Interesting Links for 19-08-2014
- Pathfinder's new iconic shaman is a transgender dwarf
And they appear to have handled it with a lot of care and understanding.
- BBC News - Julian Assange speaks of 'leaving' Ecuador embassy
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Interesting Links for 06-10-2012
- The Kissing Sailor, or “The Selective Blindness of Rape Culture” | Crates and Ribbons
Interesting comment on the iconic photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse; the kiss was not consented to by the nurse. Trigger warning for discussion of sexual assault
- The Kissing Sailor, Part 2 – Debunking Misconceptions | Crates and Ribbons
Discussion of the reactions and misconceptions about the other article on this.
- Are You British? Did You Tape Any Episodes Of Fraggle Rock On VHS? Do They Still Exist? | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors
'Out of ninety-six episodes, only twelve of the UK versions have been found. The most likely place they could be found is on people’s VHS cassette tapes, which are being landfilled by the day.'
- BBC News - Julian Assange: Bail cash decision delayed
Lets see, they put in their money as a surety that he wouldn't fuck off/run away/abscond. What has he done? Oh yes. And they should have any prospect of getting it back... because?
- The drugs don't work: a modern medical scandal | Ben Goldacre | Business | The Guardian
'The doctors prescribing the drugs don't know they don't do what they're meant to. Nor do their patients. The manufacturers know full well, but they're not telling.'
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Interesting Links for 21-08-2012
- Sweden Says It Will Not Extradite Assange To US If He Faces Death Penalty - Business Insider
Sweden formally announces that bears shit in woods — that as a country covered by the European Convention on Human Rights, it doesn't extradite people to the death penalty, and that they cannot make a commitment about whether someone would be extradited in a broad hypothetical situation that hasn't come to pass.
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Interesting Links for 20-08-2012
- 6 Artists You Didn't Know You Were a Fan Of | Cracked.com
These guys were just farting around on the side when they accidentally created something that would impact the world for decades and decades to come. They impacted the art scene forever, and changed things in our world, infecting pop culture in astounding ways. And you have no idea who any of them are.
- Drunken Expat Writer - Paul Ryan Proving Evolution
The Republican VP nominee in three easy steps!
- OnLive closes, re-opens to avoid debts | bit-gamer.net
- The Five Fatal Flaws of Romney's Ryan Veep Pick | Tim Dickinson | Politics News | Rolling Stone
- New Statesman - Legal myths about the Assange extradition
A comprehensive rebuttal of the myths surrounding the Assange extradition. Via Ian Andrews.
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Interesting Links for 17-08-2012
- 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"