redfiona99 | Entries tagged with food and drink

Dinosaurs (and related reptiles)

Fossilised eggs shed light on reign of pterosaurs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42177532 Before someone points out pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs ;)

Food and drink:

Nigeria's love affair with a Norwegian fish - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42137476

The avocado police protecting Mexico's green gold - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41635008

History:

Medieval people bathed - https://boingboing.net/2019/08/04/old-stank-overrated.html

Miscellaneous:

The Indian man who changed his name to Regret - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42091967 A much happier story than it sounds.

Politics:

What a complete cock-up the Tories have made of Brexit - https://reaction.life/complete-cock-tories-made-brexit From 2017

Social mobility: The worst places to grow up poor - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42112436 From 2017, still true. Not helped by local government funding being slashed.

Science:

What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today - https://medium.com/stanford-magazine/stanford-research-on-effects-of-radioactivity-from-bikini-atoll-nuclear-tests-on-coral-and-crab-dna-48459144020c

Space:

RemoveDebris: Space junk mission prepares for launch - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41973646

Sport:

Football:

FA Cup: AFC Fylde looking to cause shock against Wigan - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41926607 From 2017. Sadly they did not, but they did take them to a replay. (Article is actually more about their 15 year plan)

Ethnic minority coaches still face 'barriers' in English football - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42178440 Article from 2017. Still true. I think the EFL are still at the "deciding to introduce a Rooney rule equivalent".

Chapecoense plane crash: How the club is still defying the odds one year on - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42137506 From 2017

FIFA unveils Lev Yashin-themed poster for Russia's 2018 World Cup - https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/fifa-unveils-yashin-themed-poster-for-russia-s-2018-world-cup_sto6425512/story.shtml From 2017, let's be honest, the best thing about the 2018 World Cup was the rash of articles about Lev Yashin. Goalies need more love.

Brighton v Crystal Palace may be the weirdest rivalry in football - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-42151102

Football Manager at 25: From Tonton Zola Moukoko to Premier League club tool - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41966203

Animals:

Sold for a song: The forest birds captured for their tuneful voices - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/sold_for_a_song

Longer beaks in UK great tits 'down to garden feeders' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41696123

Dinosaurs:

Nodosaur Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Unveiled With Skin And Guts Intact - https://allthatsinteresting.com/nodosaur-dinosaur-mummy

Food and Drink:

Toronto Restaurant Fights Waste By Chopping Menu Prices Till Food Is Gone - https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/02/718298132/toronto-restaurant-fights-waste-by-chopping-menu-prices-till-food-is-gone

Literature:

How to Download the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain - https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvq99b/how-to-download-the-books-that-just-entered-the-public-domain Article from 2017

Miscellaneous:

What it's like being black and working class at Cambridge - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-41696224

Sport:

Cricket:

Women's Ashes 2017: What happened after England won the World Cup? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41546410 Article from 2017

Football:

Chelsea, Watford, Everton and Crystal Palace miss disabled spaces targets - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41698169 Article from 2017

Rugby Union:

Alhambra Nievas: Female referee hopes to 'create a pathway' for other women - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41698506

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

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

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1220221.html

Animals:

Eurasian lynx: Plan to return it to Kielder Forest to be submitted - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-40542306 Have a lynx link.

Architecture:

Eritrea capital Asmara makes World Heritage list - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40544406

Art:

Blue-sky thinking: How Yorkshire Sculpture Park broke the mould - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5dRb2phYh5zqddNYzQYhZyP/blue-sky-thinking-how-yorkshire-sculpture-park-broke-the-mould

Education:

10 charts that show the effect of tuition fees - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40511184

Food and drink:

The billionaire trying to make the world's best Pinot Noir - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40496904

Health:

Behind the Headlines - Your guide to the science that makes the news. - https://www.nhs.uk/news/ Because sometimes I get cranky while fact-checking other people’s medical science posts on tumblr, and occasionally in RL, may I humbly recommend the NHS’s website for when relatives declaim that baking soda cures cancer.

Law and order:

The prison monitor sacked after voicing her concerns - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39113391

Prison officers 'assaulted on regular basis' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40519755

Miscellaneous:

The love that survived a Chinese labour camp - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40544415

Madagascar: Where France's maritime history sails on - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40555125

Music:

The secrets of a hit summer song - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40497669

News:

Gay man wins Supreme Court case on equal pension rights - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40580596

Migrant crisis: 'Hipster right’ group trying to stop rescue ships - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40505337

Politics:

I don't normally post political cartoons, but this one is a cracker - https://rejectingrepublicans.tumblr.com/post/171644272454

Shoppers 'in the dark' about Brexit effect - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40530700

Most characteristic words in pro- and anti-feminist tweets - https://web.archive.org/web/20180928230709/http://www.prooffreader.com/2015/05/most-characteristic-words-in-pro-and.html

Science:

Subatomic science: 10 things we know (and don’t know) about the fabric of the universe - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3TgVv4h7Xd3y89N73XZ5z5p/subatomic-science-10-things-we-know-and-don-t-know-about-the-fabric-of-the-universe

Social media:

Taxonomy of Humans According to Twitter - By generating automated targeted ads, “The Infinite Campaign” exposes the bizarre rubrics Twitter uses to render its users legible. - https://thenewinquiry.com/taxonomy-of-humans-according-to-twitter/

Sport:

Football:

Fan's dying wish leads to Stranraer versus FC Twente game - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-40494622

Stop shouting: how Sweden tackled misbehaving parents at kids’ football - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jul/10/shouting-parents-football-sweden-football-code?CMP=fb_a-football_b-gdnfootball

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1219052.html

Food and drink:

Coffee under threat - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-fa38cb91-bdc0-4229-8cae-1d5c3b447337

Law and order:

Chicago goes high-tech in search of answers to gun crime surge - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40293666

Miscellaneous:

The young Indians riding a surfing wave - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40129586

My last night in prison? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40306016 Mysteriously, providing support and therapy helps!

Fin - the secret Facebook group of Nigerian women - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40261913

Science:

Chinese scientists to grow potatoes on the moon - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40272873

Sport:

If MLB Really Wants Shorter Games, It Needs to Figure Out Instant Replay - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yp8wa5/if-mlb-really-wants-shorter-games-it-needs-to-figure-out-instant-replay Possibly something that football needs to consider with VAR.

Cricket:

India cricket captain Mithali Raj calmly reads book before batting - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40398462 She is marvellous.

Football:

How Brighton v Crystal Palace grew into an unlikely rivalry - https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league-blog/2011/sep/27/brighton-crystal-palace-rivalry

Are African footballers more likely to die on the pitch? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40260280

Rugby Union:

British and Irish Lions: The inside story of Living With Lions - 20 years on - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40335537

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1208692.html

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

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1205814.html

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

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1189733.html

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.