Interesting Links for 06-02-2025

[andrewducker]

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 )

Comments

[mountainkiss]

I was more thinking of whether you could persuade the cats.

[danieldwilliam]

I'm no cat expert but they've always struck me as being particularly mercenary. Unlikely to stay somewhere where they aren't getting fed. I suspect also mostly incapable of looking after themselves long term. See the St Kilda situation but I'm aware there are some Greek islands with problems with unowned domestic cats. A small Greek touristic fishing village is probably an easier place to make a living as indigent cat than the Highlands.

In any event, Swinney sounded pretty unequivocal about the government not attempting a ban so I expect we'll find out whether a ban is actually practicable later this year.