Interesting Links for 06-09-2017

[andrewducker]

I have seen 12 of the 100 Worst Movies Ever - How many have you seen? (tags: movies epicfail ) On Progress and Historical Change. (Deep, detailed, worth your time) (tags: history change science Technology society ) Engineering Problems for New Parents (tags: babies exams funny viaSwampers ) Scotland announces automatic pardons for people convicted of same-sex offences. (tags: scotland lgbt law AlanTuring ) Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they're made out to be-here's why (tags: birds windpower viaPatrickHadfield ) Neural networks can name guinea pigs (tags: names cute ai ) The British antifa of 1947 (tags: fascism wwii history uk ) Efficient Air-Conditioning Beams Heat into Space (tags: heat efficiency ) Being a Star Wars Director Is the Worst Job in the Galaxy (tags: StarWars ) The Etiquette of the Victorian Handshake: Advice on Opposite Sex Greetings (tags: gender etiquette history ) Eating meat linked to higher risk of diabetes (tags: meat diabetes ) Octacosanol helps you sleep when you're stressed (if you're a mouse) (tags: stress sleep ) How to Recognize Burnout Before You’re Burned Out (tags: stress work mentalhealth ) This is the best explanation I've read of how the mind works (and ties in nicely with my preconceptions/guesses on the matter) (tags: brain mind perception ) Conservative leadership favourite totally opposed to abortion and marriage equality. Part of me would *love* for him to be their leader at the next election, because it would doom them. And part of me worries - what if he got in?
(tags: abortion lgbt marriage equality Conservatives ) "Woman trapped in window trying to retrieve poo after Tinder date" is my new favourite dating story (tags: relationships faeces funny ) America’s Shifting Religious Makeup Could Spell Trouble For Both Parties (tags: politics religion usa ) Original post on Dreamwidth - there are
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