Gold:

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Open plan offices are bad. There are two people in my workplace. I’m married to the other one. And we work in different rooms. Imagine how bad it is to work right next to people you don’t even like…

Ranking British universities for free speech.

If you needed body armour, why wouldn't you want it to look like Boba Fett's?

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The Russian Navy is a LOT smaller than the Soviet Navy.

Someone asked me the other day if we had any "politically incorrect" board games in stock in the Shop. I had to admit that we didn't. I'm all for tweaking the sensibilities of the terminally politically correct, but I think even I would draw the line well before this point.

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Do 3D films make you dizzy - or is it just your imagination? (By neuromancer.)

A clever idea for those of us who scribble lots of things in notebooks. (Thankyou na_lon.)

Our solar system is a vortex…

...as is our galaxy.

Did Frederick Forsyth work for MI6?

Don't blame the Germans, blame the Euro.

Yet another mostly muslim child abuse horror story.

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Never swallow a porcupine whole.

And the lesson to be learned here is this: make a self-deprecating joke to a conference that could be misinterpreted as politically incorrect if removed from the context in which it was made, then it _will_ be removed from its context, selectively quoted and used by a social media mob to hound you out of your job, no ( Read more... )

I haven’t done a Phligm Phlagm post since April. (Sorry, I’ve been really busy…) We have some catching up to do. Anyway, I hope you enjoy and / or are informed by these links:

The maths (and beauty) behind a perfect 147. Make sure you watch Ronnie O’Sullivan’s five minutes and 20 seconds 147 - one of the all time greatest accomplishments in any ( Read more... )

How far do you think you could broad jump? To clarify, a broad jump is like a long jump, but you don't get a run-up - you have to do it from a standing start ( Read more... )

A rousing defence of private property from an unusual source.

Why are NHS Accident & Emergency units suddenly too busy to cope?

Very serious corruption in the NHS watchdog. Seriously, people should go to prison for this.

Which society connects Oswald Mosley, the founders of the London School of Economics, H.G. Wells and Bernard Shaw...and advocated ( Read more... )

The man who was killed by a flying model lawnmower at an NFL game. (True story.)

Three Things You Didn't Know About The Arachnids That Live On Your Face.

What is #GamerGate?

Much respect to this Italian doctor.

Inflating normal lungs versus inflating smoker's lungs.

What charities need to learn from #icebucketchallenge.

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Would cracking down on the number of foreigners in the Premier League help the England team? Let's use economics to find the answer.

Uncommon dragon hoards.

Are gamers racist?

To all those Scots planning to vote 'Yes' so they can usher in a socialist utopia, let's see how another small oil-rich country overshadowed by larger, more prosperous ( Read more... )