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Life of Brian Modern Trailer
Stéphane Bouley (YouTube)
What if Monty Python's Life of Brian were a dramatic blockbuster theatrically released in the 2010s? It'd probably have a trailer a bit like this... -
Prime and Punishment
by Josh Dzieza For sellers, Amazon is a quasi-state. They rely on its infrastructure — its warehouses, shipping network, financial systems, and portal to millions of customers — and pay taxes in the form of fees. They also live in terror of its rules, which often change and are harshly enforced.
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Found OK0231 St Giles Webcam Cache, Oxford
This checkin to OK0231 St Giles Webcam Cache, Oxford reflects an opencache.uk log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Wandered out of my office and around the corner to this cache, which has long been on my to-do list, this afternoon. Waved at the new camera!
Note to future visitors: looks like the "lag time" … -
Need-maintenance OK0231 St Giles Webcam Cache, Oxford
This checkin to OK0231 St Giles Webcam Cache, Oxford reflects an opencache.uk log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Looks like the webcam is now back up, but the URL on this page needs revising to https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/webcams/ and/or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh48dJYojmE.
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We need a movement of developers and enthusiasts who loudly, proudly, use @mozilla @firefox as their primary browser....
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Jered Threatin
by Jessica Lussenhop “We would have been overjoyed if that many people actually turned up.”
Jessica Lussenhop (BBC News)
Remember Threatin? Earlier this year, this guy and his band played a European tour to... basically nobody. He'd faked having a successful US career, record deal, etc. and persuaded a handful of session musicians to tour … -
Having a second child worsens parents' mental health
by The Conversation For many parents, the decision to have a second child is made with the expectation that two can’t be more work than one. But our research on Australian parents shows this logic is flawed: second children increase time pressure and deteriorate parents’ mental health.
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The Conversation
New research shows that while it's … -
Festive Cranberry & Cinnamon Bagels
Dan shares a recipe for delicious and highly-seasonal bagels.
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These Dragon Christmas Decorations Are Tearing a Neighborhood Apart
by River Donaghey
A Louisiana woman's unusual Christmas decorations have inadvertently ignited a beef on her street—because they've apparently got her boring-ass neighbors worried that she's a member of a "demonic cult."
Author Diana Rowland just wanted to celebrate the spirit of the holiday season by, naturally, setting up a bunch of inflatable dragons on her … -
Browsers
by Jeremy Keith I’ve been using Firefox as my main browser for a while now, and I can heartily recommend it. You should try it (and maybe talk to your relatives about it at Christmas). At this point, which browser you use no longer feels like it’s just about personal choice—it feels part of something …
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See the @NYTimes story about how Dutch church @BethelDenHaag has been holding a non-stop six-week service in order to prevent the deportation of a family taking refuge within?
Story: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/world/europe/migrants-dutch-church-service.html
My take: https://danq.me/2018/12/15/to-protect-migrants-from-police-a-dutch-church-service-never-ends/ -
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial
by BMJ ...
Conclusion
Parachute use did not reduce death or major traumatic injury when jumping from aircraft in the first randomized evaluation of this intervention.
However, the trial was only able to enroll participants on small stationary aircraft on the ground, suggesting cautious extrapolation to high altitude jumps.
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Yeh et al (BMJ)
As always, when the BMJ … -
Performed maintenance for GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three
This checkin to GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. At community suggestion, replaced containers at waypoints #1 and #2 with smaller, more-discreet variants to help reduce risk of future muggling. A geocacher still shouldn't struggle to find these containers, though: they're pretty obvious once you're …
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To Protect Migrants From Police, a Dutch Church Service Never Ends
by Patrick Kingsley ...[A] marathon church service, which started more than six weeks ago, and hasn’t stopped since, can never take a break.
Under an obscure Dutch law, the police may not disrupt a church service to make an arrest. And so for the past six weeks, immigration officials have been unable to enter Bethel Church … -
If your kid stops believing in Santa this year...
by Imgur **********************************
"In our family, we have a special way of transitioning the kids from receiving from Santa, to becoming a Santa. This way, the Santa construct is not a lie that gets discovered, but an unfolding series of good deeds and Christmas spirit.
When they are 6 or 7, whenever you see that dawning suspicion …