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Interesting Links for 23-01-2022

Majority believe MPs who switch parties should fight ​by-election (63:17) - I entirely disagree
Individual representatives need a nuclear option if they believe that their party is no longer functional, whether that be joining an existing party or forming a new one. Party central offices already have too much power.
(tags:politics UK )
The Guardian says that working class people can't be good looking
(tags:attraction class guardian OhForFucksSake )
In pictures: Glasgow goes Gotham for Batgirl filming
(tags:batman comics movies Glasgow Scotland )
Cats just want a human to curl up on. Even big cats.
(tags:video cats sleep )
What have the Democrats achieved in the last year?
(tags:politics democrats USA )
The BBC thinks that what we need is more antivaxxer nonsense
(tags:UK BBC vaccination OhForFucksSake lies )
UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally in Ukraine
(tags:UK Russia Ukraine )
Tory MP says she was sacked as minister because her Muslim faith made colleagues uncomfortable
(tags:conservatives Islam bigotry )
LGBT BBC staff past and present debate whether it's is even worth saving
(tags:LGBT BBC bigotry )
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Interesting Links for 18-12-2021

Brexit climbdown as UK abandons bid to strip EU judges of Northern Ireland Protocol role
(tags:uk europe justice )
Nicola Sturgeon asks Boris Johnson for more money so she can cancel events in Scotland
(tags:scotland uk pandemic money )
Scientists discover first-ever 'true' millipede with over 1,000 legs
(tags:insects )
All EU nations must recognise children of same-sex parents, court rules
(tags:Europe LGBT children GoodNews )
Newly identified hormone may be a critical driver of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
(tags:diabetes hormones )
Sega Saturn Devouring His Son (clearly the pinnacle of art)
(tags:art consoles funny )
Ministers believe lockdown more likely as modelling points to 1,000 daily deaths
(tags:Pandemic Doom UK Christmas )
Quidditch to change name, citing J.K. Rowling's anti-trans positions
(tags:LGBT transgender harrypotter jkrowling bigotry sports )
Cats and dogs deal differently with optical illusory holes
(tags:cats dogs optical_illusion )
Professional Artists Recreate Children's Monster Drawings
(tags:viaClare monsters art )
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Interesting Links for 05-12-2021

Reported plan for 2p pre-election cut in income tax 'indefensible', says expert
(tags:UK tax OhForFucksSake )
The economy has done better under Labour than the Conservatives
(tags:economy labour conservatives UK )
UK Government to overhaul drug policy to focus on getting users healthcare
(tags:UK drugs GoodNews )
If you have a cat that intermittently pees in unlikely places then I recommend this UV torch which makes it glow in the dark.
(tags:cats light urine )
Moose are wild animals. Do not get close to them. Really really don't let your kids pet them
(tags:animals Canada OhForFucksSake video )
People matching artworks
(tags:art photography colour )
Watch the progress made on Edinburgh's Tram Network as two year anniversary arrives
(tags:trams Edinburgh transport video )
Tories break ranks on immigration to demand safe routes to UK for asylum seekers
(tags:asylum politics UK )
The age profile for Omicron is pretty scary
(tags:Pandemic Doom age )
Did you know that starfish walk with hundreds of tiny feet?
(tags:fish feet video viaDanielDWilliam )
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Interesting Links for 01-12-2021

The facts about people seeking asylum in the UK
(tags:asylum migration uk )
10 pieces of useful life advice
(tags:advice work )
Tiny! Naked! Kittens!
(tags:cats naked cute video )
Toss it out! UNSW academic proposes radical new way to make cricket toss less decisive
(tags:games cricket sports rules viaDanielDWilliam )
Which is better: machine learning or a parrot?
(tags:parrot ai funny )
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Interesting Links for 18-11-2021

British pies to be banned from EU unless ingredients come from Brussels-approved farms
(tags:uk safety food europe )
Are Jackson's movies good translations of Tolkien's books?
(tags:lotr movies books )
Dave Chappelle's "Some Of My Best Friends Are Trans" Story Doesn't Hold Up
(tags:LGBT transgender comedy lies )
Boris Johnson's Brexit protocol diverts Northern Irish trade from Britain to Republic
(tags:uk europe ireland NorthernIreland trade )
An emergent improv band forming around a cat drinking milk
(tags:milk cats video music improv viaNancyLebov )
This is why Amazon won't accept UK Visa credit cards from January
(tags:UK visa Amazon credit )
What happened to rock music in 1996?
(tags:music rock history USA radio )
The magic words that control cosplayers
(tags:cosplay conventions )
Mercedes Lackey on trans rights
(tags:LGBT transgender writing )
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Interesting Links for 07-11-2021

After months of delay, the House passes infrastructure bill
(tags:USA politics infrastructure )
I really want to see the play of The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Hoping it comes on tour.
(tags:theatre neilgaiman review )
How police management treat women in policing
(tags:police women abuse )
This cat comic deserves to be seen much more widely
(tags:cats comic )
New Tory sleaze row amid report donors who pay £3m get seats in House of Lords
(tags:corruption UK conservatives )
Conservative Party whips warned backbenchers their constituency areas would lose funding if they failed to vote with the government
(tags:corruption conservatives politics UK )
Ranking the Fabergé eggs
(tags:eggs jewelry )
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Interesting Links for 14-09-2021

Hands-on with Facebook's first smart glasses
(tags:transparentsociety glasses cameras facebook )
UK's Chief Medical Officers Give Green Light To Covid Vaccines For All 12 To 15-Year-Olds
(tags:uk pandemic children vaccination )
American Psycho Business Card Scene - With Cats
(tags:cats funny video AmericanPsycho movies )
The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction (by Ursula K. Le Guin)
(tags:fiction writing scifi society gender )
HGV driving tests won't test if drivers can reverse. Which is how you get to loading docks...
(tags:viaNeilRodger UK driving transport Doom )
Understanding the onset of hot streaks across artistic, cultural, and scientific careers
(tags:achievement psychology art science writing )
Government says discrimination against black people and Travellers 'objectively justified' with new laws
(tags:racism UK law OhForFucksSake conservatives )
Disturbing trend? UK hotels adding service charge to room rate
(tags:hotel uk money OhForFucksSake )
Why even giant ships can't solve the shipping crisis
(tags:shipping trade doom )
France grants citizenship to 12,000 COVID frontline workers
(tags:france pandemic citizenship )
What the Torah Teaches Us About Gender Fluidity and Transgender Justice
(tags:transgender Jews lgbt )
Women's Science Fiction keeps getting filed under "Young Adult" even when it's not.
(tags:women publishing children OhForFucksSake )
One Woman's Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia
(tags:nazis wikipedia propaganda )
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Interesting Links for 31-08-2021

Feels Good Man! Pepe, copyright, and NFTs
(tags:meme cryptography copyright )
I love the new pieces of art that the internet produces. (In this case: things being squashed, as portrayed by people)
(tags:video ViaDrCross art weird )
Brain Cells Break Their DNA to Learn More Quickly
(tags:DNA brain )
Cat! Vs! Cake!
(tags:cats cake )
China bans online gaming for minors except from 8 pm-9 pm Friday to Sunday
(tags:china gaming children )
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Interesting Links for 22-08-2021

Nobody puts the Liberal Democrats in the corner… Except for the Liberal Democrats
(tags:libdem Scotland polls politics )
SNP/Green Party agreement text
(tags:scotland snp green politics )
The Normalization of Violence in Commercial Kitchens Through Food Media
(tags:violence cooking tv work )
"We Will Do Anything to Get You to Work for Us Except Pay You Enough"
(tags:work funny true money )
Kitty! Likes! Scritches!
(tags:cats video Tiger cute )
conspiracy theories provoke a stronger emotional reaction than relatively dull-but-true reality — and this encourages belief in them (see also myths/legends/religion)
(tags:belief emotion psychology conspiracy )
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Interesting Links for 10-08-2021

How to get Thread Reader App to block you
(tags:twitter )
Big Tech firms paying below minimum wage left off UK government's name-and-shame list
(tags:wages uk Technology OhForFucksSake )
Alleged Epstein victim sues Prince Andrew for sexual abuse
(tags:royalty UK abuse children )
Black Woman Gets Prison, White Woman Gets Probation for Same Crime
(tags:racism crime usa )
Do you know your cubes? (This would make an excellent board game quiz)
(tags:games cube )
Flawed data led to findings of a connection between time spent on devices and mental health problems
(tags:mentalhealth time computers phones )
How Republicans are focussed on white victimhood
(tags:racism usa republicans )
Kitten! Wrestle! Mania!
(tags:cats cute Wrestling video )
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