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Interesting Links for 11-11-2015
Nov. 11th, 2015 12:00 pm- It's going to be okay. - The Oatmeal
On the unexpected directions life takes us in
Interesting Links for 13-11-2014
Nov. 13th, 2014 12:00 pm- Glasgow Has Been Plastered in Thousands of Black Remembrance Poppies | VICE | United Kingdom
One for each of WW1's conscientious objectors.
- Definition - Robot Hugs
On why 'Well the dictionary says I'm right!' isn't a good argument.
Interesting Links for 28-10-2014
Oct. 28th, 2014 12:00 pm- A comic about Seagulls.
#NotAllSeagulls and/or 'Actually, it's about French Fries'
Interesting Links for 08-07-2014
Sep. 3rd, 2014 09:00 am- We go forward - Owl Turd
Breeding a better jumper
- BBC News - Cats musical to feature rapping cat
"I've come to the conclusion having re-read Eliot, that maybe Eliot was the inventor of rap," Lord Lloyd-Webber said.
Interesting Links for 03-06-2014
Sep. 1st, 2014 09:00 pm- Giant octopus stranded in Oxford Circus
Life ain't easy for cephalopod Londoners…
- Humpty Dumpty - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Rhymes plus maths!
Interesting Links for 10-04-2014
Apr. 10th, 2014 01:00 pm- Homeopathy is bunk, study says
I for one am shocked and appalled!
- Calvin & Muad'Dib — Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything....
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Interesting Links for 22-03-2014
Mar. 22nd, 2014 12:00 pm- 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.'
Interesting Links for 22-02-2014
Feb. 22nd, 2014 12:00 pm- The Very Hungry Rust Monster
- Unlikely simultaneous historical events
' The last use of the guillotine was in France the same year Star Wars came out.'
- xkcd: Frequency
How often some stuff happens. Strangely hypnotic
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Interesting Links for 16-02-2014
Feb. 16th, 2014 12:00 pm- Teach a Fish to Man — Mountain, Moon and Volcano
Sometimes I feel like the fish…
Interesting Links for 31-01-2014
Jan. 31st, 2014 12:00 pm- 25 People Who Are Really Confused As To Why Grant Shapps Follows Them On Twitter
It says that it's been happening since 2010. But he followed me in late 2009. Does that mean I'm a hipster now, as I got followed by Grant Shapps before that was mainstream…
- The truth about the origins of the Space Marines…
- HIV Positive Immigrants Should Be Banned From Entering UK, Tory MPs Say
tries to sell his amendment as wanting them to 'confirm their Hepatitis B status'
- Vintage Porcelain Covered With Hand-Painted Ants
- Booth Babes Don’t Work | TechCrunch
Someone compared a booth with 'babes' and one without for the same company at the same show.
Interesting Links for 09-11-2013
Nov. 9th, 2013 04:00 pm- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Exigology
First of a pair of webcomics relating to Russell Brand's recent comments on voting.
- PVP - show of hands
Pandas. The sharp end of democracy. Another webcomic relating to Russel Brand
Interesting Links for 28-08-2013
Aug. 28th, 2013 05:00 pm- How much do cats actually kill? [Infographic] - The Oatmeal
Cats are SO AWESOME!
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Interesting Links for 26-08-2013
Aug. 26th, 2013 05:00 pm- C.S. LEWIS: To love at all | Zen Pencils
… is to be vulnerable
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Interesting Links for 04-06-2013
Jun. 4th, 2013 05:00 pm- Germany drops its longest word: Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz - Telegraph
'the 63-letter long title of a law regulating the testing of beef, has officially ceased to exist.'
- Recruitment site only offers jobs to beautiful people - Telegraph
- Let your child try and fail before trying to help, new Coaltion social mobility tzar tells parents: Telegraph
Yet no matter how much he says it, it's just not going to happen.
- BBC News - Gay marriage bill: Lords debate 'wrecking amendment'
And trot out all the same old tired & wrong objections
- seven reasons to maybe feel slightly better about things
Simultanously possitive yet downbeat webcmic
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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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Interesting Links for 29-08-2012
Aug. 29th, 2012 05:00 pm- Mars Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2
360 degree panorama on Mars. Little green men not yet spotted, must be hiding under the rover.
- New Statesman - The Sun's interview with violinist Nicola Benedetti was a masterclass in sexism
I've read the article itself and the the level of sexism just makes you want to weep. Read article via Andrew Ducker, this via Jennie Pink
- Archive Binge
'Have you ever found an interesting looking webcomic, looked at the archive, and thought: "I can't start reading this! There are hundreds of strips to catch up on!"' This tool makes custom RSS feeds for comics, allowing you to read a given number of pages a day, letting you get up to date quickly without spending hours long reading sessions.
- Former Times journalist arrested by police investigating computer hacking | UK news | guardian.co.uk
'Arrest of Patrick Foster understood to be related to unmasking of NightJack blogger by the Times in 2009'
Interesting Links for 18-01-2012
Jan. 18th, 2012 04:00 pm- BBC News - Wikipedia joins web blackout in Sopa Act protest
Get your research done before tomorrow!
- Some people just don’t get it
A rather well put piece on depression, and how it affects you
