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Interesting Links for 24-01-2022

How does it feel when someone uses your life as a basis for fiction?
(tags:writing relationships life viaSwampers )
The Price Cap is not responsible for the demise of UK energy companies - they were behaving riskily
(tags:electricity UK investment economics )
Endometriosis care in Scotland not meeting 'base level' - average diagnosis takes over 8 years
(tags:women healthcare Scotland OhForFucksSake )
No 10 officials admit holding back information from partygate inquiry after being frightened into silence
(tags:party conservatives bullying corruption UK Pandemic )
The funny thing all those demanding "free speech" have in common
(tags:freespeech bigotry libdem )
Shield badges for Scots to distance from Covid
(tags:Pandemic Scotland )
Is COVID's omicron variant the fastest spreading virus in history?
(tags:Pandemic speed )
Swordle
(tags:swords words comic funny games )
A fascinating bit of lore from behind the scenes of the Star Trek movies
(tags:StarTrek movies william_shatner )
What do Asian people *really* look like?
(tags:Asia humans art )
EU, US seek coordinated response to Russia over Ukraine crisis
(tags:Russia UK Ukraine USA war )
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Interesting Links for 21-01-2022

Tory whips threatened to cancel new school if I didn't vote the right way, says MP
(tags:politics corruption conservatives )
Archaeologists Unearth 4,000-Year-Old Stone Board Game in Oman
(tags:games boardgames archeology middle_east )
Fraggle Rock on Apple TV+ is the Muppet series Disney+ wishes it had
(tags:muppets apple tv review )
Glasgow Clyde Metro set for go-ahead as headline project in SNP strategy for transport in Scotland
(tags:scotland transport glasgow viaDanielDWilliam )
Reports from the Indiana Jones cleanup team
(tags:archeology video funny indianajones )
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Interesting Links for 15-01-2022

An interesting take on a simple time management tool
(tags:time )
Covid: Are Scotland and England's isolation rules different?
(tags:scotland england pandemic rules )
Operation Save Big Dog: Boris Johnson draws up plan for officials to quit over partygate so he can keep job
(tags:politics BorisJohnson Pandemic party )
Any geneticists out there able to tell me is this is paranoid nonsense or a reasonable take on COVID?
(tags:genetics Pandemic virus conspiracy )
Old stone toilet reveals Jerusalem's wealthy elite had intestinal parasites
(tags:parasites Israel archeology )
We don't know why, but being in space causes us to destroy our blood
(tags:blood space disease anaemia )
Boris Johnson's 'wine time Fridays' - No10 staff held drinks EVERY week during pandemic
(tags:BorisJohnson Pandemic Party )
How to make friends around the world
(tags:uk history food funny comic )
Some thoughts about the Sue Gray investigation into Johnson's parties
(tags:party Pandemic BorisJohnson investigation )
Countries that have managed to almost completely suppress Covid have difficult choices ahead of them
(tags:Pandemic viaDanielDWilliam )
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Interesting Links for 14-01-2022

In bad news for US cloud services, Austrian website's use of Google Analytics found to breach GDPR
(tags:privacy usa europe )
Covid in pregnancy linked to birth-related complications (but vaccination isn't)
(tags:Pandemic pregnancy )
New external system for complaints against Scottish ministers
(tags:Scotland complaints government )
A collection of Simpsons/Watchmen mashups
(tags:funny Simpsons mashup Watchmen comics )
The Inside Story of Politics for All, Twitter's Infamous UK News Account
(tags:UK news Twitter )
Beautiful butterfly dresses!
(tags:clothing insects )
How to communicate with difficult doctors
(tags:doctors language )
What If…. the Scottish Conservatives once more become a separate party?
(tags:scotland Conservatives politics viaDanielDWilliam )
Unvaccinated in New York 13 times more likely to get hospitalized
(tags:vaccination pandemic newyork )
Orwell on Political Correctness
(tags:GeorgeOrwell language )
Putting cows into the Mootrix increases their milk production
Prior art http://pvponline.com/comic/mon-may-12
(tags:cows TheMatrix VirtualReality weird )
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Interesting Links for 09-01-2022

Covid in Scotland: Virus hospital patients increase by 50% in a week
(tags:Pandemic Scotland NHS Doom )
Remarkably, NASA has completed deployment of the Webb space telescope
(tags:space technology amazing )
"That's not a bug - the world is just like that!"
(tags:flight simulation bugs funny games )
When you ask the internet for mind horses it will provide!
(tags:horses art memory )
Government invites fossil fuel companies to help write rulebook on whether drilling for oil is green
(tags:OhForFucksSake corruption globalwarming oil UK conservatives )
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Interesting Links for 05-01-2022

Are pheasants livestock or wildlife? (Schroedinger would be proud)
(tags:animals law ontology uk )
Here are the arguments Prince Andrew's lawyer is trying to use to get the rape case dismissed
(tags:rape monarchy USA law )
'90 Day Fiancé' star retires from selling farts after heart attack scare
(tags:headline gas wtf )
The UX on this small child is terrible
(tags:children ux funny parenting )
You Can Skip the First Few Seasons of Your Child's Life, Because It Doesn't Really Get Good Until Season 6 (This is remarkably accurate)
(tags:children satire TV funny parenting viaSwampers )
Public overwhelmingly against Tony Blair knighthood, poll finds
(tags:tonyblair uk politics polls )
Sony confirms PlayStation VR2's specs, first official game
(tags:VirtualReality PlayStation games consoles )
Female patients are more likely to die if thesurgeon is male
(tags:surgery women men society OhForFucksSake patriarchy )
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Interesting Links for 30-12-2021

1 in 14 people in the Bay Area have Covid
(tags:Pandemic usa Doom )
What Enters The Public Domain in 2022? (Winnie The Pooh, for a start!)
(tags:copyright )
Do *you* open doors correctly? (subtitles necessary)
(tags:funny video doors Finland wtf )
Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant within Tightly Monitored Isolation Facility
(tags:newzealand Pandemic Doom )
Lib Dems asked Tony Blair to rebuild Commons chamber to make it less confrontational
(tags:libdem parliament UK history )
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Interesting Links for 27-12-2021

What if the Flu isn't "just the Flu?"
(tags:disease flu death )
Dealing with Apple if you have user generated content is a nightmare. (A Tumblr Developer speaks)
(tags:Tumblr Apple censorship OhForFucksSake )
What happened when an Orthodox Jewish congregation went to a gay bar to mourn Orlando
(tags:LGBT Jews death )
The most Christmassy of all jigsaws
(tags:puzzle Christmas vegetables )
If you work at a university then this will make you laugh *and* cry

(tags:university funny HumanResources )
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Interesting Links for 26-12-2021

There are two reasons not to judge people for wanting what they want. This is the other one
(tags:life trauma mylittlepony childhood children )
Clearly the best way of doing jigsaw puzzles
(tags:puzzles awesome funny )
The costume design in Muppet Christmas Carol is far better than it needed to be
(tags:costumes clothing design history muppets Christmas )
New York City is banning natural gas hookups for new buildings
(tags:gas heating newyork globalwarming )
Having fun in a Northern Chinese winter
(tags:China winter video fun )
Where did Britain get half its genes from? France...
(tags:France UK genes genetics )
Huge rise in first Covid jabs as vaccine refuseniks come forward
(tags:vaccine GoodNews UK Pandemic )
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Interesting Links for 25-12-2021

Keir Starmer hints at informal pact with Liberal Democrats at next general election
(tags:labour libdem elections hope )
Brexit customs controls coming in January 'disastrous' for UK traders, business chiefs warn
(tags:business trade UK Europe Doom )
Children develop robust and sustained cross-reactive immunity after Covid
(tags:virus children immune_system GoodNews )
Have *you* been taken in by "Plan DELICIOUS HUMAN"?
(tags:Bears conspiracy funny )
The USS William D. Porter: The Unluckiest Ship in WWII
(tags:wwii ship history luck )
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