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Interesting Links for 11-04-2014

Like Civilization And Clicking Things? You'll Love CivClicker | Kotaku Australia
(tags: amusing Gaming computer-games Internet kotaku )
A Tube map of London’s ghost stations
Suddenly I want to make or meet a bunch of NPCs named after these stations. "Ms Langley, Mr Waddesdon and Mark Lane are here to see you..."
(tags: amusing Interesting London tube transport history TFL )
TFL Etiquette Posters Made More Honest | The Poke
(tags: NSFW-for-swearing NSFW-text amusing TFL tube London transport culture-jamming advertising )
The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic
They tried to cast Magic Missile against the darknes... in our hearts
(tags: amusing history culture Gaming RPG tabletop-RPGs D&D moral-panic )
The code hidden in the books at the Western University library
What is art?
(tags: Interesting art-imitates-life-Jim-but-not-as-we-know-it cryptography university art Internet )

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Interesting Links for 05-02-2014

Rare chance as Edinburgh swordsmith seeks apprentices
(tags: Interesting via-so-many-people craft swords weapons Edinburgh Awesome jobs )
Tube Strike Tube Map
Useful map that shows what'll be still be running during the strikes.
(tags: Interesting useful TFL London tube transport strikes )
Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hilarious and gross hotel experiences - The Washington Post
(tags: amusing Olympics Russia Sochi fail )

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Interesting Links for 25-01-2014

German Olympians will wear rainbow-colored uniforms in Sochi
(tags: Interesting Russia Germany LGBT Olympics protest )
Why sugar helped remove Victoria Line concrete flood - Telegraph
To stop the concrete they poured the sugar, to stop the sugar they poured the…
(tags: amusing Interesting science SCIENCE!!! chemistry London transport TFL tube )
Gmail And Google+ Go Down Across The World, Intermittent Outage Continues For Many | TechCrunch
It was down, it's now back up, for some at least
(tags: Google technology oh-noes Internet )

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Interesting Links for 24-01-2014

Mystery of the Lyubov Orlova: Ghost ship full of cannibal rats ‘could be heading for British coast’ - Home News - UK - The Independent
(tags: Interesting sea rats news oops ooh…nasty )
Whose Policy: UKIP Or Monster Raving Loony Party
Slightly worrying…
(tags: amusing buzzfeed politics Westminster UK UKIP )
London Underground: Victoria Line Suspended After Concrete Poured into Control Room
Some solid journalism here, but it does seem to be a pretty pour decision-making process in action at TFL…
(tags: amusing news unconfirmed-report TFL tube transport London UK puns )
Tory MP calls police on handful of retired constituents delivering petition against lobbying bill 'gagging law' - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
'A handful of retired constituents delivering their local MP a petition might not sound the most terrifying of prospects, but it prompted one Tory politician to call for police protection.'
(tags: WTF fail politics protest lobbying gagging-bill UK Conservative-party police )

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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.
(tags: transport London TFL politics money )
Scottish independence: Dr Who claim dismissed - The Scotsman
Finally, they're getting to the heart of things
(tags: interesting amusing TV Doctor Who Scotland Scottish independence politics )
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"'
(tags: oops media fail epic fail journalism twitter don't believe everything you hear on the internet )

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Interesting Links for 09-12-2011

BBC News - Who, What, Why: How do you reassemble shredded documents?
Governments and businesses have long used shredders to destroy sensitive documents. How easy is it to reassemble the pieces?
(tags: security information software technology interesting )
London Dungeon Skeleton Turns Out To Be Genuine | Londonist
'Another week, another skeleton unearthed in London, this time not from the closet of a cabinet politician. A body in the London Dungeon has turned out to be real!'
(tags: interesting amusing death London )
BBC News - Hillary Clinton declares 'gay rights are human rights'
'The US has publicly declared it will fight discrimination against gays and lesbians abroad by using foreign aid and diplomacy to encourage reform.'
(tags: lgbt human rights fairness discrimination America international affairs )
BBC News - In pictures: Manchester after an apocalypse
(tags: interesting awesome pretty art )
Damn You Auto Correct! » The 25 Funniest Autocorrects Of DYAC’s First Year
(tags: amusing technology )
The arms company, the oligarch and the ex-PM's sister-in-law: lobby firm's Wikipedia hit list - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
'Bell Pottinger targeted the Wikipedia entry of Gordon Brown's sister-in-law, the environmental campaigner Clare Rewcas'tle Brown, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal
(tags: interesting image politics wikipedia lies lobbying UK )
BBC News - Make 'council bureaucrats' wear bowler hats says MP
'Council officials should be forced to wear bowler hats if proposals allowing them to clamp down on minor offences are approved, a Conservative MP says.'
(tags: interesting amusing politics law image )
BBC News - Wikipedia investigates PR firm Bell Pottinger's edits
'Wikipedia has suspended at least 10 accounts linked to the public relations firm Bell Pottinger as it investigates allegations of content manipulation.'
(tags: wikipedia lobbying image internet lies )
One Direction fans boo George Osborne over Christmas lights mix-up - Showbiz News - Digital Spy
'Rumours that the 'Gotta Be You' group were to make an appearance at the event in Knutsford circulated earlier this week, sparking an outraged reaction from the 3,000-strong crowd when their local MP turned up to flick the switch.'
(tags: amusing music Christmas image politics )
BBC News - Danny Alexander in 'ginger rodent' Christmas card
'Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, who was branded a ginger rodent by a Labour rival, has poked fun at the insult in his Christmas card.'
(tags: amusing Christmas politics Lib Dem the coalition )
BBC News - Oxford Circus Tube station evacuated by London police
A group of more than 200 DR Congo demonstrators have caused an emergency evacuation of Oxford Circus Tube station in central London, British Transport Police (BTP) has said.
(tags: London Africa politics protest the Underground TFL transport )