A couple of clicks in a bank's spreadsheet caused the biggest fluctuation in Britain's trade figures in modern history.(tags:gold UK trade weird )What's going on with geothermal wells?(tags:electricity energy earth heat )An Inflammation of Place (the historical diagnosis of NewYorkitis)(tags:newyork disease cities stress ) Don't aim for passion, be ( Read more... )

Hunger leads people to make short-term decisions rather than long-term ones(tags:hunger psychology ) We can't recreate medieval paint without medieval urine(tags:history urine painting )RNLI donations surge after Tories criticise them for saving children's lives(tags:children Ocean life charity GoodNews )Pennywise the Clown: D&D bad guy(tags: ( Read more... )

The Withdrawal Act 2018 locks in the definition of 'hard border'. I can foresee a fight over this.(tags:borders NorthernIreland UK law europe )"The time I tried to ruin Halo 2"(tags:games ux design research opinion )What makes a good voting system?(tags:voting )With obese patients, too often doctors can't see past weight(tags:weight society viaFJM ( Read more... )

Upskirting now a crime after woman's campaign(tags:photography law crime abuse uk )Police detectors to warn mobile phone-using drivers(tags:phones police safety )The calmest looking part of the sea may be the most dangerous. Here's how to survive it.(tags:sea safety swimming )Ministers blasted after 'dodgy statistics' overstate non-EU imports by ?? ( Read more... )

Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut in output(tags:work working_hours happiness stress )Some thoughts on Swindon, Brexit, and Labour(tags:politics labour UK europe )Honda's Swindon plant closure could lead to 7,000 job losses(tags:jobs uk cars japan europe doom )National Lottery confirms that it will support Mermaids with a ( Read more... )

A fascinating trilogy of articles looking at the economics, politics, and culture of Irish reunification (tags: ireland NorthernIreland politics viaDanielDWilliam economics europe uk ) VFX Artist Reveals the True Scale of the Universe (tags: video size space solarsystem ) Three-quarters of newspaper stories about Jeremy Corbyn fail to accurately ( Read more... )

A guide to surviving a transphobic dogpile (tags: lgbt transgender internet ) Russia blocks UK's post-Brexit tariff proposal at WTO (tags: UK europe wto Russia doom ) Moldova Grudge Could Cost U.K. Access to $1.7 Trillion Projects (tags: wto UK europe doom ) European parliament approves sweeping ban on single-use plastics (tags: plastic europe ( Read more... )

Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer (tags: airplanes business OhForFucksSake ) 31 Signs You Have a Partner (tags: list relationships funny horror ) I am definitely starting to feel this way about British politics (tags: politics death funny ) Fairly sure I used to have some respect for the Telegraph as being a sensible paper of the Right (tags ( Read more... )

Scotland sets up a devolved social security system (tags: GoodNews scotland welfare disabilities ) Trump support was linked to a belief that whites, Christians or men, faced more discrimination than minorities, Muslims or women (tags: politics society usa ) Electric Buses Are Hurting the Oil Industry (tags: GoodNews electricity buses oil ) What ( Read more... )

Nasa scientists baffled by unexplained strange shapes found in the Arctic (tags: arctic ice weird ) Abolish all bank holidays and let workers choose their time off This is how my office mostly works. Closed Christmas and New Year, and otherwise I take my days whenever I like.
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