Interesting Links for 19-09-2024

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Interesting Links for 11-01-2024

Jan. 11th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. "I am from Norway. Here's why the UK pension system baffles me"
(tags:pensions )
2. Plans released for the new arena intended for Edinburgh Park
(tags:edinburgh music architecture concerts )
3. 17 dramatic projects set to transform Edinburgh in the next five years
(tags:edinburgh city architecture )
4. Side by side maps of Scotland (in this case Edinburgh in 1804 vs a photo)
(tags:maps scotland edinburgh history )
5. A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
(tags:batteries Hawaii GoodNews )
6. How one mislabeled raccoon skull led to a whole load of imposter-wolf tattoos
(tags:tattoos raccoon wolves funny bone )
7. Children are more likely to be hospitalised by air pollution
(tags:pollution children health )
8. I'm generally in favour of Labour's plans for schoolkids
(tags:children labour politics uk )
9. Bitcoin: exchange-traded funds get the green light - but what are they?
(tags:bitcoin blockchain investment )
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Interesting Links for 05-01-2024

Jan. 5th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. Why Don't Grocery Stores Stock the Most American Fruit? (The Pawpaw)
(tags:fruit USA )
2. Why full-fat food could be the healthiest option
(tags:fat food )
3. How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now
(tags:ocean shipping fishing maps ai )
4. Looks like Room Temperature Superconductors are back on the menu!
(tags:superconductors )
5. Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identity
(tags:fraud identity business Blockchain )
6. FactCheck: do you have to pay tax for selling secondhand on Vinted or eBay?
(tags:tax uk )
7. A Gel Injected Into the Scrotum Could Be the Next Male Contraceptive
(tags:contraception men )
8. Study reveals genetic link between anorexia and being an early riser
(tags:sleep anorexia genetics )
9. More of Mickey Mouse is public domain than you might think
(tags:Disney copyright )
10. Here's a Labour MP denying Nazi war crimes. But apparently it's fine, because they're against transgender people.
(tags:nazis labour OhForFucksSake transgender bigotry lgbt )
11. They Had PTSD. A Psychedelic Called Ibogaine Helped Them Get Better
(tags:ptsd psychedelics psychology )
12. Has The 'Sexlessness Epidemic' Been Overstated?
(tags:sex demographics society )
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Interesting Links for 07-11-2023

Nov. 7th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Happy Mastoversary!
(tags:mastodon socialnetworking )
2. Can solar and wind power Britain? An update of David MacKay's numbers
(tags:renewables windpower solarpower uk )
3. Dengue rates plunged by up to 97% after release of lab-altered mosquitoes
(tags:disease mosquito GoodNews )
4. It's nice to know that I'm not the only person who looks up the plots of movies too scary for me to watch on Wikipedia
(tags:Wikipedia horror movies video funny )
5. File this under "Headlines that should be satire but somehow aren't."
(tags:headline Israel Palestine wtf OhForFucksSake health weight )
6. The UK planning system is a disaster
(tags:UK planning building infrastructure OhForFucksSake )
7. Not content with scamming people out of large amounts of money for bad monkey art, NFC companies are now trying to blind them
(tags:eyesight light OhForFucksSake EpicStupidity blockchain )
8. EU equality laws to be reinstated by the UK to avoid 'gap in protections' for workers
(tags:UK Europe equality law )
9. Scottish ministers refuse to comply with UK government strike plan
(tags:uk scotland unions strike )
10. Is 'Long Covid' similar to 'Long SARS'? (If so it can persist permanently)
(tags:pandemic disease )
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Interesting Links for 22-09-2023

Sep. 22nd, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Scottish Labour MSPs told to oppose employment law devolution motion - despite running on a platform to devolve it
(tags:scotland labour employment law OhForFucksSake )
2. Luxembourg legalises cultivation and consumption of cannabis at home
(tags:europe marijuana legalisation )
3. Amazingly, 5% of NFTs are still worth something
(tags:blockchain money epicfail )
4. How far back into pre-history can we push the earliest societies?
(tags:prehistory Intelligence society )
5. I hope that some day Samuel L Jackson will be hired to play me. And that it's at least as awesome as this ad for bread.
(tags:SamuelLJackson bread advertising video )
6. EU politicians say there is a 'whole pile' of post-Brexit problems to fix before a UK return
(tags:uk europe )
7. Spider silk is spun by silkworms for the first time, offering a green alternative to synthetic fibers
(tags:spiders silk worm materials )
8. Happy September 21st everyone!
(tags:video weird music )
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Interesting Links for 09-08-2023

Aug. 9th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. YouTuber makes viral video about why Hades' hardest playthrough is basically impossible, then a speedrunner comes along a week later and beats it for the first time in history
(tags:games video impressive viaSwampers )
2. A completely free cookbook for the zero spoons crowd.
(tags:cooking food recipe )
3. The Good Omens graphic novel is Kickstarter's number 1 comics project …ever.
(tags:neilgaiman terrypratchett kickstarter impressive )
4. Mushroom poisoning deaths: Family lunch mystery grips Australia
(tags:australia poison fungus viaDanielDWilliam )
5. Closing a coal plant drops cardio-related emergency room visits by 42% immediately and then things keep improving
(tags:coal health pollution )
6. Banks have made it impossible for sex workers to store their money. Crypto exchanges are now following suit
(tags:sexwork banking blockchain OhForFucksSake )
7. Ukraine's 21st century war on a shoestring and the tech the West is racing to copy
(tags:ukraine war Technology )
8. Do not use "Brave" browser
(tags:viaLProven browser OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 15-07-2023

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Interesting Links for 10-07-2023

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Interesting Links for 13-12-2022

Dec. 13th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Researchers thought weight and education had shared genetic roots - turns out that educated people tended to marry thin people
(tags:education weight genetics family )
2. How many times does Hidetaka Miyazaki have to tell an interviewer that Armored Core 6 isn't a Soulsborne game?
(tags:games interview mecha )
3. Reminder that "Eskimo" is a slur.
(tags:Inuit language abuse )
4. The 10 Most Promising Breakthrough Innovations of 2022
(tags:science viaDanielDWilliam )
5. Renewables are set to triple over the next three years, and overtake coal to be the largest source worldwide
(tags:renewables GoodNews viaBenWerdmuller )
6. Probably the geekiest drinking game of all time
(tags:games alcohol geekery Windows )
7. When your nose gets cold it loses its ability to fight infections
(tags:disease cold temperature noses )
8. Disney now hiding LGBT content from kids, irrespective of age rating
(tags:LGBT children Disney )
9. Independent blockchain news site turns out to be funded by fradulent crypto company
(tags:fraud journalism blockchain )
10. The amusement park rides in The Centrifuge Brain Project deeply unsettled me
(tags:video gravity physics movie documentary )
11. It is very hard to keep a straight face while an elephant is fondling it
(tags:elephants cute video funny )
12. I'm not sure if my advice would be to never interview the Muppets live, or always interview the Muppets live.
(tags:muppets interview funny video )
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Interesting Links for 07-10-2022

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Interesting Links for 25-07-2022

Jul. 25th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Anyone I know want to be a Data Scientist for Full Fact
(tags:FactCheck data job viaDanielDWilliam )
2. Hungarian PM is a racist
(tags:Hungary racism OhForFucksSake )
3. Whenever I see the web3 people get involved in a medium it makes me feel like they've never actually enjoyed it for itself
(tags:books Blockchain OhForFucksSake )
4. When did children's songs start sounding like the kind of thing I danced to in the 00s?
(tags:music children video wtf )
5. Neil Gaiman Breaks Down 'The Sandman' Official Trailer
(tags:trailer neilgaiman sandman TV )
6. The "nice" option for the Conservative Leadership election is referencing Nigel Farage on immigration
(tags:immigration conservatives OhForFucksSake asylum )
7. British teachers give lower marks to children perceived to be working class, British doctors deny them pain relief.
(tags:uk Education class psychology OhForFucksSake healthcare )
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Interesting Links for 14-07-2022

Jul. 14th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. TANK - a very short film in the style of classic vector graphics game Battlezone
(tags:games video movie )
2. Men once again shocked and disgusted to discover that women have bodies
(tags:models women society breasts )
3. Penny Mordaunt: Tory leadership hopeful repeatedly said 'c**k' in Commons speech after losing Navy bet
(tags:Conservatives funny penis )
4. Tory members support net zero and aren't impressed by tax cuts
(tags:Conservatives globalwarming tax polls )
5. My friend Patrick takes photos. Mostly around Scotland. Many of them beautiful.
(tags:photos scotland )
6. Shakespeare North unveils rival to London's Globe Theatre
(tags:shakespeare uk viaDanielDWilliam )
7. How did explorers in the 7th century BC sail the oceans?
(tags:ocean exploration ships archeology prehistory history viaDanielDWilliam )
8. Crypto Winter, or Crypto Ice Age?
(tags:blockchain epicfail )
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Interesting Links for 08-06-2022

Jun. 8th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Deal reached on making USB C the mandatory connector for electronic devices in the EU
(tags:phones Technology usb europe )
2. Disney as religion
(tags:religion Disney )
3. People trying to put Blockchain into games clearly don't actually enjoy playing games at all
(tags:games Blockchain OhForFucksSake )
4. Bigots are terrified of pastels
(tags:colour patriarchy bigotry )
5. Please, don't build another Large Hadron Collider.
(tags:physics research thefuture )
6. The Women Who Ran Genghis Khan's Empire
(tags:mongolia history women )
7. How Flesh Penetrating Sound Waves Could 3D Print Implants Directly Inside You
(tags:3dprinting Technology cyborg )
8. Third of windfall tax cash raised could be handed back to oil firms
(tags:oil gas OhForFucksSake uk politics )
9. HS2: Government scraps plans for £3bn West Coast Main Line link
(tags:trains hs2 uk OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 25-05-2022

May. 25th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Chimpanzees have their own language — and scientists just learned how they put "words" together
(tags:viaNancyLebov chimpanzees language )
2. There are two proposals for minority-led Edinburgh councils, and everything depends on the Conservatives
(tags:edinburgh politics snp labour green libdem )
3. Why would the government want to run ScotRail?
(tags:trains scotland )
4. The Scottish/English dispute over gene-edited crops
(tags:uk england genetics food )
5. Occlusion Grotesque - a font designed by a tree
(tags:trees font )
6. Ricky Gervais now exists only to be bigoted
(tags:bigotry LGBT transgender OhForFucksSake )
7. Cell Tower - a word puzzle game. Nicely tricky
(tags:games language viaSwampers )
8. Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape NFT (And Star Of His New NFT Show). I am very very amused
(tags:funny blockchain TV )
9. How special effects used to be painted on to glass
(tags:specialeffects history movies )
10. Misogynistic philosophers through the ages
(tags:history philosophy misogyny )
11. Is it time to move on with safe drug consumption in Scotland? (well, obviously, if Westminster will let them)
(tags:Scotland drugs health )
12. Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D
(tags:vitaminD food genetics )
13. Mercedes Lackey Apologizes
(tags:race language scifi )
14. Invention For Destruction - a trailer for a gloriously hand-animated Czech movie from 1958
(tags:animation Czechoslovakia movies history trailer )
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Interesting Links for 18-05-2022

May. 18th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. The surreal, but also real, problem of Britain's gas glut
(tags:gas UK Europe electricity economics )
2. Getting past the anxiety/avoidance cycle
(tags:anxiety advice )
3. Doctor Who: Any Colour You Like Provided It's Not Black
(tags:racism drwho )
4. Movies that change genre halfway through
(tags:movies genre )
5. EU warns 'all measures at its disposal' if UK overrides Northern Ireland Protocol
(tags:europe uk trade doom NorthernIreland )
6. Coca-Cola introduces built-in bottle caps in bid to boost recycling and help prevent litter
(tags:coke recycling )
7. How Beatboxing Was Invented (mostly because I spent half an hour looking for this and nearly didn't)
(tags:games music video funny )
8. Why I love the new labour movement
(tags:unions economics viaDanielDWilliam )
9. Statement by the EU on the UK threatening to break its agreements
(tags:UK Europe Doom )
10. Surely Thatcher would approve of this enterprising young man?
(tags:margaretthatcher vandalism funny )
11. The Open is the oldest golf tournament in the world, it has a prize pot of over $11m, and apparently they need people to work for them for free
(tags:work golf money volunteers viaLizzieCassMaran OhForFucksSake )
12. Twitter turns the tables on Elon Musk, will "enforce" merger
(tags:Twitter ElonMusk funny )
13. The trailer for Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice looks like fun
(tags:terrypratchett cats movies trailer video )
14. Asymptotic burnout and homeostatic awakening: a possible solution to the Fermi paradox?
(tags:fermi aliens civilization apocalypse )
15. Can your characterafford to be without a Non-Fungible Trident?
(tags:blockchain funny dungeonsanddragons satire )
16. MRI images of foetuses are terrifying
(tags:MRI babies scary )
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Interesting Links for 06-02-2022

Feb. 6th, 2022 12:00 pm
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'Clients say it feels like we've always known each other': the mental health experts who believe their autism has turbocharged their work
(tags:mentalhealth autism counselling )
Black civil servant handed six-figure payout amid systematic racism in the heart of British government
(tags:racism government uk )
The case for and against analogies
(tags:communication )
NI Protocol: How Britain is causing chaos to avoid dealing with the issues
(tags:UK NorthernIreland Europe Ireland borders trade regulation )
Cerebrospinal fluid washing in and out of the brain during sleep
(tags:sleep brains )
Mapping the celebrity NFT complex
(tags:celebrity blockchain )
Worldle - Can you guess the country? (guesses give you a direction and a distance you were wrong by)
(tags:countries game )
Girl who followed party rules asks Boris Johnson for apology
(tags:BorisJohnson party Pandemic )
15 EU states subsidise fossil-fuels more than renewables
(tags:Europe subsidies globalwarming OhForFucksSake )
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