Links tagged with “uk”
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Online Safety Act Notes for Small Sites — Russ Garrett
Now expanded and at a different URL.
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Tom Crewe · Carnival of Self-Harm: Good Riddance to the Tories
Even having lived through this mess, it’s shocking to read how badly successive Tory governments have screwed the country.
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What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain? | The New Yorker
A good read, but what a mess we’re in. I feel even more hopeless about the country after reading this.
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British Record Shop Archive
Lovely. (via @gilest@mastodon.me.uk)
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theprintspace | Art Printing | High Quality Photo Prints
Someone recommended this place for getting prints of photos, but I forget who.
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Brick Borrow
UK-based subscription LEGO set rental.
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HOW do the British eat peas? - forks prawns TheBritish | Ask MetaFilter
Even more entertaining than I expected.
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Please Please Just Fuck Off With This Bullshit: Lamacq & Whiley & The Lie Of ‘Britpop’
If you love a good rant, Neil Kulkarni has a good one for you…
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Notes on operating fediverse services (Mastodon, Pleroma etc) from an English law point of view - decoded.legal: Internet, telecoms and tech law decoded.
No DCMA to deal with like those in the US, but possibly some other things. (via rachelcoldicutt)
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Amid the mourning, we republicans should look and learn – but we must not be silenced | Clive Lewis | The Guardian
I’m not reading much about [waves hands] all this, but yes to all of this.
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I’m an expert in crowd behaviour – don’t be fooled that everyone queueing in London is mourning the Queen | Stephen Reicher | The Guardian
Good on the many motivations, and the chilling effect of the media’s simplistic reporting of them. (via @mik3yb)
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‘A massive betrayal’: how London’s Olympic legacy was sold out | Olympic legacy | The Guardian
I am shocked, shocked! that the Olympics wasn’t a great way to redevelop part of London. Who could possibly have guessed.
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Covid. — Roden Newsletter Archive
Craig Mod on catching covid while in England. The non-mask-wearing here continues to baffle me.
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Jonathan Meades · Hatpin through the Brain: Closing Time for the Firm · LRB 9 June 2022
On the British monarchy.
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Do the verdicts in the trial of the Colston 4 signal something wrong with our jury system? 10 things you should know – The Secret Barrister
A really clear description of all the possible reasons the verdict could have been “not guilty”. (via FaveJet)
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Map Finder - with Outlines - National Library of Scotland
I’m sure I’ve seen this before, but I always forget it. Browsable historical Ordnance Survey maps of the UK.
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Bench Mark Database
Database of bench marks that were used by Ordnance Survey to position their levelling staves.
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Snub TV (UK) - YouTube
All the episodes of this 1989-91 show which I assume I watched, given I watched a lot of Def II. (via Web Curios)
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Place-based carbon calculator
It was interesting to spend a while poking around at the stats for our area. Lots of overlays and things to look at. Generally, our area’s below average. (via Web Curios)
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Oh Hello Ana - So I am now a naturalised citizen…
Even a smooth and successful testing and application process sounds like a stressful, expensive hassle. Nations are weird things aren’t they. (Congrats Ana!)
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Alternatives to The Guardian - news | Ask MetaFilter
Some suggestions but, unsurprisingly and unfortunately, there’s no one good leftish, UK-based, news source.
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Peter Geoghegan · Cronyism and Clientelism · LRB 5 November 2020
Depressing piece from November on the UK’s kleptocracy.
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Mastdata Map
Potentially useful UK mobile coverage maps (although it shows zero coverage for most services around us, when there is at least some).
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Explore georeferenced maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland
A lot of old OS maps as tiled overlays on modern maps.
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Intaglio Printmaker | Intaglioprintmaker
Online shop for tools and materials, based in SE1.
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ONS Basemaps Comparison
Nice way to compare places in the UK on new and old maps.
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An Oral History of Dominic Cummings’s Barnard Castle Scandal
“The Bishop of Manchester: I love the meme with the eye chart, where all the letters spell out Barnard Castle. That’s my favourite meme.” That meme was me me.
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LifeSplat.com
UK retirement calculator that looks different from the usual. Would be nice if some of the assumptions could be tweaked.
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Ewyas Lacy Study Group
Quite deep local history site, very near us.
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The Quietus | Opinion | Black Sky Thinking | The Many Faces Of Housekeeping: How Wealth & Privilege Are Distorting Underground Music
The fourth DJ “… appears positively relatable by comparison, having merely been a director at Citibank for 13 years before launching his own investment fund.”
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Instant Class – Popula
A nice piece on British coffee and class signifiers. (via Mark Hurrell)
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Sweet Moderation, Heart of this Nation
On why Britain, its media, and Rory Stewart aren’t moderate and centrist. (via @markhurrell)
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Fred’s Shed
Came across this ages ago and forgot the name. Now I’ve found it again. Garden and DIY tool recommendations from Fred.
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How bad can it get? (London Review of Books)
Good, but not much hope about UK politics. But I learned an excellent word: “rhodomontade”, extravagant boasting. Word of the year.
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BobFromBrockley: The RCP’s long march from anti-imperialist outsiders to the doors of Downing Street
No it’s all fine I’m sure.
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Die, Workwear! - The Amazing Style of British Cyclists
Lovely photos, and story, of off-road cyclists in the 1950s in the UK, members of The Rough-Stuff Fellowship. Nice normal clothes.
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Ruining a country near you soon: the beta males who think they’re alphas | Marina Hyde | Opinion | The Guardian
I could link to every Marina Hyde column, so take this excellent example as a placeholder for all of them.
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The invention of Essex: how a county became a caricature | News | The Guardian
Where I’m from. I’m wondering if this is a Zazzle strategy by the Guardian — they’ll now produce a clickbaity article on every UK county.
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10 UK Brands You Should Know - Carryology
From the UK “carry scene”.
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Mithering about the unmodellable
On the difficulties of modelling how Parliament works, and the pros and cons of doing so. (via @markhurrell)
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The Great Diary Project
Archiving personal diaries. (via Things mag)
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George Duoblys · One, Two, Three, Eyes on Me! · LRB 5 October 2017
On the “efficient” teaching and disciplinary methods used in some London secondary schools. Sounds grim.
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OpenBenches - by @edent & @summerbeth
I’m so glad this exists because (a) it’s a lovely thing and (b) I just had the same idea and now I don’t have to make it.
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Inappropriate Gavels
A relentlessly-focused campaign. I approve! (via @gwire)
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Walton’s Telephone Exchange | Walton Tales
Nice reminisces of an Essex telephone exchange in the 1960s.
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Blackhorse Lane Ateliers | Selvedge & Raw Denim Jeans | Made In London
Jeans (and more) made in London, plus workshops to make your own. (via Die Workwear)
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Tom Crewe · What will be left?: Labour’s Prospects · LRB 18 May 2017
Slightly out of date opinion poll-wise, but I liked this as a summary of where Labour is and how we, as a country, got here.
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‘London Bridge is down’: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death | UK news | The Guardian
Really good. So, so many details. I felt surprisingly sad and oddly proud.
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David Runciman reviews ‘Theresa May’ by Rosa Prince · LRB 16 March 2017
I haven’t had much of a sense of what May is about, what makes her tick. This article seems to have an interesting set of ideas about it.
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My investment-tracking spreadsheet | FIRE v London
Fairly complex spreadsheet for tracking investments across multiple (UK) trading accounts.