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Interesting Links for 16-09-2025
Sep. 16th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Channel 4 To Air Marathon of Trump Lies Amid UK State Visit
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- 2. Hundreds of firms warn new guidance on single sex spaces is 'unworkable' and would cause 'significant economic harm'
- (tags:lgbt uk transgender bigotry )
- 3. Edinburgh trams: Part of line to close for three days while engineers replace track points
- (tags:edinburgh trams )
- 4. Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza
- (tags:israel gaza genocide )
Interesting Links for 05-08-2025
Aug. 5th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. How the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission has gone horribly wrong,
- (tags:uk equality rights OhForFucksSake politics )
- 2. "The Demon that Wears my Face"
- (tags:jobs ai short_story scifi )
- 3. You get women with XY chromosomes who can give birth. Turns out biology is complicated
- (tags:gender women genetics )
- 4. The Math Is Haunted (a look at a mathematics prover)
- (tags:mathematics programming )
- 5. Scientists unravel decade-long mystery behind death of five billion starfish
- (tags:life disease ocean sea )
- 6. Aerial footage filmed by ITV News shows the scale of Gaza's destruction
- (tags:gaza genocide Israel )
- 7. Grid-scale Batteries in Scotland Stabilize Power
- (tags:Scotland batteries electricity )
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Interesting Links for 30-07-2025
Jul. 30th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
- (tags:USA politics satire )
- 2. The case for memes as a new form of comics
- (tags:meme comics )
- 3. 29 years ago today, 4 Liverpool women were acquitted after damaging fighter jet to stop genocide
- (tags:UK history military protests genocide )
Interesting Links for 03-07-2025
Jul. 3rd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Lemkin Institute Anti-genocide group issues 'red flag' to UK over transgender rights
- (tags:lgbt transgender UK rights OhForFucksSake bigotry )
- 2. The UK has an extremely low rate of homes per person
- (tags:UK housing doom )
- 3. Israel limits entry of baby formula in Gaza as infants die of hunger
- (tags:Israel babies murder Hunger genocide gaza Palestine )
- 4. Poor internet and offices partly to blame for length of Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
- (tags:edinburgh trams enquiry internet organisation )
- 5. TikTok is being flooded with racist AI videos generated by Google's Veo 3
- (tags:ai racism videos socialmedia )
Interesting Links for 28-06-2025
Jun. 28th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Map Projection Transitions - see which one upsets you the least!
- (tags:maps visualisation viaMyBrotherMike )
- 2. How 'Sex Matters' is shaping UK policy on trans rights
- (tags:UK bigotry government LGBT transgender )
- 3. Israeli soldiers say they are ordered to shoot at unarmed Gazans seeking aid
- (tags:Israel genocide gaza Palestine )
- 4. Plans to help benefits recipients into work 'a mess', say DWP officials
- (tags:jobs UK government )
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Interesting Links for 26-06-2025
Jun. 26th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Holyrood Committee seek views and experiences as part of new inquiry into ADHD and autism
- (tags:scotland autism adhd )
- 2. How would Britain vote, a year since the 2024 election (broken down in a wide variety of ways)
- (tags:uk voting polls )
- 3. Ooh Dark City has a 4k release. I'm quite tempted
- (tags:movies scifi )
- 4. Poll: 82% of Israelis want to expel Palestinians from Gaza; 47% want to kill every man, woman, child
- (tags:polls genocide Israel )
- 5. Poll: Americans' support for Israel at record low, backing for Palestinians at all-time high (46:33)
- (tags:USA polls Israel Palestine )
- 6. Why I'm glad the NHS has rejected two Alzheimer's 'wonder drugs'
- (tags:alzheimers medicine NHS )
- 7. Warwickshire County Council leader resigns, leaving 18-year-old in charge (Reform, unsurprisingly)
- (tags:politics UK )
- 8. Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11
- (tags:games linux windows )
- 9. How disability benefits are paid across the world - and how UK compares
- (tags:welfare disability international )
- 10. Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
- (tags:UK bigotry children transgender LGBT )
Interesting Links for 31-05-2025
May. 31st, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. What does "Undecidable" mean, anyway (in computing terms)
- (tags:computers logic )
- 2. Survey on the impact of school working hours on parents and businesses in Edinburgh
- (tags:edinburgh school time )
- 3. Edinburgh's LEZ one year on: More walking and cycling, less pollution and fewer fines
- (tags:pollution transport Edinburgh GoodNews )
- 4. The Two Extremists Driving Israel's Policy
- (tags:religion Israel genocide Judaism )
- 5. The secrets to incredible photos taken inside musical instruments
- (tags:photography music )
- 6. He Won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Then He Changed His Mind.
- (tags:physics )
Interesting Links for 30-05-2025
May. 30th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Quakers refuse to exclude trans people from their facilities: 'This is what Love requires of us'
- (tags:religion transgender love )
- 2. Global warming is now destroying Swiss villages
- (tags:globalwarming Switzerland doom )
- 3. Quakers first British church to state belief that genocide underway in Gaza
- (tags:religion genocide gaza Palestine )
- 4. Walkers' Sensations Poppadoms vs HMRC: the Chip of Theseus
- (tags:tax food ontology potato uk law )
- 5. Make money to cover competing at the Olympics? Not if you do it sexily!
- (tags:money sexwork Olympics OhForFucksSake )
- 6. AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?
- (tags:ai video doom )
- 7. Your next gaming dice could be shaped like a dragon or armadillo
- (tags:dice mathematics )
- 8. Scotland's travellers suffered 'cultural genocide', report finds
- (tags:Scotland society history )
- 9. Scientists finally crack mystery of how clapping generates sound
- (tags:sound physics )
- 10. Attorney General compares Reform and Tories' policy to actions of Nazi Germany
- (tags:law UK Nazis history )
- 11. UnitedHealth reportedly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
- (tags:USA healthcare OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 21-05-2025
May. 21st, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Avenge yourself on the icebergs that sunk you in Titanic Re-Christened: Maiden Vengeance
- (tags:stupidity games titanic review )
- 2. UK Suspends Trade Talks With Israel Over 'Abominable' Situation In Gaza
- (tags:uk israel gaza )
- 3. What happened to American manufacturing is not unusual - here's what experts says helps
- (tags:manufacturing economics )
- 4. Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books
- (tags:newspapers ai OhForFucksSake )
- 5. How many carers does it take to afford a flat? The answer is Labour's big problem
- (tags:economics labour care precariousness migration )
- 6. The Hive - a glorious piece of art in Kew Gargens
- (tags:bees art gardens viaKenny )
- 7. Flying dinosaur fossil with intact feathers reveals how first birds took flight
- (tags:birds dinosaurs flight fossils paleontology )
- 8. The Default-Parent Problem (I am delighted that both school and nursery have now mostly learnt to call me first)
- (tags:parenting sexism society )
- 9. Israeli MP Yair Golan hits out at own country for 'killing babies as a hobby'
- (tags:Israel genocide )
- 10. The mayfly's lifecycle: a fascinating, fleeting story
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Interesting Links for 10-05-2025
May. 10th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. British Property Management Firms Are Helping Russians Avoid Sanctions
- (tags:uk russia OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Amazon's warehose robots can now stow items faster than most humans
- (tags:robots amazon )
- 3. Trans Labour councillor quits and accuses Starmer of 'throwing transgender people under a bus'
- (tags:transgender lgbt labour )
- 4. Why the rich paid less tax in the 1970s - despite 98% tax rates
- (tags:tax uk history )
- 5. "Letting AI make up cases" hits the UK legal system
- (tags:law ai fraud OhForFucksSake uk )
- 6. The House of Lords wants opinions from autistic people (diagnosed or undiagnosed), or people who care for them.
- (tags:autism houseoflords )
- 7. Scientists turn lead into gold at the LHC!
- (tags:materials gold lead )
- 8. Always, always check the answers the AI gives you.
- (tags:comic genocide funny ai )
- 9. Video Essay Condescendingly Reads Wikipedia at You
- (tags:funny satire videos )
- 10. American men who refer to themselves as 'moderate' or 'centrist' score basically the same on values and opinions as people who identify themselves as 'conservative'
- (tags:USA politics )
Interesting Links for 03-05-2025
May. 3rd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. 1.5m Britons a month pay for weight-loss jabs
- (tags:UK weight medication )
- 2. Why our waistlines expand in middle age—aging stem cells shift into overdrive (in rats)
- (tags:weight age rats )
- 3. Germany's Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech Just Got Even More Ridiculous
- (tags:Germany genocide Palestine Israel freespeech law viaKenny )
- 4. RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons
- (tags:politics USA dragons satire funny )
- 5. UN says 9,000 Gaza children acutely malnourished as aid blockade passes two months
- (tags:children food gaza Israel Palestine OhForFucksSake )
- 6. Genomic evidence for behavioral adaptation of herding dogs
- (tags:dogs genetics behaviour )
- 7. I missed that the horror version of Steamboat Willie had already been released
- (tags:horror Disney mice )
Interesting Links for 02-05-2025
May. 2nd, 2025 12:00 pm- 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 27-04-2025
Apr. 27th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem
- (tags:protest politics USA law jobs )
- 2. Statement on the Genocidal Nature of the Gender Critical Movement's Ideology and Practice
- (tags:genocide transgender LGBT )
- 3. Recreating the Mini Motorways game as a functional 3D printed map
- (tags:games transport 3dprinting viaSwampers )
- 4. Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and USA (raising money through an auction)
- (tags:scifi fandom auctions transgender rights LGBT )
- 5. The record-breaking tunnel being built from Denmark to Germany
- (tags:Denmark Germany tunnel )
- 6. Mike Lindell's lawyers used AI to write brief—judge finds nearly 30 mistakes
- (tags:law ai epicfail )
- 7. Stimming increases self-efficacy in autistic people
- (tags:psychology autism )
- 8. "I have lived on an Edinburgh canal boat for nearly five years and I have no plans to jump ashore"
- (tags:housing boats Edinburgh Scotland )
Interesting Links for 19-04-2025
Apr. 19th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Glad to see the LibDems taking the Supreme Court ruling on trans rights seriously
- (tags:lgbt transgender bigotry libdem uk law )
- 2. Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
- (tags:genocide USA politics satire )
- 3. No obligation to exclude trans women under 'misunderstood' Supreme Court ruling, former top judge says
- (tags:transgender UK law )
- 4. Scientists create the world's largest lab-grown chicken nugget, complete with artificial veins
- (tags:food technology )
- 5. Turns out you can have cheap green hydrogen buses - if you live next to a chemical works that has hydrogen waste
- (tags:hydrogen transport buses doom )
- 6. But good sir, what is electricity?
- (tags:electricity )
Interesting Links for 12-03-2025
Mar. 12th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Scottish government scraps green heating plans for new homes
- (tags:snp globalwarming heating doom )
- 2. The US island that speaks Elizabethan English
- (tags:language usa history English )
- 3. A week ago Israel cut off all food and humanitarian supplies from Gaza. Two days ago it cut off electricity from its desalination plant
- (tags:genocide Israel gaza )
- 4. Despite everything, US EV sales are up 28% this year (as are EU sales. UK up 40%)
- (tags:electricity cars GoodNews )
- 5. What's going on with Ukraine and what should Europe be doing?
- (tags:UK Europe Russia )
- 6. Groundbreaking study finds human litter at deepest point in Mediterranean Sea (90% of it plastic)
- (tags:waste littering ocean )
- 7. EU to impose counter tariffs on $28 billion of US goods
- (tags:economics uk usa )
Interesting Links for 21-12-2024
Dec. 21st, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Unionist parties to pull Stormont Brake for first time
- (tags:politics NorthernIreland europe uk doom )
- 2. Doctors Without Borders exposes Israel's campaign of total destruction
- (tags:genocide israel palestine )
- 3. Waymo Autonomous Vehicles Are Safer Than Latest-Generation Human-Driven Vehicles
- (tags:driving automation safety )
- 4. Poll: Scottish Independence support at 59% if Scotland ditches monarchy
- (tags:scotland independence monarchy )
- 5. Elon Musk Took $190 Million Away From Kids With Cancer
- (tags:ElonMusk cancer children )
Interesting Links for 06-12-2024
Dec. 6th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. People will share misinformation that sparks "moral outrage"
- (tags:socialmedia fraud )
- 2. The artist who uses mountains as his canvas
- (tags:art mountains france )
- 3. Israel bans Islamic call to prayer
- (tags:Israel Islam )
- 4. LA Times Owner To Personally Review Opinion Headlines To Avoid Offending Elon Musk
- (tags:ElonMusk journalism USA OhForFucksSake censorship viaPatrickHadfield )
- 5. Democrats must combat Trump's culture wars, new progressive chair says
- (tags:USA politics democrats )
- 6. Amnesty report concludes Israel's actions against Palestinians in Gaza constitute genocide
- (tags:Israel genocide Palestine )
- 7. Labour's childcare plan won't work due to funding crisis, nurseries say
- (tags:uk childcare money )
- 8. Bitter Americans React to UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder: 'My Empathy Is Out of Network'
- (tags:murder healthcare usa )
- 9. See how lab-grown diamonds are made, step by step
- (tags:diamonds manufacturing )
- 10. Happy 20th anniversary to Numa Numa!
- (tags:meme history video music )
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Interesting Links for 11-11-2024
Nov. 11th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Some more history of the vile Israeli football fans who started trouble in the Netherlands a few days ago. (Lots of racism and violence)
- (tags:history football bigotry racism Israel )
- 2. What message did Shakespeare have for men and women?
- (tags:shakespeare gender history )
- 3. Fine, Let's Talk About Trans Athletes
- (tags:LGBT transgender sports law bigotry )
- 4. Israel's military has achieved all it can in Gaza war, according to former defense minister (and Netanyahu is the one holding up a deal. For months now)
- (tags:Israel Palestine Gaza war )
- 5. 'It's not close' - Israel committing genocide concludes Wikipedia ending editorial debate
- (tags:genocide Israel Wikipedia )
- 6. Dutch journalist demands apology for misuse of her footage showing Israeli fans attacking Amsterdam locals (including by Sky, BBC, NYTimes)
- (tags:Netherlands Israel journalism OhForFucksSake video )
- 7. Dearborn's Arab Americans feel vindicated by Harris' loss
- (tags:USA Palestine politics )
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Interesting Links for 09-05-2024
May. 9th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Labour welcomes Tory MP who attempted to interfere with the judge in her husband's sexual assault case
- (tags:Labour OhForFucksSake politics UK )
- 2. SNP appoint forced-birth anti-LGBT politician funded by the religious-right to deputy first minister
- (tags:lgbt abortion snp OhForFucksSake )
- 3. New Strategy Could Lead to Universal, Long-Lasting Flu Shot
- (tags:disease vaccine research )
- 4. The Problems with the 'Live Action' Disney Remakes
- (tags:Disney movies OhForFucksSake )
- 5. Keir Starmer refuses to comment on Natalie Elphicke's remarks about ex-husband's victims
- (tags:Labour women OhForFucksSake )
- 6. The Billion Dollar War for "Bluey" (the most successful TV show that most people have never seen)
- (tags:TV Disney children video viaSwampers )
- 7. I hadn't realised that the Eurovision backlash over Israel/Palestine was getting pubs to pull their showings
- (tags:eurovision Gaza Israel genocide )
- 8. Major cities and towns in North America replaced by major cities across the Atlantic by latitude.
- (tags:maps Europe USA )
- 9. A desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by being a man and higher scores on psychopathy and sadism
- (tags:psychology cars noise )
- 10. Biden warns Israel US will halt weapons supplies if it invades Rafah
- (tags:USA Israel Palestine )
- 11. Five babies have died with whooping cough in England this year as cases soar.
- (tags:disease children )
