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» Science-Based Medicine – Comprehensive Refutation of Antivaccinationists Very good round-up of the history of the antivax movement, and why it is wrong to try and blame autism on vaccines. Anecdotes are not data. Correlation does not imply causation. Protect children from ignorance. Repeat. » The Gourmet Depot Co. – appliance sales, parts and accessories… Continue reading Recent Links, 20090305

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» Desktop Flickr Organizer for Gnome Useful tool for editing tags, sets and descriptions of your Flickr photos offline, then uploading and syncing your changes. Must buy a new camera. Works under Gnome, so fine for Ubuntu. » Bad Science » Help! Legal Chill from LBC 97.3 over Jeni Barnett’s MMR scaremongering (a bit old… Continue reading Recent Links, 20090218

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Recent Links, 20090127

» Eminemmy Hill vs Doctor Who Absolutely astounding music video/documentary, and proof of alien life. » Grave threat to UK privacy – Write to your MP now! Hidden in the new Coroners and Justice Bill is one clause (cl.152) amending the Data Protection Act. It would allow ministers to make ‘Information Sharing Orders’, that can… Continue reading Recent Links, 20090127

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Recent Links, 20090106

» ‘I will protest the CHE movie on opening night’ – PledgeBank Interesting counterpoint to the popular image of Che Guevara, and also a nasty little flamewar about Israel and Gaza in the comments. Why the pledge owner felt the need to state they like Ayn Rand I have no idea. » Amazon Filler Item… Continue reading Recent Links, 20090106

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Recent Links, 20081215

» Strange Attractor – 20 signs you don’t want that internal social media project Oh Sharepoint… The pain of recognition. » Charlie Brooker’s Screen Burn | Oliver Postgate RIP Brooker takes a break from the savage wit to write a heartfelt and affecting tribute to the late Oliver Postgate, who created so many classic kids… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081215

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» YouTube – Section 25 “Looking from a Hilltop” (Version 1) I walked past the Hulme Crescents every day on my way to college. They were covered in posters for anti-poll tax gigs. » Comforter Clips – Bed Bath & Beyond I need this cos I have this problem and it drives me mad. »… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081208

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» Gay marriage: the database engineering perspective @ Things Of Interest Interesting article describing human relationships in terms of databases. Old inflexible database structures would talk about “husbands” and “wives”, and one husband could be married to one wife. But in reality (whether you like it or not, Prop 8 bigots) we are all “humans”,… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081201

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» John Peel Wiki Complete with MP3s of all his shows, and listings of tracks played. Wonderful. (via Phil Gyford) » Open Rights Group » Ordnance Survey cripples Gov Show Us A Better Way winners The Ordnance Survey are getting all whiney with what should be public data. Dicks. » Matthias Rath, the alternative health… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081113

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Recent Links, 20081110

» The locals slag you off (Phil Gyford: Writing) Mr Gyford seems to be going through the same thought processes and dilemmas I have about Facebook, Twitter et al. » Blood tastes good » Drink-soaked Trotskyite Popinjays for WAR …and another perspective on the recent US Election. NSFW, rude written words. Refreshing though. » Guy… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081110

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» 365 Days Of Trash Experiment to not throw anything away for a year. Worm farm, basement full of stuff etc. Over 300 days through now, and he’s had to reduce his consumption to keep on top of it. That said, the photos look quite liveable. » Language – The New Adventures of Mr Stephen… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081105

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