Links from John Coxon

These are the links I've saved to Pinboard in the last day. They also get posted to Twitter.

• Hot &Hot: BuzzFeed - Latest: Lana Wachowski's Moving Speech About Growing Up Transgender
  When one visits this webpage it fills your back button history with itself, so hitting back takes you nowhere. How does it do that? And is there any way that it could be stopped?
  

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• Mark Ruffalo Ships Science Bros | The Mary Sue
  Mark Ruffalo finds out about science bros. Squee!
  
• New AMC Show: "Blade Runner Meets BSG." Yes Please! – io9
  BALLISTIC CITY is a proposed AMC series described as BLADE RUNNER meets BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Ooooh.
  

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• Game of Thrones-inspired house sigils celebrate scientific exploration – io9
  House sigils for various space exploration projects in the style of GAME OF THRONES.
  
• How Large Will the Paid Feed Reader Market Be? - Rumproarious
  How many people might be willing to pay for RSS? Some approximations and some maths later…
  
• 22º Solar Halos in Cuba – Duncan Davidson
  Pictures of solar halos (think circular rainbows) in Cuba.
  
• This Image Should NOT be Seen by the Whole World | How to be an Anthropologist
  A blog post correcting some misinformation regarding Chief Raoni of the Brazilian Kayapo tribe.
  
• Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. So the DEA Put Him in Prison | Threat Level | Wired.com
  The story of a man who installed compartments in cars, and his encounter with the federal government.
  
• Dyson Sphere Searches
  A compilation of results from searches for Dyson Spheres (last updated 2010).
  
• The Touch-Screen Generation - Hanna Rosin - The Atlantic
  How do iPads related to children and their education?
  
• Who’s Winning, iOS or Android? All the Numbers, All in One Place | TIME.com
  Pie charts! They have smartphone market numbers behind them! They're blue and red and yellow!
  
• The Myth of Margaret Thatcher | REASON IN REVOLT
  Incisive analysis of Margaret Thatcher's time as Prime Minister.
  
• Paedophilia: bringing dark desires to light | Society | The Guardian
  A Grauniad article on paedophilia. Possibly triggering, and I'm not sure I agree with all of it.
  
• Overanalyzing Neil Gaiman's Digital Minds Conference keynote address | MobyLives
  Discussion of @neilhimself's recent keynote at the publishing industry's Digital Minds conference.
  
• High Schooler Protests 'Slut-Shaming' Abstinence Assembly
  A student protests an abstinence-only high school assembly, her principal threatens to call her college and badmouth her. Yay?
  
• The PA Report - Why your games are made by childless, 31 year old white men, and how one studio is fighting back
  The videogame industry has an extraordinarily high developer turnover due to unhealthy work environments.
  
• A Cornerstone for Open Data: The Postcode Address File | Open Data Institute
  Why Royal Mail shouldn't be allowed to keep the postcode database upon going private.
  
• StimHack » Drafting with Netrunner
  If you want to draft with Netrunner this could be a useful guide.
  
• Secret Government Document Reveals: German Federal Police Plans To Use Gamma FinFisher Spyware
  Read this if you want to learn about the spyware and malware being used by the German government.
  
• The science behind meditation, and why it makes you feel better – io9
  io9 summarises the evidence and findings around meditation and what it does to your brain.
  

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• The anti-drone hoodie that helps you beat Big Brother's spy in the sky | Art and design | The Guardian
  A hoodie that renders you invisible to surveillance by drones.
  
• Controversy Over Planet-Naming Contest Heats Up | Uwingu & IAU | Space.com
  Uwingu strikes back at the IAU over a controversy regarding exoplanet nomenclature.
  
• These Abandoned Power Stations Are Majestic in Their Decay – io9
  io9 with some photographs and footage of abandoned power stations. More cool images in the comments, too.
  
• Friends Reunion Will Never Ever Happen, Says Co-Creator Marta Kauffman | E! Online
  Is there going to be a FRIENDS reunion on NBC? Marta Kauffman says 'no'. Move along.
  
• How to Write a Scientific Paper
  A funny look at how to write a scientific paper. Thanks to @physicsJ for the link ages ago.
  
• Is Psychology About to Come Undone? - Percolator - The Chronicle of Higher Education
  A project to attempt to replicate every result in a few journals of psychology for a year has some psychologists nervous.
  
• God Save the British Economy - NYTimes.com
  An interview with Adam Posen, an American who was appointed to the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England.
  
• Neil Gaiman on Writing, Singing and Shaving | Lifehacker Australia
  Some choice titbits from @neilhimself about writing.
  
• Britain's Economy Is a Disaster and Nobody Is Entirely Sure Why - Matthew O'Brien - The Atlantic
  A discussion of the disconnect between Britain's investment, economic growth and employment statistics.
  
• What's Wrong With #FirstWorldProblems - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic
  An excellent discussion of the #firstworldproblems hashtag and why it's patronising from @tejucole.
  
• Polish becomes England's second language | UK news | The Guardian
  An article that tells you the most used languages in the UK. Apparently Gujarati is most heard in Leicester.
  
• David Owen's NHS bill offers a final chance to save our health service – New Statesman
  A bill introduced by David Owen in the House of Lords aims to preserve the legal duty for an English NHS.
  
• The Treachery of Translators - NYTimes.com
  A funny and interesting article from a translator about how works of fiction are translated.
  
• A Letter To The Guy Who Harassed Me Outside The Bar – Role/Reboot
  An open letter regarding rape culture, harassment and men making women feel unsafe in public.
  
• How Disney Bought Lucasfilm—and Its Plans for 'Star Wars' - Businessweek
  Great article about Disney, its growth and why Bob Iger bought Lucasfilm.
  

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• How Science Fiction Has Kept Daft Punk in Our Ears | Motherboard
  Is SF the reason that Daft Punk has remained so popular?
  
• The Millions : The Weird 1969 New Wave Sci-Fi Novel that Correctly Predicted the Current Day
  A SF novel from 1969 that got a lot right in its predictions about 2013.
  
• Enceladus to Scale (NASA Cassini Saturn Mission Images)
  A fantastic image of Enceladus above the United Kingdom. Something to be used in @loncon3 stuff?
  
• The 1970s Version of 4Chan Relied on Telephones for Their Pranks - io9
  io9 with a fascinating excerpt from a book talking about Steve Jobs and Woz phreaking in the 1970s.
  
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  Amusing infographic telling you where to sit in different table plans.
  
• Why I left Google - JW on Tech - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
  James Whittaker, a former Google exec, on why he left the company.
  
• The Minecraft Creator Markus Persson Faces Life After Fame : The New Yorker
  The New Yorker turns its excellent journalism to an interview with @notch.
  
• Inspired by Anita Sarkeesian’s Video Game Tropes... | Indistinguishable From Magic
  Dresden Codak with excellent mockups of what the manual for a game with Zelda as the protagonist would look like.
  
• shock: social science fiction
  An interesting-looking (and _very_ orange) roleplaying system that lets you create your own futures in which to play.
  
• ON THE FRONT: How To Change A Worldcon
  John Picacio, the Hugo Award-winning artist, on how to change a worldcon (with reference to @lonestarcon3).
  
• Game of Thrones House Sigils for the Internet – Tha Big Cheese
  Various parts of the Internet depicted as houses from GAME OF THRONES.
  
• How to Fix (Discussion of) The Hugo Awards | Ruthless Culture
  Really good blog post talking about @TheHugoAwards and how to fix them/discussion of them.
  
• Jacks of Science » Blog Archive » Awkward Science Stock Photography
  Some _hilarious_ science stock photography.
  
• The PA Report - Quadrilateral Cowboy is a cyberpunk game for the ‘80s, with turrets controlled via blinking
  Completely brilliant-looking videogame QUADRILATERAL COWBOY is something I am really looking forward to.
  
• Cook Says Lives Enriched Matters More Than Money Made: Interview - Bloomberg
  An interview with Tim Cook by Bloomberg.
  
• How text-based war games are challenging representations of conflict – New Statesman
  Text-based games that discuss and challenge conflict. May have to give some a try!
  
• Captain America Shield in Photoshop | Abduzeedo Design Inspiration & Tutorials
  A tutorial to draw Captain America's shield in Photoshop.
  
• Dad's Story Of Getting His Son A 'Sofia The First' DVD Puts Him Up For Father Of The Year (PHOTO)
  This guy's son wanted a princess DVD and a guy in line took the piss: the dad's response is cool.
  
• Ready Player One - Official Spotify Soundtrack by Ernie Cline on Spotify
  The official soundtrack to READY PLAYER ONE by Ernie Cline, on Spotify. Only five songs, but hey. @RevJB
  
• Favorite Book Cover Designs of 2012 - Slide Show - NYTimes.com
  The NYT asked graphic designers to name their 19 favourite book covers from 2012.
  

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• Distractions in Space
  Funny excerpts from the Apollo 10 mission logs. Worth a look!
  
• 2 Letters from Steve | David Gelphman's Blog
  Rather moving story about Steve Jobs' reply to an employee who wanted to do something for a friend.
  

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• Is the US Postal Service Biased Against Atheists? Check Out This Study
  The US Postal Service may be biased against atheists and their mail.
  
• The Truth About Immigration: Are Foreigners Jumping the Queue? | Scriptonite Daily
  An article explaining what benefits and other things immigrants to the UK are eligible for.
  
• Diaspora - Freeware Battlestar Galactica Game
  Diaspora is a game set in the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA universe based on the FreeSpace 2 open-source engine.
  

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These are the links I've saved to Pinboard in the last day. They also get posted to Twitter.

• Paris in 2019
  A very prospective bid to hold Worldcon in Paris in 2019. Intriguing.
  

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These are the links I've saved to Pinboard in the last day. They also get posted to Twitter.

• 6 Board Games That Ruined It for Everyone | Cracked.com
  Great Cracked article about six common board games that kinda suck and six that are much better.
  
• Carrie Fisher to return as Princess Leia in 'Star Wars: Episode VII' | The Verge
  Carrie Fisher says in interview that she's coming back to Star Wars.
  
• Mark Hamill Muses on New 'Star Wars': 'Go Retro' | ETonline.com
  Mark Hamill muses on the new Star Wars, ponders being the new Obi-Wan.
  
• Matt Groening's Artwork for Apple — VintageZen
  Matt Groening did some artwork for Apple advertisements!
  

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• BREAKING: Huge Meteor Explodes Over Russia.
  The @badastronomer's list of Russian meteor materials.
  
• zyalt: Взрыв метеорита в небе над Уралом... Вся информация в одном посте.
  A LiveJournal post from a Russian that also compiles some meteor videos and images.
  

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