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Interesting Links for 20-03-2026
Mar. 20th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Earth's first mass extinction may have been far worse than believed
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- 2. People using AI to give law advice finally reaches Scotland.
- (tags:ai law scotland )
- 3. Denmark was preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations.
- (tags:war usa norway germany france denmark )
- 4. This perfectly encapsulates why I won't surf the web without an ad-blocker
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- 5. How *did* a multi-storey car park get built in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle?
- (tags:edinburgh cars history )
- 6. Waymo self driving cars are 13x safer than humans
- (tags:safety automation driving cars )
- 7. Police Scotland announce they don't want trans people to report any crimes
- (tags:transgender LGBT bigotry OhForFucksSake Scotland )
- 8. The change that made lighthouses work much better - and why it drove the keepers mad. (Lots and lots of mercury)
- (tags:mercury light history safety ships )
- 9. Gen Z is broke, stressed and exhausted - but boomers won't accept it
- (tags:stress society doom )
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Interesting Links for 14-03-2026
Mar. 14th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. This 18-year-old Afghan girl had offers from York and Reading - thanks to Shabana Mahmood, she will now never escape the Taliban
- (tags:Afghanistan women UK migration asylum education OhForFucksSake )
- 2. AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately
- (tags:toys children ai )
- 3. PEGI to give 16 age rating to games with loot boxes (amongst several other changes)
- (tags:gambling children games )
- 4. Have two people being *ridiculously* good at a Dance Pad game
Streamed live at: https://www.twitch.tv/tomatoniumWorld 1st PG on Sarabande CoopP1: ElijahTSP2: Tomatonium
(tags:games dancing video viamybrothermike )- 5. New NHS England Review Excluded 97% Of All Trans Studies To Say Care Doesn't Work
- (tags:LGBT bigotry healthcare OhForFucksSake transgender )
- 6. Tracing the lobbying behind age verification laws
- (tags:age surveillance USA law politics )
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- migration,
- ohforfuckssake,
- politics,
- surveillance,
- toys,
- transgender,
- uk,
- usa,
- viamybrothermike,
- video,
- women
Interesting Links for 02-03-2026
Mar. 2nd, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. UN Human Rights Council Castigates The EHRC For Their Proposed Trans Exclusion
- (tags:UnitedNations rights transgender UK bigotry )
- 2. How to write (and, frankly, understand what it's like to be) women
- (tags:women writing )
- 3. New iron nanomaterial wipes out cancer cells without harming healthy tissue (in mice)
- (tags:nanotech mice materials cancer )
- 4. Keir Starmer's statement on Iran in full as US granted access to UK bases
- (tags:usa uk iran war )
- 5. A Day in the Life of an Enshittificator
- (tags:design business video funny awful norway )
Interesting Links for 15-02-2026
Feb. 15th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Trans women can use women's toilets, except at work, court rules
- (tags:LGBT transgender UK law wtf bigotry viacmcmck )
- 2. Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
- (tags:politics UK reform )
- 3. FAQ: Trans inclusion after the High Court decision on the EHRC's interim guidance
- (tags:LGBT faq transgender toilets UK law )
- 4. Moving TV to online-only could kill radio
- (tags:UK TV radio )
Interesting Links for 14-02-2026
Feb. 14th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. English schools told they have to out trans children
- (tags:bigotry lgbt children transgender uk england )
- 2. Every £1 invested in buses generates £5.
- (tags:transport investment buses )
- 3. Trans people facing 'workers' rights crisis' as court rules employers can ban trans women from using female toilets
- (tags:lgbt bigotry law toilets transgender uk )
- 4. Russian bot dreams of life beyond repeatedly typing "Vote Reform"
- (tags:politics ai satire funny )
- 5. Somehow "The Bone Witcher of Knob Mountain" is not "romance"
- (tags:publishing sex wtf )
- 6. European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
- (tags:LGBT transgender Europe GoodNews )
Interesting Links for 13-02-2026
Feb. 13th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. The Agile Manifesto is 25 years old!
- (tags:software development history )
- 2. Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters (and why juries are important)
- (tags:usa law )
- 3. Putin's megaphone: Orbán's far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil
- (tags:Hungary Russia bigotry uk )
- 4. Scottish government bans wet wipes containing plastic
- (tags:scotland plastic pollution babies )
Interesting Links for 10-02-2026
Feb. 10th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function
- (tags:caffeine coffee tea dementia viaKenny )
- 2. Stop Meeting Students Where They Are
- (tags:reading academia students )
- 3. Your phone edits all your photos with AI - is it changing your view of reality?
- (tags:ai phones photography )
- 4. Women's Institute branches shutting themselves down rather than enforce bigotry against trans women
- (tags:LGBT women bigotry transgender UK OhForFucksSake )
Interesting Links for 07-02-2026
Feb. 7th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Only 3% of people post toxic messages online. But they produce 1/3 of the messages.
- (tags:discussion psychology harrassment )
- 2. Grima Wormtongue's links to Saruman the White 'didn't raise alarms' during vetting process
- (tags:lotr politics uk satire )
- 3. Epstein Backed 'Billionaires' Dinner' Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
- (tags:LGBT transgender bigotry OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 22-01-2026
Jan. 22nd, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Changing gender in the UK involves a legal declaration that you will live as the gender you are changing to. With legal consequences if you don't.
- (tags:law UK gender transgender LGBT )
- 2. Prolonged air pollution linked to increase of incurable muscle-wasting diseases
- (tags:pollution disease )
- 3. Six key takeaways from the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry (cover-ups leading to patient deaths)
- (tags:scotland hospital OhForFucksSake death )
- 4. MAGA's 'Manifest Destiny' Coalition Has Arrived - "It's up to us to keep pushing for the orderly governance of the world via American imperialism"
- (tags:usa politics OhForFucksSake )
- 5. Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback
- (tags:ai art comics )
- 6. Anti-trans 'data vandalism' damages scientific research, study finds
- (tags:LGBT research bigotry transgender gender )
- 7. When the United Kingdom annexed a north Atlantic island (and what they might do with it)
- (tags:scotland uk politics history funny )
Interesting Links for 03-01-2026
Jan. 3rd, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Phillipson: Trans people must not be used as political punchbag (but must out themselves if they want to use the toilet)
- (tags:LGBT bigotry transgender labour )
- 2. Former New York Times Editor Says Paper's Anti-Trans Slant Came From the Top
- (tags:LGBT bigotry transgender journalism USA )
- 3. What do Britons think about people with opposing views?
- (tags:politics uk polls )
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Interesting Links for 22-12-2025
Dec. 22nd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Trail hunting to be banned under new animal welfare push
- (tags:foxes uk law )
- 2. Grid-Scale Bubble Batteries Will Soon Be Everywhere
- (tags:batteries electricty co2 )
- 3. Childhood Friends, Not Moms, Shape Attachment Styles Most
- (tags:relationships friends parents psychology )
- 4. Why British Jews are experiencing their biggest change in 60 years
- (tags:Jews UK Israel bigotry demographics )
- 5. Exceptional adults reach peak performance gradually with broader, multidisciplinary practice.
- (tags:learning development education )
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- learning,
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- parents,
- psychology,
- relationships,
- uk
Interesting Links for 20-12-2025
Dec. 20th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. The British Medical Association comes out for trans rights
- (tags:LGBT doctors UK GoodNews transgender )
- 2. Transphobe Allison Bailey loses her case against Stonewall - again
- (tags:bigotry law UK GoodNews transgender LGBT )
- 3. Fairytale of New York but all the lyrics are 'it was christmas eve babe'
- (tags:music funny video christmas )
- 4. Merry Skealmas everybody!
- (tags:games funny music )
Interesting Links for 19-12-2025
Dec. 19th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Combining over 650 "Greatest Comic Book" lists to find the critical consensus on the 200 Greatest Comics of All Time
- (tags:viaLinkMachineGo comics recommendation )
- 2. Jury trial reforms: How did the court backlog get so bad?
- (tags:uk law austerity )
- 3. Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links
- (tags:facebook business )
- 4. Heart and Kidney Diseases, plus Type 2 Diabetes, May Be One Illness
- (tags:heart disease diabetes )
- 5. Christian couple who believe homosexuality is 'wrong' blocked from fostering children (case went to the high court)
- (tags:bigotry adoption LGBT UK religion )
- 6. 2025 in polls
- (tags:uk polls politics )
- 7. £100 UK contactless card limit to be lifted from March
- (tags:uk money Technology )
- 8. YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers
- (tags:youtube ai trailers fraud )
- 9. How Dinosaurs Thrived in the Snow
- (tags:dinosaurs snow weather cold )
Interesting Links for 17-12-2025
Dec. 17th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Trans scholars being pushed out of academia, researchers warn
- (tags:transgender bigotry LGBT UK academia OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Scottish Trans and LGBT Youth Scotland response to Scottish Government consultation on updating school buildings regulations
- (tags:school transgender consultation Scotland )
- 3. Magic mushroom compound psilocybin found to break depression spiral
- (tags:depression psilocybin psychedelics )
- 4. Creepy McDonalds AI Actor Responds To Backlash
- (tags:ai advertising actors copyright video )
- 5. The official Fallout season 1 recap is filled with AI and thinks the show is set in the 1950s
- (tags:Amazon AI misinformation )
- 6. Police Scotland warn mental health call-outs are unsustainable
- (tags:police Scotland mentalhealth )
- 7. Tesla Robotaxis crash 12x as often as humans
- (tags:automation driving Tesla )
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Interesting Links for 14-12-2025
Dec. 14th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Looks like the BBC are bullying people out unless they're bigots
- (tags:LGBT bigotry BBC OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Analysis finds "anytime electricity" from solar available as battery costs plummet
- (tags:electricity solarpower batteries )
- 3. Twins reared apart do not exist (The shaky science of genetic determinism)
- (tags:genetics twins iq history psychology )
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- ohforfuckssake,
- psychology,
- solarpower,
- twins
Interesting Links for 06-12-2025
Dec. 6th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Netflix announces deal to buy Warner Bros. and HBO
- (tags:WarnerBrothers HBO netflix )
- 2. Did Rachel Reeves mislead the public ahead of the Budget?
- (tags:budget UK FactCheck politics )
- 3. Visualising Klotski (fantastic 3d visualisations of possibilities)
- (tags:video game viaSwampers visualisation )
- 4. 'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery
- (tags:muppets mysteries video satire )
- 5. Wall Street races to protect itself from AI bubble
- (tags:AI investment insurance )
- 6. Original version of Star Wars Returns to Theaters for 50th Anniversary
- (tags:StarWars movies )
- 7. Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
- (tags:LGBT bigotry transgender gaming women )
- 8. Adenosine as the metabolic common path of rapid antidepressant action: The coffee paradox
- (tags:depression )
- 9. The USA is officially removing itself from positive engagement in world affairs.
- (tags:USA politics diplomacy NATO )
- 10. Edinburgh confirms Visitor Levy affordable housing spend
- (tags:Edinburgh housing GoodNews )
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Interesting Links for 28-11-2025
Nov. 28th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Two-thirds of Scots support independent pupil opt-out for religious observance
- (tags:religion Scotland children school )
- 2. Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for "promoting non-traditional sexualities"
- (tags:censorship bigotry lgbt russia games valve )
- 3. How the UK's property taxes compare to other countries
- (tags:property housing tax )
- 4. Tick bites can cause red meat allergy
- (tags:meat allergies insects )
- 5. Tech firms battle for undersea dominance with submarine drones
- (tags:drone ocean submarine military russia )
- 6. 250MWh 'Sand Battery' to start construction in Finland, for both heating and ancillary services
- (tags:sand electricity heat batteries )
- 7. Keir Starmer's shock at homophobia is absurd and ignorant
- (tags:gay LGBT bigotry UK labour )
Interesting Links for 27-11-2025
Nov. 27th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. The Budget - what it says
- (tags:tax budget economics uk )
- 2. The Pope is not in favour of AI
- (tags:ai pope )
- 3. British children shorter than other five-year-olds in Europe (since austerity)
- (tags:uk europe austerity children hunger food height )
- 4. How a flawed idea is teaching millions of American kids to be poor readers
- (tags:reading children epicfail USA OhForFucksSake )
- 5. Man offended by NatWest Pride flags told to use online banking
- (tags:LGBT bigotry )
- 6. Voters back restricting trial by jury (but not for themselves)
- (tags:law polls uk )
