Interesting Links for 01-05-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Port of Los Angeles sees shipping volume down 35% next week as tariffs bite

(tags:USA trade doom china )

2. Council Tax is broken - It's time to fix it

(tags:politics tax uk )

3. A Criminal, Social, And Linguistic Rollercoaster (and a historical mugging in Glasgow)

(tags:Scotland language crime funny Glasgow )

4. Solar panels on (nearly) all new UK homes by 2027 under new Labour plan

(tags:solarpower housing GoodNews labour )

5. US judge rules Apple violated order to reform App Store

(tags:apple law usa )

6. Ukraine agrees crucial minerals and economic investment deal with US

(tags:usa ukraine trade mining )

7. Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK

(tags:uk europe healthcare nhs death OhForFucksSake )

8. How Labour strategist Morgan McSweeney used 'any means necessary' to destroy Corbyn as leader and install Starmer.

(tags:Labour corruption )

9. A robot that can fold laundry! (This is actually massive - handling flexible/floppy fabrics is incredibly hard)

(tags:robots clothing video impressive )

Comments

[calimac]

8) Wow, that's disturbing.

9) I couldn't get this page to display correctly, but if the robot can fold fitted sheets, that's impressive.

[andrewducker]

Does a link direct to the video work?
https://dnrjl01ydafck.cloudfront.net/v2/upload/PhysicalIntelligence_2min_v2_out.mp4