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Interesting Links for 24-01-2014

Mystery of the Lyubov Orlova: Ghost ship full of cannibal rats ‘could be heading for British coast’ - Home News - UK - The Independent
(tags: Interesting sea rats news oops ooh…nasty )
Whose Policy: UKIP Or Monster Raving Loony Party
Slightly worrying…
(tags: amusing buzzfeed politics Westminster UK UKIP )
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…
(tags: amusing news unconfirmed-report TFL tube transport London UK puns )
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.'
(tags: WTF fail politics protest lobbying gagging-bill UK Conservative-party police )

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Interesting Links for 28-11-2013

BBC News - Cigarette packaging: Ministers launch fresh review
With a pilot scheme planned.
(tags: health interersting law lobbying smoking )
Vote online – the Speaker’s plan to revive politics
Interesting, democracy, politics, UK, Westminster, internet, living in the future,
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Interesting Links for 05-11-2013

This transatlantic trade deal is a full-frontal assault on democracy | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
'it would grant big business to sue the living daylights out of governments which try to defend their citizens'
(tags: law comment is free politics America corporations europe trade money comment )
Peers seek to delay lobbying bill for three months | Politics | theguardian.com
'refer part of bill on regulating charities and thinktanks to special committee'
(tags: law politics lobbying UK westminster interesting )
30 Of The Most Powerful Images Ever | Bored Panda
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New MPs need training on lobbyists, says committee | Politics | theguardian.com
They're turning MPs into gamers! 'role-playing exercises could help MPs and peers learn how to deal with lobbyists'
(tags: politics lobbying UK westminster interesting culture rpgs )

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Interesting Links for 18-07-2013

BBC News - How Scientology changed the internet
(tags: history posttofacebook free speech censorship Scientology interesting culture Internet )
Of Peaches and Cream: besturlonhere: June 7th, 1942: Edward Hopper...
'Edward Hopper completes his best known painting, the seminal Nighthawks. When asked by a Chicago Tribute reporter about the philosophical meaning behind the diner having no clearly visible exits Hopper responded, “Shit. Fuck. I did it again. Goddamnit. Fuck. Not again. I did it again. Shit."'
(tags: history whoops posttofacebook awesome amusing art )
Call to broaden register of lobbyists as new figures show extent of meetings | Politics | The Guardian
'Business ministers held 988 meetings with outside organisations in 2012, and just two with a formally defined lobbying company' To put it another way, the members of the PRCA (lobbying industry body) would be covered by the register, but if the PRCA itself lobbied, it wouldn't be.
(tags: posttofacebook lobbying fail Freedom of Information corruption UK westminster government sousveilance )
How did dinosaurs have sex? - Australian Geographic
'For an animal the size of Tyrannosaurus (14m long) to mate effectively, the male organ would need be in the order of at least 2m long, and a lot more if it happened to be cork-screw shaped like a duck’s.'
(tags: animals sex posttofacebook dinosaurs willies biology )
Migrants needed to pay for NHS spending or Britain will go broke, says OBR - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
Immigrants are usually working age, and most of them do work, and thus pay tax. A lot of government spending is on children and the elderly, who are generally not paying much tax at that age. Thus, if net migration drops significantly, the deficit is likely to increase.
(tags: politics posttofacebook immigration money UK economics via andrew ducker interesting statistics )

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Interesting Links for 31-05-2013

“Why do women try to get ahead by pulling men down?” — LadyBits on Medium — Medium
A rather good metaphorical escalator
(tags: sexism via #maelfroth jobs posttofacebook economy interesting fairness )
Peter Mandelson joins board of Russian firm 'with organised crime links' | Business | The Guardian
(tags: politics corruption crime westminster UK Russia interesting organised crime )
BBC News - Incapacity benefit test claims 'conflated figures' - watchdog
'Suggestions that 878,300 benefit claimants dropped their claims rather than take a medical test have been challenged by the statistics watchdog.'
(tags: politics posttofacebook fail lies disability westminster benefits lies damn lies and statistics )
BBC News - Scottish independence: Dissecting legal advice on student fees post-yes
(tags: Scotland politics tuition fees university posttofacebook Scottish independence money interesting )
Nick Clegg: we will strike a balance on 'snoopers charter' after Woolwich attack - Telegraph
'work is already under way within the civil service to resurrect some of the proposals without the need for legislation, meaning the Liberal Democrats would not be able to vote it down in parliament.'
(tags: politics surveilance privacy UK westminster the coalition Lib Dem )
Motorola's tattoos could replace passwords for phones- Telegraph
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BBC News - Tory MP Patrick Mercer resigns
'has resigned the Tory whip to "save my party embarrassment" over a BBC Panorama programme alleging he had broken lobbying rules.'
(tags: politics lobbying news corruption conservatives westminster interesting )
33 Teachers Who Got The Last Laugh
I may have to use the Helen Waite one at some point myself.
(tags: photos silly buzzfeed posttofacebook teaching awesome amusing education )
How attractive is Britain to ‘benefit tourists?
(tags: politics europe EU benefits interesting comment lies damn lies and statistics statistics )

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Interesting Links for 23-05-2013

BBC News - Why the war between drivers and cyclists?
'A motorist's tweet boasting about hitting a cyclist created uproar when it went viral. What does it reveal about the battle on the UK's roads?'
(tags: posttofacebook transport cycling cars social media UK interesting culture )
BBC News - Nick Clegg vows to introduce lobbying register by 2015
(tags: politics posttofacebook Nick Clegg lobbying corruption westminster the coalition Lib Dem )
Amazon Kindle Words Sell Fanfic. Yes, you read that right | The Mary Sue
(tags: amazon eReaders geeky interesting literature posttofacebook writing )

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Interesting Links for 30-04-2013

Beware the rise of the government scientists turned lobbyists | CommentIsFree - George Monbiot
(tags: comment corruption farming interesting lobbying nature politics science uk )
30 July – UK copyright: Accessing Orphan Works | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
A response to the Register thing on 'your photos belong to everyone now' thing I shared yesterday. I probably give this more weight, partly because El Reg is unreliable, but also because I'm told the particular Reg reporter is especially bad.
(tags: law politics posttofacebook intellectual property UK via andrew ducker copyright )
Jobseekers made to carry out bogus psychometric tests | Society | guardian.co.uk
(tags: jobs fail lies UK benefits interesting lies damn lies and statistics )
What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy? | Greenheart GamesGreenheart Games
In said game, the copies put on torrent sites (by the makers) had a crippling level of piracy make it harder to do well in the game.
(tags: computers posttofacebook intellectual property gaming money interesting piracy business )
CosMARXpolitan
'Your va-jay-jay called! It wants to talk about anarcho-syndicalism'
(tags: sex posttofacebook marxism image via Aquarion silly parody awesome amusing economics communism tumblr culture )
Train Loop - What If? - XKCD
'i will diminish, and go into the west, and remain a train'
(tags: SCIENCE!!! speed transport awesome amusing interesting trains science )
On the verge of testing human long term memory device and seizure prevention
(tags: braaaaaains living in the future awesome via andrew ducker interesting health science )
Overton window - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'a political theory that describes as a narrow "window" the range of ideas that the public will find acceptable, and that states that the political viability of an idea is defined primarily by this rather than by politicians' individual preferences'
(tags: politics posttofacebook image interesting culture )

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Interesting Links for 11-03-2013

Linear A - Sunday Sermonette: The Prodigal
The Catholic church is saying 'Welcome home!" to its lapsed members. But are they listening?
(tags: religion belief posttofacebook Christianity atheism image Catholicisim interesting culture )
Facing the future: an interview with Jim Al-Khalili | Rationalist Association
Theoretical physicist and star science presenter Jim Al-Khalili has just become the President of the British Humanist Association.
(tags: belief atheism religion UK interesting )
Why should married women change their names? Let men change theirs | Jill Filipovic
(tags: comment culture interersting marriage sexism women )
Ticking time bomb scenario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'a thought experiment that has been used in the ethics debate over whether torture can ever be justified.'
(tags: ethics war on terror interesting culture )
David Cameron in peril as discontent in Tory ranks rises - Telegraph
'Up to 25 Conservative MPs are planning to oust David Cameron if the party’s fortunes do not improve within the next two months'
(tags: conservatives interesting politics uk westminster )
Schneier on Security: Hacking the Papal Election
'As the College of Cardinals prepares to elect a new pope, people like me wonder about the election process. How does it work, and just how hard is it to hack the vote?'
(tags: posttofacebook Catholicisim security interesting voting )
Scotland's top judge summoned to appear before MSPs after trying to block register of interests - Daily Record
'A Holyrood committee want the law chief to explain why he tried to halt a register which would reveal judges' business, professional and financial links.'
(tags: information Scotland posttofacebook lobbying Freedom of Information corruption influence )
'If I turn a green field into an estate then I’m not doing it for peanuts' - Telegraph
'Three councillors reveal their involvement with consultancies which specialise in helping companies to win planning permission for developments across the country.'
(tags: politics lobbying fail corruption local government money UK wtf )
E.U. to Ban Cosmetics With Animal-Tested Ingredients - NYTimes.com
'expected to announce Monday a ban on the import and sale of cosmetics containing ingredients tested on animals and to pledge more efforts to push other parts of the world, like China, to accept alternatives.'
(tags: animals ethics cruelty image beauty interesting science )
Study debunks notion that men and women are psychologically distinct | The Raw Story
'there are not two distinct genders, but instead there are linear gradations of variables associated with sex, such as masculinity or intimacy, all of which are continuous.'
(tags: sex psychology gender interesting culture biology science )

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Interesting Links for 06-11-2012

Things Rich People Never Understand | Laura McInerney
(tags: image culture comment Conservative Party government poverty )
Iain Duncan Smith adviser being paid by thinktank lobbying his department | Politics | The Guardian
'a thinktank that he set up and which lobbies their department.'
(tags: post posttofacebook politics Westminster corruption lobbying wtf )

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Interesting Links for 05-11-2012

Fears grow over Conservatives' links to fossil fuel lobbyists | Environment | The Observer
'Sacked energy minister warns Britain must not 'bet the farm' on shale gas extraction'
(tags: Westminster corruption influence lobbying UK politics energy )
MP's expenses: maxed out | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
'Denis MacShane's fall from grace ought to be the final chapter in the saga of politicians cheating the public purse, but …' they're still renting out houses to each other and doing other dodgy things.
(tags: posttofacebook Westminster money corruption expenses scandal Guardian politics comment interesting )
Stonewall unapologetic over Scottish cardinal's 'bigot of the year' award | World news | The Guardian
And I'm glad they are. It's not that the cardinal in question is against gay marriage, it's the level of vitriol he's directed towards it and towards gay people.
(tags: posttofacebook marriage culture Stonewall LGBT Scotland news bigotry )
Why MPs' best ripostes get left out of Hansard - Telegraph
'As cost-cutting puts an end to MPs' bound copies of Hansard, a former parliamentary sketchwriter says the Commons' report of proceedings is only half of what goes on in the House'
(tags: information infor amusing Westminster culture politics interesting )
slacktivist » The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal
In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal. Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
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Interesting Links for 16-10-2012

BBC News - Should Bank start the helicopter?
Will the giraffe accept the yo-yo? It's a discussion of a 'helicopter drop' of money into the economy, and a fairly good one at that, I just love the surrealness of the title.
(tags: posttofacebook financial crisis money economics quantitative easing amusing )
BBC News - Furby, aliens and jigsaws: Top toys get techy for Christmas
(tags: toys geeky clever living in the future technology interesting )
BBC News - A Nobel Prize for beauty – and truth
'economics can be both deeply mathematical and abstract, and deeply practical - not to say hugely useful to public and private organisations all over the world.'
(tags: academia clever economics your obvious knowledge of game theory invalidates that approach Nobel prizes awesome interesting )
‘Dredd’ shows why the 3D film format is doomed… again | Kieran Turner-Dave | Independent Arts Blogs
(tags: via James Graham technology cinema interesting )
World's biggest geoengineering experiment 'violates' UN rules | Environment | guardian.co.uk
'Controversial US businessman's iron fertilisation off west coast of Canada contravenes two UN conventions'
(tags: via Andrew Ducker environment fail money science interesting )
Lobbying scandals: All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again. | Unlock Democracy
You could almost set your watch by it. A lobbying scandal breaks. The rest of the press pick up on it, and everyone’s furious.
(tags: corruption money politics Westminster admission of interest; I work for Unlock Democracy Unlock Democracy military lobbying interesting )
I Swear, You're Famous
'This is one man's ongoing quest to make obscene gestures near people better-known than him.'
(tags: The Internet. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. via Dicky Moore culture tumblr photos posttofacebook awesome amusing )
The Grind Haus, At Comic Con today, I went as Black Cat.
People at a con, being fail and misogynist at a female cosplayer. And her forthright and awesome response.
(tags: awesome people suck fandom feminism )

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Interesting Links for 19-09-2012

Energy minister's adviser copied into £5m contract email | Politics | The Guardian
'David Cameron disclosed that the minister's relationship with Maes was so concerning that the cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood had been asked to secretly look into whether she was properly appointed.'
(tags: lobbying Westminster corruption politics interesting )
Labour raises the stakes over Leveson - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
A Labour government will implement statutory regulation of the press if Lord Justice Leveson recommends it, party sources have revealed
(tags: Westminster politics Labour party law journalism media interesting )
BBC News - Tories to select candidates in existing constituencies
'A senior party source insisted the move did not indicate they had given up on hopes of boundary changes but critics will suggest the decision signals a retreat.'
(tags: Westminster the coalition Conservative Party news politics interesting )
Batman Quotes
'Robin: "Holy molars! Am I ever glad I take good care of my teeth!" Batman: "True. You owe your life to dental hygiene."'
(tags: DC comics comics quotes amusing )