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Interesting Links for 11-01-2013

Gorilla Sales Skyrocket After Latest Gorilla Attack | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
'Following the events of last week, in which a crazed western lowland gorilla ruthlessly murdered 21 people in a local shopping plaza after escaping from the San Diego Zoo, sources across the country confirmed Thursday that national gorilla sales have since skyrocketed.'
(tags: via theweaselking posttofacebook animals death guns ouch amusing The Onion parody )

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Interesting Links for 24-03-2012

Change to Sunday trading laws would force us into shops against our will, warn Christians
'Christians have insisted that the move could lead to the creation of an invisible force field that will lift them out of church and into their local branch of Dixons.'
(tags: interesting shopping Sunday religion Christianity parody amusing )
International Incident of the Day - The Daily What
Instead of “My Kazakhstan,” the gold medalist at an international shooting competition was played the Borat parody thereof.
(tags: via theweaselking vi sports weird posttofacebook I can't believe this actually happened parody wtf amusing )

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Interesting Links for 22-03-2012

One Per Cent: Laser-powered 'unprinter' wipes documents in a flash
My mind can't help but think of all the terrible things you could do with this…
(tags: via theweaselking computers clever technology science SCIENCE!!! awesome )
TaxPayers’ Alliance quote generator | The Other TaxPayers' Alliance
'as a journalist you turn to the TaxPayers' Alliance for one reason - to provide an attack on public spending. Whether the spending is worthwhile or not, the TPA always says the same thing. So why not cut out the middleman and generate your own quote?'
(tags: posttofacebook post economy politics taxes parody amusing )
Chrome overtakes Internet Explorer worldwide for first time | The Digital Home - CNET News
Only for a day. But a sign of what's coming? Also interesting that IE drops every weekend, and Chrome (plus Safari and Opera to a lesser extent) go up every weekend.
(tags: computers competition browser internet interesting )

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Interesting Links for 18-03-2012

Daily Kos: Texas loses Medicaid funding in effort to spite Planned Parenthood
'the state would lose basic health and family planning services funding from Medicaid because it is in violation of federal law'
(tags: politics news America Texas healthcare contraception )
100 Real Tweets from Homophobes Who Would Murder Their Gay Child · homophobes · Storify
(tags: internet inter twitter twi what the everliving fuck posttofacebook bigotry hate people suck Xandar; our reign has gone on long enough. Indeed; summon the meteors. children death life lgbt homophobia )
Nano Ink 'Tattoo' Could Monitor Diabetes: Discovery News
"injectable nanotech ink" makes it sound like something out of Shadowrun or Cyberpunk (Edit: Old story, but variations on this are still being worked on)
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Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity | Visions | AlterNet
'One hundred fifty years of research proves that shorter work hours actually raise productivity and profits -- and overtime destroys them. So why do we still do this?'
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Interesting Links for 25-02-2012

This is Why I Oppose the MPAA : SOPA
A powerful story of what the big companies do to the little people to get their way.
(tags: posttofacebook education film what the everliving fuck law intellectual property MPAA people suck fail interesting )
Happy News - Real News. Compelling Stories. Always Positive.
News that makes you smile.
(tags: emotions image posttofacebook awesome media journalism culture news )
How Bots Seized Control of My Pricing Strategy
'with “Turing Test” we have a delightful futuristic absurdity: a computer program, pretending to be human, hawking a book about computers pretending to be human, while other computer programs pretend to have used copies of it.'
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A good description of the problem with the TV/film industry, compared to the ease of piracy
(tags: via Andrew Ducker webcomic posttofacebook interesting fail culture intellectual property piracy )
Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End - NYTimes.com
'able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time.'
(tags: augmented reality computers technology dude! living in the future Google via Andrew Ducker posttofacebook awesome interesting )
Doctor who criticised NHS reforms is threatened with disciplinary action | Society | The Guardian
He was told "You are bound by the NHS code of conduct and as such it is inappropriate for individuals to raise their personal concerns about the proposed government reforms."
(tags: reform UK the coalition fail what the everliving fuck NHS healthcare health news )
This is the worst reproductive strategy in the animal kingdom
'Between navigational problems, botanical problems, and the occasions when horny male parrots try to have sex with animals that can kill them, this is the most hopelessly inefficient reproducer on Earth.'
(tags: amusing sex biology animals awesome interesting )

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Interesting Links for 20-01-2012

Met spent £35,000 to find out time - The Independent
'110,000 calls to the speaking clock over the last 2 years'
(tags: police posttofacebook time = money time money amusing interesting )
Sorry day for Murdoch as High Court hears hacking apology - The Independent
'lawyer says more victims emerge every day '
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Man threatens students at debate on sharia law - The Independent
'told they would be "hunted down and killed"'
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Insane Entitlement: EMI Sues Irish Gov't For Not Passing SOPA-Like Censorship Law | Techdirt
(tags: piracy posttofacebook do what I say or I'll spank you news interesting intellectual property law wtf SOPA )
Muslim College Student Reports Sexual Harassment, Gets Reported To FBI For Terrorism And Expelled | ThinkProgress
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"What if..." Movies reimagined for another time & place on the Behance Network
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Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website | Techland | TIME.com
(tags: law internet intellectual property piracy interesting news )
Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
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1st Science Fiction Movie Filmed in Space Stays Underground | Space.com
NASA won't let him release it publicly, alas.
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Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn't Free | Motherboard
EMI owns the rights, it turns out.
(tags: racism history intellectual property interesting )
Unexpurgated atheist FAQ
'Although these are my personal answers, I am confident that I speak for all atheists…' (Potentially offensive, but also pretty funny)
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Anonymous Shuts Down The MPAA, RIAA And Other Websites - CinemaBlend.com
(tags: DDOS internet technology news intellectual property piracy interesting SOPA protest anonymous )
Sex is cheap: Why young men have the upper hand in bed, even when they're failing in life. - Slate Magazine
(tags: economy gender culture sex Slate posttofacebook interesting )
GOOD RIDDANCE - Slate Magazine
'The long-overdue movement to abandon Caps Lock.'
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The New Muslim suffragettes of the United Kingdom
An increasing number of Muslim women activists are receiving death threats, fatwas and even hate-mail from extremist male and female Muslims. Their crime: Rescuing fellow Muslim women from violent and life threatening situations.
(tags: posttofacebook post fear abuse violence Islam religion freedom sexism discrimination news )
BBC News - Leveson Inquiry evidence can be anonymous, judges rule
(tags: law culture journalism media news interesting )

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Interesting Links for 11-01-2012

India Reports Completely Drug-Resistant TB | Wired Science
'…news has broken in India of the existence of at least 12 patients infected…' Yikes. A certain song from REM seems appropriate now
(tags: via theweaselking via posttofacebook doom doom dooooom doom doom dooooooom medicine health disease India scary interesting )
BBC News - Rhinos' feet tested to see how they support heavy loads
'how do they carry this weight on their stumpy little feet?'
(tags: biology animals nature science interesting )

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Interesting Links for 13-12-2011

ESP proponents claim that ESP skeptics are psychic, and use their powers to suppress ESP - Boing Boing
(tags: wtf people suck psychic stupidity amusing science SCIENCE!!! via theweaselking )
Belgium attack: grenades thrown at bus-stop in Liège - live updates | News | guardian.co.uk
At least one person has been killed and about a dozen others injured after a series of explosions in the Belgian city of Liège, according to media reports.
(tags: violence terrorism dude... death important )
Why Norway is not a democracy according to Fox News - YouTube
"… I understand many of your police officers don't even carry guns, I don't know that that neccessarily speaks that it's a democracy…"
(tags: wtf Fox News stupidity democracy Norway terrorism guns guns guns what the everliving fuck dude? politics )

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Interesting Links for 23-11-2011

Iterating Towards Bethlehem - No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons (Reloaded)
How does the Portia spider consider huge and complex problems of hunting down its various prey? Very slowly. Yet far more completely than a far larger-brained animal would. (one picture of a spider there)
(tags: interesting awesome biology nature braaaaaains via theweaselking clever dude... Warning: SPIDER )
BBC News - London 2012: Britain sets Olympic record for UN truce call
Britain has set an early Olympic record by getting all 193 UN member states to sponsor the traditional call for a truce during the London 2012 Games.
(tags: interesting awesome war )
BBC News - Analysis: Can there be party funding consensus?
It seems the answer is 'yes'. Alas the consensus is on 'Is there a bit of the proposed reforms that we don't like?'. Different bits for different parties, but they all hate *something* in it.
(tags: politics money uk interesting via Andrew Ducker culture )
B.C court to rule whether polygamy is constitutional | CTV News
'The husbands and wives in the isolated polygamous commune of Bountiful, B.C., are about to learn whether the 121-year-old law that has overshadowed their lives violates their religious freedoms.' One wonders why they don't prosecute them for marrying 12 year old rather than for polygamy. Strange reference at the end that unmarried people in poly relationships might also be covered by the law.
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5 Old-Timey Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie | Cracked.com
'…certain weird movie stereotypes refuse to die, but there are larger, sadder trends that seem like they'll never go away.'
(tags: film racism discrimination sexism image interesting people suck via Andrew Ducker )

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Interesting Links for 17-11-2011

Mightygodking.com » STAB AT RELEVANCE PART 4: STABBA-LABBA-DING-DONG
Magic cards of stuff and people in the Republican Primaries.
(tags: interesting amusing politics Republicans America geeky gaming via theweaselking )
Young jobseekers told to work without pay or lose unemployment benefits | Society | The Guardian
'Britain's jobless young people are being sent to work for supermarkets and budget stores for up to two months for no pay and no guarantee of a job'
(tags: wtf fairness economy money )
BBC News - How Gurkhas came to be Britain's new security army
(tags: interesting military security uk culture via Andrew Ducker )
Congress pushes pizza, fries in school lunches - CBS News
'Congress is fighting to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, picking apart an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.'
(tags: wtf health America politics fail )
China: Google Earth spots huge, unidentified structures in Gobi desert - Telegraph
(tags: interesting weird China photos )

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Interesting Links for 6-11-2011

10 More Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science
'We asked our nutritionists back to debunk some more common misconceptions about food, health, and nutrition that are still widely believed, even though there's overwhelming evidence to the contrary.'
(tags: interesting science culture belief lies via Andrew Ducker )
CBS 5 Investigates mail order diseases - CBS 5 - KPHO
Doctors and medical experts are concerned about a new trend taking place on Facebook. Parents are trading live viruses through the mail in order to infect their children.
(tags: fail people suck wtf stupidity medicine disease America via Bart Calendar )
Daily Kos: Loudoun County Republican wants voters to stand with Soviet communists
'In a recent mailer, she calls out [Virginia Democratic State Sen. Mark] Herring for not thanking veterans -using a picture of a SOVIET officer. Look closely and you'll even see the "CCCP" in one of the medals on his chest.'
(tags: amusing fail Republicans America image via theweaselking )
Mightygodking.com » Uber-Time: A Theory of Time Travel In Doctor Who
(tags: interesting Doctor Who SCIENCE!!! awesome via Andrew Ducker )
BBC News - Self-extinguishing cigarettes and other curious little safety inventions
'In Europe, "self-extinguishing" cigarettes are about to become law but where do they stand in the pantheon of safety innovations?'
(tags: interesting science life death )
Psychologist admits to faking dozens of scientific studies
'"We have some 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals where we are actually sure that they are fake, and there are more to come," says Pim Levelt, chair of the committee that investigated Stapel's work. If all of these papers are withdrawn, Stapel's will become one of the worst cases of scientific misconduct in history.'
(tags: science people suck lies interesting psychology )