Interesting Links for 27-06-2025

[andrewducker]

1. The first non-opioid painkiller (for acute pain) has taken 27 years to produce.

(tags:pain research medicine )

2. UK asylum plans shows post-Brexit Britain is 'in very dark place', Albanian PM warns

(tags:uk migration OhForFucksSake )

3. Reading one book on a subject will put you ahead of the vast majority of people

(tags:experts learning )

4. One in four LGBTQ+ pupils may drop out before finishing secondary school

(tags:lgbt school bullying )

5. India High Court rules trans women are women

(tags:India transgender LGBT GoodNews )

6. A newspaper reported that Arthur Conan Doyle went to a local pub. Turns out to be completely made up (but the history is fascinating)

(tags:journalism fraud Edinburgh history )

7. The transfers between parties in yesterday's Edinburgh council election are fascinating!

(tags:edinburgh elections voting politics scotland )

8. You can now buy The Hobbit in 5 different Celtic languages. (I'm sure people will have great fun comparing them)

(tags:languages uk ireland TheHobbit )

9. Make AI Mediocre Again

(tags:satire ai video advertising )

Comments

[cmcmck]

4.

I was one of that one in four.

[andrewducker]

I'm sorry, it's terrible how some people are treated.

[greenwoodside]

8. Good news! I was gunning for The Lord of the Rings to be up for the Celtic language treatment next, till vivdunstan sensibly pointed out that it probably wasn't economically viable.

But if anyone reading this is a professional Welsh translator and would like to spend the next six years locked in their study translating TLotR for free, then I will personally buy them an extra nice coffee at their shop of choice. How's that for a bargain?

[andrewducker]

I don't see how anyone could resist that offer!