Interesting Links for 13-08-2025
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- 1. Denethor in Lord of the Rings is now a metaphor for doomscrolling
- (tags:lotr doom )
- 2. The UK government's final tip on how to save water is, frankly, out of contact with reality
- (tags:uk government water EpicWTF )
- 3. Call for free bus travel to help under-22s in England into work (Scotland already has this)
- (tags:buses children england )
- 4. Tracing a joke back through British TV
- (tags:tv history comedy jokes )
- 5. Carolyn Mercer Describes Her Experiences of Transgender Conversion Therapy
- (tags:transgender torture bigotry uk video history )
- 6. Trans conversion therapy survivor: 'I wanted to be cured so asked to be electrocuted'
- (tags:torture uk transgender bigotry history )
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Date: 2025-08-13 12:45 pm (UTC)Not uploading them to the cloud might save water, but suggesting that is just as unrealistic.
However, if apps browse the pictures inefficiently having more pictures stored might require more electricity, heat and water.
Maybe a silly final suggestion is deliberate. It makes people look at and talk about the article :-)
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Date: 2025-08-13 12:46 pm (UTC)but "Turn off the taps when brushing teeth or shaving." of my DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN YES,YES, YES!!!! I do this automatically. It drives me absolutely insane when others don't.
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Date: 2025-08-13 03:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-08-13 04:00 pm (UTC)Drought in England, sounds crazy, of course.
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Date: 2025-08-16 10:42 am (UTC)