Interesting Links for 18-02-2026
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andrewducker- 1. U.K. government covered up dramatic spike in trans youth suicides
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- 2. WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
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- 3. Ancient bacteria found frozen in cave resistant to 10 types of antibiotics
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- 4. Fake law: Barrister suing Dan Neidle relied on cases from ChatGPT
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- 5. The association between academic pressure and adolescent depressive symptoms and self-harm
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- 6. Using Origami to Imagine Emergency Shelters That Are Sturdy, Cost-Efficient and Easy to Deploy
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- 7. Amazon are cracking down on erotica
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- 8. How "Remote Assistance" works with Waymo's autonomous taxis.
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- 9. Inside Horden, the County Durham town failed by politics (if you were wondering why people are turning to Reform)
- (tags:politics poverty uk )
- 10. New Silent Hill game inspired by tiny fishing village in Fife
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Date: 2026-02-18 12:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-02-18 04:13 pm (UTC)When I first opened the link https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/ancient-bacteria-frozen-antibiotics-b2921734.html on my phone, the first ad linked to a fake BBC page at https://scippbusin.pro/interview-scandal-Ab4?utm_content={utm_content}&utm_medium={utm_medium}&utm_term={utm_term}&utm_campaign={utm_campaign}&utm_t=4219325885&utm_site=eslmedia-theindependent&click_id=GiAnKu6QtbO8uRm8d3vf5E51APaYj909Ona7GPRW5zNmTSC_jXgowMj7tpnYkoR8MK-WPg#tblciGiAnKu6QtbO8uRm8d3vf5E51APaYj909Ona7GPRW5zNmTSC_jXgowMj7tpnYkoR8MK-WPg#0#1
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Date: 2026-02-18 04:22 pm (UTC)a) That's not good!
b) You get ads on your browser? You should really install an adblocker. Both for security, and because it makes browsing the web about 3000x nicer.
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Date: 2026-02-18 05:04 pm (UTC)U.K. government covered up dramatic spike in trans youth suicides
Date: 2026-02-18 05:40 pm (UTC)Ancient bacteria found frozen in cave resistant to 10 types of antibiotics
Date: 2026-02-18 05:47 pm (UTC)Uh. That is, I'm confused: Why would the ancient bacteria be resistant to more antibiotics that modern bacteria aren't? I assume that's something specific, not "antibiotics work against some things and not others and no-one looked for any against these bacteria before", but I'm not sure.
I think I found the press release, but it doesn't explain any more why that would be the case https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1115156
Re: Ancient bacteria found frozen in cave resistant to 10 types of antibiotics
Date: 2026-02-18 06:50 pm (UTC)I am also intrigued.
Re: U.K. government covered up dramatic spike in trans youth suicides
Date: 2026-02-18 06:50 pm (UTC)Indeed. It's so awful.
Re: U.K. government covered up dramatic spike in trans youth suicides
Date: 2026-02-18 08:48 pm (UTC)I spent some time at the end of last year talking to a woman who has published a book about the suicide of her teenage trans daughter, Alice, who became unable to cope any longer with the waiting lists.
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Date: 2026-02-18 08:50 pm (UTC)On most sites I don't see many or inappropriate ads; if I do I realize that I have strayed onto click-bait sites and abandon ship (or so I tell myself).
I don't pay for access to many sites (I have no income) and accept that quality sites have costs, so need the ad income. Don't ad-blockers kill that ?
Today's experience has made me believe that the Independent site is now a click-bait site, just like the the tabloid newspaper sites (though the journalism may be considerably better). I had assumed that they would quality-control their ads, just as they do on the paper edition (I presume).
Re: Ancient bacteria found frozen in cave resistant to 10 types of antibiotics
Date: 2026-02-18 09:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-02-18 09:03 pm (UTC)I see that there has been no paper edition for a decade.