Interesting Links for 02-01-2016

[andrewducker]

• George Lucas blasts new Star Wars film for being ‘enjoyable’ and ‘popular’
  • starwars funny satire JJAbrams georgelucas
• Reusable, sugar-based polymer purifies water fast
  • water technology clean
• Why Facebook Won, and Other Hard Truths
  • web Facebook rss design
• Economic growth more likely when wealth distributed to poor instead of rich
  • inequality growth economics
• Who Owns Antarctica?
  • video Antarctic borders
• Testosterone changes brain structures in female-to-male transsexuals (in 4 weeks!)
  • testosterone language
• It's gratifying to know that even when we get things wrong, others can learn from our mistakes
  • advice failure
• A New Years Resolution for the Left: Stop retweeting bullshit.
  • politics Twitter effectiveness
• Tolkien, The Force Awakens, and the Sadness of Expanded Universes
  • history fiction happiness Tolkien writing starwars
• 2015: The Year Mental Illness Finally Got Some Respect on TV
  • mentalhealth tv viaSwampers
• The Nutshell Studies - how one woman became the godmother of Crime Scene Investigation
  • investigation crime history viaSwampers
• What the entire universe looks like
  • universe visualisation
• Barbie ad shows boy playing with dolls for first time
  • masculinity barbie advertising
• Oberlin College Students Claim Campus Food is Culturally Insensitive
  • food culture
• Did you know expats will be able to vote in the EU referendum?
  • Europe referendum voting
• Feminism Mary Sue George Lucas Beauty Standards Racism: And Also Here’s Some Ads
  • viaSkreidle web marketing
• GRRM gives an update on The Winds Of Winter
  • gameofthrones GeorgeRRMartin writing

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