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1. What's the state of housing in the UK (spoilers: terrible): (tags:uk housing )
2. More than half of anti-abortion MPs lose seats in election: (tags:abortion uk politics )
3. Vatican to trans people - please resist the urge to become God: (tags:catholicism transgender god )
4. Scotland's 2024 General Election in numbers: (tags:Scotland election statistics )
5. This is the best write-up I've seen of the Neil Gaiman assault allegations. The whole thing sounds like a mess.: (tags:neilgaiman assault )
6. New weight-loss and diabetes drugs linked to lower risk of 10 cancers (if you have diabetes): (tags:diabetes cancer medicine )
7. Iain (M) Banks: Two Authors, One Man (An exhibition at the University of Stirling): (tags:IainBanks writing )
8. UK's sugar tax led to a nearly 50 per cent reduction in children's added sugar intake from sodas and other soft drinks: (tags:sugar children tax )
9. Evolution explained by Rage Against The Machine: (tags:music evolution funny viaMyBrotherMike )

The way Louisiana isn't racist. At all.: (tags:racism history USA Education school OhForFucksSake )
Scotland's new blood donation rules come into force. (more LGBT friendly than they used to be): (tags:LGBT blood donations Scotland )
We have another highly effective COVID vaccine, based on different tech: (tags:vaccine pandemic GoodNews )
Scientists discover particle that transforms between matter and antimatter for the first time: (tags:physics quantum )
Cake mass production (I found this video strangely relaxing - as did Sophia!): (tags:cake video )
DC won't let Batman go down on Catwoman: (tags:sex DC TV comics )
How it actually feels to use a cane, wheelchair, and crutches: (tags:disability )
Ministers invested less than two-thirds of required 'cost of properly funding childcare in England - pushing prices up, forcing many women to stay at home: (tags:childcare UK conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Finally, a song for all the hungover people in the world: (tags:funny music video breakfast viaMyBrotherMike )
MDMA-assisted therapy is highly efficacious in individuals with severe PTSD: (tags:ecstasy psychology ptsd GoodNews )
Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom (a short story about parallel worlds, parallel lives, and doing the right thing): (tags:scifi short_story viaSwampers )

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800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices: (tags:Jews diet history food UK )
The 100 Best, Worst, and Strangest Sherlock Holmes Portrayals of All-Time: (tags:TV movies lists SherlockHolmes )
Holyrood bills to be challenged by UK government: (tags:UK law Scotland )
It's too late for vaccines to save Michigan, CDC director explains: (tags:vaccination USA pandemic Doom )
Tiger! Vs! Goose!: (tags:Tiger birds video viaCharlesStross )
So, how is Tumblr doing nowadays?: (tags:Tumblr orange )
Former SNP councillor quits Alba Party amid hideous claims against LGBT groups: (tags:LGBT Scotland politics OhForFucksSake )
Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests: (tags:protests police USA murder racism )
Men who identify as more masculine are more likely to refuse to use masks, take vaccines, or act safely: (tags:pandemic gender men masculinity USA )
That's England onto the 45-50s. Hopefully Scotland soon!: (tags:UK England Wales pandemic vaccination )
Demon's Souls mo-cap footage makes foam sword fights look intense: (tags:motioncapture games sony playstation )
This is my brother. And yes, this is really what he's like: (tags:viaMyBrotherMike computers games interview )
UK Government disbands LGBT+ panel of advisers: (tags:lgbt uk Conservatives )

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Ireland's mother and baby homes: 9,000 babies and children died in 18 mother and baby homes, report says - CNN: (tags:ireland history babies children death OhForFucksSake )
I did not realise how automated some production lines now are.: (tags:valve steam hardware automation factory )
Thousands of human teeth hidden inside a wall of dentist's office: (tags:teeth wtf )
A British wine importer on how much harder Brexit is making it to run a business: (tags:business trade UK Europe Doom wine )
German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employee surveillance: (tags:surveillance privacy Europe rights )
Why this government may never regain the trust of the people: (tags:trust UK government viaDanielDWilliam )
'I was surprised by how clear it was' - Stunning photo of snowy Wales taken from Dublin: (tags:Ireland Wales photo )
If you have problems with masks and glasses fogging up then I recommend adhesive metal strip inserts which allow you to make the mask exactly fit your nose: (tags:pandemic glasses advice )
Mahatma Gandhi's killer venerated as Hindu nationalism resurges in India: (tags:India nationalism murder )
It's lit! How film finally learned to light black skin: (tags:race TV movies )
UK would be lucky to strike trade deal in Biden's first term, says former ambassador: (tags:trade USA UK )
The dinosaur-killing asteroid that struck Earth was unbelievably huge and fast (the best description I've ever read of it): (tags:viaMyBrotherMike dinosaurs asteroids extinction )
Every dinosaur may have been wiped out in a matter of hours: (tags:dinosaurs extinction apocalypse )

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How NORAD's Santa tracker started with a wrong number: (tags:Christmas military phones history USA )
Covid-19 vaccination: What's the evidence for extending the dosing interval?: (tags:vaccination UK pandemic )
Scottish Citizens Assembly unveils vision for the future: (tags:Scotland thefuture )
"We are Israel's largest human rights group - and we are calling this apartheid": (tags:Israel )
Yellow mealworm safe for humans to eat, says EU food safety agency: (tags:insects food regulation Europe )
Striking Photos Show Hundreds Of National Guard Troops Sleeping Inside U.S. Capitol: (tags:photos military USA coup )
Please do not inject magic mushrooms into your veins: (tags:magic_mushrooms OhForFucksSake )
The "Hero's Journey" Is Nonsense: (tags:viaZornhau writing heroism )
Are reporters putting Trump's press releases on Twitter facilitating ban evasion?: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349460183110529024.html
(tags:Twitter politics USA )
How Orphans Helped Distribute the Smallpox Vaccine: (tags:viaMyBrotherMike vaccine history )
Is light fundamentally a wave or a particle?: (tags:physics light )
null: or how to break software for fun and profit: (tags:software testing )
A collection of terrible gender selectors: (tags:UI gender fail )
In praise of the humble products all around us: (tags:economics manufacturing work design viaDanielDWilliam )

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Is Your Child an Elder God, Fae Changeling, Keanu Reeves, or Just a Kid?: (tags:children KeanuReeves funny viaSwampers )
The Church of England can, as usual, fuck right off: (tags:LGBT ChurchOfEngland sex marriage OhForFucksSake )
I love that Doctor Who is still making stories with some of the very original cast in them.: (tags:drwho )
Gaelic becomes default language for pupils starting school in Western Isles: (tags:Scotland language )
Some people are just ridiculously talented: (tags:sports skills amazing video )
How Facebook allows political ads to lie to you: (tags:advertising lies Facebook politics )
A serious umbrella malfunction.: (tags:funny viaSwampers video )
Did you know that Russia was cancelled?: (tags:Russia funny )
Puberty blockers can be life-saving drugs for trans teens: (tags:puberty hormones transgender mentalhealth )
The Good Place Is the Last Great Sitcom on Network TV: (tags:tv philosophy )
Interpolating Pixel Art and Sprites with AI: In other words, adding extra frames between the manually drawn ones to smooth out the motion.
There certainly used to be a lot of people whose jobs were to draw these by hand for cartoons and the like...
(tags:animation ai viaMyBrotherMike )
Legalising same sex marriage caused dramatic fall in suicides across Sweden and Denmark: (tags:suicide LGBT marriage Sweden Denmark )
The ugliest colour in the world: (tags:colour )
I Can't Show You How Pink This Pink Is: (tags:colour video viaSwampers )
On what date was Britain at its absolute best?: (tags:UK history funny TV computers )
The top 2019 Wikipedia pages: (tags:wikipedia )

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Kevin Spacey: More allegations of sexual harassment surface: (tags: hollywood abuse )
This AR Headset Won't Replace My Monitor, But It's a Promising Start: (tags: augmentedreality office thefuture )
Sinn Fein blames DUP deal with Tories as Northern Ireland power-sharing talks collapse: (tags: NorthernIreland politics fail )
Nigel Farage: 'Jewish lobby' has disproportionate power in the US: (tags: Jews usa UKIP OhForFucksSake )
Wings Over Scotland blogger cleared over online harassment claims: (tags: Scotland harassment )
There was no "veil between the worlds" until Victorian times: (tags: history myths )
Free ATMs could be cut back in cash machine shake-up: (tags: money technology banking uk )
TripAdvisor removed rape and injury warnings at Mexico resorts, tourists say: (tags: reviews rape fraud OhForFucksSake mexico )
MPs vote for Theresa May to release 58 secret studies into Brexit's economic damage: (tags: uk europe politics )
Disney makes a bigger ask of theaters than ever before with The Last Jedi: (tags: StarWars Disney movies money )
Bacterial fats, not dietary ones, may deserve the blame for heart disease: Research could explain why gum disease is associated with atherosclerosis: (tags: microbiome bacteria fat disease heart )
Almost half of those who resolve a drinking or drug problem do so without assistance: (tags: alcohol addiction drugs )
Some natural environments are better for you than others: (tags: nature mentalhealth )
Could Twitter take a page from Something Awful?: (tags: forum communication discussion internet )
Disney releases the cast for Lion King 2019: (tags: Disney lions lionking )
The robot lawyers are here - and they’re winning: (tags: robots law )
Poppy Z Brite LOST SOULS Original Manuscript w/Handwritten Notes, Extra Material (on eBay): (tags: books writing horror )
Every successful relationship is successful for the same reasons: (tags: relationships advice )
Racial achievement gap fell by 50% in schools where teachers felt supported and capable: (tags: Education race school )
Proportional Representation has its day in Parliament: (tags: voting UK proportional_representation )
My brother Mike has made an iPhone game! That you can use to make your own games!: (tags: games iphone viaMyBrotherMike video )

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Amazon and Apple join race for James Bond distribution rights: (tags: JamesBond Apple Amazon business movies viaSwampers )
Why Bulgaria is becoming a ghost country: (tags: bulgaria demographics population viaSwampers )
7 Ways I Bond With My With My Son That Also Let Us Troll Jerks on Facebook: (tags: fatherhood parenting viaSwampers )
Go slow: an umbrella review of the effects of 20 mph zones and limits on health: Of note because Edinburgh recently bought one in.
(tags: driving safety )
How Donkey Kong was (re)created in 4kB of ROM and 128 bytes of RAM: (tags: programming impressive games viaMyBrotherMike )
Irish until she wasn't - how DNA testing can upend people's identities and lead them to new families: (tags: identity genetics family viaSwampers )
Zoë Quinn tells her story - and that of Gamergate: (tags: games abuse internet misogyny racism viaSwampers )
Judge won’t release man jailed 2 years for refusing to decrypt drives: (tags: encryption usa prison )
Why the Equifax breach is very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever: (tags: hacking data epicfail security identity )
What makes alcoholics drink? Research shows it's more complex than supposed: (tags: alcohol mentalhealth )
Fifty–fifty split best for children of divorce: (tags: divorce children )
Discovery of genes linked to preterm birth in landmark study: Good work there from 23AndMe
(tags: genetics babies )

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Russia's Putin reappears after 10-day absence
(tags: Russia viaAlexTFish )
This murder case is just _weird_
(tags: murder WTF viaMyBrotherMike )
Women on the Pill face increased risk of Crohn's disease
(tags: hormones contraception health women )
RBS – My Part In Its Downfall…
(tags: banking rbs Scotland epicfail )
'Radical' business rates review launched
(tags: business tax uk )
So, why _do_ young men draw penises on things?
(tags: penis school )
Valve's astounding SteamVR solves big problems - and poses bigger questions
(tags: virtualreality valve games )
The different kinds of fanfic
(tags: fanfic categorisation )
An answer to the problem of evil
(tags: evil religion god )
How the women running three of Scotland's political parties deal with sexist attacks
(tags: sexism women politics Scotland )
It seems that Scottish Labour's problem is...Jim Murphy
(tags: Labour Scotland politics fail )
I had not realised I needed a sculpted stone to hold my charging cables.
(tags: rock art technology )
Kevin Bacon is not the centre of the movie universe. Care to guess who is?
(tags: movies connection mathematics )
If the neoliberal hegemony is crumbling, what exactly is going to take its place?
(tags: economics )
Academic subjects, as explained by The Emperor's New Groove
(tags: Disney education funny )

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Bangkok’s anti-coup flash mobs have adopted the 'Hunger Games' salute
(tags: flashmob politics )
Watch a crowded bar react to the combat at the end of this week's Game of Thrones...
(tags: gameofthrones video viaJohnSmith )
On Patrol with North London's Crime-Fighting Orthodox Jews
(tags: jews london police crime uk )
Bodies of 800 babies, long-dead, found in septic tank at former Irish home for unwed mothers
(tags: babies TheHorror death ireland )
Academics suggest Hitch called it right on Mother Teresa
(tags: )
GCHQ's top secret Middle Eastern internet spy base
(tags: surveillance UK security )
A neat short story about families and experimental bias
(tags: short_story scifi family experiment bias )
Robert Harris: Tony Blair is a narcissist with a messiah complex who abandoned Britain to hang out with rich people in America
(tags: tonyblair )
The Mr Men inhabit a godless universe. It's a brutal existence
(tags: books children )
Google-released Chrome extension allows easy in-browser Webmail encryption
(tags: email gmail google cryptography )
My brother Mike is now the poster-child for the Guildford computer game industry
That's him in the grey t-shirt. Woohoo, fame at last!
(tags: computers games viaMyBrotherMike )

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Dan Harmon in the possible un-cancellation of Community
(tags: DanHarmon community tv )
Former CIA/NSA director ‘We Kill People Based on Metadata’
(tags: surveillance usa politics )
The Crowdfunding Upstart That’s Turning Freelancers Into Superstars
(tags: money internet creativity )
No One Ever Told Me About Politics
(tags: politics education )
Stripper Friend "Kind of Boring"
(tags: sexwork )
Beowulf Pitfight! Morpurgo Versus Sutcliff!
(tags: writing )
DC, number four comics publisher?
(tags: dc comics )
Is Russell Brand sexist?
(tags: sexism )
DnD alignments for the Marvel Universe
(tags: )
Your exes are not entitled to be your friends
(tags: relationships boundaries )
A brief reminder on how ranked voting works (in this case, for The Hugo)
(tags: voting awards )
Possibly the best idea for a reality TV show ever.
(tags: tv LGBT )
Blasphemy Laws. Even stupider in Pakistan
(tags: pakistan blasphemy EpicStupidity viasupergee )
This is the first ever car-review to make me want a car
(tags: cars driving review electricity )
Lectures Aren't Just Boring, They're Ineffective, Too
(tags: education teaching )
‘Christian’ Homeschool Dads Get Girl Kicked Out of Prom Because They Can’t Stop Lusting After Her
(tags: women society usa religion )
Jaden Smith's Nonsensical Tweets Actually Make Perfect Sense As "Garfield" Comics
(tags: comics funny garfield )
Machine Learning: The Curse of Dimensionality in Classification
(tags: computers learning vision ai )
In case you were wondering how my brother was doing with his iPhone App.
(tags: development iphone ios viaMyBrotherMike )
Putting a GPS Tracker in the mail
(tags: mail gps tracking )

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