Entries tagged with epicwtf

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Interesting Links for 22-08-2025 (and the previous day)

1. Trans Segregation in Practice (Experiences of trans segregation following the Supreme Court ruling): (tags:transgender bigotry LGBT UK OhForFucksSake )
2. How UK inheritance tax compares with other countries: (tags:inheritance tax uk )
3. Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses: (tags:ai energy co2 water )
4. Nigel Farage lies about the real asylum story: (tags:asylum uk migration OhForFucksSake )
5. Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?: (tags:racism politics UK OhForFucksSake )
6. Missing Texas woman found living among lost ‘African’ tribe in Scotland: (tags:Scotland Africa history EpicWTF weird )
7. Ann Summers confirms trans women welcome at bra fittings: (tags:clothing transgender LGBT shops )
8. New Fireworks Control Zones to be introduced in Edinburgh: (tags:fireworks edinburgh scotland )
9. Moderate drinking is not good for you.: (tags:cancer alcohol disease )
10. 4chan will refuse to pay daily UK fines, its lawyer tells BBC: (tags:law uk usa censorship )

No idea why the autoposter didn't work yesterday/today. Will investigate tonight!

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Interesting Links for 08-06-2025

1. Summarising the last few days in American politics: (tags:USA politics EpicWTF republicans )
2. UK — High Court to lawyers: cut the ChatGPT or else: (tags:UK law ai )
3. After Pornhub left France, Proton VPN saw a 1,000% surge in minutes: (tags:VPN censorship porn France )
4. Reform UK doesn't know how government spending works: (tags:UK bureaucracy politics )

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Interesting Links for 02-05-2025

1. The Summerisle Arcana - Wicker Man Inspired Tarot: (tags:tarot horror movies )
2. Seattle Worldcon science fiction convention vets panelists with ChatGPT: (tags:ai conventions scifi OhForFucksSake )
3. No One Knows What's Inside the Smallpox Vaccine: (tags:disease history vaccines cows horses )
4. The White House's Plan For Reversing The Declining Birth Rate: (tags:satire children usa politics )
5. For Women Scotland: a legal critique of the recent judgment on transgender rights: (tags:LGBT transgender rights law UK )
6. US abandons $350bn debt claim in Ukraine minerals deal - but Trump hasn't noticed: (tags:usa ukraine war trade )
7. AI extends the career of a porn actress. Also Jack Nicklaus, Snoop Dog, and KISS: (tags:ai celebrity business )
8. 100 Men vs. 1 Gorilla: Primatologists Explain Who Would Win: (tags:gorillas violence funny internet ViaDrCross )
9. How the UK Establishment Crushed Trans Rights: (tags:LGBT transgender guardian DailyMail journalism UK politics bigotry )
10. How would zonal energy pricing work? (And why it would lower *everyone'ss* prices): (tags:electricity uk economics )
11. Rector wins appeal over St Andrews University Gaza row: (tags:Scotland Israel gaza Palestine genocide university StAndrews freespeech )
12. Waymo automated taxies make the roads safer for bikes and pedestrians: (tags:driving automation safety )
13. I finally understand why all those Soulslike bosses hated me so much, thanks to The Dark Queen of Mortholme, which pits you up against some plucky upstart who just keeps coming back: (tags:games review )
14. Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits: (tags:headline dragons law EpicWTF )
15. Do any of you like puzzles?: (tags:puzzles )

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Interesting Links for 07-08-2024

1. Bionic Bay looks like a gorgeous platformer with fascinating puzzles and high-speed physics-based gameplay.: (tags:games video )
2. The anti-islam riots in this country are a product of the media, Tories, and Labour. All should be held responsible.: (tags:Labour conservatives media UK bigotry Islam riots )
3. Russia and Ukraine both have drones controlled by really really long fibre-optic cables: (tags:drone fibreoptics russia ukraine )
4. Tim Walz Took Historic Action To Protect Trans People, Now He's The Dem VP Choice: (tags:democrats GoodNews transgender USA politics LGBT )
5. If your workplace doesn't have a Muppet ethics AI then you are *totally* behind the times: (tags:ai muppets ethics wtf )
6. JD Vance's Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful: She did not touch on his claim that people who don't have kids are more sociopathic.
(tags:relationships politics USA EpicWTF )
7. How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde: (tags:astronomy astrology mercury )
8. In hospital emergency rooms, female patients are less likely to receive pain medication than male patients who reported the same level of distress: (tags:misogyny pain healthcare OhForFucksSake )
9. The wife of a Conservative councillor has been arrested after she called for hotels with asylum seekers to be set on fire.: (tags:UK racism conservatives )
10. Wind and solar overtake EU fossil fuels in the first half of 2024: (tags:renewables solarpower windpower electricity Europe coal gas hydroelectric )
11. COVID-19 making worrying comeback WHO warns, amid summertime surge: (tags:pandemic doom )
12. I did not know it was possible to make friends with a moray eel!: (tags:fish video friendship )
13. Scottish wildcat kitten caught on thermal imaging camera: (tags:scotland cats nature video )
14. Ukrainian forces take Russian border city that they don't want: (tags:russia ukraine war )
15. Elon Musk believes advertisers should be forced to spend money on him: (tags:ElonMusk advertising twitter wtf )

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Interesting Links for 01-10-2022

1. Anyone want to be our neighbours?: (tags:housing Edinburgh )
2. Many men are simply incapable of being around attractive women: I officially apologise to any woman I've made uncomfortable. And I'm absolutely sure I have.
(tags:men beauty OhForFucksSake jobs )
3. Porn on Tumblr is a complicated: (tags:porn tumblr business censorship Apple Android )
4. Goblin cats are the best cats: (tags:cats funny )
5. Just how insidious is K-Pop?: (tags:music Korea )
6. Too... Many... Unusual... Laughs!: (tags:laughter funny video viaPatrickHadfield )
7. Some examples of languages younger than Scots: (tags:language history )
8. This house definitely has "unorthodox" design choices: (tags:design housing EpicWTF )
9. Elon Musk's Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius: (tags:Twitter sms ElonMusk )
10. Dredging the river Tees has released contaminants that killed crabs for miles around: (tags:crabs death pollution )
11. The lack of Third Places is definitely one of the major issues in modern cities: (tags:community cities video )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3692449.html

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Interesting Links for 05-06-2018

Spotify remove 'hate conduct' policy following backlash: (tags: censorship music Spotify GoodNews )
Explaining how Trump understands economics: (tags: politics economics usa republicans OhForFucksSake )
Father Ted to return as musical: (tags: tv musicals )
Venezuela's Inflation Breaches 25,000%: (tags: Venezuela inflation economics )
'Untreatable' prostate cancer halted in some men by new immunotherapy drug: (tags: immune_system cancer men )
How the deepest hand dug well in the world was dug. (deeper than the Empire State building is tall!): (tags: history water uk )
Homophones, Weakly: (tags: language visualisation ViaDrCross )
Old people are more conservative because the poor die off: (tags: poverty death politics )
Why Children Aren't Behaving, And What You Can Do About It: (tags: children behaviour responsibility )
Herpes simplex virus is present in at least four out of five people: (tags: disease sex society )
Why Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test: (tags: poverty willpower money psychology )
A tourist attraction in Virginia depicting live dinosaurs being reanimated during the civil war and the Union’s attempts to use them as “weapons of mass destruction” against the South.: (tags: dinosaurs usa history EpicWTF )
New Zealand former sex worker becomes a dame in Queen's birthday honours: (tags: sexwork newzealand )
Herpes protects against bacteria (in mice): (tags: disease sex mice viaSarah )
Doctors hail world first as woman’s advanced breast cancer is eradicated with her own immune cells: (tags: cancer GoodNews immune_system )
UK Government accepts drugs fix rooms WILL work - but won't allow Glasgow to open one: (tags: drugs UK OhForFucksSake )
"As victims of spycops, we stand with Lush in campaign for full disclosure": (tags: police surveillance uk )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3666595.html

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Interesting Links for 08-03-2018

The DNA errors which meant that Germany's most dangerous woman never existed: (tags: dna genetics crime fail germany )
Japan: inventing the science fictional future you probably don't want to live in: (tags: thefuture EpicWTF technology japan )
I think this might be the stupidest fashion thing I have ever encountered: I mean, some fashion looks much sillier than this. But I've not seen anyone take anything as minimal and try to make it a fashion statement
(tags: fashion hair )
I'm fairly sure 90% of people watch movies like this, and frankly I wish I was better at it.: (tags: movies )
The male glance: how we approach male vs. female work is ruining our ability to see good art.: (tags: art gender society patriarchy viaFanf fiction )
Warm showers and ball exercises may help women during childbirth: (tags: childbirth )
31 Photos That, Despite Their Best Efforts, Are Not Of Penises: It is possible that I am twelve
(tags: penis photos )
Best-selling introductory psychology books give a misleading view of intelligence: (tags: Intelligence psychology )
US Holocaust Museum Revokes Award to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi: (tags: genocide OhForFucksSake )
"Into the Breach"’s interface was a nightmare to make and the key to its greatness as a game: (tags: games design ux ui )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3662022.html

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Interesting Links for 21-02-2018

The teenagers are rebelling, thank goodness: (tags: teenagers racism society GoodNews )
Why the Good Friday Agreement is important: (tags: NorthernIreland )
Standup comedian's husband sues for defamation over 'provocative' show: (tags: comedy relationships law uk )
Why the awfulness of the CIA is such a massive problem: (tags: cia usa OhForFucksSake )
Supplements are a $30 billion racket—here’s what experts actually recommend: (tags: health )
KFC's current situation is a warning about assuming that the cheapest contractor can deal with your complex problems: And here's the press release from October about how awesome it was going to be: https://www.logisticsmanager.com/kfc-picks-dhl-qsl-uk-logistics/
(tags: transport food chicken epicfail )
Ten years on from Norway's quota for women on corporate boards: (tags: women business )
This is one of the silliest things I've heard Theresa May say: "Oh go on, please give up a chunk of your power during a time of national crisis. You know you want to."
(tags: politics houseoflords )
Scottish income tax - how it affects you: (tags: Scotland tax )
How The Last Jedi is connected to a racist medieval story: (tags: history StarWars )
The “Microaggression” Concept: (tags: society racism sexism )
Swype pioneered a new way to type on smartphones—now it’s dead (which is a shame, because it's still my favourite keyboard): (tags: keyboard )
Counting Calories Is Not the Key to Weight Loss: (tags: diet food health )
Woman kicked off flight after crew heard her talking about period pain: (tags: menstruation airplanes EpicWTF OhForFucksSake )
How lasers and robo-feeders are transforming fish farming: (tags: fish robots lasers automation )
Black Panther: The Tale of Two Different Viewing Experiences: (tags: marvel movies racism )
China cracks down on funeral strippers: (tags: nudity death china )
How we teach girls to be overly cautious and boys to disregard consequences: (tags: gender behaviour society )
You can write a key logger in pure CSS.: (tags: security OhForFucksSake web )
High-testosterone traders earn lower returns: (tags: testosterone men investment psychology hormones )
When isolated people who have health problems are supported by community groups and volunteers, the number of emergency admissions to hospital falls spectacularly: (tags: community health )
The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons: (tags: economics fraud capitalism )
Ikea joins Big Clean Switch to offer 100% renewable energy tariff: (tags: ikea renewables uk electricity )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3648934.html

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Interesting Links for 03-01-2018

Are train fare rises really the problem?: I do actually think there _is_ a case to be made: 1) Environmentally - if there are people commuting then rail is presumably better for the environment than cars. 2) It makes cities more viable, and therefore helps job concentration. But I also think that a lot of commuter train subsidies basically allow middle class people to live outside of the city at a subsidised cost. I'd rather that that money went to improving the city and making it cheaper and easier for more people to live there in the first place and not commute at all.
(tags: trains transport money )
The Labour Party anti-antisemitism saga is starting to look like a Monty Python sketch: (tags: Labour Jews bigotry wtf politics uk )
For posterity, here's the BBC's tech correspondent learning what Goatse is in realtime...: (tags: funny internet BBC )
Norwegian Student Takes Secret Street Photos In The 1890s: (tags: history photos )
Women-fronted films are top three highest-grossing movies of 2017: (tags: movies women )
A thread about the potentially very topical subject of the creation of new peers to get controversial legislation through the House of Lords: (tags: houseoflords politics uk )
Inside Silicon Valley’s Secretive, Orgiastic, Sexist Dark Side: Which is, of course, Silicon Valley doing exactly what has happened whenever entitled men get their hands on loads of money.
(tags: sex drugs society Technology )
Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B: (tags: tax google holland ireland )
The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine: (tags: automation jobs society sweden )
Urinals of the Justice League: (tags: funny toilets viaJennieRigg comics superheroes )
Peter Dinklage and Gwen Stefani Sing the best song ever ........... SPACE PANTS!!: (tags: video music EpicWTF )
Retirement Planning vs. Quest for the Amulet of Nargoth: Which Is Right for Me?: (tags: pensions fantasy funny )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3619387.html

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Interesting Links for 24-09-2017

Another delay for ScotRail's £370m Edinburgh to Glasgow electric train service plans: (tags: Edinburgh Glasgow trains electricity fail )
Superaccurate GPS Chips Coming to Smartphones in 2018: (tags: GPS location phones viaFanf )
Clever Machines Learn How to Be Curious (And Play Super Mario Bros.): (tags: games ai personality learning )
A Ukrainian born billionaire who does biz w/ Russian oligarchs is funding Trump's legal representation via RNC: (tags: politics Russia usa EpicWTF )
Bringing the web up to speed with WebAssembly: (tags: web programming thefuture )
I'm ggoing to Thing Explaining with Randall Munroe Tickets on Wed, 4 Oct - anyone else going?: (tags: xkcd viaSwampers )
A 1979 War-Game That Takes 1,500 Hours to Complete: (tags: games time history wwii )
Why rejecting the modern world is a privileged fantasy: (tags: Technology medicine life society )
Watch how long a two-euro coin can balance on Fuxing train traveling at 350 kph, on #HighSpeedRail linking Beijing with Shanghai: So, how long until we get trains that fast and smooth in the UK?
(tags: trains )
More than half UK population has no religion: (tags: UK religion GoodNews )
Rick And Morty’s worst fans don’t deserve Rick And Morty: It really bothers me that most of the t-shirts I've seen are clearly aimed at people who want to be Rick.
(tags: tv fandom fail abuse )
Sea salt around the world is contaminated by plastic: Because, of course, the sea around the world is contaminated by plastic
(tags: pollution plastic ocean food salt )
I have done without any form of technology for six months and my life is utterly shit: (tags: satire technology media )
Students are biased against female lecturers: (tags: patriarchy women academia OhForFucksSake )
Project Black Bus – using taxis like buses: (tags: technology transport taxi )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3593862.html

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Interesting Links for 02-07-2017

Forget the Blood of Teens. Metformin Promises to Extend Life for a Nickel a Pill.: (tags: life aging insulin health )
A simple definition of Emotional Labour: (tags: relationships language )
Sgt. Pepper Wasn’t Broken. So They Fixed It.: (tags: music beatles )
More ways in which programming is like sex: (tags: programming sex funny )
The Best Things About The Children Kidnapped To Become Slaves On Mars: (tags: children mars conspiracy EpicWTF )
The 5 Best Punctuation Marks in Literature: (tags: writing language literature )
Walmart Reportedly Threatens To Cut Ties With Carriers That Also Haul For Amazon: (tags: Amazon business usa OhForFucksSake )
Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs — and It Affects How Much Funding They Get: (tags: money investment gender )
Nevada becomes fifth US state to allow cannabis sales for recreational purposes: (tags: marijuana legalisation usa )
The real reasons why British workers won't pick fruit: (tags: work UK fruit farming )
A large satellite appears to be falling apart in geostationary orbit: (tags: space )
50 Percent Of Millennials Believe Gender Is A Spectrum: (tags: gender polls usa )
Should robot artists be given copyright protection?: (tags: copyright robots ai )
The Most Interesting Curator on the Internet Learns What People Want To See: (tags: ai internet )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3575636.html

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Interesting Links for 07-05-2017

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3571100.html

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Interesting Links for 22-04-2017

Borussia Dortmund bombs: Rogue capitalist to blame: Now, I'm not saying all capitalists are to blame, but why have the leaders of the capitalist community not condemned this action by one of their members?
(tags: capitalism finance murder germany )
Britain set for first coal-free day since the industrial revolution: (tags: coal electricity pollution )
Nearly half of US liberals under 30 are religiously unaffiliated: (tags: religion usa )
A British pub chain has just banned swearing: (tags: swearing UK alcohol viaSwampers )
"I Think I Should Get More Credit for Killing Hitler": (tags: hitler timetravel funny viaSwampers )
Fansubs for TV shows and movies are illegal, court rules: (tags: hearing copyright subtitles )
What Makes N++ Different To Other Platformers?: (tags: games physics )
China tells USA and North Korea to quit it: (tags: usa china NorthKorea )
Can Anybody Find Any Significant Difference Between May's Policies and the British National Party Manifesto of 2005?: (tags: politics Conservatives uk )
What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?: (tags: banks security OhForFucksSake )
The most patriotic of all email services: (tags: email RonaldReagan EpicWTF )
UK incomes: how does your salary compare?: (tags: money demographics uk )
The Loch Ness Monster of Mollusks: (tags: history animals ocean )
Trump bumps Britain down the queue after Merkel lobbies for EU trade deal first: (tags: trade uk Europe usa )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3527339.html

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Interesting Links for 24-11-2016

Philip Hammond announces £23 billion investment fund to boost productivity: And about time!
(tags: politics investment Conservatives )
Google’s AI translation tool seems to have invented its own secret internal language: (tags: translation language ai google )
J.R.R. Tolkien asked his wife to marry him by mail after no having communication with her for 5 years, meanwhile she was already engaged to another man: (tags: Tolkien relationships history )
Classic movie lines vastly improved with Australian captions: (tags: australia movies funny )
Yogic breathing helps fight major depression: (tags: depression exercise meditation )
Grant Morrison Unveils Jesus-Conan Mash-up Comic: Technically, Jesus-Conan-Hitler
(tags: religion society nazis comics EpicWTF propaganda GrantMorrison )
Industry Matters: (tags: viaNancyLebov manufacturing innovation Technology )
Banned from Facebook for criticising Nazis: (tags: nazis facebook OhForFucksSake )
Recreating Famous Movie Scenes With A Cat: (tags: cats movies )