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Interesting Links for 27-02-2025
Feb. 27th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Covid shots protect kids from long Covid —and don't cause sudden death
- (tags:pandemic vaccination )
- 2. Eight Psychiatric Disorders Share the Same Genetic Causes
- (tags:autism anorexia ADHD anxiety genetics schizophrenia bipolar depression )
- 3. Washington Post opinion chief quits as Bezos makes new editorial demands
- (tags:USA journalism doom )
- 4. TypeScript types can run DOOM (ridiculous and nerdy)
- (tags:doom type-systems wtf impressive video )
- 5. Musk tweets about a Mexican telecoms owner cost him billions
- (tags:telecoms ElonMusk business epicfail )
- 6. Consultation on Edinburgh's Seafield regeneration plan.
- (tags:edinburgh housing )
- 7. Edinburgh's Seafield sewage works records 165 spills in a year
- (tags:edinburgh sewage )
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- epicfail,
- genetics,
- housing,
- impressive,
- journalism,
- links,
- pandemic,
- schizophrenia,
- sewage,
- telecoms,
- type-systems,
- usa,
- vaccination,
- video,
- wtf
Interesting Links for 01-02-2025
Feb. 1st, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Mainstream media paved the way for Trump's anti-trans policies
- (tags:LGBT bigotry journalism )
- 2. When will Edinburgh have a South Suburban line?
- (tags:transport edinburgh rail trams )
- 3. Neil Gaiman's The Sandman Canceled at Netflix After Season 2
- (tags:neilgaiman sandman tv )
- 4. Chunks of Labour are moving in a socially conservative direction
- (tags:Labour politics OhForFucksSake )
- 5. Norway's wealth fund reports record profits. It's now worth $319,900 per citizen.
- (tags:Norway money )
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Interesting Links for 25-01-2025
Jan. 25th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Why 18 to 24-year-olds aren't getting vaccinated (social media misinformation has got to many of them)
- (tags:vaccination children disinformation OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Israeli settlers emboldened as Trump officials back 'biblical rights' to West Bank
- (tags:israel palestine usa OhForFucksSake )
- 3. Unpaid internship access locks out working class people
- (tags:money class work uk )
- 4. Monster Devastated To See Film Depicting Things He Told Guillermo Del Toro In Confidence
- (tags:GuillermoDelToro funny satire journalism movies monsters )
- 5. Solar overtakes coal for the first time in EU
- (tags:solarpower coal Europe GoodNews )
- 6. Stunt City - the finest deodorant advert of all time
- (tags:video advert stunts )
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- advert,
- children,
- class,
- coal,
- disinformation,
- europe,
- funny,
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- guillermodeltoro,
- israel,
- journalism,
- links,
- money,
- monsters,
- movies,
- ohforfuckssake,
- palestine,
- satire,
- solarpower,
- stunts,
- uk,
- usa,
- vaccination,
- video,
- work
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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- healthcare,
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- islam,
- israel,
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- mountains,
- murder,
- music,
- ohforfuckssake,
- palestine,
- politics,
- socialmedia,
- uk,
- usa,
- viapatrickhadfield,
- video
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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- gender,
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- lgbt,
- links,
- netherlands,
- ohforfuckssake,
- palestine,
- politics,
- racism,
- shakespeare,
- sports,
- transgender,
- usa,
- video,
- war,
- wikipedia
Interesting Links for 26-09-2024
Sep. 26th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Hinkley Point C: Building Britain's first nuclear reactor in 30 years
- (tags:nuclearpower uk )
- 2. Nasal Covid vaccine provides immunity for 6-9 months
- (tags:pandemic vaccination noses GoodNews )
- 3. The last place I worked had a policy on accepting gifts like the one here (section 1.1.12). Note that any gift over £30 would have to be given up.
- (tags:bribery corruption )
- 4. The real story about Sue Gray
- (tags:politics CivilService UK Labour journalism )
- 5. Middle Age Love (A Comedy Song)
- (tags:sex age funny video )
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- age,
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- corruption,
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- labour,
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- noses,
- nuclearpower,
- pandemic,
- politics,
- sex,
- uk,
- vaccination,
- video
Interesting Links for 25-09-2024
Sep. 25th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Murdoch family fights in secret over future of media empire
- (tags:media journalism death RupertMurdoch )
- 2. How the molecule was first measured (using some oil and water)
- (tags:history science oil )
- 3. The five lies we tell mothers, and how to cope with the reality
- (tags:motherhood parenting lies )
- 4. How Humans Wrestle Against Rivers
- (tags:rivers )
- 5. Converting dates between 33 different calendar systems
- (tags:date history )
- 6. Brand new luxury British and European cars are entering Russia despite being banned - here's how
- (tags:UK Russia trade law OhForFucksSake )
- 7. Britain Demands to Know WTF
- (tags:wtf video news satire funny UK )
- 8. Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Labour's Freebie Fiasco
- (tags:Labour bribes )
Interesting Links for 10-08-2024
Aug. 10th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Edinburgh council is carrying out a consultation on Firework control zones - have your say here
- (tags:fireworks Edinburgh consultation )
- 2. More than 2,000 people died from the heat in England last summer
- (tags:heat death UK )
- 3. The truth about Trump's press conference
- (tags:republicans journalism doom )
- 4. A Huge New York office building sold for a 97% discount. How much worse can the office space market get?
- (tags:office newyork economics )
- 5. Love this review of "The Crush House" a game that has you working as a camera operator on a reality show, forced to balance the needs of competing audiences and the demands of the contestants.
- (tags:games reality TV review )
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Interesting Links for 23-07-2024
Jul. 23rd, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Unions are spreading through the games industry (Bethesda this time)
- (tags:unions games )
- 2. How to stop released prisoners reoffending: what the evidence says
- (tags:crime prison society psychology )
- 3. The Sun and the Sunday Times backed Labour at this month's general election after News UK received private assurances that a Starmer-led government would not pursue Leveson 2, or introduce restrictions on press freedom
- (tags:regulation journalism UK Labour OhForFucksSake )
- 4. One in six Conservative voters likely to die before next election
- (tags:Conservatives age politics uk )
- 5. Are these photos Real or AI? (I got 10/10)
- (tags:photos ai quiz )
- 6. Dark oxygen made by deep sea 'batteries'
- (tags:ocean oxygen electricity )
- 7. News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions
- (tags:news opinion funny satire )
- 8. No Man's Sky had a terrible launch, and I really get the feeling they've spent the 8 years since then going "No, really, we can make the game we imagined if we just keep going a little longer." (and now it looks amazing)
- (tags:games video impressive )
- 9. In Australia, the war on smoking has turned violent
- (tags:crime smoking australia )
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- smoking,
- society,
- uk,
- unions,
- video
Interesting Links for 30-06-2024
Jun. 30th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. How to be a comic writer
- (tags:writing comics )
- 2. Biden seems to be competent between 10:00 and 16:00
- (tags:politics age USA aging democrats )
- 3. USA Advises Updated Covid Vaccine for Everyone Over 6 Months of Age
- (tags:USA disease pandemic )
- 4. The BBC News Theme (official drum and bass remix)
- (tags:music BBC remix video )
- 5. The Tory media has gone into meltdown
- (tags:Conservatives uk journalism )
Interesting Links for 25-05-2024
May. 25th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Dispatches from the media apocalypse
- (tags:journalism doom Technology )
- 2. Edinburgh scraps plans for workplace parking charge
- (tags:OhForFucksSake cars edinburgh )
- 3. UN's top court orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive, citing 'immense risk'
- (tags:UnitedNations israel gaza )
- 4. A Woman Who Left Society to Live With Bears Weighs in on "Man or Bear"
- (tags:men bears society patriarchy )
- 5. Google's new AI is using headlines from The Onion as if they were true
- (tags:Google TheOnion ai OhForFucksSake )
- 6. Watch: Edinburgh residents share their pictures of videos of severe rain that caused widespread disruption
- (tags:Edinburgh rain video )
- 7. After you die, your Steam games will be stuck in legal limbo
- (tags:games law ownership )
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- ai,
- bears,
- cars,
- doom,
- edinburgh,
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- gaza,
- google,
- israel,
- journalism,
- law,
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- men,
- ohforfuckssake,
- ownership,
- patriarchy,
- rain,
- society,
- technology,
- theonion,
- unitednations,
- video
Interesting Links for 19-04-2024
Apr. 19th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. This is how crime reporting feels to me nowadays
- (tags:crime comics journalism )
- 2. The "Gender Game Test" and the distribution of money
- (tags:psychology gender equality money children )
- 3. Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text—with a twist
- (tags:copyright ai )
- 4. EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
- (tags:privacy facebook europe regulation )
- 5. Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of bitcoin than the building of the pyramids of Giza
- (tags:Egypt history )
- 6. Netflix Accused of Using AI Photos in True Crime Documentary
- (tags:fraud documentary netflix crime AI )
- 7. U.S. blocks Palestinian request for full UN membership
- (tags:USA Palestine nationality UnitedNations )
- 8. Sleeping flushes junk out of the brain
- (tags:sleep brain )
- 9. The Scale of the Universe (zoom in from the largest objects to the smallest)
- (tags:universe size visualisation )
- 10. Sweden passes law lowering age to change legal gender from 18 to 16 and greatly simplifying the process
- (tags:LGBT transgender Sweden GoodNews )
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- ai,
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- goodnews,
- history,
- journalism,
- lgbt,
- links,
- money,
- nationality,
- netflix,
- palestine,
- privacy,
- psychology,
- regulation,
- size,
- sleep,
- sweden,
- transgender,
- unitednations,
- universe,
- usa,
- visualisation
Interesting Links for 11-03-2024
Mar. 11th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Children with lazy eyes at higher risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and other serious health conditions later in life
- (tags:disease eyes heart )
- 2. Plastic Found Inside More Than 50% of Plaques From Clogged Arteries (increases risk of strokes and heart attacks more than 4x)
- (tags:plastic heart stroke disease doom )
- 3. Really in-depth look at the past, present and future of Moore's Law
- (tags:technology history thefuture cpu processor )
- 4. Princess of Wales: Kate image withdrawn by four news agencies amid manipulation concerns
- (tags:monarchy UK fraud photo )
- 5. "This is just weird": BuzzFeed News' former royals reporter on Kate Middleton, Palace PR, and distrust in the media
- (tags:journalism monarchy conspiracy UK )
- 6. "AI gives the news you need" (a short story)
- (tags:ai short_story scifi )
- 7. CaltonHillitus - this chronic condition affects hundreds of photographers.
- (tags:photography photos edinburgh )
- 8. Lead in gasoline blunted IQ of half the U.S. population, study says
- (tags:lead Intelligence usa )
- 9. LocaLSend - Share files to nearby devices. Free, open-source, cross-platform. (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android)
- (tags:sharing Technology )
- 10. One quarter of adult children estranged from a parent
- (tags:children parents )
- 11. Single dose of LSD provides immediate, lasting anxiety relief
- (tags:anxiety lsd )
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Interesting Links for 07-03-2024
Mar. 7th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Scotland is finally getting more district heating (not far from Edinburgh)
- (tags:scotland heating waste )
- 2. "My Robotic Doppelganger Is The Grim Face of Journalism's Future!"
- (tags:journalism ai fraud )
- 3. Sweden's adoption of the Gregorian calendar was a farce
- (tags:sweden calendars history )
- 4. Robot ships: Huge remote controlled vessels are setting sail
- (tags:robots ships )
- 5. Edinburgh bus tracker system will not have live bus times until the summer
- (tags:edinburgh buses )
- 6. Leadership Is A Hell Of A Drug
- (tags:leadership management business development )
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- buses,
- business,
- calendars,
- development,
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- history,
- journalism,
- leadership,
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- management,
- robots,
- scotland,
- ships,
- sweden,
- waste
Interesting Links for 02-03-2024
Mar. 2nd, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Edinburgh parking: New permits for carers to be introduced in Capital
- (tags:Edinburgh driving )
- 2. CNN leak shows internal distress about double standards on Israel coverage
- (tags:Israel cnn journalism Palestine bias )
- 3. As banks buy up bitcoins, who else are the 'Bitcoin whales'?
- (tags:bitcoin investment banks )
- 4. Waymo Will Bring Autonomous Taxis to Los Angeles—Its Biggest Challenge Yet
- (tags:automation cars taxi USA )
- 5. Rock star: I've spent 30 years making a Scotland map from pebbles
- (tags:rocks geology scotland )
- 6. Who *doesn't* want Tenacious D covering Britney Spears?
- (tags:music video cover BritneySpears )
- 7. On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes
- (tags:genetics humans evolution )
- 8. Facebook, Instagram, X and Telegram fail to remove posts selling date rape drugs
- (tags:drugs rape Facebook twitter OhForFucksSake )
Interesting Links for 18-01-2024
Jan. 18th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. How is "scone" pronounced - a map
- (tags:language maps UK )
- 2. Who Are Western Europeans? New Study Reveals True Origins (three waves of colonisation)
- (tags:europe prehistory )
- 3. Drama with a social conscience is vital to get through to the public, but the BBC have stopped doing that
- (tags:bbc itv drama UK journalism politics )
- 4. Gravity Storage 101 Or Why Pumped Hydro Is The Only Remotely Real Gravity Storage
- (tags:physics gravity batteries storage )
Interesting Links for 08-11-2023
Nov. 8th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Contraceptive pills might impair fear-regulating regions in women's brains
- (tags:contraception fear hormones )
- 2. Maine's constitution has unprintable sections
- (tags:Maine history )
- 3. Antidepressants or Tolkien? (I got 20 out of 24 right)
- (tags:names Tolkien lotr quiz )
- 4. Edinburgh house prices are down 7.4% over the last year. Fingers crossed that they get even more affordable.
- (tags:housing edinburgh )
- 5. The people who bought The Escapist a few months ago have driven their entire video team to quit, including Zero Punctuation (their main money maker)
- (tags:videogames journalism reviews epicfail business )
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Interesting Links for 19-10-2023
Oct. 19th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. How Do Musicians Make Money? (And how much?)
- (tags:music business money )
- 2. Todd Klein on how comics lettering was done with pens
- (tags:pen comics )
- 3. I've switched from Google search to Kagi. This is why.
- (tags:google search )
- 4. Public corruption prosecutions rise where nonprofit news outlets flourish
- (tags:corruption journalism usa )
- 5. "I'm a sociopath who feels no remorse - it's just how my brain is wired"
- (tags:sociopath psychology personality )
- 6. Ruling could transform rape cases in Scottish courts
- (tags:rape law Scotland )
- 7. New pill helps COVID smell and taste loss fade quickly (mine hasn't recovered fully for nearly 18 months)
- (tags:Pandemic virus smell )
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