Interesting Links for 24-08-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Edinburgh's West Approach Road to be closed again for most of next month

(tags:Edinburgh transport traffic )

2. Edinburgh first Scottish council to pass fireworks ban

(tags:Edinburgh fireworks Scotland )

3. Regional inequalities in Long Covid rates revealed (some areas up to 20%)

(tags:pandemic doom inequality UK )

4. A significant win for trans rights in Australia

(tags:Australia transgender LGBT GoodNews )

5. Microsoft's Copilot falsely accuses court reporter of crimes he covered

(tags:crime fraud Microsoft ai defamation )

6. Solar farms can benefit wildlife

(tags:nature solarpower )

Comments

[nancylebov]

5. In case anyone wants to avoid Decoder's user agreement:

https://theoverspill.blog/2024/08/23/microsoft-copilot-reporter-false-start-up-2274/

[kerk_hiraeth]

Just as the Puberty blocker will be extended to NI this coming week ~ signed off by the First Ministers (Sinn Fein) & the Deputy First Minister (DUP) without going through the Executive at all.

kerk

[ninetydegrees]

5) The good news is that you can uninstall it now whereas, up until a little while ago, you had to turn if off in the Registry Editor. I'm hoping for regulations in this area that will be like the one on cookies.