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Jan. 31st, 2021 08:59 pm
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Animals:

Scientists Unveil Ancient Sea Monsters Found In Angola - https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/659551721/scientists-unveil-ancient-sea-monsters-found-in-angola

Economics:

Viewpoint: Why Modi's currency gamble was 'epic failure' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41100610 From 2017

Geography:

An Interesting Fact About Every London Tube Station - https://thenudge.com/features/tube-facts/

Languages:

Trying to save South Africa's first language - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39935150

Miscellaneous:

Namibia's Himba people caught between traditions and modernity - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40247310

Slide Show: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Through the Years - https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/slide-show-ruth-bader-ginsburg-through-the-years

Should buying the morning-after pill be easier? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2k67StYBY0tMzNP1gs1xVSJ/should-buying-the-morning-after-pill-be-easier

Music:

Sia Is The 21st Century's Most Resilient Songwriter -https://www.npr.org/2018/11/06/664395501/sia-is-the-21st-centurys-most-resilient-songwriter

Politics:

Labour's Kezia Dugdale ‘was outed as gay against her will’ - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41082971 Also about other politicians's experiences of coming out.

Sport:

Athletics:

Doping: More than 30% of athletes at 2011 Worlds admit to doping - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/41084175

Football:

FA Cup: Billericay Town owner aiming for the Premier League - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40997071 From 2017, I think many things have changed with Billericay. They were the mid-2010s "that club with mad owners and wild plans".

Rugby union:

Premiership and Championship players to aid study into new head injury test - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41094045
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Actors:

James Nesbitt: Hair transplants helped me get better roles - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38956876

Business:

Self-employment 'reduces tax take' as firms avoid responsibilities - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38963653

No CEO: The Swedish company where nobody is in charge - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38928528 It sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Disability Works: Breaking down barriers in business - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38962050

Data visualisation:

Introduction to ggraph: Edges - https://www.data-imaginist.com/2017/ggraph-introduction-edges/

Geography:

Zealandia: Is there an eighth continent under New Zealand? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39000936

Literature:
Bram Stoker's Ever-Evolving List of Characters for Dracula -
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/04/23/bram_stoker_s_dracula_how_dracula_van_helsing_and_other_characters_came.html

Media:

How to Find Out If a “Local” Newspaper Site Is Fake (Using a New-ish Google Feature) -
https://hapgood.us/2017/07/03/how-to-find-out-if-a-local-newspaper-site-is-fake-using-a-new-ish-google-feature/

Miscellaneous:

How crafts workers are learning to sell their work - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38928869

Here's What TfL Learned From Tracking Your Phone On the Tube - http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/02/heres-what-tfl-learned-from-tracking-your-phone-on-the-tube/

The angry red panda that is Japan's new working woman - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38606355

Illuminating facts about the UK's art collection - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38340015

You're never alone at the Museum of Broken Relationships - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38960969

Why I Love (And Question) Independence Day - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/03/535060572/why-i-love-and-question-independence-day?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170703

4chan: The Skeleton Key to the Rise of Trump - https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/4chan-the-skeleton-key-to-the-rise-of-trump-624e7cb798cb I was never a 4chan-er, but friends were. From what they've said, bits of this don’t quite ring true. Then again it’s very right about the 4chan-ers that did escape the basement.

Plastic 'nurdles' found littering UK beaches - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39001011

Politics:

13 things you didn’t know about Brexit - https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-negotiation-issues-worrying-the-european-parliament/ From last Friday

Science:

Essential metals for crystallographers: copper, gallium and a lot of gold -
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/icamblog/essential-metals-for-crystallographers-copper-gallium-and-a-lot-of-gold/

Sport:

Formula 1:

Claire Williams: Budget cap would suit us - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/claire-williams-budget-cap-would-suit-us_sto6058277/story.shtml#uk-tw-sh

Technology:

Can your smartphone make you a safer driver? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38954975

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Oct. 10th, 2014 05:43 pm
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Geography:

The historical meanderings of the Mississippi River [by W. O. Dement for Harold Fisk, 1944] - https://i.imgur.com/AgKLb0M.jpg

Politics:

Tabloid readers, nationalists and the distrusting are most likely to be anti-immigration - http://may2015.com/issues/tabloid-readers-nationalists-and-the-distrusting-are-most-likely-to-be-anti-immigration/ Which I know comes under 'well, duh' but it's nice to see some numbers.

Science:

Chagas disease - inheriting a silent killer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29343210

Caesium: A brief history of timekeeping - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29476893
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My guess would be around 189.

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