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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 23-04-2021
Greens see no contradiction over independence and recovery(tags:independence scotland GreenParty )Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. - Trailer(tags:marvel tv comedy animation ) The kind of joke I didn't know Alexa told(tags:jokes AI Amazon )Stranded sailor allowed to leave abandoned ship after four years(tags:Ocean shipping law Egypt wtf )Why we need dark stories( ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 07-12-2020
The 1,700 year old skyscraper city that's being destroyed by the weather(tags:weather history yemen architecture viaDanielDWilliam )How the Brothers Grimm went hunting for fairytales, accidentally changed the course of historical linguistics, and kickstarted a new field of scholarship in folklore.(tags:history Germany language stories fairytale ) ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 12-09-2020
UK signs first major post-Brexit trade deal with Japan (boosting trade by a massive 0.07%)(tags:trade Japan )How AI is helping discover interesting new variants on chess(tags:chess games ai )Eat Out to Help Out: crowded restaurants may have driven UK coronavirus spike(tags:pandemic food OhForFucksSake UK )Russia, China and Iran hackers target Trump ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 27-08-2020
The Scots Wikipedia admins are looking for help from people who speak the language(tags:language Scotland Wikipedia )The daydream that never stops - When does living in a fantasy world become a problem?(tags:thinking storytelling stories psychology mentalhealth )New Mutants - reviewers are not going to risk their lives for this(tags:movies reviews ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 02-12-2019
Jeremy Corbyn says UK military interventions have fuelled terrorism at home. The public agree (53% to 24%)(tags:polls terrorism UK Labour )Precarity the Misery Cat (a poem about academia and job security)(tags:unions academia poetry security jobs ViaDrCross )An Epidemic of AI Misinformation(tags:AI fraud research )Scientists Confirm Music Is ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 22-07-2019
Gorgeous prize-winning wildlife photography(tags:nature beauty photography )On "Remain Alliances"(tags:politics uk europe )"Hacked Off" investigates transphobia in the British media. Finds a _lot_(tags:transgender lgbt bigotry media journalism uk OhForFucksSake )The Story Universe of Magic: The Gathering Is Expanding(tags:magic stories games tv ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 05-06-2019
The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken(tags:food usa chicken standards )Trump UK visit: Sajid Javid is only senior cabinet member not invited to lavish state banquet for president. Can't imagine why!(tags:racism USA UK politics ) Remain supporters aren't less likely to identify with country or local area - just that they have additional attachment to ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 08-04-2019
What are the equivalents of "once upon a time" in other cultures?(tags:language culture fairytale stories )Rehearsing for death: A pre-Kindergarten teacher on lockdown drills with 5 year olds(tags:children school guns usa OhForFucksSake )"I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could"(tags:healthcare death )Why Rent Control Doesn't Work (Build More ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 22-10-2018
Theresa May battling to save her leadership as Tory MPs demand she faces show trial (tags: Conservatives doom ) Oral Tradition - The Oldest True Stories in the World Are Over 10,000 years old (tags: stories history viaFanf australia ) EU withdrawal deal is 95% settled, Theresa May to tell Commons (tags: Europe UK ) First Black Woman Legislator ( Read more... )