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Mar. 22nd, 2020 11:34 am
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Fandom:

Thor: Ragnarok fight scene but Holding Out For A Hero is playing-https://deadcrushing.tumblr.com/post/171842048979/thor-ragnarok-fight-scene-but-holding-out-for-a Exactly what it says on the tin. Because sometimes fandom is silly and awesome.

Food and drink:

How a footballer became Africa's first Cognac maker - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40587894

Knitting:

The Costume Designer From "Black Panther" Blessed Us With A Pattern - https://www.buzzfeed.com/clairedelouraille/black-panther-costume-designer-released-shawl-pattern

Miscellaneous:

Liu Xiaobo: The man China couldn't erase - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-40585327

Janet Commins: How police caught her killer after 41 years - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40568522

News:

Grenfell Tower: A shadow over the capital - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40592626

Grenfell planner’s shock at burnt remains - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40571856

Women In Pakistan Dared To March — And Didn't Care What Men Thought - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/15/593549219/women-in-pakistan-dared-to-march-and-didnt-care-what-men-thought

Canadian Civil Rights Pioneer Will Appear On Country's $10 Bill - https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/13/593086064/civil-rights-pioneer-will-appear-on-canadas-10-bill

Religion:

Pakistan’s secret atheists - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40580196

Sport:

Athletics:

World Para-athletics: Richard Whitehead - marathon man turned 40-year-old sprint star - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/40574441

Cycling:

Tour de France 2017 - Tom Simpson: The British cyclist who pushed the sport too far - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/tour-de-france/2017/tour-de-france-2017-tom-simpson-the-british-cyclist-who-pushed-the-sport-too-far_sto6251996/story.shtml

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Nov. 24th, 2019 10:24 pm
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Food and Drink:

How women are changing champagne - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40165933

History:

Photographs reveal forgotten Manchester and Salford slums - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40003514

How the world's first accountants counted on cuneiform - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39870485

Miscellaneous:

The Mexican doctor rehydrating the dead - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40103868

Glasgow murals leave Billy Connolly 'flabbergasted' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40239903

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

World's oldest stamp business Stanley Gibbons up for sale - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40245067

The country where tampons may cause a security alert - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40221010

Got a minute? Eight interesting facts about time and work - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1xhJdHPFQF8HZMk0TCqVV3B/got-a-minute-eight-interesting-facts-about-time-and-work

Politics:

'Handmaid's tale' protest at US Ohio abortion bill - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40264004 From 2017

Links

Apr. 28th, 2019 11:22 am
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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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Films:

Cannibal film Raw is not meant to make you sick, says Julia Ducournau - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39329561

Food and Drink:

The drink Brits go to bed with and Indians wake up with - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39448013

Health:

Should exercise be compulsory at work? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39490607

Miscellaneous:

Could making the Ganges a 'person' save India's holiest river? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39488527

Hunting for treasure at low tide - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39365669

Parking fine appeal success varies between council areas - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39501476

Politics:

French election: Young alt-right making waves - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39433483 From before the last French election.
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Dance:

The performers proving age is no barrier to the stage - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37321767

Data Visualisation:

RANDOM FOREST TUTORIAL: PREDICTING CRIME IN SAN FRANCISCO - https://algobeans.com/2016/08/25/random-forest-tutorial/?utm_content=bufferff041&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Maps and Data Visualisations with R - http://spatial.ly/r/

Film Industry:

Hollywood trans roles under fire - again - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37312338

Food and Drink:

The fishy ingredient in beer that bothers vegetarians - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37350233

History:

Documents 'shed light' on Scotswoman killed at Auschwitz - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-37350918

Miscellaneous:

Want to age well - how about never retiring? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37307347

The north/south weather divide on hottest day of year - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37358456/the-northsouth-weather-divide-on-hottest-day-of-year

The strange story of a seized Hanjin ship and its lonely crew - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37335614

Can India really halve its road deaths? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37362728

Sport:

Football:

Football's biggest prize returns - but all its flaws are on show -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/champions-league/2015-2016/football-s-biggest-prize-returns-but-all-its-flaws-are-on-show_sto5851921/story.shtml

Paralympics:

Rio Paralympics 2016: Alex Zanardi wins gold on eve of 15-year crash anniversary -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37368133

Technology:

Tank at 100: Baptism of fire, fear and blood - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37302722

Theatre:

Race play's 'universal' message - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37295732
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Oh, you thought I was joking about the number of links ;)

Data visualisation:

A Compendium of Clean Graphs in R - http://shinyapps.org/apps/RGraphCompendium/index.php?utm_content=buffer32ead&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Really useful R graph examples.

Food and Drink:

Sneaking a taste of North Korea's finest beer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37316967

History:

Grunwick dispute: What did the 'strikers in saris' achieve? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37244466

Law and Order:

The terror of young offender institutions - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37291160

Miscellaneous:

The cartoonist called the 'Walt Disney of Brazil' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37284939

The man who squeezes muscles - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-6d083913-0bfb-4988-8cd8-d126fa6dcff1 Okay, so conflict of interest warning, St. Helens is one of the towns where Purple Aki used to do his muscle squeezing. I also can't help but think that if some weirdo was going round squeezing girls's muscles, the article about him would be less sympathetic.

What we know about Ri Chun-hee, the most famous woman in North Korea -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37317041/what-we-know-about-ri-chun-hee-the-most-famous-woman-in-north-korea

Grammars debate trumps expert consensus - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37315832

News:

7/7 bomber's former brother-in-law: 'There were no signs' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37324130

Politics:

Ail to the chief: A history of US presidential bad health - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37338018

How Hillary Clinton can get that ‘presidential look’ -
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/09/07/how-hillary-clinton-can-get-that-presidential-look/?utm_term=.059f29da2fcc From before the US election. Glorious satire.

Science:

Paolo Macchiarini: A surgeon’s downfall - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37311038

Science Fiction:

What if Star Trek Had Never Existed? - https://www.wired.com/2016/09/imagining-a-world-without-star-trek/

Amy Adams takes control in Arrival movie - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37295727

Sport:

Get Inspired: Great North Run and six inspirational stories - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/37305963

Football:

Sylvia Gore: England women's first goalscorer dies aged 71 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37201105

Paralympics:

Rio Paralympics 2016: Kadeena Cox aims to inspire black athletes - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37331510

Rio Paralympics: 50-year-old Kazakh woman sets new swimming record - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37317460

Technology:

Cybathlon: World's first 'bionic Olympics' gears up - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37196860

The ultra-Orthodox Jews combining tech and the Torah - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37300929

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