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Interesting Links for 30-12-2024

1. A brief explanation of why AI is being shoved into everything: (tags:ai business money technology )
2. Live LED Maps of the weather: (tags:weather maps led viaSwampers )
3. Is Iceland getting ready to join the EU?: (tags:Iceland Europe )
4. In 2024 we discovered a whole new unknown kind of life - inside of us!: (tags:life biology wtf )

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Interesting Links for 14-09-2024

1. The Music industry's 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying: (tags:music Technology fail )
2. How to Spot NASA's Solar Sail Demonstration Streaking Through the Night Sky: (tags:solar space NASA )
3. New beanless 'coffee' emerges but does it taste any good?: (tags:coffee caffeine )
4. What's the most accurate weather app in the UK?: (tags:weather apps uk )
5. Lord Darzi review finds Tory austerity has left NHS in critical condition: (tags:austerity nhs uk )
6. AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans: (tags:conspiracy ai GoodNews )
7. 'Good Omens': Neil Gaiman Offers To Step Back From Season 3 (I hope he does the same with the Netflix Sandman show): (tags:neilgaiman assault tv terrypratchett )
8. All maps are wrong: (tags:GPS maps Technology )
9. New ChatGPT o1 Blitzes "Britain's Hardest TV Quiz" (Only Connect): (tags:ai quiz viaSteer )

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Interesting Links for 09-05-2024

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 )

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Interesting Links for 22-03-2024

1. GPS jamming & interference map: (tags:gps maps )
2. Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds: (tags:security hotel )
3. A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque was found in 50% of colon cancers: (tags:cancer teeth bacteria )
4. A Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Person for the First Time: (tags:genetics pigs organs )
5. Larian Studios Won't Make Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, Expansions, or Baldur's Gate 4: (tags:games dungeonsanddragons )
6. A cargo ship's 'WindWing' sails saved it up to 12 tons of fuel per day (between 14 and 37 percent): (tags:fuel ships wind GoodNews )
7. Delighted to discover that the University of Maryland has a Gamer Symphony Orchestra (here playing the Dark Souls III Main Theme): (tags:music games )
8. UK warns of arms embargo to Israel as international pressure mounts: (tags:UK weaponry Israel )
9. Say Hello to Biodegradable Microplastics: (tags:environment plastic biodegradable )

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Interesting Links for 11-01-2024

1. "I am from Norway. Here's why the UK pension system baffles me": (tags:pensions )
2. Plans released for the new arena intended for Edinburgh Park: (tags:edinburgh music architecture concerts )
3. 17 dramatic projects set to transform Edinburgh in the next five years: (tags:edinburgh city architecture )
4. Side by side maps of Scotland (in this case Edinburgh in 1804 vs a photo): (tags:maps scotland edinburgh history )
5. A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant: (tags:batteries Hawaii GoodNews )
6. How one mislabeled raccoon skull led to a whole load of imposter-wolf tattoos: (tags:tattoos raccoon wolves funny bone )
7. Children are more likely to be hospitalised by air pollution: (tags:pollution children health )
8. I'm generally in favour of Labour's plans for schoolkids: (tags:children labour politics uk )
9. Bitcoin: exchange-traded funds get the green light - but what are they?: (tags:bitcoin blockchain investment )

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Interesting Links for 05-01-2024

1. Why Don't Grocery Stores Stock the Most American Fruit? (The Pawpaw): (tags:fruit USA )
2. Why full-fat food could be the healthiest option: (tags:fat food )
3. How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now: (tags:ocean shipping fishing maps ai )
4. Looks like Room Temperature Superconductors are back on the menu!: (tags:superconductors )
5. Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identity: (tags:fraud identity business Blockchain )
6. FactCheck: do you have to pay tax for selling secondhand on Vinted or eBay?: (tags:tax uk )
7. A Gel Injected Into the Scrotum Could Be the Next Male Contraceptive: (tags:contraception men )
8. Study reveals genetic link between anorexia and being an early riser: (tags:sleep anorexia genetics )
9. More of Mickey Mouse is public domain than you might think: (tags:Disney copyright )
10. Here's a Labour MP denying Nazi war crimes. But apparently it's fine, because they're against transgender people.: (tags:nazis labour OhForFucksSake transgender bigotry lgbt )
11. They Had PTSD. A Psychedelic Called Ibogaine Helped Them Get Better: (tags:ptsd psychedelics psychology )
12. Has The 'Sexlessness Epidemic' Been Overstated?: (tags:sex demographics society )

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Interesting Links for 10-10-2023

1. Psychedelics plus psychotherapy can trigger rapid changes in the brain: (tags:psychedelics therapy psychology )
2. Lead poisoning causes far more death, IQ loss than thought: (tags:iq death lead )
3. British parents are less interested in their children being obedient, more interested in them being independent and hard-working: (tags:children society uk )
4. All Labour's Economic Pledges Announced By Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves: (tags:labour economy politics uk )
5. This year, why not give the Sleeptober challenge a go?: (tags:sleep funny )
6. Edinburgh Council has broad support from the public for plans to cut traffic and parking: (tags:Edinburgh transport )
7. 23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online: (tags:Jews genetics hacking )
8. All of Labour's net zero policies, and whether they'll actually work: (tags:labour globalwarming )
9. The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation: (tags:israel palestine war disinformation twitter )
10. Internet Vs Ocean: the essential wires we never think about: (tags:maps internet video )

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Interesting Links for 14-09-2023

1. London hospital becomes first in the UK to perform 10,000 operations using a robot: (tags:robots surgery uk london )
2. Human memories are unreliable because of our tendency for complete storylines: (tags:stories psychology memory )
3. Theresa May is telling a fairytale about her Brexit deal. This is the truth: (tags:uk europe lies Conservatives )
4. UK government will not block Scots drug room pilot: (tags:Scotland drugs GoodNews UK )
5. Unfortunate Starlink 2 Hour Outage Last Night Just As Ukraine Attacked Sevastapol: (tags:Ukraine Russia space ElonMusk OhForFucksSake )
6. ScotRail peak fares to be scrapped as ministers try to push return to trains: (tags:Scotland trains money )
7. There are a *lot* of underwater cables: (tags:Ocean internet maps viaDanielDWilliam )
8. Alan Moore's 1986 opinions on superhero (and hero) discourse, and how ahead of the time they were.: (tags:superheroes alanmoore society history batman )
9. Scotland's population grew to record high (driven by migration): (tags:scotland population )
10. Edinburgh Filmhouse: Lease deal agreed to save cinema: (tags:scotland edinburgh movies cinema )

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Interesting Links for 08-04-2023

1. Cat jumps on imam leading Ramadan prayers in Algeria: (tags:cats religion video music prayer islam viacmcmck )
2. Human memory is hugely unreliable - within seconds: (tags:memory epicfail humans psychology )
3. Extra pregnancy scan could slash number of breech births and risk to babies: (tags:pregnancy healthcare )
4. Suella Braverman and several other Conservatives to address a radical right-wing conference tied to Christian Nationalism and the US radical right.: (tags:religion racism fascism UK conservatives USA OhForFucksSake )
5. Why do refugees come to the UK: (tags:refugee UK video migration )
6. The longest straight line in Great Britain (without crossing a public road): (tags:maps uk roads )
7. Costa Rica regrew its lost forest. Can the world learn from it?: (tags:SouthAmerica forests GoodNews )
8. Asking the EHRC about sex: (tags:rights UK bigotry OhForFucksSake transgender LGBT )
9. LGBT+ Lib Dems are very angry at the EHRC: (tags:LGBT transgender rights bigotry UK libdem )

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Interesting Links for 17-03-2023

1. Finally, the true meaning of the universe is revealed: (tags:meaning StarWars comic funny )
2. The condemnation of Jess Phillips for honouring a trans teenager is a new low in our culture wars: (tags:bigotry uk lgbt transgender )
3. National Academies: We can't define "race," so stop using it in science: (tags:race racism science )
4. There's a hierarchy of racism under Starmer: (tags:labour racism UK OhForFucksSake politics )
5. Against the idea of gender dysphoria as a mental illness: (tags:gender mentalhealth transgender LGBT )
6. Silicon Valley Bank's collapse was spotted well in advance by everyone in the know - other than the regulators.: (tags:banking regulation OhForFucksSake )
7. 10 best D&D map makers for dungeons, cities and worlds: (tags:maps dungeonsanddragons )
8. So, you've been challenged to a duel. What are the rules?: (tags:duelling rules usa history )
9. Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill: (tags:LGBT USA transgender politics )
10. Northern Ireland rejects Irish unity by large margin (50% to 26%): (tags:NorthernIreland polls )
11. A Pro-Trump Social Network Wants to Corner the Anti-Vax Jizz Market: (tags:fertility politics USA viaPatrickHadfield headline )

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Interesting Links for 07-11-2022

1. Keir Starmer is against using foreign people in the NHS: (tags:UK immigration labour NHS OhForFucksSake )
2. UK homes use 456 GB of data per month (we used 463, so only slightly above average!): (tags:internet )
3. Edinburgh strip club ban: Sex workers union accuses council of 'empty promise' on strip club ban review: (tags:Edinburgh sexwork OhForFucksSake )
4. How Is Slavery Still Legal om America?: (tags:usa slavery prison viaBenWerdmuller )
5. Edinburgh Christmas Market named best festive market in Europe by National Geographic: (tags:edinburgh christmas markets )
6. Israel's new racist totalitarianism will have implications beyond the Middle East: (tags:israel )
7. British cucumbers, tomatoes and carrots will soon be harder to buy. Here's why: (tags:uk vegetables farming doom )
8. Some common geographic mental misplacements (best viewed on desktop): (tags:geography maps misconceptions )
9. Map norths converge on Dorset village in historic first - will travel through the UK until July 2026: (tags:maps magnets navigation compass )

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Interesting Links for 09-07-2022

1. Our problems don't end with Boris Johnson, our political system needs an overhaul: (tags:politics uk reform )
2. Today's Robotic Surgery Turns Surgical Trainees Into Spectators - So They Don't Get To Make Mistakes (And Learn How To Recover From Them): (tags:robots mistakes surgery healthcare )
3. Compared with standard care, a water birth significantly reduced the use of epidurals as well as pain and heavy bleeding after the birth: (tags:water childbirth )
4. Autonomous Drones Could Soon Monitor the UK's Energy Grid: (tags:drone electricity uk )
5. London sitcoms - on Google Maps: (tags:Google maps comedy viaPatrickHadfield )
6. Gender Critical Beliefs - Where the law stands following the decisions in Mackereth and Forstater v CGD: (tags:LGBT transgender law bigotry OhForFucksSake )
7. Undersea cable laid to link Shetland to UK energy grid: (tags:UK electricity Scotland )
8. How Do Dolphins Choose Their Name?: (tags:dolphins names )