Interesting Links for 18-10-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Endometriosis diagnosis from menstrual blood could make diagnosis dramatically faster (still a few years away though)

(tags:endometriosis health )

2. Church of England bishops stop plans to trial blessing services for gay couples

(tags:LGBT bigotry religion ChurchOfEngland marriage relationships )

3. Russia's funding for Ukraine war set to 'contract' as new sanctions loom

(tags:Russia Ukraine war economics trade )

4. The Anglican Church just split in half (40-50 million in each side)

(tags:ChurchOfEngland )

5. Judge rules that trans man can't be denied gender recognition certificate because he is trying to conceive.

(tags:transgender law UK children GoodNews )

6. Happy Tenth Anniversary to the "Leopards Eating People's Faces Party"

(tags:politics meme satire )

7. Liberal Democrats win all six seats in Surrey council by-elections (clearly things afoot in the South-East)

(tags:libdem elections uk )

8. Why FindOutNow polls differ from other polling companies

(tags:polls politics uk )

9. Some reasons to be hopeful about the future (if we can get through 2026)

(tags:thefuture charlesstross )

10. Treating male partners halves the recurrence rate of Bacterial Vaginosis

(tags:Bacteria microbiome )

11. Lothian Buses celebrates a century of keeping Edinburgh moving through the night with the Night Bus

(tags:Edinburgh buses night history )

12. Turkey proposes radical new "reforms" to attack LGBTQ+ marriage, media, & trans people

(tags:LGBT transgender turkey bigotry )

Comments

4

[agoodwinsmith]

Oh Goddess! Not girl cooties! [1]


[1] - yes; more complicated than that, but it has long roots into anti anything not masculine enough (choose your own adventure red line). *sigh*

4

[anna_wing]

So would this be schism, heresy, both or neither?

Re: 4

[andrewducker]

An excellent question which the academics will no doubt argue over for generations.