The weekend coffee, featuring glow-in-the-dark cats and more methane
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Volunteers at women’s health centres apparently get pelted with small rubber “dog-toy” like fetuses |
| The Psychology of Conspiracy |  |
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If you need proof that the UK’s libel laws are over-the-top, check out the manner in which criticisms of a person’s behaviour need to be expressed, in order to avoid lawsuits. |
| As a denizen of the Internet, you are no doubt aware of that annoying quiz in which your own writing is compared to famous authors. But be aware that it is flawed:
Input some Lovecraft, and it will identify it as Orwell-like. Input some Orwell, and it will be identified as being similar to Margaret Mitchell. |
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Remember a few weeks ago when we linked to scaremongering over methane releases from the BP oil spill? Well, now the scaremongering has gone even more extreme — to doomsday scenarios!
Of course, these do not stand up to scrutiny. But excellent scaremongering nonetheless! |
| Historians say that they have located King Arthur’s table. And here I was thinking that King Arthur was just a myth.
Are the stories about Merlin true, too? |
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It has been shown everywhere I look on the Internet. Everywhere. But I will still link to it, because I continue to love absolutely everything that Improv Everywhere does. |
| Need a place to crash for a month? Like museums? Then apply to live at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry for a month.
Oh, you get paid, too. On the downside, you’ll be expected to write. Scary. |
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