Interesting Links for 20-12-2025

Dec. 20th, 2025 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 29-04-2025

Apr. 29th, 2025 12:07 pm
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1. NHS to allegedly test trans young people for autism and ADHD
(tags:adhd autism transgender lgbt uk nhs viaSwampers )
2. Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage
(tags:spain france electricity )
3. Donald Trump Demands Investigations Into Negative Approval Rating Polls
(tags:polls usa politics viaKenny )
4. New Edinburgh Airport scanners allow liquids to remain in bags
(tags:edinburgh security airport )
5. I WANT TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE!
(tags:Housing fun video )
6. Islanders say they cannot escape mysterious humming sound
(tags:sounds Scotland )
7. Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
(tags:funny politics USA )
8. What Even *Is* Consciousness?
(tags:consciousness comic funny )
9. Trans former judge plans to challenge gender ruling at European court
(tags:transgender rights echr law )
10. Doctors condemn Supreme Court ruling on trans women as ‘scientifically illiterate’
(tags:UK doctors transgender science law bigotry )
11. Irn-Bru - How they collect Unicorn Tears for their new recipe
(tags:video viaSwampers funny unicorns advertising Scotland )
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Interesting Links for 01-08-2024

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Interesting Links for 02-11-2023

Nov. 2nd, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. A Jewish woman finds that staff at The Guardian are about as compassionate as you'd expect
(tags:Jews guardian Israel Palestine OhForFucksSake )
2. Latest Long Covid research update
(tags:Pandemic )
3. Giant white stag made of boulders re-emerges on Aberdeenshire hill
(tags:Scotland deer viaDanielDWilliam art )
4. Medical researcher discovers integration, gets 75 citations
(tags:mathematics communication doctors )
5. The Family Recipes That Live On in Cemeteries
(tags:death recipe )
6. City of Edinburgh Council set to declare housing emergency
(tags:housing edinburgh )
7. Autumn colours in Scotland's woodlands, parks and streets
(tags:autumn scotland photos )
8. Religious people have the most positive experiences. People in less religious countries have the most positive experiences. What a fascinating contradiction.
(tags:religion experience happiness )
9. BT are going to remove 85 phone kiosks from Edinburgh, clearing up a bunch of vandalised eyesores.
(tags:edinburgh phones )
10. "I'm only going to have sober sex - even one drink can ruin it"
(tags:sex alcohol )
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Interesting Links for 13-09-2023

Sep. 13th, 2023 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 10-09-2023

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Interesting Links for 17-04-2023

Apr. 17th, 2023 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 08-05-2022

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Interesting Links for 14-01-2022

Jan. 14th, 2022 12:00 pm
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In bad news for US cloud services, Austrian website's use of Google Analytics found to breach GDPR
(tags:privacy usa europe )
Covid in pregnancy linked to birth-related complications (but vaccination isn't)
(tags:Pandemic pregnancy )
New external system for complaints against Scottish ministers
(tags:Scotland complaints government )
A collection of Simpsons/Watchmen mashups
(tags:funny Simpsons mashup Watchmen comics )
The Inside Story of Politics for All, Twitter's Infamous UK News Account
(tags:UK news Twitter )
Beautiful butterfly dresses!
(tags:clothing insects )
How to communicate with difficult doctors
(tags:doctors language )
What If…. the Scottish Conservatives once more become a separate party?
(tags:scotland Conservatives politics viaDanielDWilliam )
Unvaccinated in New York 13 times more likely to get hospitalized
(tags:vaccination pandemic newyork )
Orwell on Political Correctness
(tags:GeorgeOrwell language )
Putting cows into the Mootrix increases their milk production
Prior art http://pvponline.com/comic/mon-may-12
(tags:cows TheMatrix VirtualReality weird )
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Interesting Links for 22-12-2021

Dec. 22nd, 2021 12:00 pm
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Women and Equalities committee reports on gender recognition legislation
(tags:UK transgender law )
Acapella Movie Intro Medley - the facial expressions for 20th Century Fox made it for me
(tags:viaKalimac movies music video singing )
The 2021 Hugos in detail
(tags:hugo awards scifi )
Intellectual Property For Early Man
(tags:funny intellectual_property comics prehistory fire )
A doctor driven from the profession by QAnon. They won't be the only one.
(tags:vaccination pandemic lies OhForFucksSake doctors )
Please don't try and force your kids to share your interests.
(tags:children parenting StarWars harrypotter scifi )
Brexit policy is, after five years, with the Foreign Office - and this is good
(tags:UK Europe trade diplomacy )
Radio Telescope Reveals How Lightning Begins
(tags:lightning )
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Interesting Links for 17-11-2021

Nov. 17th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Racism Is Institutional In British Cricket
(tags:UK cricket racism OhForFucksSake )
Supersaurus: Scientists realise dinosaur might have been the longest ever after fixing fossil mix-up
(tags:dinosaurs )
Chile wants to export solar energy to Asia via 15,000km submarine cable (losses would be just under 50%)
(tags:solarpower chile Asia )
Joanna Cherry's popularity is not going up
(tags:LGBT SNP transgender politics Scotland )
England’s austerity-hit courts losing days of work to collapsing ceilings, broken lift and arctic conditions
(tags:justice UK OhForFucksSake )
There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada
(tags:Canada transport roads weather )
Remarkably accurate neurosurgery residency interview
(tags:medicine USA surgery doctors funny satire video interview )
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick told an employee he would have her killed. He kept an exec from being fired after a sexual harassment claim. He didn't tell his board of alleged rapes and other misconduct.
(tags:games rape abuse misogyny OhForFucksSake )
John Carmack on Steve Jobs
(tags:Doom games Apple stevejobs johncarmack history computers graphics opengl )
Amazon to stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in UK
(tags:UK Amazon visa credit wtf )
The students losing thousands in an Edinburgh rental scam
(tags:edinburgh property fraud )
‘Clear risk’ UK joining Pacific trade deal will raise drug prices for NHS
(tags:uk nhs trade )
The FTC is moving to end “click to subscribe, call to cancel”
(tags:business usa )
Netflix has started publishing its top 10 watched movies and TV shows
(tags:netflix )
Dogs! Being! Kissed!
(tags:dogs behaviour )
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Interesting Links for 02-09-2021

Sep. 2nd, 2021 12:00 pm
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The rise of period pants: are they the answer to menstrual landfill - and women's prayers?
(tags:menstruation clothing )
Scots to need vaccine passports for large events
(tags:scotland vaccination pandemic )
Scotland had fourth hottest summer on record
(tags:Scotland temperature )
Round animals!
Anyone complaining that some of them are unhealthy will be roundly booed.
(tags:animals )
Beware of all of these dogs. Their cuteness levels are too high
(tags:dogs cute )
Google's new AI photo technology guesses what details might have been there in a very believable way!
(tags:ai photos )
Pair complete UK's longest straight-line challenge
(tags:uk walking )
White 'old boys' network holding ethnic minority surgeons back from job promotions
(tags:uk racism nhs doctors sexism )
Dogs can distinguish between deliberate acts and accidents
(tags:dogs psychology )
Five Myths About the Taliban's New Arsenal
(tags:taliban afghanistan military viaDanielDWilliam )
What happens to your brain when you give up sugar?
(tags:brain sugar dopamine addiction )
Neil Gaiman's 11 Geekiest Cameo Appearances
(tags:neilgaiman TV radio )
Mayday trailer - Metaphorical sirens as female revenge fantasy. Looks interesting, and rather gorgeously shot.
(tags:women society movies trailer )
I'd wondered why John Varley's "Irontown Blues" hadn't had great reviews. And now I know!
(tags:scifi writing OhForFucksSake publishing )
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Interesting Links for 16-09-2020

Sep. 16th, 2020 12:00 pm
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How the British government sabotaged Birmingham
(tags:UK OhForFucksSake cities )
All Women's Aid & Rape Crisis services in Scotland are trans inclusive & have been for many years.
(tags:rape abuse LGBT transgender Scotland )
Coronavirus: Ebbsfleet Covid-19 test centre shut to become Brexit lorry park
(tags:UK Europe pandemic Doom )
The perils of a cross-disciplinary PhD
(tags:phd )
More than two-thirds of young Scots now back independence
(tags:Scotland independence polls )
The British Medical Association affirms trans and non-binary rights in healthcare (and that gender recognition should be by sworn statement)
(tags:LGBT doctors UK transgender )
"An English Period Drama" (pretty much exactly what they look like to me)
(tags:TV satire funny comedy video )
A curated list of TikToks.
(tags:video )
Fascism is Not an Idea to Be Debated, It's a Set of Actions to Fight
(tags:fascism freespeech debate )
Police Scotland criticised over leadership and diversity training
(tags:police Scotland )
Man using a snake 'as face covering' seen riding bus in Greater Manchester
(tags:Manchester snake transport pandemic )
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Interesting Links for 16-06-2020

Jun. 16th, 2020 12:00 pm
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U.S. Supreme Court bars discrimination against LGBT workers
(tags:LGBT discrimination USA GoodNews )
Doctors are having their insurance deferred because of COVID 19.
(tags:virus insurance doctors pandemic )
What People Really Look Like
(tags:Humans bodies )
There is no perfect diet that works for every metabolism or body type
(tags:diet humans health )
Beijing reinstated lockdown after 79 people infected
(tags:pandemic china )
The surface area of the solar system, stitched together into one huge map
(tags:solarsystem map xkcd viaPatrickHadfield )
Couples who spend more on weddings more likely to get divorced
(tags:marriage wedding money viaFJM )
How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses
(tags:hacking security Nintendo consoles )
40% of school pupils are not in regular contact with teachers
(tags:teaching doom pandemic )
Five SFF Works Inspired by RPGs
(tags:scifi fantasy roleplaying )
Running the Imperial College simulation code for COVID-19
(tags:pandemic simulation computers )
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Interesting Links for 12-06-2020

Jun. 12th, 2020 12:00 pm
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UPnP flaw exposes millions of network devices to attacks over the Internet
(tags:security internet epicfail )
Turns out that if you get rid of the police you get warlords
(tags:USA violence police )
The AskHistorians subreddit banned Holocaust deniers, and Facebook should too.
(tags:Holocaust debate censorship )
JK Rowling and The Reasonable-Sounding Bigotry
(tags:bigotry jkrowling LGBT transgender uk )
There's a vacuum at the heart of the British government, and that's not good for anyone.
(tags:UK Europe Doom )
If you're good enough at conspiracy theories you can turn anything into one
(tags:conspiracy pandemic viaSwampers )
Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain (hundreds of millions of tons of it)
(tags:plastic rain environment pollution )
The Right Wing's Favourite 'Crazy Scientist' - Professor Karol Sikora
(tags:healthcare OhForFucksSake pandemic doctors )
Autism, Gender, and Queerness - We're here. We're weird. Get used to it.
(tags:LGBT autism )
"Being comfortable in my body" - on gender presentation and being non-binary
(tags:LGBT gender clothing )
Generation X and Trans Lives
(tags:age demographics transgender LGBT )
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Interesting Links for 29-05-2020

May. 29th, 2020 12:00 pm
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Coronavirus lockdown breakers telling police 'if it's okay for Cummings, it's okay for us',
(tags:UK pandemic doom OhForFucksSake )
Mongolia has had the best COVID-19 response in the world
(tags:Mongolia pandemic )
Lord OF The Rings Reunites Apart on Sunday!
(tags:lotr video pandemic )
Coronavirus: What can you do in Scotland from Friday?
(tags:Scotland pandemic )
How poppy flowers get those vibrant colors that entice insects
(tags:flowers plants nature colour viaDanielDWilliam )
Advice to a doctor
(tags:doctors advice )
The Vintage Beauty Of Soviet Control Rooms
(tags:design Russia history technology )
Westminster is broken (only 50 MPs allowed in Westminster at once, no online voting allowed)
(tags:UK government OhForFucksSake Westminster parliament )
Twitter hides Trump tweet for glorifying violence
(tags:twitter censorship politice politics usa )
How to describe an official history as being utterly full of shit, but in a much politer way.
(tags:academia lies writing )
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Interesting Links for 05-10-2019

Oct. 5th, 2019 02:28 pm
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Elon Musk Wanted Dirt On A Cave Rescuer He Called A "Pedo Guy," So He Hired An Ex-Felon To Find It
(tags:ElonMusk OhForFucksSake )
Star Wars Le Creuset cookware looks amazing
(tags:cooking StarWars )
Plate tectonics runs deeper than we thought
(tags:earth prehistory )
Touchscreen typing speeds close in on keyboard rates
(tags:keyboard speed )
In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer
(tags:cancer microbiome )
Marcus Aurelius. In Yorkshire
(tags:yorkshire philosophy )
Brexit: Boris Johnson moves to scrap environment, job, and food safeguards to get deal with Trump
(tags:regulation UK Europe USA OhForFucksSake trade )
What Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games
(tags:games design learning video )
Animated Comic Covers
(tags:comics animation )
Transgender People Who Have Gender-Affirming Surgery Less Likely to Need Mental Health Treatment
(tags:Transgender LGBT surgery )
UK pension rules are causing chaos for doctors
(tags:pensions uk doctors OhForFucksSake )
How Brussels sees the current UK proposals
(tags:UK Europe doom )
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Interesting Links for 13-08-2019

Aug. 13th, 2019 12:50 pm
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Interesting Links for 09-07-2019

Jul. 9th, 2019 03:10 pm
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MT-DNN Achieves Human Performance in General Language Understanding Benchmark
(tags:language ai )
For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America's Favorite Pastimes
(tags:history trains usa )
Young women in academia - this clothing will guarantee you respect!
(tags:clothing women funny )
'Babylon 5' is great, so why does it look so bad?
(tags:TV cgi OhForFucksSake money )
NHS waiting lists soar as doctors stop working overtime in pension row
(tags:tax pensions doctors nhs )
AI pilot 'sees' runway and lands automatically
(tags:airplanes ai )
"I ran a bookies for 12 years - they deserve no sympathy for these store closures"
(tags:gambling UK business )
Earth's eighth persistent lava lake found on remote sub-Antarctic island
(tags:geology lava )
Bitcoin mining on an Apollo Guidance Computer
(tags:bitcoin computers space history NASA )
If you're not careful then your children will spend hundreds of pounds gambling for football players
(tags:gambling children games football )
Stricken Russian Nuke Sub Crew Prevented 'Planetary Catastrophe'
(tags:nuclearpower submarine ocean OhForFucksSake firefox )
Labour's message to Remainers: "Don't vote for us"
(tags:Labour UK europe )
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Interesting Links for 09-03-2019

Mar. 9th, 2019 02:50 pm
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Japan's tax laws get in way of more women working full time
(tags:japan society tax women )
The Birmingham school that's the latest front of the religious war against homosexuality
(tags:lgbt Education uk religion )
Voters in Northern??Ireland??overwhelmingly reject a hard Brexit, would vote to remain in the European Union in a second referendum and would prefer checks on goods travelling between Great Britain and the North rather than checks on the Irish Border
(tags:NorthernIreland uk europe )
Why you lose hearing for a while after listening to loud sounds
(tags:sound hearing ears )
The future of Nuclear Power may be technology abandoned in the 1970s
(tags:nuclearpower history Technology )
Children's education is strongly correlated with whichever parent spends the most time with them
(tags:parenting Education children )
The US Is Responsible For 26% Of Cumulative Global Warming Emissions
(tags:usa co2 globalwarming )
UK Offshore Wind To Provide A Third Of Country's Electricity By 2030
(tags:windpower uk renewables )
How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead
(tags:death doctors advice empathy usa )
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