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Interesting Links for 31-07-2026
Jul. 31st, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. In pictures: Scale of drought across England as rivers dry up
- (tags:water nature UK drought photos doom )
- 2. New technologies could help cut years-long wait for endometriosis diagnosis
- (tags:diagnosis healthcare nhs GoodNews )
- 3. Translator Of Original 'Minions' Epic Poem Slams 'Sexless, Bloodless' Film Adaptation
- (tags:translation movies satire funny )
- 4. Fructose identified as surprise driver of cancer spread
- (tags:cancer fructose )
- 5. I missed that Andy Burnham isn't a Labour MP - he's a Co-operative Party MP!
- (tags:labour politics cooperation uk )
- 6. The European models which could inspire Burnham's National Care Service
- (tags:europe care politics tax )
- 7. The social physics of conversation
- (tags:conversation communication )
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- healthcare,
- labour,
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- movies,
- nature,
- nhs,
- photos,
- politics,
- satire,
- tax,
- translation,
- uk,
- water
Interesting Links for 12-06-2026
Jun. 12th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Davros envious after Russell T Davies successfully kills Doctor Who
- (tags:drwho funny satire bbc )
- 2. But are AIs conscious?
- (tags:ai consciousness comic funny )
- 3. What's happened to UK defence spending?
- (tags:uk military money government )
- 4. Digital Sovereignty Becomes An Imperative As the US Reads Dutch Emails
- (tags:usa netherlands spying email )
- 5. Please I Beg of You Do Not Use "AI" In Your Business Communications
- (tags:ai communication )
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- ai,
- bbc,
- comic,
- communication,
- consciousness,
- drwho,
- email,
- funny,
- government,
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- military,
- money,
- netherlands,
- satire,
- spying,
- uk,
- usa
Interesting Links for 14-05-2026
May. 14th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. The key measures in the King's Speech
- (tags:politics UK law Labour )
- 2. Two Russian naval ships with Cruise missiles are operating 30 miles off the British coast, escorting sanctioned tankers through the Channel
- (tags:UK Russia navy )
- 3. Brain scans reveal how people with autistic traits connect differently
- (tags:social psychology autism communication )
- 4. Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers
- (tags:electricity usa OhForFucksSake )
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- autism,
- communication,
- electricity,
- labour,
- law,
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- navy,
- ohforfuckssake,
- politics,
- psychology,
- russia,
- social,
- uk,
- usa
Interesting Links for 16-11-2025
Nov. 16th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. What's behind Rachel Reeves's hokey cokey on income tax rises?
- (tags:tax uk politics )
- 2. US police propagandists get paid to oppose views of the actual polled police
- (tags:police propaganda )
- 3. Alastair Campbell says senior BBC staff 'in the JK Rowling camp'
- (tags:LGBT transgender BBC bigotry )
- 4. Are Dogs and Cats on TikTok Really "Talking" with Buttons?
- (tags:animals language communication )
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- language,
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- police,
- politics,
- propaganda,
- tax,
- transgender,
- uk
Interesting Links for 15-11-2025
Nov. 15th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. I am fascinated by how much language cats and dogs can have when you give them the opportunity
- (tags:communication cats dogs )
- 2. if I was designing a kid's toy then I wouldn't connect it to an AI without making sure it wouldn't teach them about matches, knives and sexual kinks
- (tags:ai toys children wtf )
- 3. Do not compare yourself to people you see online. They quite possibly don't look like that
- (tags:ai video bodies society )
- 4. France drops demand for UK to pay up front for Brexit reset talks on cheaper food
- (tags:uk europe food trade france )
- 5. Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
- (tags:ai belief patterns delusion )
Interesting Links for 07-08-2025
Aug. 7th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. The U.S. Constitution website has removed important sections limiting states rights and removing Writ Habeas Corpus or the right to due process.
- (tags:usa constitution doom )
- 2. JK Rowling calls for M&S boycott because a tall woman spoke to a girl
- (tags:jkrowling bigotry shops )
- 3. I just sent a supportive email to Marks and Spencer over the ridiculous bigotry being sent their way. If you want, you can do that here.
- (tags:shopping communication bigotry LGBT transgender MarksAndSpencer )
- 4. Dispelling harmful misinformation about M&S 'trans' bra fitting row
- 5. ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome linked to your genetics
- (tags:genetics ChronicFatigueSyndrome viaKenny )
- 6. Brown 'functionally inaccessible' for trans students after Trump deal
- (tags:university bigotry transgender LGBT USA )
- 7. Older people react less strongly to colours.
- (tags:colour age )
- 8. Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have
- (tags:politics usa satire lobsters )
- 9. Politicians have been lying to the British public about the economy for decades. At some point we'll have to stop.
- (tags:economics uk politics )
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Interesting Links for 23-07-2025
Jul. 23rd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Labour has brought back Section 28, here's how it will harm children
- (tags:children education Labour OhForFucksSake bigotry transgender UK )
- 2. The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller Its Balls, Study Finds
- (tags:monkeys genitals science )
- 3. Labour ministers lying about Scottish water quality to make it look like privatisation isn't the problem
- (tags:Scotland UK England Labour lies water privatisation )
- 4. French Press Association journalists in Gaza are starving to death
- (tags:Israel gaza Palestine OhForFucksSake journalism food )
- 5. metabolite produced by gut bacteria is a driver of atherosclerosis, the disease behind most heart attacks and strokes.
- (tags:heart disease microbiome )
- 6. Why Facts Don't Change Minds in the Culture Wars—Structure Does
- (tags:belief discussion communication )
- 7. The US is erasing women from the top ranks of the military
- (tags:usa military misogyny OhForFucksSake )
- 8. Why you can't color calibrate (deep) space photos
- (tags:space colour photography )
- 9. Countries across the world see food price shocks from climate extremes
- (tags:food prices doom globalwarming )
- 10. If somebody is doing a good thing, and you try to force them to do a different, better thing, they usually end up doing neither
- (tags:communication management organisation )
- 11. Whites-only communities are spreading in the USA
- (tags:USA racism )
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- england,
- food,
- gaza,
- genitals,
- globalwarming,
- heart,
- israel,
- journalism,
- labour,
- lies,
- links,
- management,
- microbiome,
- military,
- misogyny,
- monkeys,
- ohforfuckssake,
- organisation,
- palestine,
- photography,
- prices,
- privatisation,
- racism,
- science,
- scotland,
- space,
- transgender,
- uk,
- usa,
- water
Interesting Links for 15-07-2025
Jul. 15th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem
- (tags:people comics ai doom communication )
- 2. How old are you in your head? (Mid 30s for me)
- (tags:age psychology )
- 3. Reddit will start verifying the age (but not the identity) of UK redditors
- (tags:uk age reddit regulation internet )
- 4. "Autism" is at least 4 different syndromes, each with distinct biological and genetic pathways.
- (tags:autism genetics )
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Interesting Links for 22-06-2025
Jun. 22nd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. How Christopher Priest wrote for Doctor Who, and what happened next
- (tags:drwho history scifi bbc writing )
- 2. Trans woman swims topless in protest at being forced to swim with men
- (tags:bigotry lgbt transgender swimming )
- 3. Scottish government to remove WhatsApp from phones
- (tags:transparency phones communication government Scotland )
- 4. Giving a wide range of researchers the same data and the same hypothesis to test gives a massive range of results
- (tags:research doom statistics )
- 5. Denmark Let Amateurs Dig for Treasure—And It Paid Off
- (tags:denmark archeology )
- 6. The FDA Just Approved a Long-Lasting Injection to Prevent HIV (2 injections a year have 99.9% effectiveness)
- (tags:hiv vaccine GoodNews )
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- archeology,
- bbc,
- bigotry,
- communication,
- denmark,
- doom,
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- government,
- history,
- hiv,
- lgbt,
- links,
- phones,
- research,
- scifi,
- scotland,
- statistics,
- swimming,
- transgender,
- transparency,
- vaccine,
- writing
Interesting Links for 04-05-2025
May. 4th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes
- (tags:automation driving delivery )
- 2. "I like being autistic": Assessing the benefit of autistic-led psychoeducation for autistic children
- (tags:autism education children )
- 3. Snake enthusiast survived hundreds of bites. Now his blood is aiding the search for a universal antivenom
- (tags:snakes immune_system genetics viaKenny )
- 4. They Sent the Message. But Did They Write It? (How AI is disrupting actual communication)
- (tags:communication ai doom )
- 5. Love in the time of cancer
- (tags:cancer love death )
- 6. Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director
- (tags:TV Australia art animation )
Interesting Links for 11-04-2025
Apr. 11th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Plan to remove all hedgehogs from Hebridean isles
- (tags:animals scotland )
- 2. Parliament and government have a once in a generation opportunity to reform the House of Lords: now is the time to seize it
- (tags:LordsReform government uk )
- 3. 9 Rules for New Technology (I don't agree, but I think they're interesting to consider)
- (tags:Technology viaPatrickHadfield )
- 4. How a $2,000 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured
- (tags:manufacturing phones USA )
- 5. Being online doesn't make people more aggressive or hostile; it allows a small number of aggressive people to attack a much larger set of victims.
- (tags:internet communication bullying psychology )
- 6. Levitating Bugs With Sound Could Transform Scientific Photography
- (tags:photography sound insects )
Interesting Links for 07-03-2025
Mar. 7th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Denmark's postal service to stop delivering letters
- (tags:denmark mail )
- 2. How the Danish cracked work-life balance
- (tags:denmark working_hours work life )
- 3. The Closely Guarded Secrets Of Manhattan Doormen
- (tags:usa money jobs )
- 4. Masterplan for new Edinburgh village Redheughs reveals 1,300 homes, community hub, central square and primary school
- (tags:Edinburgh housing )
- 5. Four Reasons Why English Should Not be the Official Language of the United States
- (tags:language usa English )
- 6. War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
- (tags:usa OhForFucksSake military women )
- 7. Starlink's European rival Eutelsat says it can do the job in Ukraine
- (tags:ukraine space communication europe )
- 8. How much do Britons read?
- (tags:uk reading polls )
Interesting Links for 28-02-2025
Feb. 28th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Waymo is the only Western company with an autonomous taxi service. Here are their expansion plans for 2025.
- (tags:taxi automation driving thefuture )
- 2. A nice video explanation for why you can't go faster than the speed of light
- (tags:video physics time light relativity )
- 3. Are they, or were they? Use of tense when referring to death.
- (tags:language English death )
- 4. LGBTQ+ Purges In the US Government Begin
- (tags:USA LGBT bigotry politics republicans )
- 5. Elon Musk's Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
- (tags:slavery space communication ElonMusk )
Interesting Links for 18-01-2025
Jan. 18th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Trans stabbing victim bravely lets police share CCTV of brutal assault as attackers sentenced
- (tags:transgender violence UK )
- 2. How do Twitter's Community Notes work?
- (tags:facts communication twitter technology )
- 3. If you'd like to understand Tumblr then this should do it
- (tags:Tumblr mentalhealth )
- 4. Summoning the elder gods with the aid of a cute puppy toy
- (tags:cute video puppy funny viaSwampers )
- 5. Russian diplomats accessed a private area of parliament in a security breach just before Christmas
- (tags:Russia spying UK )
- 6. Less than 90 seconds after a teenage boy creates a TikTok account they get Andrew Tate videos and content harmful to mental health
- (tags:mentalhealth socialnetworking OhForFucksSake )
- 7. Post-Election Polling Shows Gaza Cost Harris Votes
- (tags:gaza politics USA Israel democrats )
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- cute,
- democrats,
- facts,
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- israel,
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- mentalhealth,
- ohforfuckssake,
- politics,
- puppy,
- russia,
- socialnetworking,
- spying,
- technology,
- transgender,
- tumblr,
- twitter,
- uk,
- usa,
- viaswampers,
- video,
- violence
Interesting Links for 04-01-2025
Jan. 4th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Ants do better than humans sometimes when working together
- (tags:ants humans communication )
- 2. Jurassic Park with scientifically accurate dinosaurs
- (tags:dinosaurs birds video JurassicPark )
- 3. Less men are going to college - does "male flight" explain why?
- (tags:gender society education men )
- 4. How Britain destroys children's lives
- (tags:children law OhForFucksSake UK )
- 5. Jurassic park, but with realistic dinosaurs
- (tags:dinosaurs video )
- 6. How to light a lot of candles at once
- (tags:lighting )
- 7. How do states achieve independence?
- (tags:independence politics UnitedNations )
- 8. Researchers uncover a hidden cognitive strength associated with autistic traits
- (tags:autism psychology )
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- autism,
- birds,
- children,
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- dinosaurs,
- education,
- gender,
- humans,
- independence,
- jurassicpark,
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- lighting,
- links,
- men,
- ohforfuckssake,
- politics,
- psychology,
- society,
- uk,
- unitednations,
- video
Interesting Links for 01-01-2025
Jan. 1st, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?
- (tags:sex funny accident )
- 2. A troll begs you to stop reacting to rage-bait
- (tags:internet society communication video )
- 3. AI-Generated Book Grifters Threaten The Future of Lace-Making
- (tags:craft ai OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Finland Finds Anchor Drag Marks Left By Tanker That Broke Cables
- (tags:Finland Russia sabotage shipping )
Interesting Links for 14-11-2024
Nov. 14th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. I no longer trust opinion polls
- (tags:polls fail )
- 2. Secret Level - an anthology TV series based around various computer games
- (tags:games TV animation viaSwampers )
- 3. The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916
- (tags:communication history USA engineering )
- 4. AOC Shares Reasons Why Her Supporters Voted for Trump
- (tags:voting usa doom )
- 5. Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but Now's the Time to Put Aside Our Differences
- (tags:politics satire funny doom )
- 6. Baby red panda dies from firework stress, says Edinburgh Zoo
- (tags:panda fireworks death )
Interesting Links for 23-10-2024
Oct. 23rd, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. How does WhatsApp make money?
- (tags:communication business )
- 2. You Don't Need Words to Think
- (tags:language thinking )
- 3. Who wants to hear interesting facts about the English language?
- (tags:language writing history video English )
- 4. Bohemian Rhapsody, told in memes
- (tags:meme queen music funny )
- 5. George R.R. Martin Announces He's Written Every 'And' That Will Appear In Next Book
- (tags:writing GeorgeRRMartin funny satire )
- 6. Keir Starmer scores first major Brexit reset success with landmark defence deal with Germany
- (tags:UK Germany military russia )
- 7. Edinburgh city centre to get first major new public gardens for 200 years
- (tags:edinburgh gardens school music )
- 8. Scientists Say Our Water Cycle Has Started Breaking Down
- (tags:water environment doom )
- 9. Meet the winners of Nikon's 2024 photomicrography contest
- (tags:photos awards microscope )
- 10. California Is Flooding School Cafeterias With Vegan Meals—and Kids Like It
- (tags:food california vegan )
- 11. What explains the timing and manner of the Chagos Islands sovereignty deal? (the USA)
- (tags:usa uk india politics )
- 12. UK Supreme Court rules that individuals can take regulators to court to make them do their job.
- (tags:uk regulation law )
- 13. "Autism" is at least four different things.
- (tags:autism genetics development children )
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