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5 votes
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EU states clash over use of toxic mercury in light bulbs – lighting industry's exemption from 2011 ban may jeopardise climate goals says Sweden
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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
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New data from Sweden challenges the idea that parents of autistic children refrain from having more children, a practice known as reproductive stoppage
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An unsettling new theory: There is no "swing voter"
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How -- and why -- advertisers are looking at gaming and esports
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Finland to become EU's only uranium producer – Finnish government gave the green light on Thursday for state-owned Terrafame to extract and refine
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What did you do this week?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
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Plans for a Formula One Grand Prix to be held in Denmark have been shelved despite the FIA granting approval to a street layout in Copenhagen
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Five cheap(ish) things to make the perfect cup of coffee
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Board-game piece from period of first Viking raid found on Lindisfarne – small glass crown thought to be rare archaeological link to raiders
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Forget face masks and rubber gloves. The best way to avoid the coronavirus is frequent hand washing, according to a medical adviser to the world’s airlines.
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Tesla remotely disables Autopilot on used Model S after it was sold
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What's the deal with meta advertising?
I don't watch T.V very often, but do - when I'm up (which is infrequent given I'm outside the U.S) - watch the NBA. Recently I've had a little time so have watched a few games live. Doing so, I...
I don't watch T.V very often, but do - when I'm up (which is infrequent given I'm outside the U.S) - watch the NBA. Recently I've had a little time so have watched a few games live. Doing so, I was quite taken aback at how commonplace humour and meta advertising are nowadays. Is this just a U.S thing?
Is there any research out there on when and why advertisers started doing this? Seems like every other ad shoots for either humour or "we know you know this is an ad, you're clearly smart enough to realise that, so smart in fact you might want to buy into our brand". Whatever the case, as ever, grateful for resources/discussion from those more in the know than I.
EDIT: A good example that is equal parts humour/meta is LeBron James' Super Bowl Sprite Ad.
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What does Waitangi Day mean to you? He aha te tikanga o te Rangi o Waitangi ki a koe?
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US oil executives moved from house arrest to prison after Juan Guaido meets with Donald Trump
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The billion-dollar disinformation campaign to re-elect the US President
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World's First Classical Chinese Programming Language
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Boeing's Starliner could have failed catastrophically during a December mission if a software error hadn't been found and fixed while the vehicle was in orbit
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police are raiding Wet’suwet’en land defender camps
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Do duplicates need to be pointed out, or do we not care?
Looking at the Activity page right now, there are 2 different pointers to 2 different articles about turning off auto-play on Netflix. I totally get why people are excited about this! My question...
Looking at the Activity page right now, there are 2 different pointers to 2 different articles about turning off auto-play on Netflix. I totally get why people are excited about this!
My question is, do we care about duplicates? Some forums ask people to notify a mod and they combine the threads. Others just let them be. Is there an official stance on this here?
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Androcles and the Lion
In a time of ancient legends, Androcles was a runaway slave. He took shelter in a cave where a wounded Lion lived. By removing a thorn from his paw Androcles cured the beast; The Lion was very...
In a time of ancient legends, Androcles was a runaway slave.
He took shelter in a cave where a wounded Lion lived.
By removing a thorn from his paw Androcles cured the beast; The Lion was very pleased.
And then The Lion ate Androcles because he was a fucking lion.
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Don’t pin the butterfly: Not all hobbies need to become hustles
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Protocol, a new media company from the publisher of Politico, focusing on the people, power, and politics of technology
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The Jesus Rolls | Official trailer
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SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online starting at $1 million
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Children of Morta - Shrine of Challenge free content update
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Jameela Jamil announces she is ‘queer’ after backlash over TV role
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Dylan Tallchief - I made an entire DAW in Excel
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Sam Raimi in talks to direct ‘Doctor Strange 2’
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Netflix will now let you disable its awful autoplaying feature
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How Twitter's default settings enabled a security researcher to discover phone numbers for over seventeen million accounts
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Are there any musical genres unique to your nation that you would like to share?
Here in Brazil we have many unique song genres not heard past national borders. The most well known ones are Brazilian funk (completely unrelated to American funk), Pagode e Sertanejo. Russian...
Here in Brazil we have many unique song genres not heard past national borders. The most well known ones are Brazilian funk (completely unrelated to American funk), Pagode e Sertanejo.
Russian hardbass and British Chav Rap are good too.
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The trial of Charles I (1649)
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Kunai | Release trailer
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ScourgeBringer | Early Access release trailer
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The strangest job listings in tech
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Elizabeth Warren before she was a politician
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Website puzzle that was posted to Tildes?
A while ago, maybe like a year ago? There was a thread and two websites were linked to that were basically puzzle sites. As in the sites themselves were the puzzle and you had to find clues in the...
A while ago, maybe like a year ago? There was a thread and two websites were linked to that were basically puzzle sites. As in the sites themselves were the puzzle and you had to find clues in the site to get to the next page. It was very cool but I managed to lose the link and was hoping someone might know what I'm talking about. We ringing any bells?
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Mycroft is being targeted by a patent troll
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“Flood the zone with shit”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy
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Extreme Silicon Valley: A 2:30 AM bus from Salida. Tech employees move all the way into the Central Valley. Private tech shuttles follow.
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What creative projects have you been working on?
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on. Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just...
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on.
Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just ideas.
If you have any creative projects that you have been working on or want to eventually work on, this is a place for discussing those.
A list of all previous topics in this series can be found here.
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There’s nothing thrilling about trauma
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Robyn will be crowned as Songwriter Of The Decade at next week's NME Awards 2020
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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
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Kurikka in Finland is offering free gym sessions to everyone over the age of 65
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The Prince of Egypt - A forgotten masterpiece
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Sweden has been criticized by the UN for failings when it comes to the rights of the indigenous Sámi people
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Surprise for New York renters: No more broker fees
8 votes