Interesting Links for 09-03-2025

Mar. 9th, 2025 12:00 pm
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1. Social housing to be demolished as post-Grenfell repairs are too expensive
(tags:UK housing OhForFucksSake )
2. Volkswagen reintroducing physical controls for vital functions
(tags:cars driving ux )
3. Game-Changing Vaccine Offers Long-Lasting Protection Against COVID-19 & Flu
(tags:vaccine pandemic flu GoodNews )
4. The Person Centred Association comes out against transphobia

(tags:LGBT transgender bigotry GoodNews counselling )
5. Asimov's, Analog, and Fantasy and Science Fiction have all been purchased
(tags:scifi publishing )
6. Why the Edinburgh South Suburban tram/train is unlikely to happen
(tags:trains trams edinburgh economics )
7. The Relationship between Autism and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes/Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
(tags:autism genetics bodies )
8. Scandal of the sick: Ill and disabled PIP benefit claimants die while waiting for payments
(tags:UK welfare austerity OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 07-11-2024

Nov. 7th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. America Defeats America - The Onion
(tags:USA politics satire )
2. South Korea is having social issues
(tags:society Korea women doom )
3. Because drama attracts more people I rarely see happy relationship things. It's delightful to see examples of couples being in deeply in love.
(tags:love happiness relationships )
4. Some positive results from the 2024 elections
(tags:USA elections GoodNews )
5. I tracked down the guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing for over 8,000 hours, and came away convinced he was right
(tags:games review )
6. New technology allows you to look like anyone, in video, in realtime.
(tags:video faces lighting Technology )
7. How are people reacting to the Trump election (broken down by age and gender)
(tags:polls usa politics )
8. Why some people only get mild Covid, flu and colds
(tags:pandemic disease inflammation immune_system colds flu )
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Interesting Links for 06-06-2024

Jun. 6th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. Scottish judges asked to overturn rape case rule barrier
(tags:law rape scotland )
2. Tokyo government to launch dating app to boost birthrate (requiring you to confirm you want to get married and provide proof of income)
(tags:Japan marriage relationships children viaSwampers )
3. Help challenge the ban on puberty blockers
(tags:LGBT transgender bigotry law CrowdFunding UK )
4. Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease found
(tags:disease inflammation genetics )
5. First human infection caused by avian Influenza A(H5N2) confirmed in Mexico
(tags:Mexico flu birds doom humans )
6. Israel Secretly Targeted American Lawmakers With Gaza War Influence Campaign
(tags:Israel propaganda socialnetworking USA politics )
7. "Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep" - trans edition
(tags:death poetry transgender LGBT )
8. I cannot stand the parodies of Modern Major General
(tags:music parody funny lyrics )
9. Flawed, scandalous trials tank FDA expert support for MDMA therapy
(tags:research ecstasy regulation )
10. Australia wants to become a renewable energy superpower. Can it?
(tags:australia renewables )
11. Russia's is acting provocatively on the Estonian border
(tags:russia Estonia OhForFucksSake doom )
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Interesting Links for 04-01-2023

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Interesting Links for 28-06-2022

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Interesting Links for 27-12-2021

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Interesting Links for 03-06-2021

Jun. 3rd, 2021 12:00 pm
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I recommend you do not do this to your penis
(tags:penis injury wtf )
Guess how many objects are in Low Earth Orbit - then click on this link.
(tags:space visualisation viaSwampers )
Trans *and* not skinny? The NHS wants you to fuck off and pay for surgery yourself.
(tags:nhs transgender OhForFucksSake )
NFL pledges to stop assuming that black people are less intelligent
(tags:racism football USA WTF )
"I painstakingly built my own analog drum machine"
(tags:drums music technology )
Covid precautions may have killed off one strain of Flu
(tags:pandemic flu viaDanielDWilliam )
"Xbox Co-pilot mode changed my disabled sister's life"
(tags:xbox disability amazing games consoles )
The Loaf Guardians: Parsing the Early History of the Anglo-Saxons
(tags:UK history )
Scotland's largest council pension fund backs climate change move
(tags:globalwarming pensions scotland glasgow )
Amazon Won't Test Job Seekers For Marijuana Use, Backs Legalisation
(tags:marijuana amazon legalisation )
Mass scale manipulation of Twitter Trends discovered
(tags:twitter fraud )
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Interesting Links for 30-04-2021

Apr. 30th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 23-02-2021

Feb. 23rd, 2021 12:00 pm
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Covid vaccines - 'spectacular' impact on serious illness (Pfizer cuts hospital admissions by 85% after a single dose)
(tags:vaccine UK pandemic GoodNews )
Daft Punk Break Up
(tags:DaftPunk music )
Entire school board resigns after accidental public livestream of them being rude about parents
(tags:school )
Baby Sofia could be Scotland's youngest surviving premature baby (22 weeks and 4 days)
(tags:babies Scotland )
A dating story about the perfect man that did not go where I expected
(tags:relationships )
FactCheck: how can we tell the vaccines are working?
(tags:vaccine pandemic uk )
Facebook to restore news in Australia after last-minute deal with government
(tags:Australia news Facebook )
"I Lost my Miss America Crown in SPACE"
(tags:video space )
Not a single case of flu detected in England this year as Covid restrictions suppress virus
(tags:disease flu UK pandemic )
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Interesting Links for 23-09-2020

Sep. 23rd, 2020 12:00 pm
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How legendary weekly British comic, 2000 AD, survived Covid-19 and thrived
(tags:comics business pandemic uk )
How to choose the ideal form of government
(tags:government comic funny names )
Insurance firms will be forced to give renewing customers the same price as new ones (banning introductory offers)
(tags:insurance regulation uk )
Coronavirus in the UK: Boots suspends new flu jab bookings due to unprecedented demand
(tags:flu disease pandemic UK )
China sharply expands mass labour program in Tibet
(tags:China Tibet )
The Tech Behind the Mind-Reading Pangolin Dress Could Lead to Wireless—and Batteryless—Exoskeleton Control
(tags:technology brain cyborg clothing )
Covid in Scotland: Indoor household visits now banned
(tags:Scotland pandemic )
Covid-19: Scottish surge in cycling continues (43% up on last year)
(tags:Scotland cycling bicycles )
Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine's presidential election
(tags:voting USA )
Older people have become younger: physical and cognitive function have improved meaningfully in 30 years
(tags:age health )
Serco Have Subcontracted Contact Tracing Jobs To The Company Embroiled In The Tax Credits Scandal And Debt Collection Companies
(tags:UK pandemic outsourcing )
Loose Ends: A Literary Supercut of Sci-Fi Last Sentences
(tags:scifi writing remix )
"Every Streaming Service" - a funny look at the various services looking for your money
(tags:streaming video funny viaSwampers )
In case you were wondering how long it takes trucks to get in to the EU from outside...
(tags:trade Europe Russia Doom )
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Interesting Links for 28-11-2019

Nov. 28th, 2019 03:40 pm
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SNP manifesto 2019: Key policies explained
(tags:snp politics Scotland uk )
Edinburgh office staff given self-service alcohol area
(tags:edinburgh alcohol work )
Secret NHS trade documents revealed by Jeremy Corbyn were available on Reddit for weeks without people noticing
(tags:leaks reddit politics uk )
Go master quits because AI 'cannot be defeated'
(tags:games ai )
FactCheck: Labour's NHS leak story explained
(tags:trade NHS USA UK )
Ketogenic diet helps tame flu virus (in mice)
(tags:carbohydrates flu immune_system inflammation )
Anti-inflammatories are an effective treatment of major depressive disorder
(tags:inflammation depression research )
Link between inflammation and mental sluggishness shown in new study
(tags:inflammation thinking )
The tide is turning in the drug war
(tags:drugs politics )
What Causes The Most Death? (Nice visualisation)
(tags:death visualisation viaCipherGoth )
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Interesting Links for 24-10-2019

Oct. 24th, 2019 03:11 pm
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A nicely even handed Joker review
(tags:review dc batman movies )
Checks will be on goods going both ways between mainland and Northern Ireland
(tags:UK NorthernIreland Europe trade )
Finally, a critique of Marvel movies we can all get behind!
(tags:marvel sex movies )
BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror to avoid foreign censorship
(tags:BBC tor )
Edinburgh's bus stop tracking boards set to be replaced after 14 years - "no longer maintainable"
(tags:transport buses edinburgh )
So what's going on with the French position on Brexit?
(tags:UK Europe France Doom )
New "LGB Alliance" facing backlash... from lesbians, gays and bisexuals
(tags:LGBT Transgender )
Anti-vaccine doctor charged with gross negligence over bogus exemptions
(tags:vaccination )
Rumor: Marvel to Replace Jeremy Renner in Hawkeye Following Allegations
(tags:marvel movies )
Canadian Gothic
(tags:Canada horror weird )
Scientists cure all kinds of flu! (in ferrets)
After all, there's no reason why mice should have *all* the fun!
(tags:flu )
Formation of elements detected when two stars crash into each other
(tags:space physics chemistry stars )
Female scientists up to 40% less likely to be asked for comment than male colleagues
(tags:research inequality women )
UK Children's Commissioner recommends loot boxes be regulated as gambling
(tags:gambling children games )
How trauma affects people, even when it's not acute. (Several of my friends could do with reading this)
(tags:trauma ptsd psychology happiness )
Maybe It's Not YouTube's Algorithm That Radicalizes People - It's The Communities It Creates
(tags:fascism racism youtube community )
Remain should push for an election
(tags:UK Europe elections )
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Interesting Links for 06-11-2018

Nov. 6th, 2018 11:00 am
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Discovered a lovely word today: “apricity.”
(tags: language sun temperature )
Irish government says Dominic Raab’s Brexit backstop plan not worth the paper it's written on
(tags: uk europe ireland NorthernIreland doom )
Iceland recognises Palestinian state
(tags: iceland palestine israel )
The Conservative Party will break Theresa May at the worst possible moment
(tags: Conservatives doom )
I can't tell if Stacksort is the worst programming thing ever, or the funniest.
(tags: stackexchange funny programming )
Why women receive less CPR from bystanders
(tags: health women society OhForFucksSake )
Labour will vote against a customs union - unless it's permanent
I've completely lost track of whether there's enough votes for _anything_ right now. Frankly, I'm not sure there is.
(tags: labour politics europe uk )
Google’s AI creates its own inhuman encryption
(tags: encryption google ai )
Prejudice against women in power is greater than we think
(tags: sexism society )
Voters' preexisting opinions shift to align with political party positions
(tags: politics OhForFucksSake )
Llama “nanobodies” might grant universal flu protection
(tags: llama flu disease medicine )
Air pollution linked to autism
(tags: autism pollution china )
Categorising male authors
(tags: men authors funny satire )
Right-Wing Social-Networking site Gab comes back after a week offline. Users blame the Jews.
(tags: socialnetworking politics freespeech racism )
Sci-Fi Writer Greg Egan and Anonymous Math Whiz Advance Permutation Problem
(tags: mathematics )
This is how psychotherapy for depression changes the brain
(tags: brain counselling neuroscience )
Ten changes to help save the planet
(tags: globalwarming advice )
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Interesting Links for 11-02-2018

Feb. 11th, 2018 12:00 pm
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Mayfair Games, the company that helped lead a revolution in board games is shutting down
(tags: games boardgames business )
Norway’s Olympic Team Bought 15,000 Eggs Due to a Google Translate Mistake
(tags: eggs Norway language numbers korea translation fail )
When will the world reach 'peak child'?
Obviously the best one will be born in about two months
(tags: children demographics thefuture education africa )
Terrifying British Study Shows Trump Supporters Are Now Basically Unreachable
(tags: viaJane politics news society usa )
Tiger Cub Found In Box Sent Via Courier. It Was Saved By A Sniffer Dog
(tags: tiger dogs mail OhForFucksSake )
Cryonics Myths
(tags: death cryonics myths )
More details on Mayfair Games being bought out
(tags: boardgames business )
'Soft’ UV lights in public spaces could stop flu spreading without harming humans
(tags: flu light )
Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks
(tags: TheCulture IainBanks scifi writing society )
Blind bisexual goose stuck in love triangle with two swans dies aged 40
(tags: lgbt birds relationships headline )
I bought this backpack, and it's awesome for travelling with. Totally recommended
(tags: storage travel recommendation )
Cadburys to remove ‘Easter’ from Easter eggs to avoid causing offence
(tags: easter funny satire reporting journalism )
What Scientists Learned From Putting 3-D Glasses on Praying Mantises
(tags: insects vision )
Barlow's principles of adult behaviour
I don't believe in sticking to these if the other person repeatedly acts in bad faith. But most of the time they're a good starting point.
(tags: advice life behaviour )
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Interesting Links for 12-01-2018

Jan. 12th, 2018 12:13 pm
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Ocado developing robot to help with maintenance - handing technicians tools, and moving ladders for them
(tags: robots )
When It Comes to Gorillas, Google Photos Remains Blind
(tags: gorillas photos google )
Black pudding saves butcher trapped in freezer
(tags: headline food )
A petition to stop demanding rigorous science in Star Wars
(tags: StarWars scifi science petition )
Bryan Fuller Lestat-us Update: He's Working on Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles Show
(tags: vampire tv )
"I am not here to inspire you."
(tags: life disability media society )
School creates playground 'rich and poor zones' separating kids whose parents didn't pay £6 donation for new equipment
(tags: inequality school children poverty OhForFucksSake )
Hobbit Houses Glamping Perthshire Scotland
(tags: lotr holidays )
Ecuador asked London to recognize Assange as a diplomat (and was refused)
(tags: JulianAssange )
I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls from Mario Batali’s Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter (amazing writing
(tags: abuse apology food anger )
A Blue Sky in Beijing? It’s Not a Fluke, Says Greenpeace
(tags: environment china )
Teenager dies after catching flu virus
(tags: flu scotland disease death )
Why humans need to rethink their place in the animal kingdom
(tags: animals psychology humans )
The Steven Pinker backlash shows how social media is being misused to mislead us
(tags: OhForFucksSake socialmedia fraud )
"Why Chicken Run might be the most feminist film I have ever seen."
(tags: movies feminism chicken )
Mueller’s obstruction of justice case against Trump looks damning
(tags: politics law usa republicans )
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