Interesting Links for 14-12-2015

[andrewducker]

• Saudi Arabia: First woman councillor elected
  • women rights democracy
• Setting The Default - Why it's important to keep pushing at cultural boundaries
  • society norms
• The Myth of the Good Guy With the Gun
  • guns myths viaElfy
• What Really Happens When You Get Shot
  • guns
• Garfield. Minus Garfield. Minus Jon. Plus Jon Osterman (Dr Manhattan).
  • watchmen comic viaBartCalendar garfield
• The Radicalization of Luke Skywalker: A Jedi’s Path to Jihad
  • starwars terrorism funny viaSwampers
• Bacon-Flavored Condoms: Threat or Menace?
  • condoms bacon
• The Power of Theatre (here persuading Nigerian representatives to talk about improving how they deal with scammers)
  • theatre Nigeria fraud
• We can now take high-frequency dopamine readings in humans (and it doesn't mean what we thought it did)
  • dopamine brain
• This is still the best explanation of what's _really_ going on with Obi-Wan and Luke in Episode IV
  • starwars analysis
• How the Labour party will now be slowly destroyed by our electoral system
  • Labour politics voting reform
• Padmé Didn't Die of a Broken Heart (I love this analysis)
  • starwars
• MRA Dilbert - Taking the words of Scott Adams and combining them with the art of Scott Adams
  • dilbert men feminism OhForFucksSake
• Why Charles M. Schulz Gave Peanuts A Black Character (1968)
  • comics history race racism
• Director George Miller Explains Why Mad Max: Fury Road Deserves Its Oscar Nominations
  • movies Oscars
• Hospital holiday decorating
  • hospital Christmas
• Everything You Know About Latkes Is Wrong
  • jews food history lies

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