- 1. Who wants some Indian rap-metal about cooking?
- (tags:food music video HeavyMetal )
- 2. A short summary of the Sandie Peggie V. Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton employment tribunal judgment
- (tags:transgender law UK GoodNews )
- 3. Did Nano Banana Pro Kill Photography or Just Photo Editing?
- (tags:ai photography video )
- 4. Clinic Closures Force More Rural Americans To Rely On Horse Who Stomps Twice When Patient Has Cancer
- (tags:USA healthcare horses cancer satire )
- 5. Study: Leaving Religion May Make You More Liberal
- (tags:politics liberal religion psychology )
- 6. UK issues sanctions against Russia amid accusations of information warfare
- (tags:uk russia disinformation )
- 7. Prenatal phenol exposure linked to child behaviour
- (tags:pollution behaviour children )
- 8. US to ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
- (tags:socialmedia usa OhForFucksSake )
Interesting Links for 03-05-2025
May. 3rd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. 1.5m Britons a month pay for weight-loss jabs
- (tags:UK weight medication )
- 2. Why our waistlines expand in middle ageāaging stem cells shift into overdrive (in rats)
- (tags:weight age rats )
- 3. Germany's Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech Just Got Even More Ridiculous
- (tags:Germany genocide Palestine Israel freespeech law viaKenny )
- 4. RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons
- (tags:politics USA dragons satire funny )
- 5. UN says 9,000 Gaza children acutely malnourished as aid blockade passes two months
- (tags:children food gaza Israel Palestine OhForFucksSake )
- 6. Genomic evidence for behavioral adaptation of herding dogs
- (tags:dogs genetics behaviour )
- 7. I missed that the horror version of Steamboat Willie had already been released
- (tags:horror Disney mice )
Interesting Links for 11-01-2025
Jan. 11th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. This is a great example of research that says "Men and women are different!" - but shows that they overlap massively.
- (tags:gender brain visualisation )
- 2. How a Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias
- (tags:usa politics civilwar )
- 3. What can a computer tell about you by looking at a photo?
- (tags:ai surveillance photos viaLProven )
- 4. Cuttle - a MTG-like game played with a standard 52 card deck
- (tags:games cards )
- 5. friendica seems to be the decentralised equivalent of Facebook
- (tags:socialnetworking )
- 6. A guide to interacting with children of different ages
- (tags:children age funny behaviour )
Interesting Links for 16-10-2024
Oct. 16th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Research released into the effects of the UK's trans puberty blocker ban
- (tags:UK bigotry LGBT transgender healthcare mentalhealth children OhForFucksSake )
- 2. The move to USB C for charging is a done deal. I'm not sure what the UK has to "consider" about it.
- (tags:UK usb Europe electricity )
- 3. Doctor Who and the Sign Language Question
- (tags:drwho sign language video funny viaSwampers )
- 4. Turns out that once Uber had to make money they started charging more and paying less to their drivers
- (tags:driving jobs taxi pay glasgow scotland )
- 5. "Homeostatic Complacency" is something I've encountered plenty of times. Is there a more traditional name for it?
- (tags:psychology behaviour )
- 6. Seriously ill patients on mental health wards will be helped with their CV
- (tags:mentalhealth jobs uk wtf )
- 7. Too many "local" news sites aren't. I'm so glad that we have at least one in Edinburgh that really is.
- (tags:news edinburgh )
- 8. Confronting the truth about Alex Salmond
- (tags:AlexSalmond rape abuse death scotland politics )
- 9. What's Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures?
- (tags:globalwarming doom )
- 10. Labour Together: From new MPs to cabinet ministers, how the influential think tank's donations are bankrolling the party, and who they are linked to.
- (tags:labour money corruption )
- 11. Seven New Frogs Named After Iconic Star Trek Captains
- (tags:frog StarTrek names sound viaSwampers )
Interesting Links for 16-08-2024
Aug. 16th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Edinburgh plans lodged for new open air market overlooking Portobello Beach
- (tags:edinburgh markets )
- 2. European human rights law and the legality of sex offence prosecutions based on deception as to gender history
- (tags:law rights transgender LGBT UK Europe )
- 3. Please Don't Idolize Me (or Anyone, Really)
- (tags:behaviour ethics people )
- 4. New Brexit inspection charge is 'huge extra expense for nothing', say firms
- (tags:UK Europe trade Doom )
- 5. Is this the end for the magnetic stripe?
- (tags:magnets Technology banking obsolescence )
Interesting Links for 09-07-2024
Jul. 9th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. What's the induction process for a new MP, and how do you get over 300 people to swap offices?
- (tags:Westminster elections politics parliament UK )
- 2. Why ticket sales for big events have you queue for the website
- (tags:organisation behaviour web )
- 3. Why are people so anxious all of the time?
- (tags:anxiety comic )
- 4. Air pollution reduces chances of successful IVF by up to 38%
- (tags:pollution babies )
Interesting Links for 08-07-2024
Jul. 8th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Election 2024: This could be the birth of a powerful new electoral reform movement
- (tags:voting reform uk viaPatrickHadfield )
- 2. Minister rejects Blair's call for ID cards to control migration
- (tags:IDCards tonyblair Labour )
- 3. The children have been singing "Elephants Have Wrinkles" for the last twenty minutes. No one knows why.
- (tags:elephants singing video children )
- 4. Were some Reform candidates virtual?
- (tags:UK politics wtf )
- 5. The Insidious World of Fake Mobile Game Ads
- (tags:advertising games gambling fraud )
- 6. Best toddler drummer
- (tags:drums children video )
- 7. Germany set to overhaul subsidy regime for renewable energy
- (tags:germany renewables subsidies economics )
- 8. Gamification needs to be specific to its subject and absolutely minimal, in order to be effective
- (tags:games activity behaviour running )
Interesting Links for 30-05-2024
May. 30th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Corsica, Sardinia, and accidents of history (and why a Europe of The Regions is a good thing)
- (tags:Europe history Italy France viaPatrickHadfield )
- 2. Decoding the EU AI Act
- (tags:europe regulation ai Technology )
- 3. How North Korea infiltrates large tech companies
- (tags:NorthKorea espionage fraud technology USA )
- 4. Police Scotland apology to the LGBTQI+ communities of Scotland
- (tags:Scotland LGBT police )
- 5. Road planners embrace an unconventional intersection
- (tags:roads design USA )
- 6. infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii makes wolves 46 times more likely to become a pack leader
- (tags:wolves ToxoplasmaGondii behaviour viaPatrickHadfield )
- 7. Tory, Labour, Lib Dem and Green environment pledges, ranked by experts
- (tags:environment uk politics )
- 8. Risky business: Linking Toxoplasma gondii infection and entrepreneurship behaviours across individuals and countries
- (tags:business behaviour ToxoplasmaGondii fear )
Interesting Links for 15-04-2024
Apr. 15th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. How to avoid misgendering ships
- (tags:ships gender language )
- 2. Is Bohemian Rhapsody the most magical song of all time?
- (tags:music queen video )
- 3. Good News Against Dengue (two vaccines in the pipeline)
- (tags:vaccine GoodNews )
- 4. US drug shortages reach record high with 323 meds now in short supply
- (tags:USA medication doom )
- 5. Why do some people always get lost? (Mostly nurture, with regular practice in confusing environments making a big difference)
- (tags:behaviour psychology )
Interesting Links for 21-02-2024
Feb. 21st, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Probably the best social media advice you can get
- (tags:socialmedia advice )
- 2. England has lost 28% of local bus provision per person since 2011
- (tags:England buses transport )
- 3. Why Oscar-nominated family friendly queer animation 'Nimona' is available for free for the next week
- (tags:Oscars animation LGBT movies children )
- 4. Why did Keir Starmer lavish praise on an Islamophobic radical-right bigot?
- (tags:Russia bigotry )
- 5. Yes Prime Minister, questionnaire design matters (leading questions in this case)
- (tags:polls TV UK )
- 6. Why are Scottish transgender healthcare waiting times so long?
- (tags:scotland transgender lgbt healthcare OhForFucksSake )
- 7. The government prevented compensation payments to postmasters, and then lied about it
- (tags:uk government Conservatives postoffices money OhForFucksSake )
- 8. More than 500 games on Steam earned over $3 million in 2023
- (tags:games steam valve )
- 9. ADHD may have emerged in humans as an evolutionary advantage
- (tags:adhd evolution behaviour )
- 10. BT Tower: 'Iconic' landmark to be turned into a hotel
- (tags:london architecture bt hotel history postoffices )
Interesting Links for 26-01-2024
Jan. 26th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Apple to allow rival app stores and browsers on iPhones in EU
- (tags:Europe regulation iPhone Apple browsers apps )
- 2. A collection of stories of queer and trans Floridians who have fled the state
- (tags:Florida LGBT transgender republicans bigotry )
- 3. Looking at how much male and female characters speak in the Disney Princess movies
- (tags:viaElfy Disney language gender )
- 4. More states propose bills to exclude trans, nonbinary people from public life
- (tags:LGBT USA law bigotry transgender viaBenWerdmuller )
- 5. A new global gender divide is emerging as young women shift in a more liberal direction and young men shift to the right
- (tags:politics gender )
- 6. What if consciousness is a coping mechanism?
- (tags:funny comic consciousness )
- 7. The "Code of Conduct" for Improbably Island is fantastic. Anyone running an online community should read it.
- (tags:internet discussion behaviour regulation )
- 8. QWERTLE - like Worldle, but based on keyboard location. I got today's in 4.
- (tags:words games keyboard )
Missing Links (misc)
Nov. 21st, 2023 10:08 amBuncha links went missing. I think this covers everything!
- 1. How are the British like the Japanese?
- (tags:UK Japan society )
- 2. Edinburgh council rules out pneumatic underground bins
- (tags:Edinburgh waste technology )
- 3. 'All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order': The riddle of the 'Pulborough Area' torc from Sussex. (And how much effort it takes to find a fraud)
- (tags:history archeology fraud )
- 4. Meta is now allowing lies about the 2020 election in political ads
- (tags:facebook advertising fraud politics usa OhForFucksSake )
- 5. Transforming the future of music creation with AI
- (tags:music ai )
- 6. Elephants might give each other names
- (tags:elephants names )
- 7. for babies born before 34 weeks, delaying the clamping of the cord for a minimum of 60 seconds after birth reduces death by nearly a third
- (tags:babies death )
- 8. Young Animator of the Year UK - an impressive piece for anyone, but for a 16 year old...
- (tags:animation children impressive video )
- 9. Are you a victim of Executive Function Theft
- (tags:behaviour work )
- 10. 'Nimona' breaks LGBT barriers and survives to tell the tale
- (tags:LGBT movies animation Disney )
- 11. Apple announces RCS support for iMessage
- (tags:Apple sms communication )
- 12. Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024
- (tags:adblock Google Chrome web OhForFucksSake )
- 13. IBM suspends ads on X after they appeared next to Nazi posts
- (tags:Twitter Nazis ibm advertising )
- 14. Nihilist Penguin (Werner Herzog)
- (tags:penguin video )
- 15. Incredible video of Starling murmuration
- (tags:video birds )
- 16. World-first gene therapy that aims to cure sickle-cell disease
- (tags:genetics disease GoodNews )
- 17. Royal Mail owner says 'reform is urgent' after group slumps to a £319m loss
- (tags:royalmail uk )
- 18. People living in Europe are about to get a much better Windows 11
- (tags:europe windows regulation )
- 19. Archaeologists discover previously unknown ancient language (3,000 years old, transliterated into Hittite)
- (tags:language archeology )
- 20. From toy to tool: DALL-E 3 is a wake-up call for visual artistsāand the rest of us
- (tags:Technology ai art )
- 21. 'I was deported for wearing tinted moisturiser': Qatar's new LGBT crackdown
- (tags:qatar lgbt OhForFucksSake )
- 22. Why are some jobs so "greedy"?
- (tags:jobs )
- 23. South Korea announces plans to ban consumption of dog meat
- (tags:dogs korea food )
Interesting Links for 27-04-2023
Apr. 27th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Transgender woman and gay man targeted in Whitechapel arson attack hate crime
- (tags:lgbt transgender bigotry london uk )
- 2. UK secretly deported 100 Nepali guards who protected staff in Kabul
- (tags:uk immigration nepal OhForFucksSake )
- 3. Not proven verdict to be scrapped in Scottish courts
- (tags:scotland law )
- 4. EU names 19 large tech platforms that must follow Europe's new Internet rules
- (tags:europe internet regulation )
- 5. 45% of people with concussion show brain injury symptoms six months later
- (tags:brain injury )
- 6. The world's most dangerous golf courses
- (tags:golf sports dangerous safety )
- 7. Every hobby is actually 4 hobbies.
- (tags:fun activity behaviour )
- 8. Dragon scale: Why it's impossible to size up Tolkien's Middle-earth
- (tags:lotr mythology storytelling )
Interesting Links for 04-02-2023
Feb. 4th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Turns out cats have object permanence
- (tags:psychology cats video )
- 2. "A New Drug Switched Off My Appetite. What's Left?"
- (tags:medication hunger diet weight behaviour )
- 3. Amazing manufacturing, chopping, and crushing devices. Hypnotic and impressive
- (tags:manufacturing automation )
- 4. Fastest and Most Skillful Workers Ever
- (tags:video work manufacturing cooking )
- 5. Polar! Bear! Cub! With! Mum!
- (tags:bears arctic video cute )
Interesting Links for 18-01-2023
Jan. 18th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. The Parliamentary Inquiry into English Childcare is looking for feedback. If you're in England then have your say on the state of childcare
- (tags:children UK childcare )
- 2. Brexit has created shortage of 330,000 workers in UK
- (tags:UK work migration Doom Europe )
- 3. What was life like for a poor family in London in 1900?
- (tags:life history family poverty uk )
- 4. Edinburgh council starts taking work back from private contractors to improve quality of service and conditions for staff
- (tags:edinburgh work outsourcing )
- 5. Artists file class-action lawsuit against AI image generator companies
- (tags:ai images copyright )
- 6. What measurement system does the UK use? (ALL OF THEM!)
- (tags:measurement UK funny video )
- 7. How MPs voted on blocking Scotland's gender reform bill (Labour whipped to abstain)
- (tags:UK voting )
- 8. A look at the arguments the UK government has put forward for blocking Scotland's gender reform act
- (tags:Scotland UK law LGBT transgender viaDanielDWilliam )
- 9. What if you could be nudged to do the right thing? (Read on beyond the fake research writeup to the short story)
- (tags:scifi behaviour psychology happiness augmentedreality )
Interesting Links for 12-12-2022
Dec. 12th, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. The Five-Year Engineering Feat Germany Pulled Off in Months
- (tags:Germany engineering gas energy Russia impressive )
- 2. Countries that have banned spanking have lower rates of violence amongst children
- (tags:children violence spanking )
- 3. Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer
- (tags:Cancer genes GoodNews )
- 4. Where Do US Teaching Skeletons Come From?
- (tags:USA education bodies India )
- 5. Aspartame makes mice anxious. And their children. and their grandchildren
- (tags:food anxiety mice psychology )
- 6. If you're in London you should go see The Wolves in the Walls
- (tags:wolves theatre puppets video London neilgaiman )
- 7. On White Girls Wearing Braids as Cultural Appropriation
- (tags:cultural_appropriation hair race )
- 8. I object to headlines about Edinburgh Zoo penguins playing adorably in the snow when the video clearly shows them just standing about acting entirely normal!
- (tags:headline OhForFucksSake journalism video penguins )
- 9. This lizard is behaving exactly the same as our cat, Jim
- (tags:animals behaviour video )
- 10. What happens to your smartphone when it gets stolen?
- (tags:iphone crime viaPatrickHadfield )
Interesting Links for 08-12-2022
Dec. 8th, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. Support for Independence hits 56%, 51% of people to vote SNP (53% if it's a defacto referendum)
- (tags:scotland independence polls )
- 2. Transphobes are now attacking...The Samaritans.
- (tags:lgbt transgender bigotry OhForFucksSake suicide )
- 3. BBC plans to switch off broadcast TV and move to internet-only programmes
- (tags:bbc thefuture streaming broadcasting )
- 4. Discovery of world's oldest DNA breaks record by one million years
- (tags:genetics dna prehistory )
- 5. The Art Game and the Money Game and how the ending of Minecraft was set free
- (tags:games art money copyright Microsoft contracts )
- 6. Sats: MPs and peers fail tests for 11-year-olds as campaign groups call for overhaul of 'high-stakes' exams
- (tags:exams children politics )
- 7. First UK coal mine in decades approved
- (tags:UK coal environment globalwarming )
- 8. Europe First: Brussels gets ready to dump its free trade ideals (because the USA and China both already have)
- (tags:Europe China USA trade )
- 9. Two inhaled covid vaccines have been approved. Here's what you need to know.
- (tags:vaccines pandemic )
- 10. AI learns to precisely manipulate individual atoms
- (tags:ai atom physics research )
- 11. How Many Fundamental Constants Does It Take To Explain The Universe? (26, at the moment)
- (tags:physics )
- 12. People expect identical twins to be *really* identical
- (tags:twins genetics statistics )
- 13. Humans are surprisingly poor at picking up cues of aggression in dogs
- (tags:dogs behaviour psychology )