Interesting Links for 25-04-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Offshore wind farm capable of powering half of Scotland's homes is being switched on

(tags:scotland windpower )

2. First Scottish Gaelic translation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit

(tags:Gaelic scotland language TheHobbit )

3. Thanks to Dominic Cummings there's an £800m research agency run by the government that's allowed to hide everything it does from you.

(tags:secrecy uk government research )

4. 2/3 of people with peanut allergies cured in new trial

(tags:allergies peanuts GoodNews )

5. The Beano comic captures Musk and Trump perfectly

(tags:politics USA comics UK satire )

6. Israel has completely wiped out Rafah, turning a fifth of Gaza's territory into a giant buffer zone.

(tags:Israel gaza OhForFucksSake )

7. Male non-hormonal contraceptive implant shown to work for 24 months in trials

(tags:contraception men )

8. New British recycling tax set to drive up use of... plastic

(tags:uk recycling OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

I love these paradoxes. Ok, the wind farm news is really impressive.
Thank you!

[channelpenguin]

Good old Beano!

[kerk_hiraeth]

Personally I'm waiting for my Tribble Skin Leather Bound copy of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare in the original Klingonaase...

kerk

[greenwoodside]

2. The Gaelic translation is hot on the heels of a Welsh Yr Hobyd (2023), which I'm reading and enjoying. Somehow going through an old childhood favourite in another language recaptures a glimmer of the wonder and pleasure it brought me then.

[calimac]

1) And an extra added bonus, it will annoy Donald Trump. Especially if it's anywhere near his golf course, though I don't think it is.

[bens_dad]

7. A very unusual mode of operation.
It blocks the sperms ducts completely, but breaks down after a set length of time. But how would I know how reliable the time limit is or whether it is still functioning ?

Most male contraceptives require a degree of trust from the woman, but this one needs a fair bit from the man
too.