A map of the nearest pubs to you that have cats in 'em
- Upside-Down-Ternet
'My neighbours are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun.'
- Police demand DNA samples from gay men
'Men convicted of victimless homosexual offences three decades ago are threatened with arrest if they refuse to provide samples for the national DNA database.'
- Another Java zero-day vulnerability apparently available - The H Security: News and Features
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal — 'Assume no air resistance'
'… so everbody's dead?' (Dave)
- The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
'to preserve the slave patrol militias in the southern states, which was necessary to get Virginia's vote. Founders Patrick Henry, George Mason, and James Madison were totally clear on that . . . and we all should be too.'
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- pubs,
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- science,
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- second amendment,
- security,
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- the internet. you will never find a more,
- via #maelfroth,
- warning: may induce rage,
- webcomics,
- what the everliving fuck,
- wtf,
- xandar; our reign has gone on long enoug
Interesting Links for 17-10-2012
Oct. 17th, 2012 05:00 pm- For all the details on Mitt Romney's 5 trillion dollar tax plan visit ROMNEYTAXPLAN.COM
'For a detailed explanation of how the Romney-Ryan tax plan is able to cut taxes by $5 trillion without exploding the deficit or requiring tax hikes on the middle class, simply click the button below.'
- NHS Reform, the bill "no one voted for"? No, not really. | Mat Bowles
'Saying "I disagree wtih this" is fine'… 'but saying "no one voted for it" is a blatant lie. 44% of voters in my constituency voted for a candidate backing these reforms. 39% did nationally.'
- Full Disclosure: Is it OK to hold credit card numbers in cookies? Santander?
Full credit card number, name, user ID stored in cookies. What the hell?
- Man in court for hitting Darth Vader's wife - Top Stories - News - Birmingham Mail
'An angry Walsall man who threw a punch at his neighbour called Darth Vader because he suspected he had been having a relationship with his girlfriend has been punished in court.'
- How Does Homeopathy Work?
A useful, informative and comprehensive summation.
- Homeopathy: there's nothing in it | The 10:23 Campaign | #ten23
'The 10:23 Campaign aims to raise awareness about the reality of homeopathy. This site will tell you how we know there is nothing in it, why the claims made by homeopaths are impossible, and why you should care.'
- When the Most Personal Secrets Get Outed on Facebook - WSJ.com
'two students were casualties of a privacy loophole on Facebook—the fact that anyone can be added to a group by a friend without their approval. As a result, the two lost control over their secrets, even though both were sophisticated users who had attempted to use Facebook's privacy settings to shield some of their activities from their parents.'
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- republicans,
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- xandar; our reign has gone on long enoug
Interesting Links for 17-08-2012
Aug. 17th, 2012 05:00 pm- The new totalitarianism of surveillance technology | Naomi Wolf | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
'If you think that 24/7 tracking of citizens by biometric recognition systems is paranoid fantasy, just read the industry newsletters'
- We are Waltham Forest
'a campaign launched by Waltham Forest residents to show the EDL that they are not welcome in our multicultural borough.' The EDL are planning on marching in Walthamstom on 1st of September, this is a page for people wanting to counter-march/protest against them/celebrate the UK's multiculturallism.
- Amazon to deliver parcels to UK cornershops - Telegraph
The online shopping giant has quietly started trialling the scheme on a small scale with items such as books and clothes, and plans to roll it out nationwide.
- This is what’s wrong with Britain today « Decline of the Logos
'This is really someone who writes a blog post entitled ‘Why I don’t listen to experts (or facts and figures)’ and means it.'
- Women’s Football Isn’t ‘Proper’ Football | The Daisy Cutter
Briefly rage inducing, then very funny and well put.
- Ecuador Grants Assange Asylum, to Extradite Whistle-Blower | World | TIME.com
The government of Rafael Correa extends its hospitality to the WikiLeaks founder but is accused of harassing unfriendly journalists and may extradite a whistle-blower from Belarus to face grave charges in the country described as "Europe's last dictatorship"
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Interesting Links for 09-08-2012
Aug. 9th, 2012 05:00 pm- How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
The way accounts are often chained together along with security policies designed more around letting stupid people access their stuff after losing their details than keeping out hackers means that wow, you can lose a lot, very quickly. Some or all of the security holes may have been fixed, going by the titles of the related stories at the bottom of the page on this.
- Amazon Quietly Closes Security Hole After Journalist's Devastating Hack | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Amazon changed its customer privacy policies on Monday, closing security gaps that were exploited in the identity hacking of Wired reporter Mat Honan on Friday.
- Apple Confirms It Has Suspended Over-the-Phone AppleID Password Resets | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
- How Not to Become Mat Honan: A Short Primer on Online Security | Threat Level | Wired.com
Interesting Links for 09-07-2012
Jul. 9th, 2012 05:00 pm- CEO Of Internet Provider Sonic.net: We Delete User Logs After Two Weeks. Your Internet Provider Should, Too. - Forbes
'It seemed like half the time, the customer wasn’t the one right one, but they rolled over because it would be very embarassing. And I think that’s an abuse of process. I was unwilling to become part of that business model. In many cases the lawyers never pursued the case, and it was all bluster. But under that threat, you pay.'
