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Fic Intentions Meme - Day 14

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:42:43 GMT

14. Have you ever lost large chunks of your work in the past, due to not backing up your work? Will you change your methods in ~~2018~~ 2026?

Let us not speak of the time one of my workplaces deleted 3 months of my work with a stray Linux command.

And the time some A-Level biology course work corrupted on a floppy disk and I had to re-write it in two days.

So yeah, I suffer from justified paranoid and have a Cloud backup.

( The rest of the days )

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Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:28:59 GMT

Guess what I've been doing with my time

Actors:

Obituary: Rodney Bewes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33181740

Law and Order:

Drug-driving cases dropped over forensics - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42067094 As always cost-cutting is at the root of the problem, alongside the Tory urge to privatise everything. [Conflict of Interest warning - I knew people who were made redundant when the Forensic Service was privatised]

Miscellaneous:

100 Women: How the 'urinary leash' keeps women at home - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41999792 I have what I call 'a trick bladder' and what at least one friend refers to as 'a tiny hamster bladder' so yes, I tend to get anxious when I don't know where the nearest toilet is. It has always struck me that men have it easier because they can just pee in alleyways.

Rape and no periods in North Korea's army - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-41778470

Musicians:

Eurythmics discuss Rock Hall of Fame and going 'into hiding' in the 80s - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42051131

Politics

How UK lost International Court of Justice place to India - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42063664 From 2017

Space:

50 Years After Apollo 11, Here's What (And How) Astronauts Are Eating - https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/07/21/743549993/50-years-after-apollo-11-heres-what-and-how-astronauts-are-eating

Sport:

British Virgin Islands: How territory's sports are recovering after Hurricane Irma - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/41846602 Obviously, the sports pages are going to look at stuff from a sports angle, but it does produce some interesting insights.

Rowing:

MOMENTS THAT HELPED DEFINE ROWING – FISA 125TH - https://worldrowing.com/2017/11/17/moments-that-helped-define-rowing-fisa-125th/

Tennis:

Jana Novotna: Former Wimbledon champion dies at age of 49 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/42049507

Technology

Money changing: Everything we knew about money is up for grabs. So will we end up smiling? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/The_disruptors_money_changing

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Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:29:45 GMT

Art:

When Lady Chatterley joined Tinder - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41995722 Although this could have gone under literature or technology. Also, excellent choice of photo there, BBC

Education:

The Oxford University college fighting elitism - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41829685

Healthcare:

Do You Need That Surgery? How To Decide, And How To Pick A Surgeon If You Do - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/19/743248074/do-you-need-that-surgery-how-to-decide-and-how-to-pick-a-surgeon-if-you-do Article is US-based but interesting for everyone, I think.

Law and order:

Tax disc: Car tax evasion triples after paper version scrapped - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42009111 I’m not saying this always happens when a poorly-thought out electronic conversion happens but …

Miscellaneous:

Dog ownership lowers early death risk, study finds - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42009932

Justice Ginsburg: 'I Am Very Much Alive' - https://www.npr.org/2019/07/24/744633713/justice-ginsburg-i-am-very-much-alive From 2019

Miss Iraq and Miss Israel selfie strikes a nerve - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-42009879 From 2017

Returning to Kashmir, where our parents were shot in front of us - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-41996612

WW2 Spitfire pilot Joy Lofthouse dies aged 94 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-42012740

Why Saudi Arabia and Iran are bitter rivals - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42008809

The deadly problem with US college fraternities - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42014128

Indonesia's Orang Rimba: Forced to renounce their faith - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41981430

What now for Bosnia victims as Hague tribunal closes? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41918411

Politics:

Britain got its way in the EU when it mattered – I know, I was there - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/16/britain-got-its-way-eu-brexiteers

Sport:

Football:

Kenny Dalglish on Liverpool - the club, the fans, the city, and Hillsborough - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42009989 Even if you're not into football, this one's worth reading

Horse racing:

Bryony Frost: Why victory at Wincanton could be her breakthrough moment - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/42004010

Rugby League:

England v Papua New Guinea: PNG - the country where rugby league is a religion - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/42011291 One day, PNG will get an NRL franchise, and then, then the national team will hit the heights it deserves to.

Technology:

Young drivers: The technologies that cut insurance bills - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42025295

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Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:16:57 GMT

Archaeology:

'Big void' identified in Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41845445 From 2017

Economics:

The island that swapped donkey rides for offshore cash - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41891360

Paradise Papers: The professionals' responsibility - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41902798

Education:

Free courses from Harvard - https://www.edx.org/school/harvardx

Free courses from MIT - https://ocw.mit.edu/search/#cat=engineering&subcat=nuclearengineering&spec=nuclearsystemspolicyandeconomics

Free courses from Yale - https://oyc.yale.edu/courses

Food:

Stinking Rich? Malaysia Aims To Cash In On China's Durian Craze - https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/02/728262024/stinking-rich-malaysia-aims-to-cash-in-on-chinas-durian-craze I have no doubt they are delicious, but the smell is literally the smell of a gas leak, which is off-putting if you've ever worked in a lab.

Healthcare:

NHS appeal for black blood donors 'drops straight knowledge' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41898726

History:

In the shadow of Red October - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Red_October

Housing:

The families living in modern day slums - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41776369 From 2017, it has not improved

Law and order:

Stop-and-search: A BBC reporter's own experience - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41849256

Media:

Why George Orwell is returning to the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41886208 From 2017, about a new statue

Miscellaneous:

The hospital helping heal the Middle East - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41886227

Former 'Teen Vogue' Editor Shares Her Memoir — And Her Manifesto - https://www.npr.org/2019/06/11/731380634/former-teen-vogue-editor-shares-her-memoir-and-her-manifesto

Politics:

Trump Xi: Property man meets career communist - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41882084 - From 2017

Sport:

Cricket:

Ashes: Inside story of England's 5-0 defeat in Australia in 2013-14 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41859201https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41859201

Football:

Andrea Pirlo: The football genius who defied the number crunchers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41903596 If you like the tiny snippet they give you of his autobiography, the whole thing is like that. He (and his ghostwriter, and the translator) writes like he played.

Rugby League:

Micky Higham: Ex-Great Britain hooker retires to take up Leigh off-field role - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41887188 From 2017. In St. Helens at least, he'll always be under-rated because he was only very, very good, and the two hookers either side of him chronologically are 'the player voted the best Saint ever' and 'the only player ever likely to be voted above him'.

Technology:

'Do I Know You?' And Other Spam Phone Calls We Can't Get Rid Of - https://www.npr.org/2019/06/06/727711432/do-i-know-you-and-other-spam-phone-calls-we-can-t-get-rid-of

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Sun, 04 Sep 2022 22:00:54 GMT

Actors:

Kathy Burke: ‘Lifelong member of the non-pretty working classes’ - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/oct/29/kathy-burke-interview-lifelong-member-of-the-non-pretty-working-classes To an extent, her experience, and someone like Caitlin Moran, reflect my experience a lot more than the "proper" 'this is what it's like to be a modern woman'. The non-pretty-working-class experience (which I am going to steal if I ever need a description) is underrepresented.

Animals:

New great ape species identified in Indonesia - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41848816

Economics:

Managing the managers: The rise of the business 'philosopher-kings' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41582245

Health:

The nurse hired to combat cancer myths online - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41780776 It's terrible that she's needed but I am glad that she's there.

Teasing Kids About Their Weight May Make Them Gain More - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/30/728111494/teasing-kids-about-their-weight-may-make-them-gain-more There is data if you need some to beat people over the head with.

Just a few nights of bad sleep upsets your brain - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41816398 My anecdata agree with this.

10 things to know about sleep as the clocks change - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41666563

History:

Forgotten history: The black missionaries of Colwyn Bay - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41777209

Savitri Devi: The mystical fascist being resurrected by the alt-right - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41757047

Media:

Tackling the 'boys' club' of political cartoons - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41724321

Miscellaneous:

Have Halloween costume bans in Canada gone too far? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41768859 In traditional Betteridge’s law style, the answer is no.

Free ATMs could be cut back in cash machine shake-up - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-your-money-41832537 And that was before COVID

The US state that bans sparklers but not guns - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41811499

How Facebook saved a dying mill town - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40050607

Religion:

The young man who shook the Catholic Church to its core - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41742857

Sport:

Horse racing:

Talking Horses: pros and cons of an upper age limit for jumps racehorses - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/oct/30/talking-horses-pros-and-cons-of-an-upper-age-limit-for-jumps-racehorses

Ice hockey:

Champions Hockey League: Nottingham Panthers hope to continue European fairytale - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/41788910 From 2017 - Unfortunately they then lost, but it’s the start of what has been good times for GB Ice Hockey

Winter Olympics:

The highlights of past Winter Olympics - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41816520

Technology:

The robot lawyers are here - and they’re winning - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41829534 Although this could go under 'law and order' as well

Television:

Ghostwatch: The BBC spoof that duped a nation - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41740176 Let me assure you, it was terrifying.

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Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:55:09 GMT

Food and drink:

The winemaker who battles temperatures as low as -25C - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41167977

History:

Christian Cole: Oxford University's first black student - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-40429917

Photos from 1970s show life in Manchester's Moss Side - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41361171

Law and order:

'How I got my children back' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41633731

The big cases Crimewatch helped solve - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41649334

Should children be heard in English family court cases? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41603236

Miscellaneous:

100 Women: The Pakistani women shamed for their lifestyle - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41582898

China congress: How authorities censor your thoughts - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41523073 From 2017

Politics:

Kurz and charisma: What propels young leaders to power? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41640326 From 2017 - One day I will understand what it is about Kurz that drove the BBC wild. He has the charisma of a week-old halibut, and yes, he's young, but his policies aren't fresh.

Technology:

How toxic is your car exhaust? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/how_toxic_is_your_car_exhaust

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Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:07:53 GMT

Film Industry:

Exploring the casting couch culture of LA - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41614221

Miscellaneous:

Five charts about the fortunes of the Chinese family - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41424041

The fateful life of history's most famous female spy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41595828

I Listened to Every Country’s Speech at the United Nations General Assembly….(so you didn’t have to) - https://medium.com/@joydibenedetto/i-listened-to-every-countrys-speech-at-the-united-nations-general-assembly-so-9d624af16f5

There was one particularly depressing weekend in 2017

Sean Hughes: Comedian, actor and writer dies aged 51 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41632761

Kevin Cadle: Basketball coach and NFL TV presenter dies at 62 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/41633903

Music:

Mick Fleetwood on the early days of Fleetwood Mac and why he's a terrible drummer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41597857

Photography:

In pictures: British Press Photographer Awards - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41608761

Sport:
Cricket:
Jonny Bairstow on his dad, Cape Town, Geoffrey Boycott and Jonny Wilkinson - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41523011

American cricket gets ready for take-off - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41590142

Football:

Inter Milan v AC Milan: The decline of two of European football's superpowers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41558125 From 2017, but still mostly true

Motorbikes:

TUNNEL VISION: HOW SHAKEY BYRNE WAS BUILT FOR BIKES - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/british-superbikes/tunnel-vision-how-shakey-byrne-was-built-for-bikes_sto6111602/story.shtml

Technology:

How the humble S-bend made modern toilets possible - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41188465

Can we teach robots ethics? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41504285

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Mon, 20 Sep 2021 22:04:57 GMT

Economics:

Richard Thaler and the economics of how we live - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41550434

Law and order:

Kafka in Vegas: Fred Steese served more than 20 years in prison for the murder of a Vegas showman even though evidence in the prosecution’s files proved he didn’t do it. But when the truth came to light, he was offered a confounding deal known as an Alford plea. If he took it he could go free, but he’d remain a convicted killer. - https://www.propublica.org/article/alford-pleas-fred-steese-conviction-without-admitting-guilt

Miscellaneous:

Stalking: Not just an EastEnders story - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41524520

Helen Richardson-Walsh: GB hockey player talks about depression - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/41550578

I was an idiot, says excluded boy looking back - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41529262

Data is not the new oil - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41559076

Politics:

What Are the Meanings Behind the Worldwide Rise in Protest? - https://carnegieeurope.eu/2017/10/02/what-are-meanings-behind-worldwide-rise-in-protest-pub-73276

Sport:

Concussion linked to mental health problems for ex-sportsmen by Fifpro study - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41557287

Football:

Premier League: Clubs 'risk bankruptcy' with promotion - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41564471

Rugby union:

Ian McKinley: Fly-half named in Italy squad after losing sight in 2012 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41572839

Technology:

From fluffy pillows to concrete: The uses of captured CO2 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41550446 Article from 2017 but suddenly useful again.

How the search for a 'death ray' led to radar - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41188464

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Sun, 12 Sep 2021 23:24:47 GMT

Dance:

How Mel Brooks' lady of dance made it in a man's world - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41500486

Healthcare:

FDA Approves Esketamine Nasal Spray For Hard-To-Treat Depression - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/05/700509903/fda-clears-esketamine-nasal-spray-for-hard-to-treat-depression

Tampons: That Bloody Sales Tax - https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/03/06/700876425/tampons-that-bloody-sales-tax

Miscellaneous:

The Viking therapy club: Where men fight their demons - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/viking_club_where_men_fight_their_demons I know a couple of Viking reenactors, and while thoroughly peculiar (see also, they are my friends), they are a good bunch. (I also know English Civil War reenactors - they end up missing teeth)

Ernesto Guevara: How my father inspired my Cuban motorcycle tours - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41510650

Black Nova Scotians may finally get title to their land - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41488953

Politics:

Baroness Trumpington: Lords stalwart to retire at 95 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41550627 Article from 2017

Sport:

Rugby league:

Belinda Sleeman to be first female match official at Rugby League World Cup - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41549958 Article from 2017

Toronto Wolfpack owner Eric Perez plans to launch two more American sides - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41544831 Article from 2017, and can be put under 'pipe dreams that never happened'. I think that's what annoys me about all the people saying 'everyone was so mean to Toronto'. They couldn't put players out for a full season, and their allegedly loads-a-money chairman couldn't fund the club for 18 months.

Technology:

THE COMING SOFTWARE APOCALYPSE: A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes. - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393/

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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 22:46:57 GMT

Miscellaneous:

Scam baiter: Why I risk death threats to expose online cons - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41518352

Ethnic minority graduates 'face jobs gap' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41536312 From 2017

Jessikka Aro: How pro-Russian trolls tried to destroy me - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41499789

Female driving ban: Why did this selfie enrage some Saudis? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41527490

Politics:

How ready is the UK for Brexit?: 9% - https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2017/10/05/how-ready-is-the-uk-for-brexit-9 Article is from 2017. I'm not sure how much better it is now.

Technology:

Is drive-by sex toy hacking a wake-up call for Britain’s internet security? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/06/drive-by-sex-toy-hacking-wake-up-call-britain-internet-security-vibrators Article is from 2017, but I remain terrified by the Internet of Things phenomenon.

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Sun, 16 May 2021 22:30:50 GMT

Photography:

Mealtimes reflect UK family life - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41319290

Sport:

Was Aaron Hernandez a victim of sport's growing brain injury toll? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41360151

Football:

Why Manchester City have more than a passing interest in Girona v Barcelona - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41348471 The interesting thing really is how Manchester City really seem to be doing the feeder club thing in a way that Chelsea and whichever Belgian team and Red Bull haven’t quite, and how Watford and whichever Italian team did. It could be very interesting as things develop.

Technology:

Facebook can't hide behind algorithms - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41358078 From 2017

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Sun, 09 May 2021 20:50:20 GMT

Animals:

The alpacas protecting 24,000 Christmas turkeys - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38133658

Koala survives 16km ride on car axle in Adelaide, Australia - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41293163

Literature:

His Bloody Project: Author returns to the scene of the crime - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41253753

Miscellaneous:

Stanislav Petrov, who averted possible nuclear war, dies at 77 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41314948

The world's least likely Girl Guides - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41306292

Food in a fragile world - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41306112

Harassed women are Facebook tagging this man for help - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41306754

Politics:

Brexit negotiations: how is the UK doing? - http://ottocr.at/brexit-negotiations-how-is-the-uk-doing From 2017

Sport:
Baseball:

Major League Baseball: Teams break single-season home run record - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/baseball/41330702 From 2017

Boxing:

Jake LaMotta: Legendary Raging Bull boxer dies at 95 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41339153

Cricket:

Adam Hollioake on staying in Afghanistan after bomb attack- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41304514 From 2017

Football:

A stadium called Wanda: opening night at Atlético Madrid's new home - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/sep/18/a-stadium-called-wanda-opening-night-at-atletico-madrids-new-home From 2017

North Korea: Bengaluru FC's Erik Paartalu on missile launches, lost baggage and Kim Jong-un memes- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41257024 From 2017

Parasport:

'I'm handing back my medal': Is Paralympic sport classification fit for purpose? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/41253174

Tennis:

JAPAN'S KIMIKO DATE HAS NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO COACH - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/japan-s-kimiko-date-has-no-immediate-plans-to-coach_sto6339701/story.shtml From 2017

Technology:

Why switching to fully electric cars will take time - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41268513

Nigel - the robot that could tell you how to vote - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40860937 More about AI but ...

How to write your own blog using R - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tTGoYo3rgkmo-OEU-yYwNOUHnG2mw9mUPnATAA4CaU8/edit#slide=id.g35f391192_00 Which explains it much better than most

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Sun, 07 Mar 2021 21:17:15 GMT

Healthcare:

'We couldn't see an NHS dentist so we pulled out our own teeth' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41113507 From 2017 but I doubt the situation has improved.

Law and order:

Violence against sex workers: 'He was there to kill me' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41148875

Miscellaneous:

The 97-Year-Old Park Ranger Who Doesn’t Have Time for Foolishness - https://www.glamour.com/story/women-of-the-year-2018-betty-reid-soskin

The refugee doctors learning to speak Glaswegian - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41160013

How Falluja can't forget - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Falluja

The father who saved his children from IS in Syria - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41111497

Can modern makeover save smallest Swiss village? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41114730

Toy ship sails from Scotland to Scandinavia - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41159979 A Norwegian tall ship has given it a lift to Cape Verde.

Photography:

Portrait of Britain: Displaying the UK's diversity - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41108616

Helping communities with the power of photography - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41100630

Sports:

10 of the world’s most beautiful sports arenas - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/720f5eed-717c-499c-a88c-439adce3617f

Baseball:

Red Sox 'cheated using Apple Watch' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41169907 I think this is one of those sports-specific things, because I am still not sure what they did that was wrong. Or rather, I gather it is immoral in baseball but I am not sure why.

Technology:

The hidden history of cyber-crime forums - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40671091

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Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:52:35 GMT

Health:

Want To Keep Your Brain Sharp? Take Care Of Your Eyes And Ears - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/22/658810909/can-t-hear-well-fixing-hearing-loss-can-keep-your-memory-sharper

Language:

How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-nicaraguan-sign-language

Technology:

Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/17/629441555/health-insurers-are-vacuuming-up-details-about-you-and-it-could-raise-your-rates

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Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:52:57 GMT

Laptop power cable has powered its last byte so am waiting for replacement. Can someone remind me that Dell power cables suck next time I am looking for a laptop.

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Sun, 24 May 2020 10:13:34 GMT

History:

Passchendaele's untold army of women nurses - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40661568

Passchendaele: The death of Jimmy Morgan and his mouth organ - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40739915

Music Industry:

Julia Michaels: 'Dare to suck' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40704643

Miscellaneous:

In debt with cancer: Is your bank listening? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40751939 From 2017

MND Lucy: 'I hope I don't lose my weird-ass laugh' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40721754

Zermatt: 'Longest' hanging pedestrian bridge opens in Switzerland - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40764453

Gay rights 50 years on: 10 ways in which the UK has changed - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40743946

Name of Groans: The Search for the Most Truly Awful Restaurant Name in America - https://www.eater.com/2017/7/17/15929998/truly-awful-restaurant-names-puns

Photography:

2017 International Drone Photography Contest - http://www.dronestagr.am/2017-international-drone-photography-contest/

Science:

Research Shows That Puppies Have Stroppy Teenage Phase Too - https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/research-shows-puppies-stroppy-teenage-phase/

Social Media:

Podghazi: Instagram influencers use comment collusion to game the algorithm - https://digiday.com/marketing/podghazi-instagram-influencers-use-comment-collusion-game-algorithm/

Sport:

Athletics:

Brendan Foster names his favourite moments and athletes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40752586 Because a large chunk of the BBC's commentators are ex-middle and long distance runners, there does tend to be more coverage of that than there might be. Brendan Foster was one of them so these are all the glories of the 5000 m plus runners. I particularly recommend the 'favourite moment' bit but also the 'best performance', because Haile Gebrselassie at his pomp was something else.

Technology:

Deception tech helps to thwart hackers' attacks - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40751656

West Highlands worst in UK for broadband, MPs find - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-40757817 From 2017, but I doubt it has improved.

Wrestling:

A RIOTT, A BARON, AND A GRAVE! - https://www.inkedmag.com/culture/a-riott-a-baron-and-a-grave#gid=ci0234ff9d10012718&pid=inked-329422

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Sun, 10 May 2020 11:26:09 GMT

Art:

Flint iron ring sculpture plans met with criticism - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40703954

Economics:

More than 2,500 products subject to shrinkflation, says ONS - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40703866

How formula milk shaped the modern workplace - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40281403

History:

How Britain supported the early release of Rudolf Hess - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40647291

Back from the Front: Tracking down WW1 grave markers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-40446229 There's a quote in there, that really hits home. "One unusual marker is a wooden Star of David, at Broadgreen Cemetery, Liverpool, commemorating an unknown Jewish soldier.

Often it was impossible to identify an individual soldier's remains, and Merseyside has a particular concentration of markers for so-called "unknowns", probably brought back during pilgrimages by churches and other groups."

The King's Liverpool Regiment were my great grandfather's regiment but at least we know where he's buried, and I know lots of people didn't, because to this day, the Lancashires (which the King's Liverpool were amalgamated into) still send a representative to every funeral of a World War I unknown British soldier because there's a good chance he's one of theirs.

Miscellaneous:

Alice Cooper finds Warhol artwork after decades rolled up in storage - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40715105

Refugee children on Lesbos helped to face fear of drowning - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40580529

The extraordinary life of a 91-year-old beauty queen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40709840

Taiwan's Taoists protest against curbs on incense and firecrackers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40699113 From 2017

The city that makes the most expensive boats in the world - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40681345

The last days of Phnom Penh's iconic White Building - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40652014

Music:

The brilliance of Scott Walker - explained! - https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/76b1d907-dc01-45e7-9b83-1cd2a0054da3

Sport:

Baseball:

PJ Conlon: Belfast-born pitcher to make Major League Baseball debut - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/44029898 From 2018

Cricket:

England's World Cup win: The transformation of women's cricket - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40701196 From 2017.

Football:

Are serious knee injuries in the Premier League really at 'epidemic' levels? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40679002 From 2017

Rugby League:

Castleford Tigers: Why no hullaballoo for League Leaders Shield win? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/40698382 Possibly, just possibly, because, due to the existence of the actual title, we all know that the League Leaders Shield means nothing. I speak as a Saints fan. How many times have we won it and not gone on to win the league because of some disaster in the playoffs. I know the idea was to try and have the league actually matter after several complaints (including from Saints fans) that it was stupid that you could be miles ahead at the end of the actual season and it not matter at all. But it still doesn't, and giving a team the world's tiniest plate to make up for that does nothing.

Rugby Union:

Women's Rugby World Cup 2017: England XVs contracts will not be renewed - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40704070 From 2017, but I don't think they went back on their decision. It's one of those things where, for all that governing bodies talk a good game about sporting equality, for some reason, when there's a money shortage, the cuts are always to women's sport first. See also bobsleigh, see also football.

Technology:

How a 'smarter' power system might affect you - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40704036

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Sun, 03 May 2020 11:38:25 GMT

Miscellaneous:

James 'Ginger' Lacey: Battle of Britain pilot remembered - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-40660077

Sport:

Cricket:

Women's World Cup final: England's band of sisters ready for final - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40675654 From before the 2017 World Cup Final

Golf:

K-golf: South Korea's female golfing phenomenon - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40628058

Swimming:These are all from the 2017 World Aquatics Championship. My mother is a breaststroke swimmer so she's very happy to see the limelight on a breaststroke swimmer instead of a front crawl swimmer

World Aquatics Championships: Adam Peaty preparation 'off the chart' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/40653396

World Aquatics Championships: Adam Peaty on medals, tattoos & legacy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/40671849

Adam Peaty: Olympic champion passing on pressure and putting party time to bed - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/39374316

Technology:

World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40699979 From 2017

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Sun, 19 Apr 2020 10:59:10 GMT

Animals:

Unlocking the Secrets Behind the Hummingbird's Frenzy - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/07/hummingbird-secrets-speed-worlds-smallest-bird/

Mighty T. rex 'walked rather than sprinted' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40632751

How did dogs become our best friends? New evidence - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40638584

Design:

Why a Toaster Is a Design Triumph: The “A Bit More” button doesn’t reinvent the appliance’s form. It finds its soul instead. - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/07/toaster-a-bit-more-button/534312/

Economics:

Girl, 5, fined £150 for lemonade stand - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40679075 Mostly used to discuss the UK street trader rules.

Why the world's biggest investor backs the simplest investment - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40189970 More about index funds and what they are.

Healthcare:

Doctors Told Her She Was Just Fat. She Actually Had Cancer. - https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a19608429/medical-fatshaming/

Language:

Why You Need Emoji: Emojis are the body language of the digital age. - http://nautil.us/issue/50/emergence/why-you-need-emoji

Miscellaneous:

'I was named after a World War One battle' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40645645

Polyamorous marriage: Is there a future for three-way weddings? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40655103

The Royal Family's dress code uncovered - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40640634

As an open-air heroin camp is closed, options narrow - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40637288

Adam Maier-Clayton's controversial right-to-die campaign - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40546632

Politics:

Taiwan's brawling in parliament is a political way of life - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40640043

Sport:

Concussion in sport: Five sports gather to discuss head-injury prevention - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40675605 The five sports are rugby union, rugby league, American football, ice hockey, and Australian rules football.

Football:

Africa Cup of Nations: Date switch makes African players more attractive, say agents - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40673626 From 2018. Mostly I worry about the playing conditions at the new times.

Rugby League:

Rob Burrow: Leeds Rhinos hooker to retire at the end of the Super League season - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/40654450 From 2017 but saving for posterity.

Technology:

Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling Second Act: The trendy-creepy glasses flopped. Then the tech giant realized that the future of wearables was in factories and warehouses. - https://www.wired.com/story/google-glass-2-is-here/

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Sun, 15 Mar 2020 17:32:07 GMT

Actors:

How I Became a Leading Man on Broadway—Stutter and All - https://www.playbill.com/article/how-i-became-a-leading-man-on-broadwaystutter-and-all

Economics:

What tally sticks tell us about how money works - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40189959

Photography:

In pictures: Celebrities in the raw - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-40518635

Politics:

The danger of political predictions in 2017 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40534957

Technology:

The coming battle over 'net neutrality' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40494909

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Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:27:05 GMT

Fashion:

Is this finally the end for the tie? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40442880

Languages:

Cantonese v Mandarin: When Hong Kong languages get political - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-40406429

Law and order:

Sex offender treatment in prison led to more offending - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40460637

Media:

Are the Murdochs too powerful? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40447970

Miscellaneous:

Georgian man tends his own grave in identity mix-up - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40445449

Glittering prize: The booming demand for opals - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40416656

The strange things people put in luggage - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40429707

Terry Gobanga: 'I was gang-raped on my wedding day' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39795047

The German and British children who became post-war friends - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-40160310

Grenfell 'miracle baby': Why people invent fake victims of attacks and disasters - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40419479

Sheikh helps villagers buy chapel in Cornwall - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-40431594

Politics:

Who really goes to a food bank? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40431701

Sport:

Rugby League:

Tony Clubb makes Wigan Warriors return 58 days after having kidney removed - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/40447492 This is the point where we all chorus, 'the boy's a fool.'

Technology:

The links may look familiar to the people in my flist who I have pinched them from.

Quick, Draw! - Can a neural network learn to recognize doodling? - https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/

A Neural Network Turned A Book Of Flowers Into Shockingly Lovely Dinosaur Art - https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/06/a-neural-network-turned-a-book-of-flowers-into-shockingly-lovely-dinosaur-art/

Ancient wisdom from the neural network - https://aiweirdness.com/post/162097037117/ancient-wisdom-from-the-neural-network

The one law of robotics: Humans must flourish - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40423595

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Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:49:49 GMT

Miscellaneous:

What tally sticks tell us about how money works - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40189959

Return to Aleppo: The story of my home during the war - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40194794

Boobs and Brass: The female band raising cash for breast cancer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40200236

Politics:

General election 2017: 'Why I switched from Tories to Labour' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40216240

Technology:

Getting Started With R in RStudio Notebooks - http://www.storybench.org/getting-started-r-rstudio-notebooks/

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Sun, 12 May 2019 09:57:03 GMT

Food:

How Breakfast Became a Thing - https://priceonomics.com/how-breakfast-became-a-thing/ I always knew the breakfast thing was suspicious.

Healthcare:

Treating children with electroconvulsive therapy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39961472

Miscellaneous:

The fate of the Chibok girls - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/chibok_girls

More Pritt Stick than Pippa: Why millennials want a DIY wedding - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39966035

The princess, the palace and the shrinking royal line - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39961749 For friend K, she's got a Museum Studies MA from Leicester too. All the best people do.

Dutch king reveals double life as an airline pilot for KLM - https://news.sky.com/story/dutch-king-reveals-double-life-as-an-airline-pilot-for-klm-10881947

The Love Letters Of A Young Barack Obama On View At Emory University Library - https://www.npr.org/2017/10/19/558755999/the-love-letters-of-a-young-barack-obama-on-view-at-emory-university-library

Ten Things That Occurred to Me When Someone Turned the Twitter Off - https://medium.com/@davepell/ten-things-that-occurred-to-me-when-someones-turned-the-twitter-off-abea82666b4e

Politics:

Election 2017: If more young people actually voted, would it change everything - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39965925

Science Fiction:

Science fiction’s new golden age in China, what it says about social evolution and the future, and the stories writers want world to see - https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2093892/science-fictions-new-golden-age-china-what-it-says-about-social

Sport:

London 2012 silver medallist Gemma Gibbons retires - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/39978229

Rugby Union:

British and Irish Lions 2017: Gavin Hastings recalls 1993 New Zealand tour - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39942800

Exercise programme 'can reduce concussion' in youth rugby - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39950814

Technology:

WannaCry: What can you do to protect your business? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39947944

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Sun, 28 Apr 2019 10:33:36 GMT

Cartography:

Some Very Curious Maps of London - https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/some-very-curious-maps-of-london

Food and Drink:

Leave the Abbey, Join the Playground: The Crucial Influence of Foreign Breweries on Belgian Beer - https://www.beeradvocate.com/articles/15690/leave-the-abbey-join-the-playground-the-crucial-influence-of-foreign-breweries-on-belgian-beer/

Miscellaneous:

10 Things I Learned From Arguing With Strangers On Social Media - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-things-i-learned-arguing-strangers-online-tom-moylan/

Exam stress: A revision guide for the anxious - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39921799 This is mostly advising parents to be chill and helpful, rather than being revision strategies.

We should have listened to the broken teenagers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39924586

Ian Brady letters: Inside the mind of the Moors Murderer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39925965

Music:

How many people does it take to write a hit song? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39934986

Sport:

Football:

CLUSTERING SHOT CHAINS – DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHANCES AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE WORTH -https://fotbollssiffror.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/clustering-shot-chains-different-types-of-chances-and-how-much-they-are-worth/

Technology:

Hackers Came, but the French Were Prepared - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/world/europe/hackers-came-but-the-french-were-prepared.html?smid=fb-nytimes

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Sun, 07 Apr 2019 10:33:12 GMT

Adverts:

Ben Johnson: Advert featuring disgraced ex-sprinter criticised - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39921658

Eurovision:

Eurovision Song Contest: Who are the other Graham Nortons? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39825727

Food:

TV dinners: The hidden cost of the processed food revolution - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39490182 You know when you read the first paragraph of an article and know it was written by a man. Yeah, this is one of those.

Miscellaneous:

The boss who lives as a medieval knight - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39851253

Spring-cleaning India's most magnificent tent - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39890722

How do you go about crowdfunding for someone you have never met? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39642967

Is Africa facing a new wave of piracy? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39849352 From 2017

I acted as a man to get work - until I was accused of rape - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39705424

Venezuela protest victim's parents speak of ordeal - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39885943

Weapons in schools: 'I used anything I could get' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39907769

Let's talk about why I had to terminate my baby's life - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39885755

Sport:

Football:

Forest Green Rovers: The village team that reached the English Football League - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39923153

Technology:

A sex doll that can talk - but is it perfect Harmony? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39859939

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