Interesting Links for 25-12-2025

[andrewducker]

1. The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees

(tags:headline funny journalism )

2. There's no such thing as a fake feather

(tags:birds materials video )

3. Dutch Tesla Fleet Goes Bankrupt After Betting on Musk's Self-Driving Promises

(tags:Tesla automation fraud ElonMusk )

4. Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi Games' Affordance of Childlike Wonder and Reduced Burnout Risk in Young Adults

(tags:psychology mentalhealth games Mario )

5. Why Britain doesn't have enough dentists

(tags:teeth UK bureaucracy OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[channelpenguin]

In the headlines one, obviously I vote for cat butthole!

[purplerabbits]

I now very much ant to know the results of that scientific paper - DO cat buttholes touch every surface? And how do you prove they don't?

[andrewducker]

https://www.upworthy.com/cats-buttholes-on-surfaces-ex1

[purplerabbits]

Thank you!

[andrewducker]

You're very welcome!

[movingfinger]

3. Golly gee whiz, who could have imagined that utterly unforeseen event? (Was the company actually some kind of money laundering or sales pumping front?)

[andrewducker]

I believe the technical term is "the greater fools".