Linkdump 31-12-2015

• The evolution of Christmas | diamond geezer
  Have we... gone too far?
  (tags: silly tech society internet living in the future )
• Tim Minchin's White Wine in the Sun | h/t Speculum Annorum
  I was not expecting to tear up halfway through this.
  (tags: religion silly music video feels )
• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Reinterpreted - English National Ballet (Full Performance) - YouTube
  This works.
  (tags: music dance video art )
• Guy Fawkes wasn't a freedom fighter. He was a religious terrorist, and not even one of the good ones | New Statesman
  "Guy Fawkes was a religious terrorist, and not even one of the most important ones. He was the Jacobean equivalent of one of the minor characters from Four Lions."
  (tags: history politics activism fuckwits )
• To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This | NYTimes.com
  Fascinating insight into just how arbitrary and manipulable we all are. And into why that's not necessarily a bad thing.
  (tags: psychology science cool stuff )
• 23 Things To Do To Improve Your Mental Health In 2016 | Buzzfeed
  Trite (Buzzfeed after all) but not entirely inaccurate.
  (tags: psychology mental health clickbait )
• Muslims troll the hell out of ISIS after their call for new jihadists ends up on Twitter
  Does this constitute the guerilla/partisan side of cyber war?
  (tags: news religion terrorism fuckwits socialmedia living in the future )
• Take Back Your Power: Owning & Releasing Trauma and Fear | Tiny Buddha
  "[...]the people who hurt me no longer have power over me because I have forgiven them".
  (tags: psych mental health )
• xkcd: 2016 Conversation Guide
  Sorted for the new year.
  (tags: comic living in the future wheresmyjetpack )
• Learning to fall up | the devil wears tartan
  (tags: psych mental health blog writing )
• The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
  sonder: n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own...
  (tags: writing words language )

Linkdump 07-01-2016

• The Greatest Fake Religion of All Time | Gizmodo
  Hail Eris.
  (tags: religion silly apophany )

Edinburgh people!

Oh folks, hello folks. I am summoned unto Edinburgh this Friday to run a whisky tasting session for the Russians. After that (and, presumably, enough time on Saturday morning to recover), I'm in town until the following Thursday.

Obviously I want to see as many of you as possible, and I'll be in the pub on the Wednesday.

Anyone up for a trip out to North Berwick or something, on Saturday or Sunday?