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1. Why firms are racing to produce green ammonia: (tags:farming globalwarming fertility )
2. It's official: Sweden to join NATO: (tags:sweden nato )

1. Can ChatGPT edit fiction? 4 professional editors asked AI to do their job - and it ruined their short story: (tags:ai editing fail viaMarrog )
2. Mercury: Council and Parliament strike a deal to completely phase out mercury in the EU: (tags:Europe dental mercury lighting )
3. There's a fascinating discussion in this article about who "the Celts" were: (tags:prehistory Europe language society )
4. 2023 Hugo winner announces that they no longer consider themselves to have won: (tags:Hugo awards china fraud )
5. All new NHS building projects in Scotland put on hold: (tags:Scotland NHS money building )
6. Rabbit Test - the short story that won* a Hugo: (tags:hugo abortion rights women scifi )
7. Fertility doctor uses own sperm to impregnate lots of women, leading to incest: (tags:usa fertility incest OhForFucksSake healthcare fraud )
8. The Fifteenth Doctor audition piece: (tags:tv drwho acting RusselTDavies )

1. Bigots lose Scottish court case over definition of 'woman': (tags:bigotry GoodNews scotland transgender )
2. The Information Commissioner found, two years ago, that the Scottish Government didn't use WhatsApp for discussions.: (tags:Scotland government communication )
3. Ancient roman road found in Stirling garden.: (tags:Scotland Rome archeology )
4. Peter Jackson Talks About Making The Beatles' Last Music Video: (tags:peterjackson Beatles video music )
5. Insulin less temperature-sensitive than previously thought (can cope at temperatures up to 25 degrees for 6 months): (tags:insulin diabetes temperature )
6. This Plane Wasn't Snooping On Protesters In Los Angeles, It Was Dropping Irradiated Bugs: (tags:insects radiation fertility USA airplanes )
7. Cyclists are Better People than Drivers: (tags:cycling psychology morality driving cars bicycles )
8. The TRUTH about stars!: (tags:stars space comic funny )

1. Finally, the true meaning of the universe is revealed: (tags:meaning StarWars comic funny )
2. The condemnation of Jess Phillips for honouring a trans teenager is a new low in our culture wars: (tags:bigotry uk lgbt transgender )
3. National Academies: We can't define "race," so stop using it in science: (tags:race racism science )
4. There's a hierarchy of racism under Starmer: (tags:labour racism UK OhForFucksSake politics )
5. Against the idea of gender dysphoria as a mental illness: (tags:gender mentalhealth transgender LGBT )
6. Silicon Valley Bank's collapse was spotted well in advance by everyone in the know - other than the regulators.: (tags:banking regulation OhForFucksSake )
7. 10 best D&D map makers for dungeons, cities and worlds: (tags:maps dungeonsanddragons )
8. So, you've been challenged to a duel. What are the rules?: (tags:duelling rules usa history )
9. Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill: (tags:LGBT USA transgender politics )
10. Northern Ireland rejects Irish unity by large margin (50% to 26%): (tags:NorthernIreland polls )
11. A Pro-Trump Social Network Wants to Corner the Anti-Vax Jizz Market: (tags:fertility politics USA viaPatrickHadfield headline )

1. Edinburgh Labour councillor quits, says that Labour head office banning coalitions with Greens or SNP has caused a shambles: (tags:labour scotland OhForFucksSake )
2. This is my favourite recent computer game review: (tags:games review )
3. A Stroke Of The Pen: A Collection Of Rediscovered Short Stories By Terry Pratchett: (tags:terrypratchett short_story )
4. I am actually pretty impressed at how much the UK managed to get in the new deal over Northern Ireland: (tags:NorthernIreland trade Europe UK Ireland )
5. Rez on the PSVR 2 uses eye tracking for locking on!: (tags:VirtualReality games eyes amazing )
6. Aurora Borealis. Edinburgh, 26 February 2023. (I couldn't see from where we live, but I do appreciate these photos): (tags:auroraborealis edinburgh scotland )
7. The Jewish influence on Good Omens: (tags:judaism neilgaiman )
8. Elon Musk defends racist tirade by Dilbert creator Scott Adams: (tags:racism dilbert ElonMusk )
9. TikTok's new face filters are very impressive, and make people feel awful about their real faces: (tags:faces photoshop video )
10. Amazon Removes Books From Kindle Unlimited After They Appear on Pirate Sites: (tags:copyright amazon piracy wtf publishing )
11. Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility: (tags:exercise fertility men )
12. Eggs and margarine drive food inflation to record 17.1%: (tags:food inflation economics uk eggs ukraine doom )
13. Two in three Britons want new political party to take on Tories and Labour: (tags:politics UK )
14. Study finds video games are not harmful to children's brains: (tags:videogames games brain children )
15. 25 years after the MMR vaccine autism fraud, we're still dealing with the consequences: (tags:fraud autism mmr vaccination OhForFucksSake history )

1. Forests Now Cover 2% of Iceland (up 6x since 1990): (tags:iceland forests )
2. A new milestone in augmented reality: Functional contact lenses: (tags:augmentedreality contact_lenses Technology impressive )
3. Want to be an artist? Having millionaire parents *really* helps!: (tags:wealth inequality art )
4. Keir Starmer rules out 'any agreement' with the Lib Dems after next election: (tags:labour libdem OhForFucksSake )
5. Mint is not a necessary part of toothpaste. If you don't like it then feel free to use other flavours: (tags:teeth health )
6. The future of sports: Revealed!: (tags:sports technology funny video )
7. Ballet imposes gender roles on dancers: (tags:gender dance ballet )
8. Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn't Matter: (tags:reading audio brains psychology books )
9. Stray, a game where you play as a cat in a world populated by robots is clearly not going to make any money at all: (tags:games cats review video )
10. Scientists design contraceptives to limit grey squirrels: (tags:squirrel UK contraceptive fertility )
11. Cheese reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart failure, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and ischemic stroke: (tags:cheese health heart diabetes )
12. Heat wave kills more than 1,100 people in Spain and Portugal: (tags:heat globalwarming death spain portugal )
13. UK set to have world's biggest automated drone superhighway: (tags:drone uk )

Eating Lunch At Your Desk Again? Study Examines Why Workers Don't Always Take Breaks: (tags:psychology work food working_hours )
Feeling Anxious About Wearing A Mask? Here Are 5 Ways To Overcome It: (tags:anxiety pandemic )
China Poised to Pull Plans for U.K. Nuclear Plants and HS2 over Huawei 5G ban: (tags:China UK nuclearpower hs2 technology trade )
I Hate Condoms, And I Hate Masks.: (tags:responsibility pandemic )
Yes, balancing work and parenting is impossible. Here's the data.: (tags:work children parenting pandemic )
UK has second-highest COVID-19 health worker deaths in the world: (tags:UK epicfail death healthcare pandemic OhForFucksSake )
The Lost Art of Growing Blueberries With Fire: (tags:food farming fire )
Fertility is continuing to drop. which is a good thing, but will mean a big change to society: (tags:fertility thefuture society GoodNews )
Me and my neurodivergent brain: A short play I appear to be writing while I should be cleaning the kitchen. (fascinating and funny): (tags:brain ViaDrCross )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3898998.html

Details of Valve's unreleased Portal prequel revealed: (tags:games valve video )
Higher cow-milk fat intake is associated with lower childhood adiposity: (tags:fat weight children )
The many crimes of Macavity: (tags:crime cats musicals )
Ex-Google exec savages firm on human rights: (tags:rights China google )
80% of betting company money comes from 2% of customers: (tags:gambling )
Jimmy Savile and the BBC: the report's key sections: Yes, it's a couple of years old, but I just bumped into it.
(tags:OhForFucksSake bbc children rape RapeCulture viaFJM )
The extensive problems with Keir Starmer's past: (tags:Labour politics crime OhForFucksSake rape )
The best way to make popcorn: (tags:food )
Duolingo sparks Gaelic boom as young Scots shrug off 'cringe' factor: (tags:Scotland language )
Psilocybin found safe for consumption in largest ever controlled study: (tags:psilocybin psychology depression research safety )
U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy: (tags:nicotine smoking USA jobs OhForFucksSake )
U.S. kills top Iranian commander Soleimani in air strike: (tags:USA Iran iraq )
Epilepsy Foundation Was Targeted in Mass Strobe Cyberattack: Also: 30 times? Can someone help them with their security?
(tags:assault epilipsy OhForFucksSake hacking )
Words used in fanfic to describe genitals. Warning: may cause giggling: (tags:writing fanfic genitals funny )
Why killer whales—and humans—evolved menopause: (tags:grandparents whales menstruation fertility family )
Which emoji scissors close (I love the obsession you get with these): (tags:emoji design )
Most illustrations of butterflies show dead ones: (tags:insects illustration death )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3853227.html

Don't do this to your daughters.: (tags:girls children )
Chinese goods navigate alternate trade routes to US shores to avoid tariffs: (tags:trade USA globalization )
For the first time ever hymns didn't make the top ten songs played at funerals in the UK: (tags:music death religion uk )
Who owns the Bitcoin white paper?: (tags:bitcoin identity copyright )
If Star Trek's Data really didn't have emotions: (tags:funny StarTrek emotion comic )
Praying to Mister Rogers: (tags:religion prayer comic )
Review: This Is How You Lose the Time War: (tags:review scifi )
Science dresses for children: (tags:clothes science girls )
A few things to make you think that Russia might be involved with Trump: (tags:russia politics usa republicans )
Chefs ShareTheir Biggest Restaurant Red Flags: (tags:restaurant food )
Researchers strapped video cameras on 16 cats and let them do their thing. Here's what they found: (tags:cats video behaviour )
Scepticism can easily lead to supporting the status quo by default: (tags:scepticism conservatism )
'They have you in a cultish grip': the women losing thousands to online multi level marketing schemes: (tags:OhForFucksSake marketing women business )
Net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has dropped 34 percent since 1996: (tags:inequality age USA economy doom )
The old route into the arts for working class Brits has been closed off: (tags:welfare art UK class )
What does the next Prime Minister do?: (tags:politics UK Doom )
Austerity to blame for 130,000 preventable UK deaths: (tags:UK austerity murder death OhForFucksSake )
Revealed: women's fertility app is funded by anti-abortion campaigners: (tags:abortion fertility viaSwampers OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3795880.html

Edinburgh's road signs hacked by artist: (tags: roads sign graffiti art edinburgh )
More than 50% of countries now have a declining population: (tags: population children GoodNews )
Women over 34 are being refused IVF treatment in England: (tags: uk england fertility women nhs )
Number of shop closures in Scotland accelerates: (tags: scotland shopping )
Iceland's Christmas TV advert banned for being too political: (tags: iceland advertising uk politics business )
The 2018 US Gender voting Gap Was Huge: (tags: voting politics usa gender )
Ryanair plane seized by French authorities in cash row: (tags: airplanes france subsidies )
We didn’t have to do Brexit in this damn silly way: (tags: uk europe epicfail )
Female Afghan barrister sacked in favour of white man: (tags: women afghanistan law uk bigotry )
Conservative minister resigns over Brexit deal - demands new referendum.: (tags: UK europe Conservatives )
A Work in Progress: Earthsea Sketches by Charles Vess (I have the book on my Christmas list): (tags: UrsulaKLegGuin books fantasy )
Photos of Kristallnacht.: (tags: Jews holocaust history germany )
Before Envelopes, People Protected Messages With Letterlocking: (tags: history paper letter )
Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Being Sued Over Satanic Deity: (tags: religion TV intellectual_property )
Living in Canada? Now you can date through Facebook: (tags: facebook dating relationships )
Jeremy Corbyn angers Labour MPs as he declares 'we can't stop Brexit': (tags: labour UK europe OhForFucksSake )
EU clamps down on Isle of Man tax loophole for private jets and yachts: (tags: tax europe UK )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3739436.html

In 5 states, richest Americans live in a new Gilded Age: (tags: inequality usa )
The idea of brainwashing is pseudoscientific and dehumanises people: (tags: psychology religion brain )
Parents set to lose right to veto sex education at age 15: (tags: sex Education children uk GoodNews )
The Irish ‘backstop’ offers a key to unlocking the Brexit impasse (albeit a really painful one that isn't sustainable): (tags: europe uk trade )
An MP was wheeled through the voting lobbies, high on morphine and carrying a sick bucket, the moment Brexit lost the dignity it never had: (tags: uk Europe voting politics )
Project Loon signs its first deal for Internet-delivering balloons—in Kenya: (tags: internet balloon kenya )
Magic Leap's First Augmented Reality Demo Is Anything but Impressive: (tags: augmentedreality )
Two weeks before his inauguration, Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that Putin had personally ordered cyberattacks to sway the election.: (tags: Russia usa security fraud voting elections )
8 Ways The Tories Have Torn Up Parliament's Conventions: (tags: uk parliament conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Depression-induced inflammation during pregnancy may impact newborns: (tags: babies depression inflammation )
ADHD drugs do not improve cognition in healthy college students: (tags: adhd medication )
Australia-led global push to tackle PCOS -- the principal cause of infertility in women: (tags: pcos testosterone women fertility )
"No Deal Brexit would be awful. So awful that it won't be allowed to happen. Therefore: Don't worry about it." *headdesk*: (tags: uk europe doom )
Good penguin, bad penguin: a thread: (tags: penguins )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3706842.html

EEA+CU is the least bad version of Brexit. It is however still an extremely poor option.: (tags: europe uk )
There's A Cheap And Effective Way To Reduce Gun Violence. Why Aren't More States Doing It?: (tags: guns usa viaAmaebi )
D&D adventure premises inspired by stupid bear puns: (tags: pun bears dungeonsanddragons )
Are you a terrorist? Would you like an easy way to get through security without being checked closely?: (tags: islam security OhForFucksSake )
Ninja cat runs the gauntlet.: (tags: cats running video )
Waterstones accused of breaking pledge not to take on independents: (tags: books edinburgh waterstones )
Do You Know Where Your Healing Crystals Come From?: (tags: mining children OhForFucksSake )
Cause of polycystic ovary syndrome discovered at last (in mice): (tags: fertility women health testosterone mice viaSwampers )
Brexit: No significant progress made on any issue in negotiations since March, says EU: (tags: uk europe )
John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories: (tags: games Apple history doom stevejobs )
Prefrontal cortex as a meta-reinforcement learning system: (tags: brain ai dopamine )
May’s Brexit meeting to end in ‘long grass’ and ‘fudge’ amid standoff over customs: (tags: UK Europe conservatives OhForFucksSake )
Stop talking about "fighting" cancer: (tags: cancer )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3686981.html

Poll: Brits Would Rather Leave EU Than Keep Northern Ireland In The UK: (tags: uk europe NorthernIreland polls )
The defiance of an 'untouchable' New York subway worker: (tags: india usa bigotry )
Apple thinks you should have to sign up to multiple music services to get access to all music.: Make it harder for me to access music and I will stop spending £120/year on music and go back to downloading it. Frankly, I hadn't spent £120 on albums per year since I was about 25. Spotify gets me paying far more than I otherwise would.
(tags: music apple OhForFucksSake )
Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype - can fuck off: (tags: microsoft censorship OhForFucksSake )
‘Solo’ Actor Says Phil Lord and Chris Miller ‘Weren’t Prepared’ for ‘Star Wars,’ Alden Ehrenreich ‘Just Not Good Enough’: (tags: StarWars movies )
French waiter says firing for rudeness is 'discrimination against my culture': Somehow not satire
(tags: behaviour france food restaurant job headline )
First self-driving train launches on London Thameslink route: (tags: London trains automation transport )
All the Things the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Novelization Adds to the Movie: (tags: StarWars books )
Same-sex marriage bill for Northern Ireland to be introduced at Westminster in absence of power-sharing at Stormont: (tags: marriage equality LGBT NorthernIreland )
It all made sense when we found out we were autistic: (tags: autism life )
Fitbit Versa review: What the Pebble did next: (tags: watch technology review )
G Found in 31 Non-Western Cultures: Strong Evidence That G Is a Universal Trait: (tags: intelligence psychology )
One Strange Rock is a Cosmos for the Earth-bound that’s worth watching: (tags: TV review earth science )
Does the UK’s case against Russia stack up?: (tags: chemistry weapons spying Russia uk )
Music lessons improve children's cognitive skills and academic performance: (tags: music education children )
Neuroscientists say daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer's disease: (tags: alzheimers drugs )
Global carbon emissions could be cut 3 percent by following the UK's example: (tags: UK globalwarming electricity co2 )
The 30 Best Protest Signs from the March For Our Lives: (tags: protest guns usa funny )
Arizona Government Suspends Uber's Self Driving Cars from Roads: (tags: automation driving cars usa fail )
Scientists Print All-Liquid 3-D Structures: (tags: 3dprinting water )
It's not just Facebook. Thousands of companies are spying on you: (tags: surveillance advertising business )
Prenatal stress changes brain connectivity in-utero: (tags: stress babies brain )
Irn Bru sales go up after new recipe introduced: (tags: drink scotland sugar )
Science Is Getting Us Closer to the End of Infertility: And producing whole new ways of making new life
(tags: fertility babies Technology )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3672648.html

Crushed wood is stronger than steel: (tags: materials wood )
Venom: first trailer released for Tom Hardy's Spider-Man spin-off: (tags: movies marvel spiderman )
If incarcerated menstruating women in Arizona bleed through the 12 pads (0 tampons) they're allotted each month and stain their clothes, they get a dress code violation. That violation means they can't purchase store items, including tampons and pads!: (tags: women usa arizona menstruation OhForFucksSake prison )
"Deadpool, Meet Cable" (new trailer, made me giggle an awful lot): (tags: movies marvel funny video trailer )
Japanese ambassador to UK warns on Brexit: "companies, in particular the major manufacturers, expected free access to the European market" it says on a different site.
(tags: Japan trade UK europe )
Boris Johnson decides 'it would not be appropriate' to intervene as Bermuda repeals same-sex marriage: (tags: marriage lgbt UK OhForFucksSake )
You should read Japan's Brexit note to Britain — it's brutal: (tags: Japan UK Europe trade )
Northern Ireland will stay in single market after Brexit, EU says: (tags: uk Europe NorthernIreland )
First human eggs grown in laboratory: (tags: eggs fertility humans )
New York Times Subscription Revenue Surpassed $1B in 2017: (tags: newspapers usa money )
What It’s Like to Live in a Surveillance State: (tags: China surveillance OhForFucksSake )
Plagiarism software unveils one of Shakespeare’s sources: (tags: shakespeare )
Facebook testing 'downvote' button: (tags: facebook )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3658694.html

Theresa May starts another fight she will not win (over transition this time): (tags: politics UK Europe OhForFucksSake )
Free Bananas In the Break Room - a tale of email apocalypse: (tags: email funny OhForFucksSake viaSwampers )
Baltimore: more than twice as lethal as Northern Ireland during the Troubles: (tags: NorthernIreland usa racism OhForFucksSake )
Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant Just in Case They Shot an Unarmed Person: (tags: usa guns police corruption OhForFucksSake )
13% of British households are millionaires (Mostly because of pensions and housing): (tags: wealth uk pensions housing )
The government isn't planning for "No Deal" - here's how you can tell: (tags: uk europe fail government Conservatives )
A interview with an Elite Dangerous player from 10 years from the future.: (tags: interview thefuture games funny )
Group Of DC Fans Attempting to Sabotage 'Black Panther's Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: (tags: comics OhForFucksSake )
Scotland set to pass 'gold standard' domestic abuse law: (tags: law abuse scotland )
Why PS4 downloads are so slow: (tags: playstation networking OhForFucksSake )
How to Do Karate in a Victorian Dress: (tags: clothing women MartialArts history )
Last Commanders: a geeky new Knightmare-esque gameshow: (tags: games tv bbc uk VirtualReality )
Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware: (tags: farming software hacking )
A satirical list of tv shows that should exist: (tags: tv funny )
Ibuprofen could harm fertility of unborn baby girls: (tags: medicine fertility women babies )
Interesting look at what it's like as a professional League of Legends player: (tags: games )
Use of plastic straws scrapped at Scottish Parliament: (tags: recycling scotland GoodNews )
Prostate cancer now kills more people than breast cancer: (tags: uk prostate cancer )
Asking the Right Questions About Artificial Intelligence: (tags: ai ethics Technology thefuture )
A Dad Stole This Toddler's Identity To Open Credit Cards. Here's How The System Failed Him.: (tags: fraud credit viaSwampers children )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3656850.html

China Has Already Gene-Edited 86 People With CRISPR: (tags: china genetics )
India's switched-at-birth babies who refused to swap back (The hospital bureaucrats should be fired): (tags: india babies )
The President's Club, MeToo and a difficult conversation: (tags: abuse sex patriarchy )
City transit is undermined by rich people pretending that everyone can travel the way that they like to, despite that being physically impossible: (tags: transport design cities )
Producers Guild of America Anti-Sexual Harassment Guidelines: (tags: harassment abuse movies advice )
How Heartland saved a fortune on tax by adding molasses - and then removing it again: (tags: tax usa canada law )
How Jessica Chastain got Octavia Spencer five times the pay: (tags: money race gender movies )
Sperm counts in western men down by 50% since 1973: (tags: sperm fertility )
Star War-inspired 3D images floating in thin air: (tags: StarWars Holograms light )
New test can tell IBS sufferers whether the low-Fodmap diet will help (which it does 73% of the time): (tags: diet IBS food )
New Study Shows GA-Map Gut Microbial Composition Test Successfully Identifies IBS Patients That Can Benefit from FODMAP Diet: (tags: diet food IBS )
Tesla! vs! Lovecraft!: (tags: hplovecraft game science cthulhu )
A 15-year look at how energy changed in the US, state by state: (tags: energy electricity renewables co2 usa )
Poland moves to make phrase 'Polish death camps' a criminal offence: (tags: Poland holocaust )
The Follower Factory - huge numbers of fake Twitter followers sold for pennies a time to desperate celebrities: (tags: Twitter fraud )
Record-setting polar explorer, 16, hits back at men who say she belongs in the kitchen: (tags: abuse patriarchy society arctic exploration )
‘We Shall Overcome’ Is Put in Public Domain in a Copyright Settlement: (tags: music copyright GoodNews )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3655503.html

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