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These are my links for July 15th from 20:57 to 20:57:

• Mind Hacks: 80% genetic, 20% polyester - A rather beautiful explanation of how nature and nurture work together.

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Linkspam for July 14th through July 15th:

• Don’t Rain on My Parade at Street Anatomy - A road safety billboard in NZ features a huge child's face that bleeds during the rain. Video.
• Study catches 2 bird populations as they split into seperate species -
• Deep End Dining: Rude Food. Live Octopus Tentacles. The Prince. Los … - Eating live octopus tentacle. WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
• BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Cats ‘exploit’ humans by purring - Little bit skeptical but some cats really do make sounds like babies
• Do Uncommon Names Turn Kids Into Criminals? - Freakonomics Blog … - You know a write-up of a study is bad when even the NY Times thinks it's silly and wrong.

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These are my links for July 12th from 06:55 to 06:55:

• Eternal Manga Scanlations - Asch manga

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These are my links for July 11th from 01:00 to 01:00:

• s o a k e d - 1 100×100 set and 10 extra large light textures -

I'm sick. It's not serious, just annoying - I stay in bed all day and my cough sounds like a puppy trying to suppress a sneeze.

Mum and my brother are sick too. The local doctor's surgery recently had one of their GPs retire so you usually have to book at least a week in advance to see the remaining doctor. However, as soon as my mother mentioned "it looks like the flu" they managed to fit in an appointment straight away. Apparently they're really worried about Swine Flu. And now my mother thinks it's actually possible my cough is Swine Flu.

WAT?

Okay, so maybe she's not being totally illogical. This was in today's paper: Swine flu threat to wipe out workforce

"If you are sick, and you have the flu, then it's almost certainly swine flu," NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant told The Daily Telegraph yesterday.

WELL THAT'S REASSURING!

I'm not really worried - I don't even have a fever and I'm sure the rain and wind and boredom have a lot more to do with my lethargy than whatever bug I have. I doubt I have anything worse than a stubborn cold.

Still, national Swine Flu epidemic out of motherfuckin' nowhere. Didn't see that one coming at all.

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These are my links for July 9th from 01:22 to 01:22:

• Dr Petra Boynton I Blog I Reporting back from last night’s Troublemaker’s Fringe - On why science journalism is so bad and what to do about it

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These are my links for July 6th from 02:43 to 02:54:

• Jezebel - Animal Rights First, An End To Violence Against Women Later? - Animal awake ad - An ad that insists that cutting out the internal organs of a woman performing a striptease while she's alive is exactly the same as doing it to a fish. I'm all for preventing cruelty to animals but most animal rights organisations can go fuck themselves. Warning for potentially triggering video.
• PHP Security: Fortifying Your Website- Power Tips, Tools & How to’s | Noupe -

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These are my links for July 4th from 06:12 to 23:21:

• Badass of the Week: The Complete List - Someone appreciates the Australian Light Horse. My mother can die happy now.
• Any Screen Capture - Print screen capture software -
• Inbreeding & the downfall of the Spanish Hapsburgs : Gene Expression - Just finished TotA so I'm on a bit of a royal medieval history kick. LOL Kimlasca's probably inbred.
• National Grammar Day 2009: Ten Common Grammar Myths, Debunked « Motivated Grammar -
• The blue and the green | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine - Really cool optical illusion
• Parents cope with child with schizophrenia - Los Angeles Times - This is one of the saddest and most frightening things I've ever read.
• Asking for it – Bad Science - Ben Goldacre lays the smackdown on the "science proves women were asking for it" rape article from yesterday.

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These are my links for July 3rd from 05:33 to 22:24:

• Newsarama.com : The Supergirl Shorts Story: Talking to Jamal Igle - Well a character that flies and wears a skirt really should be wearing shorts underneath. It's just common sense.
• Bad Study of the Week: A Social Life Predisposes Women to Rape | Discoblog | Discover Magazine - Be sure to check the actual study press release in the comments, and just how different it is to the newspaper report. *mind boggles*
• Tiny frogs and giant spiders: the best of friends : Tetrapod Zoology - The spider will actually pick up the frog and examine it. I don't know if this is creepy or awesome.

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These are my links for July 3rd from 02:19 to 05:28:

• Calendar of Updates: Windows, Security Updates and Software Help - List of programs that sneak unwanted programs in with their download. Looks like when I downloaded Vuze I got that stupid ask.com toolbar with it that was breaking Firefox. If any of you FF users have been getting jar!file errors lately you might want to check your add-ons.
• Neanderthals Dried Fresh Meat, Wore Tailored Clothing – Energy Study « Anthropology.net -
• Zenobia: Empress of the East: Were Prehistoric European Cave Artists Female? -
• Sewer blobs of North Carolina : Pharyngula - Oh dear god, they way the damn things pulsate…. D:
• Speculations on the sex of the Moon « Archaeoastronomy -

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These are my links for July 2nd from 05:57 to 07:27:

• Well of Souls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -
• BBC - h2g2 - Handy Latin Phrases - Senito aliquos togatos contra me conspirare = I think some people in togas are plotting against me
• ‘Futurama’ Is Back! Grab a Can of Slurm and Settle In -
• Plastic Bamboo » Piano in a can - Exactly what it sounds like. Oh Japan…
• BBC - Earth News - Ant mega-colony takes over world - I just wanted an excuse to use the "I for one, welcome our new insect overlords" line.

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These are my links for June 29th from 02:21 to 02:21:

• 「モノ」 - 100X100 ICON TEXTURES -

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These are my links for June 28th from 02:10 to 02:10:

• Marienkefa’s deviantART gallery -

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These are my links for June 27th from 22:59 to 22:59:

• YOU GOT RICK ROLL’D - The mother of all Rickrolls. This page will take over your internet so don't click on it yourself or you won't be able to get rid of it.

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These are my links for June 27th from 18:54 to 19:39:

• Human Nature Today - "He theorizes that teenage girls may cut themselves as a way to demonstrate their ability to withstand infections." - the FUCK???
• Gallery - Carnivorous robots eager to eat your pests - Image 1 - New … - There's a coffee table that eats mice. I mean *literally* eats mice.

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These are my links for June 27th from 04:28 to 04:28:

• Photoshop Quick Tips #7 - Edgy Style Photo Treatment | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials -

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Linkspam for June 25th through June 26th:

• YouTube - Crazy Old Goat - I never knew a slobbering goat could be so hilarious.
• She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy. - - Interesting essay that's critical of Twilight but also talks about how to write romance in general and how a bad romance can ruin a story

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Linkspam for June 23rd through June 24th:

• Ground hornbills: savannah-dwelling, avian pseudo-hominids : Tetrapod Zoology - Scary birdy is scary
• YouTube - Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed) - XD
• Can We Blame Our Bad Behavior on Stone-Age Genes? | Newsweek Newsweek Culture | Newsweek.com - Beautiful debunking of evo-psych

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These are my links for June 23rd from 06:35 to 06:35:

• [HIDDEN-CURRENTS.ORG/ABYSS] - (formerly INFO.ABISU.NET) YOUR ONE STOP GUIDE WITH USELESS INFORMATION TO SATISFY ALL YOUR ABYSS NEEDS LULZ -

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These are my links for June 21st from 02:25 to 02:30:

• omgggwth: Eight. - Picspam of Iranian women during the protests
• Report calls for changes to rape coverage - Media, News - The Independent - "Currently only 5.7 per cent of rapes reported in the UK lead to a criminal conviction" - Holy shit!