Interesting Links for 23-01-2018

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The Lightning Network Could Make Bitcoin Faster-and Cheaper (tags: bitcoin ) Top architect insists Scotland - Ireland bridge is feasible (tags: bridge scotland ireland ) Whatever happened to the Brexit talks? (tags: uk europe ) 'Terrifying': How a single line of computer code put thousands of innocent Turks in jail (tags: turkey internet OhForFucksSake ) The (almost) complete history of 'fake news' (tags: fake fraud reporting news media ) Once you start engineering Earth's climate you can't stop (tags: engineering globalwarming Technology thefuture ) How to deal with Twitter trolls (tags: troll advice harassment twitter ) New York *literally* has a "get out of jail" card. What The Fuck is going on over there? (tags: police newyork WTF corruption ) In Colorado, a glimpse of renewable energy’s insanely cheap future (tags: renewables GoodNews thefuture ) Why Churchill was a vicious racist villain (tags: history UK Africa India racism afghanistan ) Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Experiment Is a Success (tags: minimumwage usa ) More on “Get Out of Jail Free” Cards (tags: police corruption usa ) One in three women miss cervical screening due to embarrassment (tags: health women uk ) Driver behaviour transformed by A90 average speed cameras (tags: speed driving safety Scotland cameras ) Nursing Home Recreates Communist East Germany for Dementia Patients (tags: dementia age care germany memory history ) Trump puts 30% tariff on imported solar cells and modules (tags: solarpower china usa trade ) Europe's central banks are starting to replace US dollar reserves with the Chinese yuan (tags: china europe usa finance ) Want a healthier population? Spend less on health care and more on social services (tags: health money society ) Can You Buy A License to Speed? (tags: speed crime police ) English NHS accused of fiddling A&E figures to downplay extent of crisis  (tags: NHS fail OhForFucksSake ) Original post on Dreamwidth - there are
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