Catchup links for 30-12-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Santa prepares public statement following accusations that ‘he clearly prefers rich kids’

(tags:inequality funny Christmas )

2. "I Am the Very Model of a Miniature Tyrannosaur" (clearly the best way to publicise new dinosaur knowledge)

(tags:dinosaurs video music viaSwampers )

3. Tiny! Cute! Bat! (Second attempt)

(tags:bats cute video )

4. O Generous One! -(The Origin of "Carol of the Bells")

(tags:christmas ukraine history music video translation )

5. The deep ocean has a missing link between deep and surface food webs - and scientists finally found it

(tags:ocean food nature )

6. The complicated life of Francesca Albanese: A rising figure in Italy but barred from every bank by Trump’s sanctions

(tags:usa italy palestine israel banking OhForFucksSake )

7. Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI

(tags:ai libraries books OhForFucksSake )

8. Delay to post-Brexit deal costs UK £100m a week

(tags:uk europe trade )

Just noticed these didn't post on the day!

Comments

[nancylebov]

That bat is very tiny, but is is cute? It looks like a gargoyle and I don't think it's giving the thumb back.

[andrewducker]

It says cute in the tags, and they wouldn't lie.

(My children went "awwwwwwww" when I showed them so at least some people think it is.)

[greenwoodside]

3. That bat is indeed very tiny and very cute. Regarding its gargoylyness, that is surely only increasing the cute factor.

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[channelpenguin]

I'm in Camp Cute!

[melchar]

The bat was, indeed, very cute.

In re #2 = awesome homage! Loved mini-T-Rex in song

and #7 = AI hallucinating books is expected, but blaming librarians was something I did NOT expect.

[andrewducker]

Some people use confidence as a marker for accuracy. And AIs tend to sound very confident.

[melchar]

Hmmmm ... somehow that just makes it worse.