Interesting Links for 10-03-2026

[andrewducker]

1. Grammarly Is Offering 'Expert' AI Reviews From Your Favorite Authors—Dead or Alive (without their permission)

(tags:ohforfuckssake ai writing )

2. Google proposes an AI training datacenter that would use up to 8 million gallons of water *per day*

(tags:water google ai )

3. NHS England continues attacks on trans kids

(tags:uk transgender lgbt ohforfuckssake )

4. It is likely that the UK is still under-diagnosing ADHD

(tags:adhd uk )

Comments

[jack]

Indeed, it might be 10% of people I know personally have ADHD but are on the waiting list, never got on the waiting list, or fell out of treatment.

It's nice to see someone respected making the argument clearly.

[andrewducker]

Yup. I looked into this the other day. It's at least a three year waiting list. And you can go private for a diagnosis, but then you have to pay for the treatment privately as well, which makes it pointless unless you're very well off!

[wildeabandon]

I think there might be something of a postcode lottery on that, though possibly it's becoming increasingly restricted. Certainly Ramesh got diagnosed privately, and paid for meds during the process of titration, but now gets them on NHS prescription (this was post the acute phase of the pandemic, but not super recently, maybe 18 months to two years ago, if memory serves).

[cmcmck]

3.Have they actually read any of the research?

I could introduce them to a US doctoral thesis which has a dedication to yours truly on the intro page as I gave a lot of help and advice over this very topic when it was being researched!

This is deliberate ignorance!

[andrewducker]

It is so very deliberate and so awful.