Interesting Links for 14-01-2017

Liberal Democrats celebrate stunning council by-election wins in both North and South

(tags: politics libdem uk )

Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events: we speak to author Daniel Handler – or should that be Lemony Snicket?

(tags: books tv )

Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out

(tags: surveillance obama usa )

Your appendix is a reservoir for gut bacteria (which may explain why mine are _rubbish_)

(tags: bacteria microbiome body )

#ItAintRape – The Worst Trending Hashtag I’ve Seen Yet

(tags: rape RapeCulture twitter )

Why don’t schools teach debugging?

(tags: bug Education computers )

Civil Partnerships for opposite-sex couples just got filibustered

(tags: politics relationships law uk )

Before-and-after photos show California storm’s incredible impact on water levels

(tags: water california photos )

A Forgotten Adventure With a Telepathic Tribe

(tags: history amazon geography weird )

The Life-Changing Magic of Decluttering in a Post-Apocalyptic World

(tags: cleanliness funny apocalypse comic )

Hamilton brings in paperless ticketing system to combat touts

(tags: theatre money tickets )

Disney meeting with Carrie Fisher’s estate over her continued appearance in the Star Wars franchise

(tags: StarWars )

Should we be taking masturbation breaks at work?

(tags: masturbation productivity )

Pornhub’s 2016 Year in Review

(tags: porn statistics viaBartCalendar )

First use of new Scots welfare powers over Universal Credit

(tags: scotland welfare )

Explorers find disease-cursed City of the Monkey God and nearly lose their faces to flesh-eating parasite

(tags: headline archeology )