Art:The blind sculptor who thinks everyone should touch art -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-29837275 History:Government to 'retire' some of its WW1 debt -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29844961 The interesting bit to me comes later on in the story
"The continued existence of the war bond debt illustrates the lasting shadow cast by World War One. According to the UK Treasury there are currently 11,200 registered holders of the bonds. Winston Churchill first issued “4% Consols” in 1927 when he was Chancellor partly to refinance bonds from the First World War. In addition to the war bonds, some of the debt being refinanced by the Treasury dates back to the 18th Century. One of these bonds was issued by William Gladstone in 1853 to consolidate the capital stock of the South Sea Company, which was founded in 1711. The South Sea Company collapsed during the South Sea Bubble financial crisis of 1720, leaving behind it a lot of debt."Windscale Piles: Cockcroft's Follies avoided nuclear disaster -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-29803990Language:This 81-Year-Old Wrote a Dictionary to Save Her Tribe’s Dying Language -
http://www.ryot.org/native-america-wukchumni-dictionary-language-extinction/855101 Just ignore the editorialising about the death of English because, horror of horrors, new neologisms are entering the language.
Law and Order:How Louisiana Became The World's 'Prison Capital' -
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/05/154352977/how-louisiana-became-the-worlds-prison-capitalMiscellaneous:Meet the metal detectorists saving marriages -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29800160 Other people are apparently as bad as I am for losing jewellery. Their's is just more important ;)
The Adventures of the World's Greatest Counterfeiter -
http://www.gq.com/long-form/the-great-paper-caper Via @TwistedSifter on twitter.
How to Buy Food: The Psychology of the Supermarket -
http://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/how-to/article/supermarket-psychology Via @TwistedSifter on twitter.
How Different Groups Spend Their Day -
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html?_r=0 The results of the American Time Use survey 2008. Via @TwistedSifter on twitter.
Five Ways to Lie with Charts -
http://nautil.us/issue/19/illusions/five-ways-to-lie-with-chartsWhat lies beneath London? -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29566275 From deep-level air raid shelters to the colossal Crossrail construction, beneath London lies a labyrinth of tunnels. BBC News delved underground to visit some of the capital's rarely seen subterranean spots.
Watch a Japanese Kokeshi Doll Emerge From a Spinning Block of Wood -
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/10/watch-a-japanese-kokeshi-doll-emerge-from-a-spinning-block-of-wood/Baroness Trumpington profile: From Lloyd George to the Lords -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27888144 She has worked at Bletchley Park, served as a headmaster's wife, mayor of Cambridge, a government whip and as a health minister. Besides this, she famously flicked a V-sign to her colleague Tom King during a Lords debate.Who The Hell Keeps Calling Me? -
http://digg.com/2014/when-gamergate-hits-the-wrong-target Or the gamergate idiots can't even dox the right people. Via
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Science:Geneticists tap human knockouts -
http://www.nature.com/news/geneticists-tap-human-knockouts-1.16239 -
Sequenced genomes reveal mutations that disable single genes and can point to new drugs. Although part of me wants to agree with the commenter on inthepipeline who pointed out that these aren't knockout mutations.
Ebola crisis: A village fights back in Sierra Leone -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29899630 Or, yet more evidence that local knowledge is vital.
Why NASA Blew Up a Rocket Just After Launch -
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141030-first-person-rocket-explosion-antares/ A National Geographic staffer's on-scene account of the Antares rocket failure. Sports:Two football/free speech articles:
FA made £350,000 from Twitter fines in just three years -
https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/fa-made-%C2%A3350-000-from-twitter-fines-in-just-three-years-101858229.htmlPornhub sponsored team banned from football league -
https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/pornhub-sponsored-team-banned-from-football-league-145621037.html#more-idFootball:
Rayo Vallecano fans produce brilliant, Simpsons-themed protest banners -
https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/rayo-vallecano-fans-produce-brilliant--simpsons-themed-protest-banners-151633262.html#more-id Or, the Rayo Vallecano fans would like for their matches to not always be the Monday night match.
Formula 1:
Formula 1: Where does all the money go? -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29905081 Really interesting if you've got even a passing interest in F1, and it explains why the gap between the big teams and the rest never seems to get any smaller. (And when it does, it's because Ferrari have stuffed up, again. Why can you not hire engineers as good as your lawyers, Ferrari?)
Caterham & Marussia struggles highlight need for cost-cutting - FIA -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29841569 We've been saying this for years.
BBC pundit slams ‘disgraceful’ and 'unfair' Formula One -
https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/motorhead-uk/jordan--formula-one-is--unfair--and--disgrace-165218934.html#more-id ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
