Links

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Graphic Design:

From Psycho to Jurassic Park: exploring iconic movie poster typography - http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/culture/design/214457-movie-poster-font-guide via @TwistedSifter on twitter.

Miscellaneous:

Visualizing Africa's Progress in Health, Food Provision, Political Freedom, Poverty and Education. - http://ourworldindata.org/VisualHistoryOf/AfricaInData.html#/title-slide via nwhyte

The climb that left me frozen with fear - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32814403 Actually, I'm more interested in the history bit of this >>All this is a far cry from the club's origins. It began in the Soviet era when Vystejn and other teenagers gazed at the numerous 100m-tall chimneys around Prague and dreamed how liberating it would feel to climb them.
In the early 1980s, they decided to make the dream into a reality. What initially was a solitary adventure to defy the Communist authorities developed into a regular pastime.<<

Politics:

MPs Have Launched Their First Ever Inquiry Into Transgender Equality To Help Eradicate 'Unfair Treatment' - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/27/women-equalities-committee-mps-maria-miller-transgender-inquiry_n_7877464.html?1437992941&utm_hp_ref=uk&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 This is good news.

Science:

Easy DNA Editing Will Remake the World. Buckle Up. - http://www.wired.com/2015/07/crispr-dna-editing-2/ via @TwistedSifter on twitter.

Sports:

Snooker:

Stuart Bingham: World champion donates cash to tournament - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/33600559 In which Stuart Bingham wins forever.