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Interesting Links for 06-03-2025
Mar. 6th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Scottish Tories propose 14 years old for school leaving age
- (tags:Education children scotland Conservatives )
- 2. Those who oppose the Chagos deal are wilfully ignoring the facts
- (tags:diplomacy uk usa law )
- 3. Jeep Owners Fed Up With In-Car Pop-Up Ads
- (tags:cars advertising OhForFucksSake )
- 4. UK's highest railway the Cairngorm funicular returns to service after 17-month closure
- (tags:tourism Scotland trains mountains )
- 5. Neil Gaiman's defense against legal claims
- (tags:neilgaiman rape law )
- 6. Doctors back total ban on hitting children in England
- (tags:England children violence )
- 7. Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need
- (tags:Finland homelessness GoodNews )
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Interesting Links for 03-03-2025
Mar. 3rd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. You need governmental approval to run psychological tests on job applicants in Canada
- (tags:Canada psychology jobs viaDewline )
- 2. Edinburgh are having a consultation on dogs on beaches and in green spaces, as well as buskers and green-space management.
- (tags:Edinburgh consultation dogs )
- 3. New study says TikToks are bad for you! Thankfully it's complete nonsense!
- (tags:science brain videos )
- 4. The Cuddled Little Vice - a fascinating, in-depth, dissection of Neil Gaiman's career.
- (tags:neilgaiman rape history writing sandman comics )
- 5. German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
- (tags:USA tourism prison OhForFucksSake )
- 6. The US Defense Department removes thousands of serving transgender people
- (tags:LGBT transgender bigotry USA republicans )
- 7. Church of England: just 25% now have a favourable view - 49% unfavourable.
- (tags:religion uk polls )
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Interesting Links for 06-02-2025
Feb. 6th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. In-patient services at Edinburgh's Astley Ainslie hospital to be transferred to East Lothian
- (tags:edinburgh nhs scotland )
- 2. The Curta Mechanical Calculator (I'd love to have one if they didn't cost so much)
- (tags:calculator mechanics impressive video viaSwampers )
- 3. AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU
- (tags:ai europe regulation )
- 4. Scotland! Will! Not! Ban! Cats!
- (tags:scotland cats wtf )
- 5. Time limit for child sex abuse claims to be removed in England and Wales
- (tags:rape children abuse law uk GoodNews england )
- 6. The greatest families behind the greatest showmen - what it's like living life on the road, and how that affects the children
- (tags:children family uk )
- 7. Probably the most sensible thing I've read about Neil Gaiman
- (tags:neilgaiman )
- 8. Nurse who objected to transgender woman in changing room admits harassment
- (tags:LGBT transgender NHS harassment )
- 9. Assaulted woman's divorce case was turned down by 116 Scottish legal aid lawyers
- (tags:Scotland law austerity divorce assault )
- 10. Scientists explore how to make quantum bits with spinel gemstones
- (tags:quantum materials )
- 11. CIA sent unclassified email with names of recent hires - at Whitehouse insistence.
- (tags:usa Intelligence OhForFucksSake doom )
- 12. "I looked for dating advice online - and got sucked into the toxic manosphere"
- (tags:men relationships feminism patriarchy OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 04-02-2025
Feb. 4th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. The Scottish flag in the style of other flags. Love the Canada one!
- (tags:Scotland flags viaDanielDWilliam )
- 2. Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer are being taken to court
- (tags:neilgaiman rape AmandaPalmer law USA )
- 3. Marvel Has No Plans To Publish Neil Gaiman's Miracleman: The Dark Age
- (tags:neilgaiman Miracleman )
- 4. 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Reboot With Sarah Michelle Gellar At Hulu Moves To Pilot
- (tags:buffy TV )
- 5. What does the polling show on Proportional Representation?
- (tags:UK polls proportional_representation voting )
- 6. Some suggestions for God
- (tags:religion funny comic )
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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 30-01-2025
Jan. 30th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. The one critic Elon Musk can't counter: his daughter
- (tags:ElonMusk family transgender lgbt )
- 2. A really simple guide to self-care
- (tags:advice health mentalhealth )
- 3. OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
- (tags:ai intellectual_property )
- 4. Edinburgh theatre run of Coraline scrapped over sexual misconduct allegations involving author Neil Gaiman
- (tags:neilgaiman rape theatre )
- 5. Friends make tasks seem easier
- (tags:psychology friendship )
- 6. Good Omens Graphic Novel Kickstarter will not be giving Neil Gaiman any money.
- (tags:neilgaiman terrypratchett kickstarter )
- 7. Elon Musk can't even play computer games
- (tags:games ElonMusk cheating )
- 8. 55% of Britons support rejoining the EU. Only 30% think we were right to leave.
- (tags:uk europe polls )
- 9. Sicko game developers keep returning to reinvent Tetris
- (tags:tetris games design )
- 10. Waymo to test its autonomous taxis in 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego
- (tags:automation driving )
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Interesting Links for 14-01-2025
Jan. 14th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. The woman who gave herself a caesarean - and survived!
- (tags:childbirth surgery women aieeee! viaElfy )
- 2. The Dark Secrets Behind the Neil Gaiman Abuse Accusations
- (tags:neilgaiman abuse )
- 3. Joss Whedon drives the final nails into the coffin of his own legacy
- (tags:JossWhedon )
- 4. The UK government's push for AI is down to Tony Blair and made up numbers
- (tags:UK ai OhForFucksSake )
- 5. World's hottest year: 2024 first to pass 1.5C of warming
- (tags:globalwarming doom )
- 6. "Project Russia," Unknown in the West, Reveals Putin's Playbook
- (tags:russia )
- 7. Why poor households are worse off in the UK than they are in the EU (housing is 44% more expensive than the average)
- (tags:uk inequality housing )
- 8. Dragonflies swim to cool down and then do somersaults to dry off
- (tags:insects flying impressive )
- 9. The Sonos App went so badly wrong that their CEO just had to resign - here's the technical reasons why
- (tags:music Technology epicfail )
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Interesting Links for 04-12-2024
Dec. 4th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. The (English) NHS advised people to get their ADHD diagnosis privately. Now they're refusing to treat the people who did.
- (tags:nhs ADHD OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Why Does the UK have a Strategic Wine Reserve?
- (tags:wine alcohol uk government viaSwampers )
- 3. Apparently the answer to ChatGPT making up nonsense about people is to forbid it to mention their specific names. This plan has no drawbacks.
- (tags:ai names )
- 4. Head Like a Holy Night (Nine Inch Nails songs performed as Christmas carols. "Hurt" is amazing). You may also like his "Last Christmas Love Tore Us Apart".
- (tags:music christmas industrial funny )
- 5. Tori Amos breaks silence on allegations against longtime friend Neil Gaiman
- (tags:neilgaiman abuse women )
- 6. Lib Dem PR Bill wins surprise Commons vote
- (tags:uk proportional_representation voting government )
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Interesting Links for 25-10-2024
Oct. 25th, 2024 12:00 pmTags:
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Interesting Links for 14-09-2024
Sep. 14th, 2024 12:00 pm- 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 )
Interesting Links for 11-09-2024
Sep. 11th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. What is Labour trying to achieve with Europe, and will it get anywhere?
- (tags:uk europe )
- 2. Work set to begin at Edinburgh's Lawnmarket and Upper Bow
- (tags:edinburgh transport roads )
- 3. It began with sibling rivalry. Now he has 181 Guinness World Records.
- 4. A short guide to the Copyright Wars
- (tags:copyright history Technology )
- 5. You can buy a diamond-making machine for $200,000
- (tags:diamonds )
- 6. Labour gives renters the right to have pets as it ends no-fault evictions
- (tags:Labour rental pets )
- 7. 'Good Omens': Production Paused On Amazon Drama From Neil Gaiman
- (tags:tv neilgaiman terrypratchett )
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Interesting Links for 07-09-2024
Sep. 7th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Neil Gaiman Film The Graveyard Book Paused After Sexual Assault Claims
- (tags:neilgaiman books Disney assault )
- 2. Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities to Swing 2024 Election
- (tags:russia elections usa fraud )
- 3. Disabled children's charity hands 43% of grants to rightwing think-tanks
- (tags:uk charity OhForFucksSake )
- 4. University of Edinburgh submits plans for 'New Darwin' bioscience hub at King's Buildings
- (tags:Edinburgh university )
- 5. Sir Tony Blair branded 'despicable' by Fire Brigades Union for comments on Grenfell fire
- (tags:fire UK tonyblair disaster )
- 6. Puberty blockers a 'safe, effective and reversible' form of gender-affirming care, finds Australian review
- (tags:Australia puberty healthcare transgender )
- 7. Study: Playing Dungeons & Dragons helps autistic players in social interactions (it certainly did with me!)
- (tags:dungeonsanddragons autism )
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Interesting Links for 04-08-2024
Aug. 4th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Butterflies accumulate enough static electricity to attract pollen
- (tags:electricity butterflies )
- 2. Why are British place names so hard to pronounce?
- (tags:UK history names location video )
- 3. Neil Gaiman Sexual Assault Link Round Up and Timeline
- (tags:neilgaiman assault )
- 4. A bit more context on the Olympic shooting competition.
- (tags:olympics guns )
- 5. The massive transphobic fuss over Imane Khelif seems to lead back to...Russian corruption.
- (tags:russia corruption bigotry lgbt transgender OhForFucksSake sports olympics )
- 6. "We ran out of columns" - The best, worst codebase
- (tags:software development )
- 7. What happened to the swans in St Margaret's Loch (in Holyrood Park)
- (tags:swans disease Edinburgh Scotland death )
- 8. How to visualise (and display) incredibly long periods of time. The vast sparseness of the visualisation is overwhelming.
- (tags:time visualisation )
- 9. Olympic women's boxing eligibility controversy is a reminder of the harm in trusting bad faith actors
- (tags:Olympics bigotry Russia )
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Interesting Links for 02-08-2024
Aug. 2nd, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Nasal COVID-19 vaccine halts transmission (in hamsters)
- (tags:hamster pandemic vaccine noses )
- 2. There's a massive Covid spike in Scotland right now - highest it's been in two years
- (tags:pandemic Scotland )
- 3. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to star in Waiting for Godot on Broadway
- (tags:KeanuReeves acting theatre )
- 4. Two more women accuse Neil Gaiman of sexual assault and abuse
- (tags:neilgaiman abuse assault )
- 5. Edinburgh's Gorgie farm could reopen but without animals for at least five years
- (tags:farm Edinburgh animals sad )
- 6. A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer's
- (tags:protein alzheimers )
- 7. British tech tycoon: I only got justice because I'm rich
- (tags:justice money USA )
Interesting Links for 10-07-2024
Jul. 10th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. What's the state of housing in the UK (spoilers: terrible)
- (tags:uk housing )
- 2. More than half of anti-abortion MPs lose seats in election
- (tags:abortion uk politics )
- 3. Vatican to trans people - please resist the urge to become God
- (tags:catholicism transgender god )
- 4. Scotland's 2024 General Election in numbers
- (tags:Scotland election statistics )
- 5. This is the best write-up I've seen of the Neil Gaiman assault allegations. The whole thing sounds like a mess.
- (tags:neilgaiman assault )
- 6. New weight-loss and diabetes drugs linked to lower risk of 10 cancers (if you have diabetes)
- (tags:diabetes cancer medicine )
- 7. Iain (M) Banks: Two Authors, One Man (An exhibition at the University of Stirling)
- (tags:IainBanks writing )
- 8. UK's sugar tax led to a nearly 50 per cent reduction in children's added sugar intake from sodas and other soft drinks
- (tags:sugar children tax )
- 9. Evolution explained by Rage Against The Machine
- (tags:music evolution funny viaMyBrotherMike )
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Interesting Links for 05-07-2024
Jul. 5th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Neil Gaiman has been accused of sexual assault
- (tags:neilgaiman assault )
- 2. Aaand here's a song that Amanda Palmer wrote which might hint at a bit of a pattern with Neil Gaiman
- (tags:neilgaiman AmandaPalmer relationships lyrics )
- 3. How 14 years of Tory government has affected LGBT rights
- (tags:lgbt Conservatives )
- 4. Humans are part of the ecosystem (or: The way to save the lemurs was by vaccinating the chickens)
- (tags:Humans nature Madagascar chicken vaccination )
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Interesting Links for 19-06-2024
Jun. 19th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Looks like "Reform" are lying about the Equality Act.
- (tags:UK UKIP lies politics )
- 2. "I'm Personally Going To Force Game Companies To Put In All That Stuff You Hate"
- (tags:society games satire )
- 3. Henry Selick Talks Remastered 'Coraline'
- (tags:movies animation stopmotion 3dprinting neilgaiman )
- 4. Self-driving cars found to be safer - except at dawn, dusk, or when turning
- (tags:cars automation safety )
- 5. Waymo self driving cars seem to be much much safer than human drivers
- (tags:driving cars automation safety )
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Interesting Links for 18-06-2024
Jun. 18th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers
- (tags:uk surveillance trains transport )
- 2. First-ever randomized trial of Ozempic for alcohol use disorder shows significant reductions in drinking
- (tags:alcohol healthcare research psychology )
- 3. But *when* was being gay invented?
- (tags:LGBT gay prehistory )
- 4. Rogue Austrian minister burns bridges to save EU nature law
- (tags:europe nature law green viaPatrickHadfield )
- 5. How writers see their own work is very different to how others see it
- (tags:writing sandman neilgaiman comics )
- 6. Anyone want to buy a bunch of Church of Scotland buildings? You can have your own church for £38k...
- (tags:religion scotland housing viaDanielDWilliam )
- 7. How had I never seen "Patrick Stewart's Cowboy Classics"?
- (tags:cowboy PatrickStewart video wtf )
- 8. New coastal town for Edinburgh reaches next major milestone
- (tags:edinburgh housing )
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