Interesting Links for 24-03-2017
Mar. 24th, 2017 12:00 pm- Transcript of Donald Trump on truth and lies
A masterpiece of making someone look bad by just reporting what they say
Interesting Links for 28-01-2017
Jan. 28th, 2017 12:00 pm- Dyspraxia can be serious – it deserves more recognition
It me (with less journalism)
Interesting Links for 27-01-2017
Jan. 27th, 2017 12:00 pm- The State Department’s entire senior administrative team just resigned - The Washington Post
Abandoning a sinking ship?
Interesting Links for 12-08-2016
Aug. 12th, 2016 01:00 pm- Ducklings and abstract thought
What I want to know is which of the models was a better parent…
- 400-year-old Greenland shark ‘longest-living vertebrate’ - BBC News
The stuff in Werewolf about the Rokea being designed to survive the apocalypse seems even more appropriate. Though thy century and a half from birth to breeding might make that a bit harder…
Interesting Links for 27-07-2016
Jul. 27th, 2016 01:00 pm- Viewpoint: The waste mountain of coffee cups
Effectively unrecycleable in the UK
Interesting Links for 16-07-2016
Jul. 16th, 2016 01:00 pm- Turkey army group announces takeover on TV - BBC News
Not yet sure what the result will be, but looks like a coup in process.
- There is such a thing as a gin bus and it's coming to London
Interesting Links for 13-07-2016
Jul. 13th, 2016 01:00 pm- Why Is America Dotted with Giant, Concrete Arrows?
Because you mail yourself at night
Interesting Links for 10-07-2016
Jul. 10th, 2016 01:00 pm- Since we voted to leave the EU...
Quite depressing really
Interesting Links for 25-06-2016
Jun. 25th, 2016 01:00 pm- Nicola Sturgeon announces plans for second Scottish independence referendum after UK votes for Brexit
Seriously tempted to look at moving up there.
Interesting Links for 17-06-2016
Jun. 17th, 2016 01:00 pm- Jo Cox MP critically injured amid shooting reports - BBC News
- Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack - BBC News
Content warning: news about a violent death. Same link as previous, but BBC had updated the story after her death, didn't want anyone to click through without knowing.
Interesting Links for 08-06-2016
Jun. 8th, 2016 01:00 pm- EU Referendum: Statistics regulator loses patience with Leave campaign over '£350m a week' EU cost figure
What's that? The bad guys in the referendum are pushing a lie based on hundreds of millions? That sounds rather familiar…
Interesting Links for 24-05-2016
May. 24th, 2016 01:00 pm- Fascism crushed by 0.6 percent
"This comprehensive defeat proves that fascism can never win, at least once postal votes are taken into account."
Interesting Links for 12-05-2016
May. 12th, 2016 01:00 pm- Net cafe refugee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Randomly came across this on Wikipedia - it being cheaper in Japan to spend a night in a cybercafe than in an apartment or hostel.
Interesting Links for 07-05-2016
May. 7th, 2016 01:00 pm- Fewer people die in hospital at weekends, study finds
Because fewer are admitted a bed (compared to just visiting A&E), as the threshold to do so is higher then.
Interesting Links for 06-05-2016
May. 6th, 2016 01:00 pm- Flight of the Navigator star charged with bank robbery - BBC News
Anyone else remember this film?
Interesting Links for 29-04-2016
Apr. 29th, 2016 01:00 pm- Zelo Street: Telegraph’s Junior Doctor Isn’t
Apparently he's a recently graduated foundation year doctor not yet at the point of being allowed to work on people alone.