Interesting Links for 17-05-2025

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Interesting Links for 06-02-2025

Feb. 6th, 2025 12:00 pm
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1. In-patient services at Edinburgh's Astley Ainslie hospital to be transferred to East Lothian
(tags:edinburgh nhs scotland )
2. The Curta Mechanical Calculator (I'd love to have one if they didn't cost so much)
(tags:calculator mechanics impressive video viaSwampers )
3. AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU
(tags:ai europe regulation )
4. Scotland! Will! Not! Ban! Cats!
(tags:scotland cats wtf )
5. Time limit for child sex abuse claims to be removed in England and Wales
(tags:rape children abuse law uk GoodNews england )
6. The greatest families behind the greatest showmen - what it's like living life on the road, and how that affects the children
(tags:children family uk )
7. Probably the most sensible thing I've read about Neil Gaiman
(tags:neilgaiman )
8. Nurse who objected to transgender woman in changing room admits harassment
(tags:LGBT transgender NHS harassment )
9. Assaulted woman's divorce case was turned down by 116 Scottish legal aid lawyers
(tags:Scotland law austerity divorce assault )
10. Scientists explore how to make quantum bits with spinel gemstones
(tags:quantum materials )
11. CIA sent unclassified email with names of recent hires - at Whitehouse insistence.
(tags:usa Intelligence OhForFucksSake doom )
12. "I looked for dating advice online - and got sucked into the toxic manosphere"
(tags:men relationships feminism patriarchy OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 30-10-2024

Oct. 30th, 2024 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 07-08-2024

Aug. 7th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. Bionic Bay looks like a gorgeous platformer with fascinating puzzles and high-speed physics-based gameplay.
(tags:games video )
2. The anti-islam riots in this country are a product of the media, Tories, and Labour. All should be held responsible.
(tags:Labour conservatives media UK bigotry Islam riots )
3. Russia and Ukraine both have drones controlled by really really long fibre-optic cables
(tags:drone fibreoptics russia ukraine )
4. Tim Walz Took Historic Action To Protect Trans People, Now He's The Dem VP Choice
(tags:democrats GoodNews transgender USA politics LGBT )
5. If your workplace doesn't have a Muppet ethics AI then you are *totally* behind the times
(tags:ai muppets ethics wtf )
6. JD Vance's Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful
She did not touch on his claim that people who don't have kids are more sociopathic.
(tags:relationships politics USA EpicWTF )
7. How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde
(tags:astronomy astrology mercury )
8. In hospital emergency rooms, female patients are less likely to receive pain medication than male patients who reported the same level of distress
(tags:misogyny pain healthcare OhForFucksSake )
9. The wife of a Conservative councillor has been arrested after she called for hotels with asylum seekers to be set on fire.
(tags:UK racism conservatives )
10. Wind and solar overtake EU fossil fuels in the first half of 2024
(tags:renewables solarpower windpower electricity Europe coal gas hydroelectric )
11. COVID-19 making worrying comeback WHO warns, amid summertime surge
(tags:pandemic doom )
12. I did not know it was possible to make friends with a moray eel!
(tags:fish video friendship )
13. Scottish wildcat kitten caught on thermal imaging camera
(tags:scotland cats nature video )
14. Ukrainian forces take Russian border city that they don't want
(tags:russia ukraine war )
15. Elon Musk believes advertisers should be forced to spend money on him
(tags:ElonMusk advertising twitter wtf )
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Interesting Links for 08-04-2024

Apr. 8th, 2024 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 07-01-2024

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Interesting Links for 07-12-2023

Dec. 7th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. The internet helps solve an X-Files question that fans have been wondering about for 25 years
(tags:x-files music Twitter )
2. Why are movies full of CGI lying about it?
(tags:cgi movies fraud )
3. Incidence and burden of long COVID in Africa - the rates are *staggering*
(tags:Africa Pandemic Doom )
4. Building end-to-end security for Facebook Messenger
(tags:Facebook communication encryption )
5. No, having a cat doesn't increase your risk of developing schizophrenia. Probably.
(tags:cats schizophrenia ToxoplasmaGondii )
6. Services across England now lag far behind East Germany, as experts call for 'universal basic infrastructure' in UK
(tags:uk germany OhForFucksSake infrastructure austerity )
7. Commuting longer than 30 minutes os associated with depression
(tags:travel work depression mentalhealth )
8. Can the new Rwanda bill work and what could stop it?
(tags:law immigration uk rights echr )
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Interesting Links for 06-10-2023

Oct. 6th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Scientists have finally worked out how cats produce purring sounds
(tags:cats )
2. Bears, birds and kangaroos: Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2023
(tags:funny photos nature wildlife viacmcmck )
3. When does spider season end? Why there are so many spiders in your house right now and how to stop them
(tags:spiders )
4. X stops showing headlines because Elon Musk thinks it will make posts look better
(tags:twitter ux awful )
5. Can you melt eggs? Quora's AI says "yes," and Google is sharing the result
(tags:ai epicfail fraud google )
6. Private equity managers could face £420m annual bill after legal challenge (this kind of thing is one of the reasons I donate to the Good Law Project)
(tags:law uk tax money )
7. Study into trans women in hospitals didn't find one single complaint
(tags:LGBT transgender NHS bigotry conservatives )
8. Finally, a trans debate worth having!
(tags:satire transgender video LGBT )
9. The extreme robot arm that can chop up a ship
(tags:automation ship waste )
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Interesting Links for 15-06-2023

Jun. 15th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Edinburgh trams: Plans for extension to Newbridge set to be abandoned in favour of route along A71 corridor
(tags:edinburgh trams )
2. Do a quarter of British people really believe Covid was a hoax?
(tags:conspiracy polls )
3. Who wants to read a judge interrogate lawyers for presenting AI gibberish as if it was reality?
(tags:USA law AI epicfail )
4. Google risks forced breakup of ad business as EU alleges shocking misconduct
(tags:Google advertising corruption fraud business regulation )
5. Body mass index gets smack down: American Medical Association calls out harms and "racist exclusion" | Ars Technica
(tags:weight healthcare USA )
6. How many of these do you think are birds?
(tags:birds paleontology evolution )
7. How do people treat you differently when you're skinny?
(tags:weight bigotry society )
8. First time one of my posts on Mastodon has gone viral! (just hit 500 shares)
(tags:socialmedia )
9. Europe votes to regulate AI and ban use of live facial recognition
(tags:regulation ai faces )
10. 'I got to know my gut microbiome - as a result, I sleep better, have more energy and I've lost 25lbs'
(tags:microbiome )
11. Johnson Verdict: 'He lied, lied about lying, lied about lying about lying, and is generally a twat'
(tags:BorisJohnson lying politics satire true )
12. Two children were born with 'insatiable hunger' that left them severely obese. Now scientists know why (leptin gene mutation)
(tags:genetics hunger )
13. Boosting paternity leave has economic benefits and reduces inequality
(tags:parenting men uk inequality )
14. Wildcats bred in captivity released into Cairngorms
(tags:cats nature scotland )
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Interesting Links for 23-05-2023

May. 23rd, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Bakhmut before-and-after: Satellite images of the city destroyed in the Russia-Ukraine war
(tags:ukraine cities war russia OhForFucksSake )
2. Post-Brexit boom in UK companies setting up in Germany
(tags:uk europe trade OhForFucksSake )
3. Damning Video Proves Greece Abandons Migrants at Sea
(tags:greece migration asylum OhForFucksSake )
4. Weapons expert cut from government event because he's against other government policies
(tags:uk censorship government OhForFucksSake )
5. Royal Navy divers help autonomous underwater vehicles clear the Baltic Sea of unexploded ordnance
(tags:navy weaponry europe drone )
6. How silverback gorillas solved an argument with cold air
(tags:gorillas society argument )
7. AI writers and seawater gold extraction have something in common
(tags:gold sea ai writing money )
8. Turning cats into kittens
(tags:cats cute )
9. Brain signals can predict how much pain a person is in
(tags:pain nerves )
10. Number of Scottish people who can speak some Gaelic doubles from 15% to 30%
(tags:Scotland language Gaelic )
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Interesting Links for 12-05-2023

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Interesting Links for 01-05-2023

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Interesting Links for 08-04-2023

Apr. 8th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Cat jumps on imam leading Ramadan prayers in Algeria
(tags:cats religion video music prayer islam viacmcmck )
2. Human memory is hugely unreliable - within seconds
(tags:memory epicfail humans psychology )
3. Extra pregnancy scan could slash number of breech births and risk to babies
(tags:pregnancy healthcare )
4. Suella Braverman and several other Conservatives to address a radical right-wing conference tied to Christian Nationalism and the US radical right.
(tags:religion racism fascism UK conservatives USA OhForFucksSake )
5. Why do refugees come to the UK
(tags:refugee UK video migration )
6. The longest straight line in Great Britain (without crossing a public road)
(tags:maps uk roads )
7. Costa Rica regrew its lost forest. Can the world learn from it?
(tags:SouthAmerica forests GoodNews )
8. Asking the EHRC about sex
(tags:rights UK bigotry OhForFucksSake transgender LGBT )
9. LGBT+ Lib Dems are very angry at the EHRC
(tags:LGBT transgender rights bigotry UK libdem )
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Interesting Links for 20-02-2023

Feb. 20th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Finally, proof that cats are pure evil
(tags:cats evil video )
2. The New York Times was called out by hundreds of contributors for it's transphobia. Its response is appalling (and I'm cancelling my subscription)
(tags:nytimes OhForFucksSake bigotry LGBT transgender )
3. AI discovers weakness in other AI Go player, human delivers the payload
(tags:games ai )
4. Yes, Jimmy Carter Really Did Once Help Contain a Nuclear Meltdown
(tags:nuclearpower USA history )
5. How to keep your Twitter secure without giving Elon Musk any money
(tags:Twitter money business security )
6. The UK is locking intra-generational advantage more and more.
(tags:inequality uk viaRachel parents )
7. ControlNET and Stable Diffusion: A Game Changer for AI Image Generation (You can draw in what you want, and it will fill in the details)
(tags:ai art )
8. Microsoft's new AI will now threaten to ruin your chances of getting a job if it doesn't like the way you talk to it
(tags:ai jobs microsoft OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 04-02-2023

Feb. 4th, 2023 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 09-01-2023

Jan. 9th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. The Oberkassel puppy is the oldest known domesticated dog
(tags:dogs prehistory Germany )
2. The Westminster Accounts - The first fully searchable database of the money being used to lubricate the machinery of British politics
(tags:money UK politics viaDanielDWilliam )
3. This is my favourite story about computers and bureaucracy
(tags:computers history bureaucracy )
4. Stephen Hawking's most important contribution may have been a very interesting question about black holes
(tags:physics space StephenHawking viaPatrickHadfield )
5. Baby! And! Cat!
(tags:babies cats video cute )
6. Why Conan is freed - a look at a pivotal moment in the movie
(tags:Conan movies writing )
7. The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene
(tags:genetics sports fat bodies research )
8. Countries as villains (as created by an AI)
(tags:ai evil countries art )
9. Killings by US police reach record high
(tags:USA police death )
10. Bolsonaro weighs next steps with input from Trump aides Bannon, Miller (from November, just a reminder that this is all linked)
(tags:USA SouthAmerica coup Brazil )
11. On the Russian soul, imperialism and moral obligations (and how Russians lie to themselves about their colonial past)
(tags:russia )
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Interesting Links for 17-12-2022

Dec. 17th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links
(tags:Twitter Mastodon censorship OhForFucksSake )
2. Would you like the perfect Christmas present for your cat?
(tags:cats christmas video viaKirsty )
3. Chaosium announce that they will not use AI Art in their products (first company I've seen make such a pledge)
(tags:ai art games roleplaying viaJamesNicoll )
4. The Indian doctor who saved 50,000,000 lives with a simple invention
(tags:healthcare sugar salt water india )
5. The German office for data protection and freedom of information suggests that German ministries move to Mastodon
(tags:germany mastodon twitter )
6. China's War Against Taiwan Has Already Started
(tags:China Taiwan disinformation war )
7. Queen's death events cost Edinburgh council £500,000
(tags:Edinburgh Queen death money )
8. EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business
(tags:Europe tax globalization )
9. Games kind of suck at designing female heroes
(tags:design games bodies women )
10. How the campaign to stop the United Kingdom government from making it more difficult to prosecute war crimes was won
(tags:torture law WarCrimes UK politics )
11. Schizophrenia: Parasite x Genotype x Stress
(tags:stress genes Parasites schizophrenia )
12. Congress passes legislation to end US participation in global shark fin trade
(tags:sharks USA )
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Interesting Links for 04-12-2022

Dec. 4th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Who wants to give a tummy rub to a cute little kitty?
(tags:cats video cute leopard )
2. What did Susan Hussey say? Royal race row explained (with transcript)
(tags:racism UK royalty )
3. Twitter now reinstating neo-nazis
(tags:ElonMusk Nazis Twitter OhForFucksSake )
4. "I Was Wrong About Mastodon" (and moderation and scaling)
(tags:mastodon socialnetworking )
5. Labour's manipulation of selection contests reveals its emptiness of purpose
(tags:labour OhForFucksSake )
6. The Excel World Championship Is the Internet at Its Best
(tags:Excel spreadsheet competition )
7. EU Leader Uses Mastodon to Tell Elon Musk How Twitter Needs to Be Regulated
(tags:Twitter Mastodon regulation Europe ElonMusk )
8. How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years
(tags:UK India )
9. 53% of Britons are non-religious. Who are they and what do they believe?
(tags:religion UK atheism society )
10. Learning to play the piano improves people's ability to process sights and sounds
(tags:piano music psychology )
11. Female monkeys prioritise friends and actively reduce social circle as they age
(tags:monkey friendship family )
12. UK to let safety laws lapse. Because sovereignty.
(tags:safety UK Europe law OhForFucksSake )
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