David's
Playground
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is a work in progress, and looks shite. I'm no web-designer, and
don't pretend to be. If you have suggestions, by all
means, share them.
This page will contain
links to various sites and pages that I frequent, or find
interesting or entertaining. Writing mostly for my own benefit,
and hope that some might get some benefit or knowledge from it.
If anyone has any suggestions for the page, feel free to
Contact
me
Social
Sites
Most
of us use at least ONE social network online. These are the ones I
bother with. Or can at least remember. :D
FORUMS
Shopping
Online
shopping is great, no snooty sales staff, and no retards wasting my
time. Plus, I get it all delivered to the door.
And
yes, I love books. :)
Torrent
Sites and help
This is pretty self-explanatory.
Torrents are useful for downloading all manner of files, from the
latest linux distros, to the latest episodes of tv series, anime,
audio books, etc. And
no, not all torrents are "piracy" (which is only a stupid, scarier
name for "copyright infringement" anyway).
Amusing
Assorted funny and amusing stuff I've
stumbled across. Feel free to suggest me more.
Web-comics
Free Stuff
Who doesn't like free stuff? :)
- Librivox
- free public domain audiobooks
- Manage
Multiple Cloud Drives in One Platform - FREE App for Sync,
Transfer, Backup and Manage Files across Cloud Drives.
- donotlink.it
- Whenever you link a website, its position in search
engines is strengthened. Sometimes you want to post a link
to a website without improving its rank. This is where
donotlink.it comes in.
- Inspired
by donotlink.com, this website allows skeptics, bloggers,
journalists, and friends on Facebook to link to scams,
pseudoscience, misinformation, etc. without improving the
search engine position of the site they are discussing.
- Free
ebooks - Project Gutenberg
- The
Legal
500 ebooks
- the
Internet Classics Archive - Bringing the wisdom of the
classics to the Internet since 1994.
- Open
Culture - The best free cultural and educational media on
the web
- List
of
freeware and other releases from The Windows Club
- Free
addons for IceCat/Firefox
- The
OSSwin project: Open Source for Windows!
- Open
Source Windows: A simple list of the best free and
open-source software for windows.
- AnalogX
- has some very nifty, yet remakably small apps that can
be quite useful.
- Ninite
Easy PC Setup - Silent Unattended Install Multiple
Programs At Once
- Internet
Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books,
movies, software, music, and more.
- STEAL
THIS BOOK
- Wikipedia
- ibiblio
- The Public's Library and Digital Archive
- NASA
TV
- University
of
Oxford - Philosophy for Beginners
- M.I.T.
Open
Courseware - Introduction To Biology
- Guerrilla
Mail - Disposable Temporary E-Mail Address
- Icecream
Apps - Free & Tasty Software!
- Transperth
Journey Planner
- Best
online videos (wimp.com)
- Iron
Spider - web design and resource centre
- Aerogramme
Writers' Studio - Books and Writing
- The
Writer's Circle
- The
Literacy Site Blog
- The
Jack kirby Effect - The Journal of the Jack Kirby Museum
& Research Center
- Skeptoid
- Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomenon
Linux
and I.T. stuff
- Distrowatch
- tuxmachines.org
- Do you waddle the waddle?
- Tom's
Hardware
- ';--have
i been pwned? Check if you have an account that has been
compromised in a data breach
- NoobsLab
| Ubuntu/Linux News, Reviews, Tutorials, Apps
- How
to get and install Linux games - Full tutorial - A.K.A.
Everything you wanted to know about Linux games
- Dedoimedo
- offers the most detailed guides and articles on a wide range
of topics, including Linux and Windows, security,
virtualization, hardware, and so much more. Step by step, laced
with humor and wit. There's something for everyone, from newbies
to experts.
- Linux
Mint - The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant
and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy
to use.
- PCLinuxOS
- is a free easy to use Linux-based Operating System for x86
desktops or laptops.
- PCLinuxOS
Magazine is a free, independent, community produced magazine
dedicated to the PCLinuxOS family of operating systems.
- FOSS
Force - is a news site offering insight into the goings on
in the IT world, focusing on the interests of the Open Source
community
- Jupiter
Broadcasting
- Darren Yates - Freelance
IT Journalist
- 8GadgetPack - Use gadgets in
Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10
- Web UPD8
- TechDirt - the Techdirt
blog uses a proven economic framework to analyze and offer
insight into news stories about changes in government
policy, technology and legal issues that affect companies'
ability to innovate and grow.
- Basics
of Backups
- HTML Goodies
News
Sites
- Google
News - Comprehensive, up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from
sources all over the world by Google News.
- Snopes
is the internet’s definitive fact-checking resource.
- The
Guardian
- BBC
News Front Page
- Newsweek
- Digg
- The Latest News, Headlines, Videos and Images
- reddit:
the front page of the internet
- LifeHacker.com.au
- How-To
Geek
- WikiLeaks
- Common
Dreams - Breaking News and views for the Progressive Community
- Information
Clearing House - News You Won't Find on CC or FOX News
- Democracy
Now!
- AntiWar.com
- Your best source for antiwar news, viewpoints, and activities
- Welcome
to news.sciencemag.org, the award-winning daily news site of the
journal Science.
- Nature
Reviews Disease Primers
- SPACE.com
- ViralNova
- Your Stories Delivered Daily
- Internet
Evolution - The macrosite for news, analysis, and opinion about
the future of the internet.
- Slashdot:
News for nerds, stuff that matters
- the
Onion - America's Finest News Source
- Popular
Mechanics
- The
Consumerist - Shoppers bite back
- I
HATE HATE!!!
Comics
and misc. geek stuff
Religion,
Atheism, etc
- Evil
Bible.com - Fighting Against Immorality in the Bible
- Ten
Common
Myths About Atheists
- What
is
God? An Objective Overview of Different Views and Ideologies
- The
Historical
Evidence For Jesus
- Lists
of deities
- If
there
is no God, where did everything come from?
- Church
and State - challenging religious privilege in public life
- No,
Jesus
Did Not Soften the Old Testament – In Fact He Did the Opposite
- The
Bible
is Fiction: A Collection of Evidence
- Answers
in Reason
- What
is so Bad about Christianity?
- Our
Founding Fathers Were NOT Christians.
- The
Skeptics Annointed Bible
- God
is Imaginary - 50 Simple Proofs
- TheReligionofPeace.com
- the politically incorrect truth about ISLAM, one really messed
up religion
- Military
Association
of Atheists and Freethinkers - Providing community for atheists,
humanists, and other nontheists in the military.
- Jesus
Myth
- The Case Against Historical Christ
- Liars
For jesus - The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American
History
- WikiIslam
- The Online Resource on Atheism
- No
Beliefs.com - for Freethinkers
- Atheist
Republic - provides opportunities for non-believers around the
world to gather with like-minded people, share their views and
also provide each other with tools to better express themselves
online and offline.
- God
is imaginary - It is easy to prove to yourself that God is
imaginary. The evidence is all around you. Here are 50 simple
proofs
- The
Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party
- Archeology
is Demolishing the History of the Bible
- BibleTrash.com
- Atheist
Republic provides valuable news, resources and a medium for
atheists to freely express themselves in a variety of ways,
including discussion forums, blogs and image macros of
thought-provoking, funny or inspirational quotes.
- Betty
Bowers - America's Best Christian
- Did
Jesus
Exist or Is It All a Myth?
- The
Mythic
Origins of Christianity: True or False?
- Jesus
Who?
The Historical Record Gives No Clue
- Michael
Sherlock Author - Atheist & Freethought Blog
- NoBeliefs.com
for Freethinkers.
- Fires
of
Hell : Medieval Fear and Loathing of Red Hair
- Victims
Of
The Christian Faith - How many people have been killed by
Christians since Biblical times?
- How
local
wise-women who carried on ancient traditions were exterminated
by Christianity
- Cosmic
Skeptic
- The
Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense
founded on the Christian religion
- The
Horrors
of the Church and Its Holy Inquisition
- If
God
is not real, why do so many intelligent people believe in God?
- Ancient
history
suggests that atheism is as natural to humans as religion
- What
is so Bad about Christianity?
- The
Bible’s
Ungodly Origins
- Debunking
the
creationist myth that mutations don’t produce new and useful
information
- Christian
Atrocities:
Three Centuries Of Pagan Persecution
- Christians
Point
Fingers at Atheists to Cover Growing Corruption in Church
Evolution
GMOs
- DangeroursTalk.net
- Defending Truth, shedding ignorance. Genetically Modified
Organism Myths Debunked
- Top
Five
Myths Of Genetically Modified Seeds, Busted
- Why
The
Asbestos Gambit Fails
- Blowing
smoke:
Annihilating fallacious comparisons of biotech scientists to
tobacco company lobbyists.
- 10
Bullsh*t
Arguments Against GMOs - Read this before you hate on them.
- No,
Farmers
Don’t Want to Save Seeds
- In
80%
farmer-suicides due to debt, loans from banks, not moneylenders
- Destroying
the
Anti-GMO Narrative
- No,
Glyphosate
Is Not a Threat to Bees
- GMO
crops
have been increasing yield for 20 years, with more progress
ahead
- Don't
Like
Monsanto? Then You Should Be Pro-GMO, Not Anti. Here's Why.
- Organic
Farms
Use More Land And Don't Decrease Carbon Footprint
- Whole
Food
Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable
- GMO's
- Pros and Cons
- A
refutation of the IFRT’s “10 Reasons to Avoid GMOs”
- Six
Reasons
Organic is NOT The Most Environmentally Friendly Way To Farm
- Why
activists,
but few farmers, complain they can’t save patented seeds
- There
Are
No Antibiotics In Your Meat. Now Stop.
- Organic
Farming
Can Feed the World?
- Why
Does
Everyone Hate Monsanto?
- How
land-inefficient
is organic agriculture?
- Is
Monsanto
Evil? (Franklin Veaux's answer, with sources)
- The
Foodie
Farmer - The Costs of GMO Labeling
- Food,
Farming, and Biotechnology
- Mutagenesis
- Genetic
Literacy Project - Agricultural and human biotechnology are
reshaping farming, food and medicine. The GLP explores the
intersection of DNA research and real world applications of
genetics with media and policy to disentangle science from
ideology.
- Mythbusting
101:
Organic Farming > Conventional Agriculture
- We
Love GMOs And Vaccines
- With
2000+
global studies affirming safety, GM foods among most analyzed
subjects in science
- 10
studies
proving GMOs are harmful? Not if science matters
- Farm
to
boardroom: US organic industry dominated by mega corporations
- Organic
crops
use carcinogenic pesticides.
- The
Debate
About GMO Safety Is Over, Thanks To A New Trillion-Meal Study
- Chemical-free
food?
No such thing
- Why
Organic
Advocates Should Love GMOs
- Biotech
Crops
Use Less Pesticide: Study Rebuts Perennial Anti-GMO Activist Lie
- But,
the
rest of the world bans GMOs, right?
- Genetically
Engineered
crops and seed saving myths.
- THE
CREDIBLE HULK - Pro-Science Skeptical Activist, Musician &
Polymath Autodidact Promoting Science Education & Smashing
Pseudoscience & Denialism
- Labels
for
GMO Foods Are a Bad Idea
- Labeling
of
Genetically Modified Foods
- Genetic
modification
- How is it done?
- A
Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops
- How
Much
Glyphosate is Sprayed on Our Crops?
- Commission
publishes
compendium of results of EU funded research on genetically
modified crops
- The
Debate
About GMO Safety Is Over, Thanks To A New Trillion-Meal Study
- Shill
gambit - The shill gambit is a type of ad hominem and poisoning
the well wherein one party dismisses the other's arguments by
proclaiming them to be on the payroll of some agency.
- Dear
American
anti-GMO activists: no, the EU does not ban GMOs – and they love
importing them
- Addressing
Claims
About GMOs in Food Babe’s New Book
- GMO
Answers - WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT GMOS
- Letter:
Science
shows GMOs not dangerous to eat
- Hero
of
Neil Young’s anti-GMO doc ‘Seeding Fear’ is confessed thief
- Percy
Schmeiser
is a Canadian farmer specializing in canola. In 1998, he devised
a way to obtain and use Roundup Ready seeds (i.e. seeds
genetically engineered to withstand sprayings with the herbicide
glyphosate) without paying the legally required licensing fees.
However, he was found out and sued for patent infingement by
Monsanto. Despite two appeals, he lost in the Supreme Court of
Canada.
- Unhealthy
Fixation
- The war against genetically modified organisms is full of
fearmongering, errors, and fraud. Labeling them will not make
you safer.
- Why
do
seeds have patents? Are GM seeds the only patented seeds?
- Is
the
GMO Labeling Movement Just a Long Con to Get You to Buy Organic?
- GE
Seed
Patents, Cross-Contamination, and the Trouble with Cyborg Super
Shills from the Future
- Genetically
Engineered
crops and seed saving myths.
- GMOs
and
Patents: Part 3 – Lawsuits for inadvertent contamination
- About
those
harsher herbicides that glyphosate helped replace:
- The
Truth
About Glyphosate and Wheat
- No,
GM
crops aren’t drenched in chemicals.
- Despite
the
hype, there’s still no bee-pocalypse
- GMO
science
facts – your one stop shop
- BUT,
THE
REST OF THE WORLD BANS GMOS; RIGHT?
- Environmental
impacts
of genetically modified (GM) crop use 1996–2013: Impacts on
pesticide use and carbon emissions
- Environmental
impacts
of genetically modified (GM) crop use 1996–2015: Impacts on
pesticide use and carbon emissions
- Long-term
trends
in the intensity and relative toxicity of herbicide use.
- Long-term
trends
in the intensity and relative toxicity of herbicide use
- GMOs,
food
and pesticides 101: No chemical “flood” but yields are rising
- Challenging
myths:
Yes, seeds that grow organic food are often patented
- On
the
International Monsanto Tribunal
- Allergic
to
Bullshit: Why Genetically Engineered foods do not present a
unique allergen threat
- Industrial
agriculture,
not GMO cotton, root of India farmer suicide problem
- The
tiresome
discussion of initial GMO expectations
Misc.
Science, Medicine, etc
- A
Science Enthusiast - Just A Guy Who Loves Science
- 25
myths
and bad arguments about climate change
- The
97%
consensus on global warming
- Retraction
Watch - Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific
process
- 8
Signs You’re Not the Environmentalist You Think You Are
- It
Is
Not Possible to Get the Flu From a Flu Shot - This video
explains why.
- Retractionwatch
- Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process
- 5
reasons why anecdotes are totally worthless
- Planets
and
How They Formed
- Simulating
the First Stars in the Universe
- Origin
of
the Elements
- Global
warming
isn’t natural, and here’s how we know
- A
guide to detecting bogus scientific journals
- The
Logic of Science
- Academics
Review - Testing popular claims against peer-reviewed science
- Science
Alert
- Science-Based
Medicine - Exploring Issues and Controversies in Science and
Medicine
- Naturopathic
Diaries - Confessions of a Naturopathic Doctor
- Phys.org™
(formerly Physorg.com) is a leading web-based science, research
and technology news service which covers a full range of topics.
- Medical
Xpress is a web-based medical and health news service that is
part of the renowned Science X network.
- Examining
The
Gender Spectrum With A Reproductive Biologist
- What
Happened
in the Seconds, Hours, Weeks After the Dino-Killing Asteroid Hit
Earth?
- Aspartame
–
Truth vs Fiction
- Study
of
1.3 Million Kids Reveals Vaccines Aren't Associated with Autism
- The
Autism-Vaccine
Myth
- Measles
May
Weaken Immune System For Years
- CONSEQUENCES
OF
NOT VACCINATING A CHILD–MEASLES COMPLICATIONS
- VAXXED
REVIEW
– MY PERSONAL TAKE ON THAT FRAUDUMENTARY
- 86
Research
Papers Allegedly Supporting the Vaccine-Autism Link: Paper #6 A
positive association found between autism prevalence and
childhood vaccination uptake across the U.S. population.
- Why
haven’t
we cured cancer yet?
- Does
Sugar
Really Make Children Hyper?
- The
Effect
of Sugar on Behavior or Cognition in Children
- Thorough,
not
thoroughly fabricated: The truth about global temperature data
- The
presence
of a chemical is not the same as presence of risk
- 5
simple chemistry facts that everyone should understand before
talking about science
- 6
reasons why anti-vaccers are wrong that “being sick is good”
- Evolution
doesn’t
give organisms what they need
- 15
Common
Anti-Vaccine Arguments and Why They are a Load of Crap
- Argument
by
Vaccine Package Inserts – they’re not infallible
- Measles
is
not better than autism: Debunking anti-vaccine arguments
- Naturally
Occurring
Toxins in Vegetables and Fruits
- Myth:
No
Studies Compare the Health of Unvaccinated and Vaccinated People
- How
Alex
Jones Uses Fear of the Government to Sell Diet Supplements
- Flu
vaccine
ingredients – not so scary using simple math
- Why
we
vaccinate – debunking flu vaccine myths in 25 easy steps
- Debunking
myths
about Dr. Paul Offit MD
- Cancer
rates
are increasing in the USA–another myth debunked
- Andrew
Wakefield
discredited – a collection of his attacks on vaccines
- Scientific
consensus
on GMO safety and climate change
- Big
Pharma
and development of drugs – debunking myths
- Treating
depression
with acupuncture - evidence is lacking
- Bad
vaccine
statistics – real math is hard
- The
twisted
illogical gambits of the antivaccination cult
- Dumb
Asses
and Vaccines
- Pseudoscience
and
logical fallacies in geology
- Anti-GMO
activist
changes his mind–what does it really mean
- Scientific
consensus
– collective opinion of scientists
- Bill
Gates
vaccinations in Africa – antivaccine hatred
- Americans
are
ignorant fools about evolution
- High
fructose
corn syrup–myth versus science
- Vaccine
open-mindedness
– confessions of a science nerd
- Vaccines
saved
lives – scientific evidence
- Artificial
sweeteners
linked to obesity–poor evidence
- Acidic
blood
causes cancer – time to demolish a myth
- Vaccine
preventable
diseases – much scarier than vaccines
- Controversial
T.
Rex Soft Tissue Find Finally Explained
- Anti-vaxxer
group
furious after study they funded debunks vaccine-autism link
- 75
studies
that show no link between vaccines and autism UPDATED to 107
- Debunking
anti-vaccine
arguments: VAERS, package inserts, and the VICP do not prove
that vaccines are dangerous
- Equal
Pay
Day Revisited: Why The Gender Pay Gap Is Still A Myth
- The
Biggest
Myth About the Gender Wage Gap
- Harvard
prof.
takes down gender wage gap myth
- Brian
Hooker
proves Andrew Wakefield wrong about vaccines and autism
- A
Threat, Not a Theory - It’s simply not true that as wages go up,
jobs go down. But trickle-downers need people to believe it.
- Anti-vaxxers,
do
you know the difference between an element and a compound?
- Antifluoridation
Bad
Science
- Fluoride
In
Water Does Not Lower IQ
- CDC
Study:
More Men than Women Victims of Partner Abuse
- Facts
and
Statistics on Domestic Violence at-a-Glance
- Debunking
25
arguments against climate change in 5 sentences or less (each)
- No
one
thought that Galileo was crazy, and everyone in Columbus’s day
knew that the earth was round
- The
Ultimate
Environmental Cataclysm: Asteroid and Comet Impacts and their
Effects on Climate
- Bisphenol
A
Myths - Because it has been used to make products for more than
50 years, bisphenol A has been the subject of extensive
scientific study and evaluation. However, certain allegations
about bisphenol A (BPA) that lack a sound scientific basis
continue to be made in the media
- Where
are
GMOs grown and banned?
- 5
reasons why anecdotes are totally worthless
- 12
bad
reasons for rejecting scientific studies
- Cost
Effectiveness
of Vaccines
- Setting
the
record straight: Debunking ALL the flu vaccine myths
- Every
Single
Flu Vaccine Myth, Debunked
- New
Research
Confirms Guns on College Campuses Are Dangerous
- If
cannabis
and vitamin B17 kill cancer, why aren’t they approved by the
FDA? Let me explain
Assorted
Conspiracy
Bullshit Debunkings

Critical
Thinking
Sites/Blogs, etc
Vaccine
Nonsense Debunked
Homosexuality