Interesting Links for 07-11-2025

Nov. 7th, 2025 12:00 pm
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1. Researchers uncover AI bias against older working women
(tags:women age ai OhForFucksSake bias )
2. Britain Is Having the World's Most Extreme Immigration Debate
(tags:UK immigration OhForFucksSake )
3. What percentage of English derives from which languages?
(tags:language english uk history )
4. Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
(tags:australia electricity solarpower economics )
5. Rockstar Games Employee posts about recent union-busting efforts
(tags:rockstar gta unions OhForFucksSake )
6. Metformin reduces the benefits of exercise in people with diabetes
(tags:diabetes exercise drugs )
7. Labour spending billions on actually building social housing. Finally!
(tags:labour housing GoodNews )
8. The UK Personal Finance Flowchart (an excellent guide to help you think about your finances)
(tags:finances uk advice )
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Interesting Links for 14-04-2025

Apr. 14th, 2025 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 08-09-2024

Sep. 8th, 2024 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 15-07-2024

Jul. 15th, 2024 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 12-06-2024

Jun. 12th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. My other earworm of today is C-A-P-Y-B-A-R-A [an AI-generated song with an AI-generated video]
(tags:cute animals video music ai )
2. It's not the screen of your phone that stops you going to sleep, it's the distraction it causes.
(tags:screens Technology sleep )
3. Genes protective during the Black Death may now be increasing autoimmune disorders
(tags:disease immune_system history genetics )
4. Donuts, Uhauls, snuggly farm cats, and international law - what happens when a chunk of spacecraft falls on your property?
(tags:spaceflight Spacex law Canada USA viaPatrickHadfield )
5. Objective or Biased - On the questionable use of Artificial Intelligence for job applications
(tags:ai jobs bias )
6. On the Americanisation of Winnie The Pooh
(tags:WinnieThePooh USA )
7. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the battle for America "can't be compromised," and that one political party will "win."
(tags:politics civilwar usa law )
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Interesting Links for 02-03-2024

Mar. 2nd, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. Edinburgh parking: New permits for carers to be introduced in Capital
(tags:Edinburgh driving )
2. CNN leak shows internal distress about double standards on Israel coverage
(tags:Israel cnn journalism Palestine bias )
3. As banks buy up bitcoins, who else are the 'Bitcoin whales'?
(tags:bitcoin investment banks )
4. Waymo Will Bring Autonomous Taxis to Los Angeles—Its Biggest Challenge Yet
(tags:automation cars taxi USA )
5. Rock star: I've spent 30 years making a Scotland map from pebbles
(tags:rocks geology scotland )
6. Who *doesn't* want Tenacious D covering Britney Spears?
(tags:music video cover BritneySpears )
7. On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes
(tags:genetics humans evolution )
8. Facebook, Instagram, X and Telegram fail to remove posts selling date rape drugs
(tags:drugs rape Facebook twitter OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 13-06-2023

Jun. 13th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Tesla 'Autopilot', has been involved in far more crashes than previously reported
(tags:Tesla crash driving automation epicfail )
2. Gender bias remains entrenched all around the world
(tags:gender bias society )
3. Blow for Britain as EU rules out renegotiating Brexit trade deal for years
(tags:uk europe trade doom )
4. How to get your children to tell you what they've been up to today
(tags:children communication advice )
5. Job Listings Abound, but Many Are Fake
(tags:jobs fraud OhForFucksSake )
6. Why are so many Reddit communities on strike?
(tags:Reddit epicfail community communication volunteers )
7. Edinburgh George Street pedestrianisation: Trees to be included and increased access for disabled and taxis
(tags:disability trees Edinburgh )
8. Scottish ministers propose gas boilers ban in new buildings from 2024
(tags:heating Scotland globalwarming )
9. It's not just English and American spelling that differ, we call very different animals and plants by the same names too!
(tags:animals trees USA UK names wtf )
10. Abortion law clearly needs reform after woman handed 28 month sentence
(tags:abortion law uk )
11. Please please please do not have children unless you really want them.
(tags:children relationships )
12. There's an influx of Redditors to Dreamwidth - here's some useful advice for them
(tags:reddit dreamwidth )
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Interesting Links for 07-03-2023

Mar. 7th, 2023 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 19-02-2023

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Interesting Links for 18-09-2022

Sep. 18th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Probably the best customer service email in the history of mankind
(tags:bakery food customerservice funny )
2. Research into who is in The Queue
(tags:Queen death polls )
3. If we don't get rid of the monarchy then can we at least get rid of its privileges?
(tags:monarchy law UK )
4. Labour MP Clive Lewis breaks ranks to criticise monarchist lies
(tags:monarchy politics uk )
5. Women's software contributions are accepted more often. Unless people can tell that they're from women
(tags:gender bias software )
6. American Dark Money, the Mercers and the Conservative Party: A Network of Influence
(tags:money conservatives )
7. Border conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. I wonder about general destabilisation in the region
(tags:viaDanielDWilliam )
8. 18 incredible Edinburgh buildings we can't believe were demolished
(tags:Edinburgh history architecture viaDanielDWilliam )
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Interesting Links for 10-09-2022

Sep. 10th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. GrieveWatch - monitoring the Totally Normal Grieving Process, here on Normal Island
(tags:grief uk marketing queen death viaLizzieCassMaran )
2. Russians bomb Ukrainian positions near Kharkiv with white phosphorus
(tags:OhForFucksSake WarCrimes Ukraine Russia war video viaPatrickHadfield )
3. Dealers Are Giving Discounts on Cocaine and Ketamine in Honour of the Queen
(tags:drugs Queen weird )
4. Massive status bias in peer review
(tags:status bias research peer-review )
5. Time lapse of Ukrainian advances over the last three days
(tags:Ukraine Russia war GoodNews )
6. Russian State Media Admits Vladimir Putin's Worst Case Scenario in Ukraine War Is Coming True
(tags:Russia Ukraine GoodNews war )
7. Researchers Find Spaceflight May Be Associated With DNA Mutations and Increased Risk of Developing Heart Disease and Cancer
(tags:mutation space astronauts cancer )
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Interesting Links for 14-05-2022

May. 14th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 24-03-2022

Mar. 24th, 2022 12:05 pm
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1. On why Apple-haters are every bit as misguided as any fanboy
(tags:apple bias )
2. Framed - The daily movie guessing game (I got today's in 3)
(tags:movies games )
3. Government ignored warnings about Putin's 'march to war' for 10 years, says ex-UK defence official
(tags:uk russia corruption war )
4. 'Worm-on-a-chip' device could someday help diagnose lung cancer
(tags:worm cancer )
5. The Real History of 'Perfect Blue' and 'Requiem for a Dream'
(tags:anime DarrenAronofsky movies )
6. SEC will require companies to list greenhouse emissions, climate risks
(tags:globalwarming business )
7. Economics 101 is conservative propaganda
(tags:economics inequality wages minimumwage )
8. Decisions made by human experts can be as inscrutable as those made by algorithms — but we don't realise it
(tags:decisions ai people psychology trust )
9. That's How It Works When You're a Woman on the Internet
(tags:harrassment abuse internet 4chan twitter misogyny )
10. Boris Johnson condemned for pulling funny faces as MPs told of Ukrainians huddled in basements
(tags:BorisJohnson OhForFucksSake )
11. Utah governor vetoes anti transgender bill. (I thoroughly appreciate his reasoning -read from "I am not an expert" onwards)
(tags:LGBT transgender republicans good sports USA )
12. Fertilizer is getting more expensive. Here's what that means to farmers. And you.
(tags:food gas Doom viaDanielDWilliam farming wheat )
13. Different word orders for different languages, illustrated
(tags:language visualisation )
14. The UK's proposed space-based solar power station would cost £16Bn for 2GW (About the same cost per GW as the Hinkley C nuclear power plant)
(tags:space solarpower UK )
15. Here's the Church of England with patronising propaganda about mothers for 5 year olds
(tags:religion mother women patriarchy OhForFucksSake children )
16. Russia has been pushing a narrative of the decadence of The West for about 10 years now, and many Brits have lapped it up
(tags:fascism russia propaganda bigotry gender lgbt transgender )
17. More than a million to be pushed into poverty in the UK, as the Conservatives cut taxes
(tags:inequality poverty uk )
18. Here's how our ability to empathise changes as we get older
(tags:empathy psychology age )
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Interesting Links for 11-11-2021

Nov. 11th, 2021 12:00 pm
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The Americans Are Not Impressed By The UK’s Threat to Invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol
(tags:uk usa trade doom politics )
The secret 1930s court case that led to transgender people losing their rights
(tags:law UK history transgender LGBT ViaDrCross )
Psilocybin trial finds psychedelic is effective in treating depression - but has side-effects
(tags:psilocybin depression research )
Remember, brave soldiers fought and died for your right to wear the remembrance thong
(tags:clothes war history wtf )
White House hails vaccine mandates as number of unvaccinated drops 40%
(tags:vaccination usa pandemic GoodNews )
How Are Kids Handling The Pandemic? We Asked Them.
(tags:children pandemic psychology )
North Carolina Republicans Passed A Heavily Skewed Congressional Map. How Will The Courts Respond?
(tags:voting bias usa republicans OhForFucksSake )
Brain Implant Translates Paralyzed Man's Thoughts Into Text With 94% Accuracy at 18 words per minute
(tags:brain neuroscience writing )
What Norwegians are learning as they pioneer autonomous ships
(tags:automation boats )
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Interesting Links for 15-09-2021

Sep. 15th, 2021 12:00 pm
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The NHS in Scotland: Your gran might be lying on the floor for 10 hours
(tags:scotland nhs pandemic doom )
Edinburgh Council are having a consultation on making the whole city a Short-Term Let Control Area. Fill it out here.
(tags:edinburgh housing rental )
Loops of Concern. A short self-help guide to tackling them
(tags:mentalhealth autism advice )
How COVID-19 Reveals Existing Biases Against The Disability Community
(tags:disability pandemic bias healthcare )
We are benefitting hugely from Brexit, says Estonia's prime minister
(tags:Estonia UK Europe trade OhForFucksSake )
Parliament bars China's ambassador in retaliation for sanctions on MPs who spoke up for Uyghurs
(tags:UK China politics genocide )
Labour groups on councils running themselves awfully
(tags:labour bullying UK politics )
Scientists accidentally released butterflies infected by parasitic wasps carrying smaller parasitic wasps
(tags:insects Parasites )
Nasal saline irrigation: hospitalizations in COVID-19 patients reduced hospitalisation by a staggering amount
medRxiv - The Preprint Server for Health Sciences
(tags:pandemic )
COVID in US children: Infections skyrocket 30X, now account for 30% of cases
(tags:pandemic usa children )
Some refreshing comments against the glamourisation of serial killers and the woo-woo of criminal profiling
(tags:murder media society )
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
(tags:facebook mentalhealth girls teenagers OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 15-01-2021

Jan. 15th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Emergency measure planned at ports to prevent food shortages because of Brexit
(tags:food trade UK Europe Doom )
US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters
(tags:protest police bias )
The Scottish postman behind 'Sea Shanty TikTok'
(tags:music sea )
Eyes Wide Shut is an anti-consumerist Christmas classic
(tags:christmas StanleyKubrick movies capitalism )
Highway to the Danger Zone: Top Gun and the dangers of flirting with heterosexuality
(tags:lgbt satire planes TomCruise homosexuality heterosexuality movies review )
People are great at following the lockdown rules - except for the one that matters the most
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349459843833352192.html
(tags:pandemic Doom OhForFucksSake viaFrancescaElston )
Dire Wolves Were Not Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal
(tags:wolves genetics USA )
Takeaways in Scotland: 'I put £2,000 in every week just to stay open'
(tags:takeaway food Scotland business pandemic )
Why was NYC able to roll out a vaccine 50x faster in the 40s?
(tags:history vaccine USA nyc newyork )
The reluctance of the Home Office to deny publicly that it is reconsidering the restoration of the death penalty - an example of government-media relations
(tags:government journalism UK death_penalty )
An outbreak of common colds at an Antarctic base after seventeen weeks of complete isolation
(tags:colds virus weird )
What next for Scottish Labour?
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349830451742060545.html
(tags:Scotland politics labour )
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Interesting Links for 30-11-2020

Nov. 30th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 20-11-2020

Nov. 20th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Meteor breaks up over ocean in incredible footage
(tags:meteor Ocean video )
Boris Johnson pledges laser guns
(tags:lasers wtf military UK BorisJohnson )
Nigella Lawson butters her toast twice, and Britain is really angry about it
(tags:food funny )
Anyone interested in a script from the recent She-Ra remake?
(tags:TV animation scripts writing )
FactCheck: Is this a green revolution? (and what do government announcements add up to? l
(tags:environment UK government Conservatives )
IBM Apologizes For Firing Computer Pioneer For Being Transgender...52 Years Later
(tags:IBM computers history LGBT transgender )
Internalized gender-focused attitudes affect health, career prospects
(tags:gender money health society jobs )
I see the Conservatives are turning in to fascists again
(tags:OhForFucksSake UK conservatives )
On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway
(tags:politics society compromise )
Here's what happens when some idiot decides to store two tons of sodium in their garage
(tags:OhForFucksSake safety UK chemistry )
I see Labour's civil war is going swimmingly
(tags:labour OhForFucksSake )
Covid: Why stricter rules for Glasgow but not for Edinburgh?
(tags:Scotland Glasgow Edinburgh pandemic )
When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks 'Official.' A Woman? 'Smile'
(tags:AI bias )
The big dish of Arecibo observatory has reached the end of the line
(tags:astronomy history )
When women can't get divorced, murder is the alternative
(tags:murder women abuse history )
Covid in Scotland: When will we be vaccinated?
(tags:UK Scotland thefuture vaccine pandemic )
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Interesting Links for 05-11-2020

Nov. 5th, 2020 12:00 pm
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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 )
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Interesting Links for 04-08-2020

Aug. 4th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Is Belief in God Necessary for Good Values? Global Survey on Religion and Morality
(tags:polls religion society )
Bacteria in the gut have a direct line to the brain
(tags:microbiome brain )
Amazon given go ahead to launch thousands of satellites to boost internet access worldwide
(tags:space amazon internet )
Google Pixel 4A Review: Nearly Perfect and Only $350 (if I hadn't just bought a new phone this is the one I'd be getting)
(tags:phones review )
I am beginning to think that pubs might need to be closed for the duration of the pandemic
(tags:alcohol pandemic )
Former police chief convicted over child abuse video granted court of appeal hearing
This seems like a very odd thing to have convicted her of in the first case, as far as I can see
(tags:paedophilia video police law wtf UK )
Government says medicines must be stockpiled for no-deal Brexit on top of Covid-19 pressures
(tags:UK medicine pandemic Europe Doom )
UK virologists criticise handling of Covid testing contracts
(tags:UK pandemic incompetence )
UK chemical industry warns of £1bn cost to duplicate EU regime
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1290319702095519745.html
(tags:UK Europe chemistry Doom )
Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system
(tags:beauty attraction law psychology bias )
"Why I'm now leaving MSNBC"
(tags:journalism USA media viaCipherGoth )
Coca-Cola paid scientists to downplay how sugary beverages fueled the obesity crisis
(tags:cocacola sugar corruption )
In A Twist On Loyalty Programs, Emirates Is Promising Travelers A Free Funeral If Infected With Covid
(tags:pandemic airplanes insurance death ViaDrCross )
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