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Interesting Links for 09-05-2026
May. 9th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. A year ago the CDC's cruise ship inspectors were laid off. What could have gone wrong?
- (tags:disease USA republicans OhForFucksSake )
- 2. How a potato-based diet changed the genetics of people for generations
- (tags:potato food SouthAmerica genetics )
- 3. The roleplaying magazine with a 51 year history
- (tags:history roleplaying publishing )
- 4. What even *is* a hundred?
- (tags:language numbers history )
- 5. Poland is a model for economic growth
- (tags:Poland economics growth europe )
- 6. "Hot, sexy, dangerous boys cannot be copyrighted"
- (tags:publishing romance copyright law USA viaLilysea )
- 7. Reform support seems to have dropped from its peak
- (tags:politics uk )
- 8. "No, you can't bring back hanging." A handy guide for newly elected Reform councillors
- (tags:politics funny satire UK )
- 9. Trans youth denied hormones twice as likely to attempt suicide
- (tags:suicide transgender children bigotry LGBT )
- 10. 'Tortured by transphobia': The woman left in pain by the NHS
- (tags:LGBT transgender bigotry NHS pain )
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Interesting Links for 01-05-2026
May. 1st, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. A 25-Year-Fight Over a 2-Second Sample
- (tags:samples music copyright law europe )
- 2. Why Law Is Law-Shaped
- (tags:law language history )
- 3. A forest-based yard improved the immune system of daycare children in only a month
- (tags:immune_system nature children play )
- 4. The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed
- (tags:linux security epicfail doom )
- 5. How ChatGPT got obsessed with goblins
- (tags:fantasy language ai )
- 6. An interview with Scottish Travellers.
- (tags:roma travel history Scotland society )
- 7. Renters' Rights Act: What it means for the England's tenants and landlords
- (tags:rental housing law england )
- 8. Beltane Fire Festival 2026: 15 incredible pictures of Edinburgh's Calton Hill lit up to celebrate the changing seasons
- (tags:beltane photos )
Interesting Links for 25-04-2026
Apr. 25th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. A Constellation of Chronic Medical Conditions Commonly Seen in Autistic & ADHD Adults
- (tags:health autism adhd neurodiversity )
- 2. Cocaine makes salmon twice as far
- (tags:cocaine drugs fish )
- 3. Which of the following, if any, do you consider to be acceptable terms for the plural of 'octopus'?
- (tags:language octopus polls UK )
- 4. Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine
- (tags:vaccines Europe USA )
- 5. The surprisingly long history of gender mapping
- (tags:gender sexuality LGBT history visualisation )
Interesting Links for 20-04-2026
Apr. 20th, 2026 12:01 pm- 1. Looks like later kids get sick from their older siblings giving them diseases, decreasing their achievements in later life
- (tags:family disease achievement )
- 2. Putin has sailed 121 tankers off Britain's coastline. None of them were seized
- (tags:UK Russia shipping )
- 3. The seven programming ur-languages
- (tags:language programming history )
- 4. Plans for huge new Edinburgh neighbourhood south of the Royal Infirmary
- (tags:Edinburgh housing )
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Interesting Links for 19-03-2026
Mar. 19th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer
- (tags:weaponry technology 3dprinting )
- 2. Kagi Translate's AI answers the question "What would horny Margaret Thatcher say?"
- (tags:language translation margaretthatcher wtf )
- 3. Ever wanted to be able to translate from English to LinkedIn? Now you can!
- (tags:language funny translation viaswampers )
- 4. Grok, explain Butlerian Jihad [ai]
- (tags:funny scifi )
- 5. Austin build new housing - rents came down
- (tags:economics housing usa )
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Interesting Links for 23-02-2026
Feb. 23rd, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. How far back in time can you understand English?
- (tags:language English history )
- 2. I hadn't realised that 7 of the biggest 8 offshore wind farms in the world were British
- (tags:UK windpower )
- 3. Judge forced to slash SF jury pool over hate for Elon Musk
- (tags:ElonMusk law usa )
- 4. Building a Beauty and the Beast rose petal timer using shape metal and an Arduino. Incredibly impressive stuff.
- (tags:cosplay impressive viaSwampers technology )
- 5. What If We've Been Wrong About How ADHD Drugs Work?
- (tags:adhd drugs sleep )
- 6. Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producer (replacing styrofoam with mushroom-based packaging)
- (tags:materials fungus packaging )
Interesting Links for 21-02-2026
Feb. 21st, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies
- (tags:brain scanning )
- 2. The political effects of X's feed algorithm (a swing to the right of nearly 5%)
- (tags:politics socialmedia USA twitter )
- 3. What happens when you don't proofread your emails
- (tags:language epicfail funny )
Interesting Links for 09-02-2026
Feb. 9th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Jurassic Tank Top: The Uncanny Valley of Agency
- (tags:scarlettjohansson patriarchy movies JurassicPark )
- 2. Etymology of "Foo"
- (tags:language history swearing )
- 3. World's first mass-production sodium-ion battery keeps 90% capacity even at -40c
- (tags:batteries temperature )
- 4. Blood omega-3 is inversely related to risk of early-onset dementia (incidence drops from 0.19% to 0.11%)
- (tags:omega3 )
- 5. I was totally blown away by this beatboxing. Just totally unbelievable. (Wing: Dopamine)
- (tags:music video voice impressive )
- 6. Substack's "Nazi problem" won't go away
- (tags:Nazis blogs )
- 7. The time of day when you eat could be key to success for intermittent fasting
- (tags:food time diet health )
- 8. Last week the Prime Minister lost control of how documents should be reviewed for security reasons.
- (tags:security politics uk constitution )
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Interesting Links for 19-01-2026
Jan. 19th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom
- (tags:UK Europe Greenland USA )
- 2. The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children
- (tags:children behaviour language )
- 3. A message from Peter Jackson before the anniversary edition of The Fellowship Of The Ring
- (tags:lotr video movies )
- 4. A message from Peter Jackson before the anniversary edition of The Two Towers
- (tags:lotr peterjackson video movies )
- 5. Peter Jackson's final video message before The Return of the King
- (tags:lotr video peterjackson movies )
Interesting Links for 16-12-2025
Dec. 16th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Vocabulary Test: How Many English Words Do You Know? (I scored 21,900, above 92% of native speakers)
- (tags:language quiz )
- 2. I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
- (tags:kenya english language ai style )
- 3. The giant heat pumps designed to warm whole districts (in Germany. UK is miles behind)
- (tags:heating Technology germany )
- 4. Hungary is leading the world in solar adoption (25% of its electricity is solar)
- (tags:solarpower hungary europe )
Interesting Links for 12-12-2025
Dec. 12th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
- (tags:punctuation language writing ai funny )
- 2. Where Are School Uniforms Common?
- (tags:school clothing regulation maps )
- 3. Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator
- (tags:ai Disney )
- 4. Revealed: UK's 'racist' system of stripping citizenship (more people than any other country other than Bahrain and Nicaragua)
- (tags:uk citizenship OhForFucksSake )
- 5. Are economic bubbles good, actually?
- (tags:economics business history )
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- school,
- uk,
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Interesting Links for 03-12-2025
Dec. 3rd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Humble Comic Bundle: Image Comics in the '10s (175 trade paperbacks, many of them awesome, for cheap)
- (tags:comics charity )
- 2. Gaelic and Scots gain official status on St Andrew's Day
- (tags:Scotland language )
- 3. Shingles vaccination caused a 29.5% reduction in deaths due to dementia
- (tags:dementia vaccine )
- 4. The real reasons why courts have a massive backlog
- (tags:UK law austerity organisation OhForFucksSake )
- 5. HBO Max's 'Mad Men' Vomit Scene Proves 'Remastered' Doesn't Mean 'Better'
- (tags:TV resolution fail )
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Interesting Links for 16-11-2025
Nov. 16th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. What's behind Rachel Reeves's hokey cokey on income tax rises?
- (tags:tax uk politics )
- 2. US police propagandists get paid to oppose views of the actual polled police
- (tags:police propaganda )
- 3. Alastair Campbell says senior BBC staff 'in the JK Rowling camp'
- (tags:LGBT transgender BBC bigotry )
- 4. Are Dogs and Cats on TikTok Really "Talking" with Buttons?
- (tags:animals language communication )
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Interesting Links for 11-11-2025
Nov. 11th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Multilingualism and Extending Healthspan
- (tags:language health lifespan viaKenny )
- 2. 'V for Vendetta' TV Series in the Works at HBO
- (tags:comics alanmoore tv )
- 3. Law used to ban Palestine Action being used too widely, report says
- (tags:law terrorism uk OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Why has one of Edinburgh's best views been off-limits for seven years?
- (tags:edinburgh safety rocks )
- 5. UK Government sets out plan to reduce animal experiments
- (tags:uk animals research safety )
