Interesting Links for 29-03-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Seismologists were able to identify 43 of the 45 songs at a Taylor Swift concert by the earth movements they caused

(tags:music earthquake )

2. The NICE evidence reviews on trans affirming care look very very suspicious

(tags:healthcare research transgender NHS OhForFucksSake )

3. Edinburgh buses produce £3.2 million dividend for councils for first time since Covid (and back to 90% of pre-Covid passenger levels)

(tags:buses Edinburgh GoodNews transport )

4. New post-Brexit tariff to apply to UK cars sold to Canada

(tags:Canada tax UK trade doom )

5. It's 2029. How do you instruct an LLM to power the world?

(tags:scifi power ai )

6. Covid, lab leaks, and raccoon dogs. What does the evidence say, and how should we think about it?

(tags:pandemic statistics )

7. Russell T. Davies on Why Doctor Who's Disney Partnership Is So Important

(tags:drwho TV Disney RusselTDavies )

Comments

[yalovetz]

Re: 2. I was "treated" by Dr Az Hakeem and can attest from personal experience that, whatever public claims he makes to the contrary, the way he deals with his own patients looks very much like conversion therapy.

[andrewducker]

I'm sorry to hear you went through that.