1. 'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

(tags:usa racism )

2. Lupus may be caused by the common Epstein-Barr virus (as well as MS)

(tags:disease virus immune_system )

3. Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, San Francisco, and Phoenix

(tags:automation driving usa )

4. The last-ever US penny was minted today in Philadelphia

(tags:usa money cash )

5. Inside China's Mini PC Production: How Tiny Computers Are Made (a 22 minute factory tour)

(tags:computers video manufacturing )

6. Marble: generating 3D scenes from text and imagery prompts

(tags:3d design ai )

7. GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE (apocalyptically strange looking film, I rather fancy it)

(tags:movies trailer weird video )

8. 5 key points as legal experts grilled by MSPs on indyref2

(tags:scotland independence law )

9. Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World (down 17% in a decade, to less than half)

(tags:religion USA )

10. UK tax calculator showing tax rates and marginal rates under various suggestions by different groups/parties

(tags:tax UK visualisation )

1. Trans Segregation in Practice (Experiences of trans segregation following the Supreme Court ruling)

(tags:transgender bigotry LGBT UK OhForFucksSake )

2. How UK inheritance tax compares with other countries

(tags:inheritance tax uk )

3. Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

(tags:ai energy co2 water )

4. Nigel Farage lies about the real asylum story

(tags:asylum uk migration OhForFucksSake )

5. Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?

(tags:racism politics UK OhForFucksSake )

6. Missing Texas woman found living among lost ‘African’ tribe in Scotland

(tags:Scotland Africa history EpicWTF weird )

7. Ann Summers confirms trans women welcome at bra fittings

(tags:clothing transgender LGBT shops )

8. New Fireworks Control Zones to be introduced in Edinburgh

(tags:fireworks edinburgh scotland )

9. Moderate drinking is not good for you.

(tags:cancer alcohol disease )

10. 4chan will refuse to pay daily UK fines, its lawyer tells BBC

(tags:law uk usa censorship )

No idea why the autoposter didn't work yesterday/today. Will investigate tonight!

1. Why would people rate a ten hour film about paint drying so highly, and how does the creator feel about it?

(tags:painting movies video weird community viaSwampers )

2. EU patience 'wearing thin' in Brussels over Starmer's Brexit reset

(tags:UK Europe doom )

3. How the UK's biggest solar project could be shaped by sheep farmers

(tags:sheep solarpower UK )

4. USDA orders removal of climate change mentions from public websites

(tags:USA globalwarming viaElfy OhForFucksSake censorship )

5. Platypus venom is what led to Ozempic!

(tags:viaDrJon diabetes )

6. The four questions from the Lucy Letby case as defence to unveil new evidence

(tags:murder law evidence )

7. Reminder that working more than 40 hours per week produces *negative* marginal gains if you do if for more than a few weeks.

(tags:work working_hours efficiency )

8. Visualizing all books of the world in ISBN-Space

(tags:books visualisation )

9. basically every video essay (in 14 seconds)

(tags:funny video videos satire )

1. Silicon Valley and Wall Street invent collateralized GPU obligations. Surely this will work out fine?

(tags:economics technology ai doom )

2. Is it not enough to simply have a hundred anuses? Must you also use them?

(tags:animals food bodies weird viaSwampers )

3. Brain atrophy in later life linked to bad quality sleep. (Sleeping less isn't the issue, sleeping badly is)

(tags:sleep brain health )

4. Blood Sugar Control is a Key Factor in Slowing Brain Aging

(tags:sugar brain aging )

5. UK's Green energy plan needs 600 miles of power lines

(tags:uk electricity infrastructure )

6. Center Parcs plans first Scottish holiday village near Hawick

(tags:scotland holidays )

1. Wrongly convicted sub-postmasters to get new compensation scheme

(tags:postoffices justice UK money )

2. How to get housing built in the UK

(tags:housing viaDanielDWilliam )

3. On "weirdness" in politics

(tags:politics weird viaDanielDWilliam )

4. TikTok Has a Nazi Problem

(tags:Nazis socialmedia OhForFucksSake )

1. Very soon, handwriting will only be for the eccentric and the old

(tags:writing obsolescence )

2. Starmer backs change in law on assisted dying

(tags:euthenasia labour )

3. Researchers Create First Functional Semiconductor Made From Graphene

(tags:Technology computers graphene )

4. What animals like running around in wheels the most? (mice and... slugs??)

(tags:mice exercise research weird )

5. It's a Wonderful Life: Organisational Perspective

(tags:business christmas movies )

6. Water firm drives 240 truckloads of sewage a day through town to pump into the sea

(tags:UK waste ocean OhForFucksSake )

1. Scottish Labour MSPs told to oppose employment law devolution motion - despite running on a platform to devolve it

(tags:scotland labour employment law OhForFucksSake )

2. Luxembourg legalises cultivation and consumption of cannabis at home

(tags:europe marijuana legalisation )

3. Amazingly, 5% of NFTs are still worth something

(tags:blockchain money epicfail )

4. How far back into pre-history can we push the earliest societies?

(tags:prehistory Intelligence society )

5. I hope that some day Samuel L Jackson will be hired to play me. And that it's at least as awesome as this ad for bread.

(tags:SamuelLJackson bread advertising video )

6. EU politicians say there is a 'whole pile' of post-Brexit problems to fix before a UK return

(tags:uk europe )

7. Spider silk is spun by silkworms for the first time, offering a green alternative to synthetic fibers

(tags:spiders silk worm materials )

8. Happy September 21st everyone!

(tags:video weird music )

1. Does ChatGPT have a liberal bias?

(tags:ai politics )

2. No prosecution plan for Scottish drug consumption rooms

(tags:scotland decriminalization drugs )

3. Orkney to get two electric ferries for three-year trial

(tags:scotland boats electricity )

4. Non-gas giant has 73 times Earth's mass, bewildering its discoverers

(tags:space planets weird )

5. The Aftermath of a 'Miracle Cure' for a Rare Cancer

(tags:blood cancer business OhForFucksSake )

6. Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows

(tags:printing windows )

1. Scotland's first electric HGV starts making trips

(tags:scotland transport electricity )

2. Photoshop's new "Generative Fill" feature is really impressive.

(tags:ai photoshop )

3. The science around babies and sleep is, frankly terrible. (And the article assumes you'll be doing sleep training at all)

(tags:research babies sleep )

4. Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People

(tags:Intelligence ai society )

5. The cultural bias of "ultra-processed food"

(tags:food society )

6. Edinburgh tram time-lapse shows route extension (opening today!)

(tags:Edinburgh trams timelapse video )

7. UK government ignored that major drinks companies, retailers, and trade bodies, as well as the Environment Agency wanted glass to be included in the deposit return scheme.

(tags:uk recycling OhForFucksSake glass )

8. Your Reminder that "AI" Will Just Flat-Out Make Things Up

(tags:ai fraud )

9. Who wants to eat a giant isopod from the depths of the ocean?

(tags:animals food weird taiwan )

1. Would William the Conqueror recognise the coronation of Charles III

(tags:monarchy history UK )

2. Sailing boat rescued by 18th century East India merchant ship

(tags:ships weird viaPatrickHadfield )