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  1. Innula Zenovka

    Nominate a British scientist to appear on the new £50 note

    The Bank of England is going to issue a new design of £50 notes and has asked the public to nominate people whose image the Bank of England should incorporate as part of the design. They say In the past, scientists who've appeared on British notes include George Stephenson, Charles Darwin...
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    showtime Showtime announce a new series of Penny Dreadful

    Not sure how I feel about this -- it's difficult to imagine Penny Dreadful without Eva Green as Vanessa Ives. But maybe "Sometimes what’s dead doesn’t always remain" means she'll be resurrected anyway.
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    cable BBC America greenlights a "punk rock thriller" based on Sir Terry Pratchett's Night Watch characters.

    BBC AMERICA GREENLIGHTS ORIGINAL SCRIPTED SERIES THE WATCH
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    Study reveals differing sexual fantasies of Republicans and Democrats

    Republicans and Democrats Don’t Just Disagree About Politics. They Have Different Sexual Fantasies. Furthermore, and I hide what follows behind a spoiler tag because it's so horrifying
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    China's massive "Re-education Camps" for the Uighurs of Xinjiang province

    Lengthy and disturbing article on the BBC website about the network of hidden camps into which large numbers of the Uighur minority are vanishing: China's hidden camps - BBC News The Uighurs, who are Muslims, are up in the west of China, and have more in common with other people in Central...
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    Why many of us may have already bought our last car, according to the BBC

    Why you have (probably) already bought your last car Interesting look at how fast driverless cars and transport as a service may replace conventional automobiles. Wasn't sure whether to post this here or in science, but I think it's primarily to do with society,
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    The Finnish version of hygge or lagom: kalsarikänni

    Pantsdrunk: The Finnish Art of Drinking at Home. Alone. In Your Underwear Attn Kara! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pantsdrunk-Kalsarikanni-Finnish-Path-Relaxation/dp/0062855891 ETA: Emojis at https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/emoji-kalsarikannit_m.png
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    Google sheets question

    I'm sending avatar's names and scores to Google Sheets each time they play a game. Some people play the game once, and some people play it several times. I want to produce a list showing avatars names and, if they've played more than once, their best score. Assuming the names are in column...
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    Can't post IMGs

    Earlier today I successfully posted a link to a Gyazo img -- https://i.gyazo.com/ec34d726077d9ec1f48fc571ad13508d.jpg. Later on, though, I saw that the image (though not the accompanying text) had vanished. I opened up the post in edit and the link the the image, surrounded by IMG tags, had...
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    "Chinese hoax" forcing Americans to relocate

    Looks like a lot of people are being taken in by what #45 has described as a hoax by the Chinese: 'We're moving to higher ground': America's era of climate mass migration is here. If only they'd pray harder, I'm sure they'd have nothing to worry about. Or they could build arks -- maybe...
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    We need a donate button

    Before the old SLU closes, I hope Cristiano is able to put up a Paypal donate button. I know we can use Patreon, but as I've grumbled before, they hit me with not only their service charge but also 20% VAT that they don't, in fact, need to change, and I'd rather Cristiano got 100% of my...
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    IBTL

    Hi, everyone! Just been examining all the reaction buttons -- I foresee drama ahead.