Interesting Links for 02-01-2016

George Lucas blasts new Star Wars film for being ‘enjoyable’ and ‘popular’

(tags: starwars funny satire JJAbrams georgelucas )

Reusable, sugar-based polymer purifies water fast

(tags: water technology clean )

Why Facebook Won, and Other Hard Truths

(tags: web Facebook rss design )

Economic growth more likely when wealth distributed to poor instead of rich

(tags: inequality growth economics )

Who Owns Antarctica?

(tags: video Antarctic borders )

Testosterone changes brain structures in female-to-male transsexuals (in 4 weeks!)

(tags: testosterone language )

It’s gratifying to know that even when we get things wrong, others can learn from our mistakes

(tags: advice failure )

A New Years Resolution for the Left: Stop retweeting bullshit.

(tags: politics Twitter effectiveness )

Tolkien, The Force Awakens, and the Sadness of Expanded Universes

(tags: history fiction happiness Tolkien writing starwars )

2015: The Year Mental Illness Finally Got Some Respect on TV

(tags: mentalhealth tv viaSwampers )

The Nutshell Studies – how one woman became the godmother of Crime Scene Investigation

(tags: investigation crime history viaSwampers )

What the entire universe looks like

(tags: universe visualisation )

Barbie ad shows boy playing with dolls for first time

(tags: masculinity barbie advertising )

Oberlin College Students Claim Campus Food is Culturally Insensitive

(tags: food culture )

Did you know expats will be able to vote in the EU referendum?

(tags: Europe referendum voting )

Feminism Mary Sue George Lucas Beauty Standards Racism: And Also Here’s Some Ads

(tags: viaSkreidle web marketing )

GRRM gives an update on The Winds Of Winter

(tags: gameofthrones GeorgeRRMartin writing )