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I have accepted that I should probably get a smart phone. My tech guru has suggested either the Xperia compact or Samsung S7. Any opinions?

Links

Films:

6 Reasons Heath Ledger's Joker Ruined Comic Book Movies - http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-best-joker-was-worst-thing-superhero-films_p2/ This speaks for me and to me, and is very right about why not every film villain needs to be Heath Ledger's Joker.

Language:

How India changed the English language - http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150619-how-india-changed-english?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter

Miscellaneous:

Guyana's gifts to the world - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35929577

How I discovered I spend 2 hours a month crying — and learned to be okay with it - http://www.vox.com/2016/5/25/11744768/crying-spreadsheet

The Outing of Tinky Winky - http://priceonomics.com/the-outing-of-tinky-winky/

Why Thieves Steal Soap - http://priceonomics.com/why-thieves-steal-soap/

Why Do We Feel Awe? - http://www.deepstuff.org/why-do-we-feel-awe/

Rocky Beginnings - http://quantifiedselfie.us/nyc365/ Data vis type follows the music she listened to when she moved to New York.

To the Graduate Who Wants to Work in International Affairs - https://medium.com/the-development-set/to-the-graduate-who-wants-to-work-in-international-affairs-d5949b7d8f8#.reswcsfve

Why I wrote about my wife's miscarriage - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-36387967

The dangers of shaking babies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35563422

The US veterans going back to live in Vietnam - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36363537

News:

Staff 'told not to take action against probation breaches' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36385554 Yet another service where privatization is not the answer to the problem.

Photography:

23 Awesome Tips From a Professional Street Photographer - http://twistedsifter.com/2016/05/23-street-photography-tips-by-thomas-leuthard/

Politics:

Who will cook your Indian curry? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36378655 Actually about the difference between EU and non-EU immigration into the UK.

Bananas! Graphs! Immigrants! FEAR! The Brexit debate in full - http://www.thetimes.co.uk/redbox/topic/the-europe-question/that-repetitive-brexit-debate-in-full

Tackle pupil attainment gap in northern England, IPPR urges - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36343038

Science:

How one man saved a generation of premature babies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36321692

Robo-bee: miniature robot perches like an insect - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36313958

Glyphosate And Cancer - http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2016/05/18/glyphosate-and-cancer Actually about quantifying risk.

An investigation of the false discovery rate and the misinterpretation of p-values - http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/1/3/140216

The International Space Station Just Orbited Earth for the 100,000th Time - https://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-international-space-station-ISS-orbited-earth-for-the-100000th-time

Sizing Up Sharks, The Lords of the Sea - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/06/shark-species-family-tree-ocean-ecosystem-predator?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20160522ngm-sharksinteractive&utm_campaign=Content&sf26694227=1

China's Science Revolution - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-0192822d-14f1-432b-bd25-92eab6466362

How does sport help people who have dementia? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/36327418

Sport:

Football:

Zinedine Zidane, Diego Simeone and a managerial revolution - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/champions-league/2015-2016/zinedine-zidane-diego-simeone-and-a-managerial-revolution_sto5598399/story.shtml

Diego Simeone on verge of consigning Atletico Madrid’s ‘loser’ tag to history - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/champions-league/2015-2016/diego-simeone-on-verge-of-consigning-atletico-madrids-loser-tag-to-history_sto5614523/story.shtml

Champions League: The 1986 match that kick-started the competition - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35871295

Meet Monchi: The architect behind Sevilla's incredible golden period - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/europa-league/2015-2016/meet-monchi-the-architect-behind-sevilla-s-incredible-golden-period_sto5577451/story.shtml

Luka Modric: The elegant maestro dictating from deep - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/champions-league/2015-2016/luka-modric-the-elegant-maestro-dictating-from-deep_sto5611605/story.shtml

In-depth: Bayern admit they've told Mario Götze he won't play next season. So why is he staying? - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/bundesliga/2015-2016/bayern-hint-goetze-not-first-choice-under-ancelotti_sto5605009/story.shtml

FourFourTwo’s (not entirely serious) guide to squad numbers - http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/fourfourtwos-not-entirely-serious-guide-squad-numbers

Technology:

The tyranny of the algorithm yet again... - http://b2fxxx.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/the-tyranny-of-algorithm-yet-again.html

Travel:

HS2 rail link 'over-priced' say transport experts - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36376837

Meme Rerun

1) One line stories!
Name a pairing (that I know something about) and I will write one line of a story for it, or rather a sentence since we all know that my sentences have been known to be very long, and much with the subclauses.

2) Character Meme
Ask me my opinion on any character from any fandom, and I will give it. If I do not know the fandom, I will say what I think I know based on fannish osmosis.