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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 ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 28-12-2021
London Covid patients up by 50 per cent as hospital admissions rise nationally(tags:hospital Pandemic NHS uk )How much sex are Britons having? (would love to see this separated out into parents and non parents)(tags:sex UK polls )A Zimbabwean archaeologist reimagines the story of an African civilisation(tags:Africa civilization archeology )John ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 30-11-2021
83% of English people support mask wearing in shops and on public transport(tags:UK Pandemic polls )Nicola Sturgeon: The first minister's conference speech fact-checked(tags:facts Scotland snp )Northern Ireland economy has outperformed rest of UK(tags:economy UK Europe trade NorthernIreland )If you think punter forums are grim you should see how ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 24-11-2021
Covid stamp duty holiday cost £6.4bn and helped rich house buyers in south(tags:housing uk OhForFucksSake )In simple English, what does it mean for a number to be transcendental?(tags:numbers )Americans are struggling to deal with a rising tide of hatred and extremism(tags:USA hate bigotry school LGBT ) What gets to be a valid word? A linguist's ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 03-11-2021
Is this how a Pictish fort looked 1,000 years ago?(tags:scotland archeology )A reminder that wearing clothes from other cultures is just fine, so long as you're not being a dick about it(tags:clothing culture cultural_appropriation ) One of the people the BBC platformed in its recent transphobic piece turns out to be a serial rapist and is now ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 22-08-2021
Nobody puts the Liberal Democrats in the corner… Except for the Liberal Democrats(tags:libdem Scotland polls politics )SNP/Green Party agreement text(tags:scotland snp green politics )The Normalization of Violence in Commercial Kitchens Through Food Media(tags:violence cooking tv work )"We Will Do Anything to Get You to Work for Us Except Pay You ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 30-06-2021
Google is still not the all-knowing, almighty search engine as 15 percent of queries are 'never seen before' by tech giantI want to know what they're for!
(tags:Google viaSwampers )Good Omens season 2 is coming (co-written with John Finnemore!)(tags:tv neilgaiman terrypratchett scifi viaMyBrotherHugh )IKEA Loveseats Inspired By Pride Flags(tags:LGBT ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 23-06-2021
EU can shut off flow of data and 'slow down' UK exports in a Brexit trade war, Boris Johnson warned(tags:europe uk trade doom )Cargo Is Piling Up Everywhere, And It's Making Inflation Worse(tags:trade shipping )Scotland lockdown easing delayed by three weeks(tags:scotland pandemic ) Two brief stories about The Muppet Movie(tags:Muppets movies ) ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 09-06-2021
FBI sold phones to organized crime and read 27 million "encrypted" messages(tags:FBI crime technology )Transgender People, Bathrooms, and Sexual Predators: What the Data Says(tags:transgender LGBT abuse toilets )Boris Johnson's trade yacht plan could break World Trade Organisation rules we only just signed up to(tags:WTO UK trade ship ) Reminder ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 06-06-2021
Scotland's first waste-to-hydrogen facility to be built beside the Clyde(tags:Glasgow plastic waste hydrogen viaDanielDWilliam )G7: Rich nations back deal to tax multinationals, set global rate of corporation tax(tags:tax GoodNews )Companies must commit to net-zero emissions before bidding for large UK government contracts(tags:UK government ( Read more... )