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Interesting Links for 27-05-2026
May. 27th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. UK Medical Academies respond to the government consultation on Growing Up In An Online World
- (tags:children internet health safety )
- 2. The Great Depopulation - how drastic is our population decline going to be?
- (tags:population thefuture )
- 3. Starmer bans Labour councillors from doing deals with Green Party, happy to work with Tories
- (tags:Labour GreenParty politics UK OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Ukrainian intelligence tricked Russian troops who wanted to activate Starlink terminals, got cash and precise locations out of them.
- (tags:Ukraine Russia fraud intelligence war communications )
- 5. The Strange Melancholy of Slaying Monsters
- (tags:games morality art violence )
- 6. Green sector is 5% of Scotland's GDP
- (tags:scotland economics renewables )
- 7. Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn't really Google anymore (I use Kagi and it's great)
- (tags:search web recommendation )
- 8. Owner's relief as escaped tortoise found yards away
- (tags:tortoise pets headline )
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Interesting Links for 24-05-2026
May. 24th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Labour continue to try and cherry pick an EU deal, with as much success as you'd expect
- (tags:UK Europe Labour )
- 2. What effect will global warming have on the UK? (figure 2 is terrifying)
- (tags:globalwarming UK doom )
- 3. Why Do Our Fingers Get Wrinkly In Water? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
- (tags:water bodies evolution viaPatrickHadfield )
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Interesting Links for 20-05-2026
May. 20th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Did Zohran Mamdani's New Budget Really Eliminate New York City's Deficit?
- (tags:budget tax newyork facts )
- 2. Standard Thermal - dirt cheap thermal energy from renewables
- (tags:renewables heating energy )
- 3. Impressive Gassian splat of a bumblebee. Amazing level of detail.
- (tags:photography bee )
- 4. What do Labour members think of Streeting, Burnham, and other leadership contenders?
- (tags:labour politics uk polls )
- 5. A good video guide to Ozempic, how it works, and what the long term looks like
- (tags:obesity medicine video )
- 6. More than 60 Labour MPs call for review of UK voting system
- (tags:voting reform labour UK politics )
- 7. Autistic children are the best
- (tags:children autism funny )
Interesting Links for 16-05-2026
May. 16th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Edinburgh Castle paths reopen after eight years but high-risk routes closed for good
- (tags:Edinburgh castle walking Scotland )
- 2. Running the numbers on a zero-emission way to make cement
- (tags:cement materials co2 electricity )
- 3. Hantavirus 'can remain in semen for six years' and can be sexually transmitted
- (tags:disease sperm virus )
- 4. CWU votes to support PR: four of 'big five' Labour-affiliated unions now back electoral reform
- (tags:voting reform UK unions Labour )
Interesting Links for 14-05-2026
May. 14th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. The key measures in the King's Speech
- (tags:politics UK law Labour )
- 2. Two Russian naval ships with Cruise missiles are operating 30 miles off the British coast, escorting sanctioned tankers through the Channel
- (tags:UK Russia navy )
- 3. Brain scans reveal how people with autistic traits connect differently
- (tags:social psychology autism communication )
- 4. Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers
- (tags:electricity usa OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 18-04-2026
Apr. 18th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. How EU law hides data centres' environmental impact
- (tags:europe environment Technology ai )
- 2. It seems like nobody knows how the Home Office Vetting system is supposed to work.
- (tags:politics CivilService uk wtf labour )
- 3. Burnout as experienced by autistic people: A systematic review
- (tags:autism mentalhealth )
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Interesting Links for 27-03-2026
Mar. 27th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Rates and Wrongs: Fixing UK Tax Cliff Edges and Tapers
- (tags:uk tax reform )
- 2. The UK is on course for Net Zero by 2050. With 64% of the population in favour
- (tags:UK globalwarming GoodNews )
- 3. The Lord of the Rings: Toughest quiz ever (I got 14/30)
- (tags:lot quiz )
- 4. Trail-hunting set to be banned in landmark crackdown
- (tags:fox GoodNews uk labour )
- 5. False claims in a widely-cited paper. No corrections. No consequences. Welcome to the Business School.
- (tags:research fraud OhForFucksSake )
- 6. The speaker of the House of Commons cannot make Keir Starmer answer MP's questions
- (tags:politics questions )
- 7. How much would we get if we extracted North Sea Oil? (See top of page 4 of report - not much)
- (tags:oil uk )
Interesting Links for 12-03-2026
Mar. 12th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes
- (tags:uk houseoflords goodnews )
- 2. Wildlife conservation charity urges change to weather apps as misleading forecasts deter thousands of visitors
- (tags:zoo weather Scotland )
- 3. Unite vote to cut Labour affiliation by 40%
- (tags:unions uk labour )
- 4. Louis Therous's "Inside the Manosphere" exposes red pill men for the hypocritical grifters they are
- (tags:men patriarchy hypocrisy documentary viaSwampers )
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Interesting Links for 03-03-2026
Mar. 3rd, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Reminder that unless there is something that you can actively do to make things better, there is no point inflicting the horrors on yourself
- (tags:news comic horror )
- 2. Mondrian Entered the Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees.
- (tags:copyright art usa law OhForFucksSake )
- 3. Endometriosis in the UK - diagnosis takes a decade and dozens of visits
- (tags:endometriosis NHS healthcare UK OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Why Britain is Quietly Spending £725 Billion to Rebuild the Country
- (tags:UK investment labour )
- 5. Women's Institute vows to keep welcoming trans women
- (tags:women transgender LGBT UK GoodNews viaPatrickHadfield )
- 6. The Greens are nearly first with YouGov (and 5% ahead of Labour)
- (tags:polls GreenParty uk )
- 7. U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for "Armageddon," Return of Jesus
- (tags:religion military USA OhForFucksSake armageddon Iran christianity )
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Interesting Links for 06-02-2026
Feb. 6th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. The magnetic secret inside steel finally explained
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- 2. National security assessment - global biodiversity loss ecosystem collapse and its effects on the UK
- (tags:uk nature doom )
- 3. "We had no way of knowing man forced to resign twice for corruption would be corrupt" insists Starmer
- (tags:politics corruption UK Labour )
- 4. Publication bias or research misconduct? (an investigation into missing research results)
- (tags:research statistics )
- 5. Invention of DNA "Page Numbers" allows us to write long sequences of DNA with groundbreaking accuracy
- (tags:dna Technology )
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Interesting Links for 29-01-2026
Jan. 29th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. The last 6 years has seen a very large drop in church-going in the UK (from 12% of the population to 9%)
- (tags:uk religion demographics )
- 2. Starmer faces fury as promise to clamp down on damp and mouldy homes pushed back to 2035
- (tags:politics housing labour )
- 3. Trump administration secretly loosens nuclear safety rules
- (tags:nuclearpower safety regulation republicans OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Vitamin D & Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants
- (tags:depression antidepressants vitaminD vitaminC )
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Interesting Links for 14-01-2026
Jan. 14th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Trump v BBC - a guide to the case
- (tags:usa uk bbc politics law )
- 2. Iranian-linked Scottish accounts fall silent again with Iran's internet blackout
- (tags:iran scotland propaganda )
- 3. Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled amid controversy over disinvitation of author Randa Abdel-Fattah
- (tags:Australia Palestine Israel writing festival )
- 4. New Tesla feature to automatically create explicit images of pedestrians it passes on the street
- (tags:satire funny Tesla nudity )
- 5. Zoe Saldaña Becomes Highest-Grossing Actor of All Time With 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'
- (tags:movies money )
- 6. Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK
- (tags:IDCards Labour )
- 7. Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI in Its Content or Designs, Says None of Its Senior Managers Are Currently Excited About the Tech
- (tags:AI GamesWorkshop Warhammer )
- 8. Making a natural freezer
- (tags:temperature video ice )
- 9. A divorce lawyer on the concept of "soulmates"
- (tags:love relationships video )
- 10. The polls in Wales are, frankly, unprecedented
- (tags:Wales polls )
- 11. Contract secured for one of world's largest offshore wind farms Berwick Bank (off the coast of Scotland)
- (tags:scotland electricity windpower )
- 12. Scientists confirm 2025 was the third hottest year on record
- (tags:globalwarming doom )
- 13. What's the stick in *your* stream?
- (tags:advice life )
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Interesting Links for 03-01-2026
Jan. 3rd, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Phillipson: Trans people must not be used as political punchbag (but must out themselves if they want to use the toilet)
- (tags:LGBT bigotry transgender labour )
- 2. Former New York Times Editor Says Paper's Anti-Trans Slant Came From the Top
- (tags:LGBT bigotry transgender journalism USA )
- 3. What do Britons think about people with opposing views?
- (tags:politics uk polls )
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Interesting Links for 28-11-2025
Nov. 28th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Two-thirds of Scots support independent pupil opt-out for religious observance
- (tags:religion Scotland children school )
- 2. Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for "promoting non-traditional sexualities"
- (tags:censorship bigotry lgbt russia games valve )
- 3. How the UK's property taxes compare to other countries
- (tags:property housing tax )
- 4. Tick bites can cause red meat allergy
- (tags:meat allergies insects )
- 5. Tech firms battle for undersea dominance with submarine drones
- (tags:drone ocean submarine military russia )
- 6. 250MWh 'Sand Battery' to start construction in Finland, for both heating and ancillary services
- (tags:sand electricity heat batteries )
- 7. Keir Starmer's shock at homophobia is absurd and ignorant
- (tags:gay LGBT bigotry UK labour )
Interesting Links for 26-11-2025
Nov. 26th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. How Ferrari's Formula One Pit Stop Team saved the lives of thousands of children
- (tags:safety process driving mechanics children healthcare )
- 2. EU's Top Court landmark judgment: Member States Must Recognise Same-Sex Marriages from Other EU Countries
- (tags:Europe LGBT marriage GoodNews law )
- 3. Suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%
- (tags:suicide children LGBT transgender hormones research )
- 4. Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
- (tags:law UK labour )
- 5. Lammy Furiously Backed Campaign for 'Vital' Jury Trials 'To Prevent Bias and Ensure Justice' - before deciding to get rid of them
- (tags:law UK labour hypocrisy )
- 6. Concept Art for Characters That Ended Up as Blonde White Women
- (tags:design games racism )
- 7. BBC accused of censoring Trump line from historian's lecture
- (tags:bbc censorship corruption usa politics )
Interesting Links for 22-11-2025
Nov. 22nd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Where nobody knows your name... - Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.
- (tags:TV history faces photos pubs )
- 2. The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed 600,000 people, most of them children
- (tags:USA aid death children )
- 3. Pope Leo XIV Gives His Apostolic Blessing to the Bedlam of Noise and Nightclub Worship Styles
- (tags:religion music catholicism video )
- 4. The Batman effect (putting someone in a Batman costume on a train makes people twice as likely to give up their seat for a pregnant woman)
- (tags:batman psychology )
- 5. Andy Burnham: "Here's how I would fix Britain"
- (tags:politics labour uk housing )
Interesting Links for 09-11-2025
Nov. 9th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID
- (tags:women Pandemic )
- 2. We've found a biomarker for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- (tags:babies death )
- 3. Chinese Authorities Shut Down Film Festival in New York (By harrassing filmmakers and their families)
- (tags:china censorship movies usa OhForFucksSake )
- 4. The modern homes hidden inside ancient ruins
- (tags:architecture history )
- 5. What do voters think would count as Labour breaking their promises on tax?
- (tags:tax labour polls politics uk )
- 6. A Gene Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half (trial only lasted 60 days)
- (tags:genetics health )
- 7. Interactive Time-Lapse Map Shows How the U.S. Took More Than 1.5 Billion Acres From Native Americans
- (tags:history USA maps visualisation )
- 8. Why didn't Democrats codify Roe v. Wade when Obama had a fillibuster proof majority in 2009?
- (tags:abortion politics USA )
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Interesting Links for 07-11-2025
Nov. 7th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Researchers uncover AI bias against older working women
- (tags:women age ai OhForFucksSake bias )
- 2. Britain Is Having the World's Most Extreme Immigration Debate
- (tags:UK immigration OhForFucksSake )
- 3. What percentage of English derives from which languages?
- (tags:language english uk history )
- 4. Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
- (tags:australia electricity solarpower economics )
- 5. Rockstar Games Employee posts about recent union-busting efforts
- (tags:rockstar gta unions OhForFucksSake )
- 6. Metformin reduces the benefits of exercise in people with diabetes
- (tags:diabetes exercise drugs )
- 7. Labour spending billions on actually building social housing. Finally!
- (tags:labour housing GoodNews )
- 8. The UK Personal Finance Flowchart (an excellent guide to help you think about your finances)
- (tags:finances uk advice )
