Interesting Links for 27-05-2025

[andrewducker]

1. The US health system is now overseen by vaccine deniers. The effects are entirely predictable

(tags:disease pandemic usa vaccines doom )

2. Hong Kong children urged to get Covid jabs as 'whole paediatric ward full'

(tags:pandemic HongKong china children doom vaccination )

3. An Oral History of 'Lilo & Stitch' (the original)

(tags:animation movies Disney Hawaii history )

4. German court rules cookie banners must offer "reject all" button (if they have an "accept all" button)

(tags:cookies surveillance germany dataprotection GoodNews )

5. It makes no sense to cut funding to mental health services when that costs you money in the long run.

(tags:mentalhealth money edinburgh )

6. How much energy does AI use?

(tags:ai electricity )

7. Owls! in! Towels!

(tags:owls cute photos )

8. Explaining a 31-month sentence for a tweet

(tags:racism riots uk law )

Comments

[hilarita]

Indeed - this is how we can spend more and more on healthcare, because running down preventative, early intervention, and/or GP care saves money in the short term, and we can watch the soaring cost of secondary care. (See also; cutting social care budget for similar consequences... and cutting Sure Start...)

It's really really depressing.