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Interesting Links for 16-03-2014
Mar. 16th, 2014 12:00 pm- Fred Phelps, (known for Westboro Baptist Church) is dying
And apparently was excommunicated from that church last year.
Interesting Links for 12-02-2014
Feb. 12th, 2014 12:00 pm- Unions suspend tube strike after reaching deal
Deal is 'let's talk about things some more'. I'll also note that the last line is a bit inaccurate AIUI — there'll be no compulsory redundancies if there are enough voluntary ones.
Interesting Links for 07-02-2014
Feb. 7th, 2014 12:00 pm- Snipers Attacked A Silicon Valley Power Station Last Year And Nobody Told Us
So, this is what the Elf sniper and Dwarf Technomancer were doing, but what did the Troll street samurai and orc adept up to when this was going on?
- We wish Nadia and Masha well – but they're no longer part of Pussy Riot | Comment is free
Interesting Links for 24-01-2014
Jan. 24th, 2014 12:00 pm- Mystery of the Lyubov Orlova: Ghost ship full of cannibal rats ‘could be heading for British coast’ - Home News - UK - The Independent
- Whose Policy: UKIP Or Monster Raving Loony Party
Slightly worrying…
- London Underground: Victoria Line Suspended After Concrete Poured into Control Room
Some solid journalism here, but it does seem to be a pretty pour decision-making process in action at TFL…
- Tory MP calls police on handful of retired constituents delivering petition against lobbying bill 'gagging law' - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
'A handful of retired constituents delivering their local MP a petition might not sound the most terrifying of prospects, but it prompted one Tory politician to call for police protection.'
Interesting Links for 09-01-2014
Jan. 9th, 2014 12:00 pm- The Appropriateness of Appropriation | The Angry Black Woman
- Jury decides Duggan was lawfully killed despite concluding he was not holding gun when police shot him
- McDonald's issues apology after London branch tries to impose 7pm ban on teenagers - London - News - London Evening Standard
- BBC News - Peers block law on being annoying in public
'Courts could impose these on anyone engaging - or threatening to engage - in "conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to any person".'
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Interesting Links for 16-11-2013
Nov. 16th, 2013 04:00 pm- BBC News - Decline in US BitTorrent traffic, says study
'Meanwhile, other video content is riding high - with NetFlix and YouTube accounting for 50% of all net traffic.' Suggests people do go for getting things legally, when it's available in the right way.
- Doctor Who A Terrorist In Syria, According To Sky News Ticker
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Interesting Links for 14-11-2013
Nov. 14th, 2013 04:00 pm- Man Dies Mysteriously After Opening Box Labeled 'Pandora'
'An official inquest into the mysterious death of Jason Airey was unable to determine exactly what led the 37-year-old to suddenly stop living shortly after opening a container inscribed with the words "Pandora's box."'
- Labour’s plan for Tea and Coffee prohibition « Complicity
'It appears those drafting the amendment did not realise that the scary sounding phrase “psychoactive drugs” includes caffeine.'
- George Osborne to announce cuts while covered in diamonds
'The chancellor is upping his game in response to the Prime Minister’s declaration of permanent austerity amid the gilded splendour of the lord mayor’s banquet.'
- Calorie labels fitted to staircases - Telegraph
'Trials at three large office buildings found that signs advertising how many calories could be burnt by climbing a particular set of stairs increased the number of people using them by up to 29 per cent'
Interesting Links for 04-11-2013
Nov. 4th, 2013 04:00 pm- BBC News - 'Notebooks went missing' amid phone-hacking probe
Surely Danny Boy knows better than to leave his Broadsword out back by the bins?
Interesting Links for 21-10-2013
Oct. 21st, 2013 05:00 pm- BBC News - Italy's Silvio Berlusconi gets two-year office ban
'However, the ban must be approved by parliament before taking effect.'
- A Cellphone's Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail
- Facebook status updates, wall posting and payments currently down for some
Apparently #RIPFacebook is trending...
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Interesting Links for 01-10-2013
Oct. 1st, 2013 05:00 pm- NSA stores metadata of millions of web users for up to a year, secret files show
'Data retained regardless of whether person is an NSA target'
Interesting Links for 29-08-2013
Aug. 29th, 2013 05:00 pm- So, What’s It Going To Be? | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Dark, tongue in cheek, but makes its point quite effectively
- "You ended up in the Twelfth Plane of Torment on your way to the kitchen?"
Interesting Links for 19-08-2013
Aug. 19th, 2013 05:00 pm- Doctor Who Phrases from your waiter; how to get more tips (and sometimes confuse)
- Ubuntu sets crowdfund pledge record for Edge smartphone
Dear BBC; try and get someone who understands crowdfunding to write about it? 'Canonical would have to return all the money if it does not reach the target.' — no it wouldn't, as it doesn't *get* the cash unless it reaches the goal.
- Mexico politician: Gays shouldn’t marry ‘as they don’t face each other during sex’ | Gay Star News
Interesting Links for 16-08-2013
Aug. 16th, 2013 05:00 pm- www.themediablog.co.uk
Spare a thought for academic Dr Jude Roberts who admitted on Newsnight on Wednesday night that she uses porn. A minute or so later the caption writers at the BBC had made the necessary changes to her billing and stripped her of her PhD.
- 4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
''graffiti tags in which the word “anti-social” had been corrected to read 'antisocial.''
- 27 Pictures That Will Change The Way You Look At The World
Ahh, data :)
- 'I said to Klaus Barbie: I want people to see your human side' | World news | The Guardian
'French lawyer Jacques Vergès has represented some of the 20th century's most notorious criminals.'
- Women who fear being forced to marry abroad told to hide spoon in underwear | World news | The Guardian
Charity advises women and young girls to set off airport metal detectors to give them more time to seek help from authorities
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Interesting Links for 15-08-2013
Aug. 15th, 2013 05:00 pm- Blood in Your Eye: Why We Need Violent Stories -- Vulture
'we generally demonize violent acts and violent work. We make them Other, and we just distance ourselves. They are Other, and they didn’t come from us, and we’re just going to stand over there and shake our heads sadly. And, moreover, anyone who gets closer to it in order to experience or understand it must be a freak.'
- Gmail Users Shouldn't Expect Privacy, Google Says In Filing : The Two-Way : NPR
- Newsnight strips "porn user" of her PhD - The Media Blog
Spare a thought for academic Dr Jude Roberts who admitted on Newsnight on Wednesday night that she uses porn. A minute or so later the caption writers at the BBC had made the necessary changes to her billing and stripped her of her PhD.
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Interesting Links for 06-08-2013
Aug. 6th, 2013 05:00 pm- 21 Painfully Awkward Band Photos
I'm worried by whatever is poling of of Carlos' bath. Particularly as it appears to have a dorsal fin.
- How The Sun got it wrong on green energy costs | Environment | theguardian.com
'The newspaper's bar chart using data from energy supplier npower distorts the cost to consumers of renewable energy'
- Children given lifelong ban on talking about fracking | Environment | The Guardian
Two Pennsylvanian children will live their lives under a gag order imposed under a $750,000 settlement
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Interesting Links for 04-07-2013
Jul. 4th, 2013 05:00 pm- BBC News - Rupert Murdoch secret tapes: News Corp defends head
He says "It's the biggest inquiry ever, over next to nothing.", News Corp says ""Rupert Murdoch has shown understandable empathy with the staff and families affected". Yeah...
- BBC News - Shielding Commonwealth war graves from the ravages of time
- Why Rupert Murdoch tape was leaked - tearful journalists were angry | Media | guardian.co.uk
- The Danger in Demonizing Male Sexuality — The Good Men Project
'From the get-go, we are teaching our kids to fear male sexuality, and to repress female sexuality.'
- BBC News - Political parties shelve funding reform talks
"Labour would not move on trade union funding, while the Conservatives would not make concessions on big donations" Liberal Democrats stood in front of a small china pig and growled at anyone who came near.
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Interesting Links for 01-07-2013
Jul. 1st, 2013 05:00 pm- Non-baby news events crunched into this week
'A BBC spokesman said: “We’re working with the Illuminati and other shady puppeteers to accelerate world happenings and ‘clear the decks for baby’.'
- BBC News - Web porn: Just how much is there?
'Many things in porn are exaggerated, including the statistics regularly quoted to show how much pornography is on the web.'
- BBC News - The rise of the extreme house-sitter
- BBC News - Smethwick fire: Chinese lanterns blamed for 'largest blaze'
'A huge fire involving 100,000 tonnes of plastic recycling material, thought to have been sparked by Chinese lanterns, has been contained say firefighters.'
Interesting Links for 26-06-2013
Jun. 26th, 2013 05:00 pm- Texas abortion bill defeated after missing deadline | World news | guardian.co.uk
The bill would have banned abortions in the state after the 20-week gestation mark, limit abortion-inducing drugs and require terminations to be performed in ambulatory surgical centres. Advocates say these and other restrictions in the bill would have also triggered the closure of 37 of the state's 42 abortion clinics.
- BBC News - US Supreme Court overturns gay marriage provision
'The US Supreme Court has struck down a law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman only, in a landmark ruling.'
