Interesting Links for 30-03-2026

[andrewducker]

1. If you support trans exclusion then you support the torture of children

(tags:children LGBT transgender torture OhForFucksSake UK )

2. Stop Publishing Garbage Data, It's Embarrassing

(tags:data )

3. Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money

(tags:music audio cable )

4. Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics

(tags:plastic research GoodNews )

5. "I helped legalise medicinal cannabis in the UK - I regret what came next"

(tags:marijuana legalisation UK healthcare OhForFucksSake )

6. Neuroanatomy of the clitoris has been mapped

(tags:clitoris bodies women )

7. An excellent analysis of where things stand with Iran, and what happened in the last year that led us here

(tags:Iran USA war doom )

8. "Every Movement Was Controlled": The Quiet Rise In Children Under Deprivation Of Liberty Orders

(tags:children mentalhealth uk OhForFucksSake )

9. A robot with wheels that can also walk and climb stairs

(tags:transport robots video )

Comments

[armiphlage]

Our factory is going through a Nadcap AC7121 audit shortly to verify our ability to manufacture cables in accordance with IPC/WHMA-A-620. We build our cables to the highest standard, Class 3. The required process controls do make our cables more expensive (but definitely not $4000 expensive!). The difference is reliability, not ability to conduct a digital signal.

[andrewducker]

Oh yes. Certainly for digital signals you'd expect that all cables can manage "Get a signal through that's recognised at the other end and results in the same number of bits coming out as went in."

[cmcmck]

1. THIS!

And I speak as a trans woman who taught abused children!

[bens_dad]

1. Do I misremember a time when the local Cubs were full and a boy was told that he could join the Brownies ?

[cmcmck]

These days of course anyone can join the scouts which makes what the guides have done even crazier!

[yalovetz]

2. My job is to develop quality management and quality control processes for our data processing pipelines so that we don't publish garbage data.

[andrewducker]

I'm glad to hear someone is doing this!