Interesting Links for 01-12-2022

Dec. 1st, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 27-10-2022

Oct. 27th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 20-09-2022

Sep. 20th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Catch-up links for 12/9/2022

Sep. 15th, 2022 09:01 am
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Interesting Links for 31-08-2022

Aug. 31st, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. The imminent BA.5 vaccine booster
(tags:Pandemic vaccine )
2. Edinburgh to apologise for role in slave trade
(tags:edinburgh slavery scotland )
3. Teenagers struggle to tell the difference between real and fake health advice
(tags:teenagers fraud psychology )
4. Associations between obese BMI and mortality are only there for people who are suffering insulin issues or inflammation
(tags:insulin diabetes inflammation obesity BMI )
5. A person and an AI cooperating on some art
(tags:ai art video )
6. Affirming parent tells how schools can support trans kids
(tags:LGBT transgender schools viaPatrickHadfield )
7. A trans man on Sandman's A Game Of You arc
(tags:LGBT transgender Sandman neilgaiman )
8. All the times someone falls off of something in the Lord of The Rings movies
(tags:lotr funny )
9. Republican candidates are changing how they handle abortion after Roe v. Wade
(tags:abortion USA republicans )
10. Eurostar to axe direct trains to Disneyland Paris, partly blaming Brexit
(tags:UK Europe Disney trains )
11. What do computers dream of (or: what happens when you feed an AI image generator into an animation?)
(tags:animation ai generation video )
12. Experimenters' sex modulates mouse behaviors and neural responses to ketamine
(tags:research experiment gender smell mice )
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Interesting Links for 20-07-2022

Jul. 20th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Yay! 60% of Americans aren't Creationists!
(tags:religion usa headdesk evolution belief )
2. UK pay falls at fastest rate on record as inflation hits
(tags:inequality uk pay )
3. A fictional dictionary entry from the future, about the first ever upload. Fascinating and horrifying.
(tags:transhumanism viaCharlesStross scifi )
4. How to encourage your child to have a healthy relationship with food
(tags:psychology food children )
5. Anti-Corbyn Labour officials covertly diverted election funds away from winnable seats, Forde report finds
(tags:labour corruption OhForFucksSake )
6. Beware of bad science reporting: No, we haven't killed 90% of all plankton
(tags:FactCheck ocean doom )
7. A cool debugging story (this one about nuclear detectors in space!)
(tags:space nuclearweapons bug history development viaPatrickHadfield )
8. Government quietly removes commitments to women's rights after summit on freedom of beliefs
(tags:UK abortion women rights OhForFucksSake )
9. Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book Is Being Disneyfied
(tags:Disney neilgaiman )
10. The Labour Party is making a terrible mistake if it ignores the Forde report
(tags:labour democracy politics corruption uk )
11. Stranger Things 4 creators reveal they've secretly been editing past seasons without viewers noticing
(tags:TV editing )
12. Battery cost declines raise prospects of all-electric container shipping
(tags:electricity ships shipping batteries )
13. A Brief History of "Nobody Wants to Work Anymore"
(tags:work history newspapers )
14. 'Unacceptable' waits for Edinburgh high-rise mould repairs
(tags:edinburgh housing OhForFucksSake )
15. Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health And Saves Lives
(tags:psychology transgender lgbt )
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Interesting Links for 24-06-2022

Jun. 24th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 18-06-2022

Jun. 18th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Scientists may have discovered the origins of the Black Death (in Kyrgyzstan)
(tags:death disease history )
2. Citizen Kane (1941) but with a Velociraptor
(tags:dinosaurs movies funny )
3. Chores In Childhood May Improve Cognition And Academic Performance
(tags:children work psychology achievement )
4. The UK's biggest union just passed a motion in support of proportional representation
(tags:proportional_representation labour unions )
5. Long COVID 20-50% less likely after omicron than delta in vaccinated people
(tags:health pandemic vaccination GoodNews )
6. Is the Northern Ireland Protocol bill a breach of international law? (A video explanation)
(tags:law uk europe trade doom NorthernIreland )
7. US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and services for little to no pay
(tags:slavery USA prison )
8. UNISON votes unanimously for trans equality in local government
(tags:UK unions transgender LGBT GoodNews )
9. The creator of Gravity Falls talks about the censorship he faced from Disney
(tags:Disney censorship TV children )
10. Boris Johnson breaks promise to deliver 100 million Covid vaccines to poor countries
(tags:BorisJohnson vaccine Pandemic inequality aid OhForFucksSake UK conservatives )
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Interesting Links for 08-06-2022

Jun. 8th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Deal reached on making USB C the mandatory connector for electronic devices in the EU
(tags:phones Technology usb europe )
2. Disney as religion
(tags:religion Disney )
3. People trying to put Blockchain into games clearly don't actually enjoy playing games at all
(tags:games Blockchain OhForFucksSake )
4. Bigots are terrified of pastels
(tags:colour patriarchy bigotry )
5. Please, don't build another Large Hadron Collider.
(tags:physics research thefuture )
6. The Women Who Ran Genghis Khan's Empire
(tags:mongolia history women )
7. How Flesh Penetrating Sound Waves Could 3D Print Implants Directly Inside You
(tags:3dprinting Technology cyborg )
8. Third of windfall tax cash raised could be handed back to oil firms
(tags:oil gas OhForFucksSake uk politics )
9. HS2: Government scraps plans for £3bn West Coast Main Line link
(tags:trains hs2 uk OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 06-05-2022

May. 6th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Boris Johnson shelves plan ensure restaurant workers keep tips
(tags:money work uk Conservatives OhForFucksSake )
2. NY Times says Wordle drove tens of millions of new users, record growth
(tags:words games newspapers newyork )
3. Transphobes refused permission to appeal over puberty blocker treatment
(tags:LGBT transgender law GoodNews )
4. Tory-linked group that campaigns against net zero climate action is funded by US oil interests
(tags:UK conservatives globalwarming OhForFucksSake )
5. Why society owes a debt of gratitude to a gay psychiatrist in a clown mask
(tags:history lgbt gay psychiatry usa )
6. Protesters block Edinburgh immigration detentions
(tags:immigration Scotland )
7. No, local Conservatives aren't any better than the ones in Westminster
(tags:conservatives OhForFucksSake )
8. Transphobes taking legal action against sexual violence charities
(tags:LGBT transgender bigotry )
9. Swarming drones autonomously navigate a dense forest (and chase a human)
(tags:drone )
10. Are Sins Finite
(tags:sin religion funny comic )
11. A Vast Underground Water System Helps Drive Antarctica's Glaciers
(tags:antarctic water )
12. Where Americans Stand On Abortion, In 5 Charts
(tags:abortion usa polls )
13. The UK's justice minister wants to take personal control of who gets parole. This is dangerous nonsense.
(tags:politics law uk OhForFucksSake )
14. "Bambi" Is Even Bleaker Than You Thought (and its Jewish author more interesting)
(tags:history Jews Disney books movies deer nature )
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Interesting Links for 01-05-2022

May. 1st, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 23-03-2022

Mar. 23rd, 2022 12:00 pm
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Repetition can make even the most bizarre claims seem more true
(tags:psychology lies belief )
I sometimes think it's a shame that in all the fuss about "We Don't Talk About Bruno" people miss how amazing a song "Surface Pressure" is.
(tags:music video Disney pressure )
Guinea! Pigs! Living! Wild!
(tags:animals video nature cute viaLilysea )
How White Victimhood Fuels Republican Politics
(tags:racism society usa )
Government "Spooked" By Attempts To Block Medical Equipment From Regions With "Genocide Risk"
(tags:genocide uk nhs )
Facebook approved 8 paid ads inciting violence and genocide against the Rohingya
(tags:Facebook genocide advertising )
UK among most anti-refugee countries in the world thanks to borders bill, says Médecins Sans Frontières
(tags:UK immigration refugee OhForFucksSake conservatives )
How Tumblr is different to other social media
(tags:Tumblr socialmedia )
Dungeons & Dragons: Friend or Foe of Sword-and-Sorcery?
(tags:fantasy dungeonsanddragons )
Guantánamo military court may seek plea deals in 9/11 cases rather than trials
(tags:guantanamo USA law terrorism )
Mercedes Drive Pilot Is The First To Take Legal Responsibility
(tags:automation driving law cars )
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Interesting Links for 17-03-2022

Mar. 17th, 2022 12:22 pm
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Why comments are usually terrible, and how to make them better
(tags:comments web )
I can see 29 distinct colours. How about you?
(tags:colour eyes genetics )
The happiness of love turns to sadness when unspent.
(tags:love dogs death sadness grief )
Disney employees are staging walkouts over company's response to the 'Don't Say Gay' bill
(tags:Disney LGBT )
Ukraine-Russia peace talks make significant progress as 15-point plan to end war drawn up by officials
(tags:Ukraine Russia war )
Americans overestimate how big minorities are (I'd be very surprised if Brits didn't think the same)
(tags:USA minorities polls demographics viaJennieRigg )
His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.
(tags:Jews singing religion computers death lgbt )
UK sets out action plan to tackle inequality based on recommendations from a commission that concluded there was no systemic racism in Britain.
(tags:UK racism )
Why Russians Support Putin's War Against Ukrainians
(tags:Russia Ukraine war polls )
France ends gas heaters subsidies, boosts heat pumps in bid to cut Russia reliance
(tags:France heating electricity Russia )
Russian war in Ukraine 'largely stalled on all fronts', UK claims
(tags:russia ukraine )
In-flight surgery with a coat-hanger and silverware
(tags:surgery airplanes )
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Interesting Links for 11-03-2022

Mar. 11th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Organisers asked to reimagine Edinburgh's Hogmanay
(tags:Edinburgh party time )
North Sea oil not solution to Russian reliance
(tags:UK Russia oil )
The truth about the giant parachuting spiders invading America
(tags:spiders )
Pixar employees say Disney censors overtly gay affection in films
(tags:LGBT Disney censorship )
The Spectacular Collapse of Putin's Disinformation Machinery
(tags:lies Russia epicfail )
Uncertainty over England's epidemic after sudden rise in Covid hospital admissions (also affecting Scotland)
(tags:uk pandemic doom )
The Final Speech from "The Great Dictator"
(tags:history movies freedom )
EU leaders back Ukraine but balk at fast-track membership
(tags:europe ukraine )
Scottish Government could ban companies from dumping unsold goods
(tags:scotland recycling environment business )
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Interesting Links for 07-03-2022

Mar. 7th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 09-02-2022

Feb. 9th, 2022 12:00 pm
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An EU border across britain: Scotland's borders after independence
(tags:europe uk scotland borders )
Women led the Bronze Age immigration to Orkney
(tags:scotland prehistory genetics women migration )
When, exactly, were tattoos the exclusive domain of the sailor?
(tags:tattoos history society )
Jacob Rees-Mogg Says It Could Take 50 Years To Reap The Benefits Of Brexit
(tags:UK Europe Doom )
Archaeological Detective: the game where you're trying to track down whoever it was who raided all these tombs!
(tags:games indianajones funny archeology )
Snowy Scottish mountains are quite pretty.
(tags:photo mountains Scotland )
Massive new Edinburgh £19.4m Roseburn to Leith cycle route work gets underway
(tags:bicycles transport Edinburgh )
Autistic sons trapped in Scottish psychiatric hospitals
(tags:scotland autism OhForFucksSake )
The English test that ruined thousands of lives
(tags:uk immigration testing OhForFucksSake language )
Stimulating spinal cord helps paralysed people to walk again
(tags:nerves Technology cyborg disability impressive )
Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study
(tags:microbiome depression )
Disney's Filmmaking Process (in-depth and fascinating)
(tags:Disney animation howto movies )
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Interesting Links for 01-02-2022

Feb. 1st, 2022 12:00 pm
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Sue Gray says she's not able to present 'meaningful report' due to Metropolitan Police investigation
(tags:UK police conservatives BorisJohnson party )
What do you when the new hire who showed up is not the same person you interviewed?
(tags:work fraud identity wtf interviews )
The New York Times Buys Wordle
(tags:games newspapers newyork wtf )
People have the weirdest ideas: astronomy edition
(tags:astronomy ignorance )
The longer you watch this the more kittens appear
(tags:kittens cute video )
Police given 500 pieces of paper and 300 photographs of evidence on partygate
(tags:police party Pandemic )
Peter Dinklage Called Out By Actors With Dwarfism For His Accusations Against Disney
(tags:acting Disney size )
Scotland's new smoke alarms law comes into force
(tags:Scotland safety fire housing )
This Osprey Looks Right At His Rescuer As He Frees Him
(tags:birds video )
Sophia's nursery is the first childcare business in Scotland to transition to being owned by its staff!
(tags:children business ownership Scotland )
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Interesting Links for 30-01-2022

Jan. 30th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 27-11-2021

Nov. 27th, 2021 12:00 pm
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The Highest City in the World Celebrates Its Indigenous Culture with Neo-Andean Architecture
(tags:design Bolivia architecture colour )
Boris Johnson bridge to Northern Ireland would cost over £300bn and should not be built, government review finds
(tags:uk NorthernIreland trains )
Edinburgh's tram extension: Leith Walk faces longer closure after project hits problems (still within overall budget and timescales though)
(tags:construction Edinburgh trams )
Study: How Conservative Think Tanks are Destroying the Planet
(tags:globalwarming Doom apocalypse conspiracy conservatives republicans )
I'm starting to think that the UK government is *trying* to collect all the variants
(tags:Pandemic southafrica OhForFucksSake )
Disney TV channels are losing about 10% of their viewers per year. I wonder if that applies generally to broadcast TV
(tags:TV Disney broadcast )
"Count To Ten" - a short animated comic I rather enjoyed, about taking the wrong road
(tags:life comic animation video )
Visually-impaired artists share their world
(tags:art disability sight )
Novel mind-body program outperforms other treatments for chronic back pain
(tags:pain back )
The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire
(tags:internet design security )
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Interesting Links for 23-11-2021

Nov. 23rd, 2021 12:00 pm
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