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Interesting Links for 18-08-2026
Aug. 18th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. There's a huge space launch crunch right now, and it will probably get worse
- (tags:space transport doom Spacex )
- 2. Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy
- (tags:wifi recognition surveillance )
- 3. It's How You Ask: Gender-Associated Linguistic Bias in LLMs
- (tags:gender ai language )
- 4. We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility (where they were destroyed as part of the scanning process)
- (tags:books ai amazon )
- 5. Disabled man just one more benefit cut from having sufficient incentive to walk again, insists Reform
- (tags:disability satire politics uk )
- 6. Edinburgh venue accepts it discriminated against Jewish comedian Philip Simon when it cancelled show
- (tags:Jews bigotry Edinburgh festival )
- 7. Universal Health Coverage Could Save the USA $1 Trillion (20%) and 114,000 Lives Every Year
- (tags:USA healthcare economics )
- 8. Autism self-diagnosis - validity and methods
- (tags:autism diagnosis viaPatrickHadfield )
- 9. People with ADHD function very well when under stress
- (tags:stress ADHD neurodiversity viaSwampers )
- 10. Fairly Ranking the Most Brilliant Birds
- (tags:birds colour visualisation )
- 11. Britain has a migration crisis (we're totally dependent on it, and government policy is causing chaos)
- (tags:migration uk labour doom )
- 12. The Color Recession May Be Permanent
- (tags:colour design fashion )
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