Interesting Links for 18-01-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Trans stabbing victim bravely lets police share CCTV of brutal assault as attackers sentenced

(tags:transgender violence UK )

2. How do Twitter's Community Notes work?

(tags:facts communication twitter technology )

3. If you'd like to understand Tumblr then this should do it

(tags:Tumblr mentalhealth )

4. Summoning the elder gods with the aid of a cute puppy toy

(tags:cute video puppy funny viaSwampers )

5. Russian diplomats accessed a private area of parliament in a security breach just before Christmas

(tags:Russia spying UK )

6. Less than 90 seconds after a teenage boy creates a TikTok account they get Andrew Tate videos and content harmful to mental health

(tags:mentalhealth socialnetworking OhForFucksSake )

7. Post-Election Polling Shows Gaza Cost Harris Votes

(tags:gaza politics USA Israel democrats )

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

#7 pretty funny. So, the left decided, fuck Kamala, she's an Israeli genicidist, let's vote Trump?

[andrewducker]

So far as I can tell they just didn't vote.

[juan_gandhi]

Oh, right. This makes sense, of course. Pretty understandable.

[andrewducker]

The problem with a system that only really gives you two options.

[bens_dad]

7. Interesting, but I note that the article is by an organisation with an interest in the issue.

And now for something completely different:

[lsanderson]

STOP THE PRESS!
Scotland’s largest haggis maker creating new recipe to meet US rules
Macsween working to circumvent food regulations that have banned traditional recipe in US for more than 50 years
Geneva Abdul
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jan/18/scotland-haggis-maker-macsween-us-rules

[mountainkiss]

7. Well, I hope they’re pleased with their decision.

[fub]

Well, it worked for them: there is a ceasefire now. If that was all you cared about, you got your way.