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andrewducker
October 10 2019, 11:05

Interesting Links for 10-10-2019

Church of Scotland considers selling half Aberdeen's churches: (tags:religion Scotland )
Private Equity Is Swallowing The World: (tags:business investment )
Tory party faces split over any no-deal election manifesto: (tags:conservatives Europe Doom )
A Chinese game developer speaks out on Blizzard and Hong Kong: (tags:china HongKong games )
Brexit is a necessary crisis - it reveals Britain's true place in the world: (tags:UK history business Europe perspective )
Toilet paper manufacturer says UK supplies 'will not withstand' a no-deal Brexit: (tags:toilets paper UK Europe Doom )
EU Brexit negotiator tears apart Boris Johnson's plan point by point: (tags:uk europe fail )
Tony Blair: Scottish nationalism is distinct from Brexit populism: (tags:tonyblair Scotland politics )
Russian trolls' chief target was black US voters in 2016 (encouraging them not to vote for Clinton, or at all): (tags:race politics USA Russia )
Good Actor and Deepfake AI Technology Create Disturbingly Realistic Results: (tags:video fake impressive technology )
Vaginal-fluid transplants treat incurable condition in pilot study: (tags:vagina microbiome )
Beware of Cranks: Misguided attempts to solve impossible mathematical problems: (tags:mathematics fraud )
Beijing Takes Aim at Prague After 'One-China' Dispute Deepens: (tags:China Europe )
Turkish troops advance into Syria as Trump washes his hands of the Kurds: (tags:Syria Turkey OhForFucksSake )
A liberal approach to extremism is taking shape - but will the government let it survive?: (tags:UK politics terrorism liberal )
A Solar Power Plant designed to deliver 100% of the electricity after sunset: (tags:solarpower batteries africa )
A year ago Boris Johnson regretted his choices. I wonder how he feels now.: (tags:BorisJohnson Doom )

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conuly
October 10 2019, 03:32

How coincidental!

Here I am trying to decided between Boyntons to give to a friend for her baby (and heroically resisting an urge to buy ALL THE BOYNTONS) and she's up on Metafilter. Like many of the commenters I can, fully a decade and change after the nieces outgrew them, still recite a several Boyntons entirely by heart. Which I actually up and did shortly after deciding to send this bookish present.

(Psst - which are your top three Boynton books?)

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conuly
October 10 2019, 01:26

While we were gone yesterday our new next door neighbor cut down a tree between the properties

Which is absolutely fine - we okayed this, that tree absolutely HAD to go, and he covered the cost entirely, which is good because if we could've covered it, we would've done it years ago.

It's better for that tree to be gone, but once he puts up the fence on the line like we also signed off on I'm going to measure out a reasonable distance and put a new tree in. Something that doesn't spread too much with the roots, good for narrow spaces.

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andrewducker
October 9 2019, 11:34

Interesting Links for 09-10-2019

Following the game plan: Merkel call latest pantomime act in No.10's Brexit's strategy: (tags:UK Europe Doom )
A physics lecturer in why humanities courses are better at teaching critical thinking: (tags:science humanities thinking academia )
I had no idea France was so deeply intertwined with the economies of its ex colonies in Africa: (tags:France Africa currency economics )
People Prefer Their Jobs To Be Taken By Robots, Not Other Workers: (tags:psychology jobs robots )
Reading this account of a woman stabbing her daughter, and am baffled there's no mention of mental health.: (tags:parenting mentalhealth wtf )
It's almost funny watching Johnson and Cummings flail about trying to find a way to defeat parliament. If it wasn't also so serious...: (tags:politics law UK )
Dominic Cummings memo reveals that he doesn't understand the EU: (tags:UK Europe Doom )
Artifact: What Went Wrong With Valve's Card Game?: (tags:design games fail )
Russia's Disinformation War Is Just Getting Started: (tags:Russia fraud socialnetworking disinformation )
'A masterpiece': Norwich council houses win Stirling architecture prize for being environmentally and socially aware: (tags:architecture housing design environment )
Unicef now accepting donations through bitcoin: (tags:bitcoin UnitedNations children charity )
The most credible banking phishing attempt I've seen.: (tags:banking fraud )
Brexit: Parliament to sit on a Saturday for first time in 37 years in last-ditch Boris Johnson bid to stop delay: (tags:uk europe politics )
China and Taiwan clash over Wikipedia edits: (tags:wikipedia china taiwan )
Obsessed fan finds Japanese idol's home by zooming in on reflections in her eyes: (tags:eyes stalking OhForFucksSake japan )
Dog owners are over 30% less likely to die from cardiovascular causes: (tags:heart death dogs )
Euromyths - 1992-2017: (tags:europe myths eu )
The Nobile Officium Cases - the way forward: (tags:law UK europe )

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savagelove
October 9 2019, 07:16

This week in Savage Love: Three city swing

https://aux.avclub.com/this-week-in-savage-love-three-city-swing-1838876085

We brought Savage Love Live to the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, and the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis over three nights. As is always the case at live shows, the crowd had more questions than I could possibly answer in a single night. So in this week’s column, I’m going to tear…

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I'm less angry that Ellen is friends with George Bush than I am that she shook hands with Governor Abbott, who is actively undercutting LGBT protections.