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Interesting Links for 17-02-2025

1. Zoe Saldaña Dedicates 'Emilia Pérez' BAFTA Win to Her Trans Nephew: (tags:transgender movies LGBT )
2. Bad Space Comics - ten panel stories of our inevitable future: (tags:comics scifi )
3. Kayaker survives being swallowed by humpback whale: (tags:whales video aieeee! )
4. What the UK government is up to at the moment: (tags:UK government )

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Interesting Links for 14-01-2025

1. The woman who gave herself a caesarean - and survived!: (tags:childbirth surgery women aieeee! viaElfy )
2. The Dark Secrets Behind the Neil Gaiman Abuse Accusations: (tags:neilgaiman abuse )
3. Joss Whedon drives the final nails into the coffin of his own legacy: (tags:JossWhedon )
4. The UK government's push for AI is down to Tony Blair and made up numbers: (tags:UK ai OhForFucksSake )
5. World's hottest year: 2024 first to pass 1.5C of warming: (tags:globalwarming doom )
6. "Project Russia," Unknown in the West, Reveals Putin's Playbook: (tags:russia )
7. Why poor households are worse off in the UK than they are in the EU (housing is 44% more expensive than the average): (tags:uk inequality housing )
8. Dragonflies swim to cool down and then do somersaults to dry off: (tags:insects flying impressive )
9. The Sonos App went so badly wrong that their CEO just had to resign - here's the technical reasons why: (tags:music Technology epicfail )

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Interesting Links for 26-09-2023

1. One Ring Funk - A Lord of the Rings Uptown Funk Parody: (tags:music video parody lotr viaSwampers )
2. Want to Watch The Toymaker's Original Doctor Who Episodes? Sorry, Not Possible!: (tags:TV history drwho )
3. A Flesh-Eating Bacterium Is Creeping North as Oceans Warm: (tags:bacteria globalwarming Doom )
4. Who wants to go swimming with crocodiles in the Cage of Death?: (tags:crocodile Australia aieeee! video )
5. Box Jellyfish have no brains but can still learn: (tags:learning brain )
6. Getty made an AI generator that only trained on its licensed images: (tags:ai copyright )
7. Antiviral Covid drug linked to virus mutations: (tags:virus mutation Pandemic Doom )
8. How hard is it to become a train driver?: (tags:trains )
9. Lego axes plan to make bricks from recycled bottles, as it wasn't cutting carbon emissions: (tags:lego energy co2 )
10. UK's 3G coverage is going away over the next year or so.: (tags:uk mobile_phones )

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Interesting Links for 29-06-2023

1. Can you beat...The Password Game: (tags:passwords funny game )
2. 10cm African huntsman spider found in Edinburgh suitcase: (tags:spiders aieeee! edinburgh )
3. Edinburgh tram report 'still with publishers' nine weeks on: (tags:Edinburgh trams publishing wtf )
4. The Connection Between Autism And The Gut Microbiome Is Clearer Than Ever: (tags:autism microbiome )
5. Catching Covid? Try not to have blood type A: (tags:blood Pandemic )
6. Canadian Smoke Reaches Europe (the pictures are terrifying): (tags:Canada fire Europe Portugal )
7. do gender differences (sometimes) seem bigger in more gender equal countries? (If people think real sex differences exist, segregation will result regardless of real skill differences): (tags:gender psychology society ViaDrCross )
8. Forcing council meetings to be in person causes those with jobs, children, and disabilities to quit: (tags:disability politics UK parenting work )
9. A Russian soldier on what it's like on their front lines in Ukraine: (tags:Ukraine Russia war epicfail incompetence )
10. US public wants climate change dealt with, but doesn't like the options: (tags:usa globalwarming doom )
11. Sharpie scanning goof reveals major PlayStation budgets and revenues - and that millions of gamers buy a PS just to play Call of Duty: (tags:games playstation sony )

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Interesting Links for 10-04-2023

1. The risk of various autoimmune diseases is substantially higher in people who have had Covid: (tags:Pandemic immune_system doom )
2. Woman swims with family of Orcas and makes global headlines: (tags:newzealand aieeee! dolphins swimming )
3. Tories and Labour face off in rush to the bottom for 'law and order' (and they can both fuck off): (tags:law authoritarianism labour conservatives politics UK OhForFucksSake )
4. Hear the words of the final Nuremberg prosecutor to die: (tags:Holocaust law history video )
5. The billionaires you've never heard of bankrolling America's far right: (tags:USA fascism wealth politics )
6. Could Keir Starmer stop visiting bigoted churches?: (tags:LGBT bigotry labour OhForFucksSake )
7. What were the defining characteristics of the 2010s?: (tags:history )
8. It is amazing how simple a tiny cheap device can make security violations: (tags:security technology )
9. ChatGPT's inconsistent moral advice corrupts its users' judgment: (tags:morality ai Doom viaPatrickHadfield )
10. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) won't give its reasons for failing to release annual assessments of the safety of nuclear weapons in Scotland so as not to "prejudice relations between the UK and Scottish governments".: (tags:nuclearweapons Scotland OhForFucksSake )

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Interesting Links for 09-08-2022

1. The Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range: (tags:mountains prehistory )
2. Met Police strip-searching hundreds of children, mostly black boys: (tags:racism children UK police OhForFucksSake )
3. The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends": (tags:trains children authoritarianism morality writing tv )
4. This slide down a waterslide is a *world* of nope from me.: (tags:height water video aieeee! )
5. A Proposed African Superstate: the East African Federation: (tags:africa trade politics )
6. What is Race?: (tags:race ontology video )
7. One in five civil servants can't afford travel to work and a third skip meals due to cost of living crisis: (tags:uk poverty )
8. Supermarkets to label 'green' foods from pesto to sausages as study finds vegan products 90% more eco-friendly: (tags:environment food )
9. The plans for giant seaweed farms in European (and Scottish) waters: (tags:scotland europe sea plants farming )

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Interesting Links for 12-03-2022

Who loves...unusual...interior design choices?: (tags:design art aieeee! housing )
Israel passes law barring Palestinian spouses: (tags:migration israel palestine OhForFucksSake apartheid )
Scottish councils to be given power to run own bus services: (tags:scotland transport buses )
Scottish Police Federation tried to get victimised officer to sign an NDA rather than going to tribunal: (tags:scotland police corruption )
I love these threads where people compare different names for the same thing in different places: (tags:satire language English funny )
On Emotional Processing: (tags:emotions )
Moderna Announces Its Global Public Health Strategy (targeting 15 diseases with mRNA vaccines including HIV, Zika, and Dengue): (tags:disease vaccine genetics )
Putin is now fighting on 4 fronts: (tags:Russia war Ukraine economics )
Forget NATO, Putin's that was from the EU: (tags:Russia Europe Ukraine trade )
I didn't know that Universal Credit recipients in the UK could get cheap broadband: (tags:internet UK welfare )
Horizon and Ubisoft Game Developers Lock Twitter Accounts After Posting Bitter Elden Ring Tweets: (tags:games Twitter criticism )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4086976.html

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Interesting Links for 17-09-2021

Tesla autopilot will randomly swerve towards pedestrians: (tags:Tesla automation driving murder epicfail video )
The Fellowship of the Walk: (tags:lotr video funny music )
When Republicans control state legislatures, infant mortality is higher: (tags:politics usa healthcare children death )
Scottish taxes don't subsidise English spending: (tags:Scotland UK England tax )
I look forward to the forthcoming definition of "British TV" that some poor bureaucrat is going to have to try and come up with: (tags:UK TV WTF regulation conservatives )
Are *you* ready for Autumn Spider Festival?: (tags:spiders comic aieeee! )
Giant fossilised penguin found by New Zealand school children is previously unknown species: (tags:penguins paleontology newzealand )
Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish: (tags:music violin history materials )
Massive age-related division opens up in British society on a new front: (tags:time language age UK )
Why Is Inflation Rising Right Now? A Stuffed Toy Shows Why: (tags:trade China USA doom )
Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin: (tags:google apple russia OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3967407.html

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Interesting Links for 05-12-2020

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3952685.html

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Interesting Links for 05-11-2020

Students give female teaching assistants vastly worse reviews than men - even when they're the same person: (tags:psychology bias misogyny teaching )
Why the Post Office's Last-Minute Ballot Crisis Isn't as Dire as It Seems: (tags:voting USA mail )
Denmark to cull entire mink population after coronavirus mutation spreads to humans: (tags:animals Denmark pandemic aieeee! )
Boris Johnson: Lord of Misrule (a fascinating insight from an ex colleague): (tags:BorisJohnson lies politics UK conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Scientists hail earwax test for checking stress hormone levels (and possibly other things): (tags:stress hormones ears )
Why Latinx people vote for Trump: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1324083909404090374.html
(tags:SouthAmerica USA voting )
750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida: (tags:Florida USA mosquito genetics )
The alignment chart of kitchen corner cabinets: (tags:design alignment funny cooking storage )
New study finds psilocybin greatly and quickly relieves depression: (tags:depression psilocybin hallucinogenics )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3902885.html

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Interesting Links for 08-07-2020

I think I've found the best advertising campaign of all time: (tags:advertising fish celebrity wtf )
Coronavirus: Three England pubs close after positive tests: (tags:UK alcohol pandemic )
Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Hold Until Team Feels 'Morally Okay' With Show: (tags:police comedy TV )
Government awards £252m PPE contract to private equity firm based in the tax haven of Mauritius: (tags:tax pandemic OhForFucksSake )
Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked: (tags:surveillance advertising web )
Diane Reay's "Miseducation - Inequality, Education and the Working Classes": (tags:books Education uk OhForFucksSake )
Brain-Eating Amoeba Case Confirmed in Florida: (tags:brain aieeee! USA florida )
'That's ridiculous': Edinburgh reacts to lamposts in the middle of Leith Walk cycle lanes: (tags:cycling OhForFucksSake Edinburgh transport )
4G internet balloons take off over Kenya: (tags:kenya internet balloon )
Germany Announces Ban on Single-Use Plastics Starting in 2021: (tags:Germany plastic environment )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3747744.html

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Interesting Links for 07-12-2018

What it's like to be a woman reporter on a cryptocurrency cruise where nearly all the other women are sex-workers: (tags: technology gender OhForFucksSake )
There are some terrifying views on what constitutes rape out there: (tags: rape society uk )
Every expression of concern about the Irish backstop is an implicit admission that the UK is unlikely to have a relationship agreement to enter into by 2022: (tags: UK europe doom )
Somehow, a man coughed up an intact blood clot shaped like a lung passage.: (tags: bodies blood aieeee! ViaDrCross )
Wherein Batman tries to give Superman advice. It does not go well: (tags: superman batman funny )
Raab's threats to ignore Grieve amendment threaten constitutional crisis: (tags: UK government parliament )
Facebook just basically banned flirting. Or talking about sex. Or hinting that you might be a sexual being.: (tags: facebook sex OhForFucksSake )
British railways review to look at all options: (tags: trains transport uk )
Kevin Hart steps down as Oscars host after three days of controversy: (tags: lgbt Oscars )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3725809.html

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Interesting Links for 21-09-2018

Britain lets Putin move his dark money with impunity. That has to stop: (tags: fraud money russia banking transparency )
A very Australian coup: Murdoch, Turnbull and the power of News Corp: (tags: australia media OhForFucksSake )
Let’s scrap external exams: (tags: exams teaching )
3D Emoji Town (Pure CSS): (tags: css impressive viaSwampers )
How Connected Is Your Community to Everywhere Else in America?: Would love to see this for Europe
(tags: usa connection viaSwampers )
Will Edinburgh become bigger than Glasgow?: (tags: scotland edinburgh glasgow thefuture population )
High-gluten diet during pregnancy increases child's type 1 diabetes risk: (tags: gluten diabetes )
Woman's Tongue Gets Inseminated By Squid After Eating Undercooked Seafood: (tags: squid sex aieeee! )
The US justice system is just a mess: (tags: law usa OhForFucksSake )
John Hancock makes fitness tracking mandatory for insurance: (tags: tracking surveillance fitness insurance )
All 27 EU leaders believe Theresa May's Brexit trade plan will not work: What on earth is going on for Theresa May to say she doesn't understand the concerns?
(tags: uk europe doom )
Single Neurons in the Human Brain Encode Numbers: (tags: numbers psychology brain )
Labour could gain more than 60 seats and 1.5 million votes if it backs EU referendum: (tags: Labour polls uk europe )
New York Can't Afford to Concede Retail Cannabis to New Jersey: (tags: newyork usa marijuana legalisation )
South Africa's highest court legalises cannabis use: (tags: marijuana southafrica )
Oldest known animal fossil discovered in Russian cliffs: (tags: Russia fossil life animals )
The EU couldn’t help May at Salzburg because she’s seeking the impossible: (tags: uk Europe doom )
A former UK diplomat talks about the damage that The Sun newspaper has done over Brexit: (tags: UK Europe media OhForFucksSake )
Sergei Skripal 'hitmen' linked to GRU officer's plot to assassinate Montenegrin Prime Minister: (tags: Russia assassination )
Schizophrenia as a disease of prediction and meaning: (tags: schizophrenia prediction psychology meaning )
EU: Luxembourg McDonald's tax ruling was not illegal state aid: (tags: tax Europe mcdonalds )
Are emos, goths and rockers at increased risk of self-harm and suicide?: (tags: suicide music society )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3667611.html

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Interesting Links for 12-03-2018

Brazilian gang kidnap nurses to vaccinate poor locals: (tags: vaccination Brazil crime )
Watch Nature Reclaim These Abandoned Buildings: (tags: photos nature urban )
In Winston Churchill, Hollywood rewards a mass murderer: (tags: history torture murder UK empire India afghanistan OhForFucksSake )
JK Rowling passed on her ideals to a generation. Now they're upset she isn't living up to them.: (tags: jkrowling harrypotter )
'Super Monster Wolf' robot protects crops in Japan: (tags: headline robots farming japan )
Watching a film with mum on Mother’s Day? Don’t see these: (tags: movies mother )
Local News Anchors Now Have to Read Pro-Trump Propaganda: (tags: OhForFucksSake tv news usa )
The three mistakes of centrism: (tags: politics )
Democrats are looking for a polite, reasonable, explanation of Republican values which does not exist: (tags: politics usa republicans racism )
Awful Animals: (tags: animals aieeee! comic )
Please don't forget to peel your sheep: (tags: sheep funny )
Noted for next time someone claims women can't be evil: (tags: evil women )
Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition: (tags: fat inflammation heart )
“A torture for the eyes”: Chinese moviegoers think Black Panther is too black: (tags: China movies marvel racism )
A friend is researching generational differences towards leadership. If you have five minutes, fill in their questionnaire: (tags: leadership research )
Fantasy races as dogs: (tags: dogs fantasy roleplaying )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3646928.html

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Interesting Links for 28-12-2017

Why you should give money directly and unconditionally to homeless people: (tags: GuaranteedIncome homelessness )
As 'The Last Jedi' Tops $800M In Two Weeks, Is 'Star Wars' Doomed?: (tags: StarWars money )
India and Pakistan are conducting raids into each other's territory: (tags: India Pakistan OhForFucksSake )
Common Symbols Found in Ice Age Caves Across Europe: (tags: prehistory language writing )
Words We're Watching: 'Doggo': (tags: dogs language viaSwampers )
Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women's rights: (tags: women chess saudiarabia )
The Revenant Problem - When the trolley problem meets Doom: (tags: doom games video morality funny )
The day the women went on strike: (tags: iceland feminism work women )
An inspirational blog post from GBBO's Yan Tsou.: (tags: life advice christmas bakery )
What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year? (And noses. And vaginas. And pensises.): (tags: bodies aieeee! )
If you find it hard to think of babies as cute, this might help: (tags: cute babies )
Sex - now with in-app purchases!: (tags: games sex funny satire )
Clegg: A reappraisal: (tags: NickClegg libdem politics uk )