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Interesting Links for 16-10-2024

1. Research released into the effects of the UK's trans puberty blocker ban: (tags:UK bigotry LGBT transgender healthcare mentalhealth children OhForFucksSake )
2. The move to USB C for charging is a done deal. I'm not sure what the UK has to "consider" about it.: (tags:UK usb Europe electricity )
3. Doctor Who and the Sign Language Question: (tags:drwho sign language video funny viaSwampers )
4. Turns out that once Uber had to make money they started charging more and paying less to their drivers: (tags:driving jobs taxi pay glasgow scotland )
5. "Homeostatic Complacency" is something I've encountered plenty of times. Is there a more traditional name for it?: (tags:psychology behaviour )
6. Seriously ill patients on mental health wards will be helped with their CV: (tags:mentalhealth jobs uk wtf )
7. Too many "local" news sites aren't. I'm so glad that we have at least one in Edinburgh that really is.: (tags:news edinburgh )
8. Confronting the truth about Alex Salmond: (tags:AlexSalmond rape abuse death scotland politics )
9. What's Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures?: (tags:globalwarming doom )
10. Labour Together: From new MPs to cabinet ministers, how the influential think tank's donations are bankrolling the party, and who they are linked to.: (tags:labour money corruption )
11. Seven New Frogs Named After Iconic Star Trek Captains: (tags:frog StarTrek names sound viaSwampers )

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Interesting Links for 28-02-2024

1. Beautiful Edinburgh garden many locals don't know about named most peaceful spot in UK (I'd lived here twenty years before I knew it was there): (tags:Edinburgh gardens nature )
2. If you're wondering why there's a worldwide shortage of ADHD drugs, blame the USA: (tags:USA adhd OhForFucksSake regulation manufacturing )
3. Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users' Data to Train AI Tools: (tags:ai Tumblr wordpress OhForFucksSake )
4. Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state this year, more than doubling its capacity: (tags:Texas batteries GoodNews )
5. The reason why Tory MPs won't use the word 'Islamophobia': (tags:islam UK politics )
6. Small steps forward in understanding the links between DNA damage and aging: (tags:genetics aging )
7. How the gender pay gap in the UK compares to other nations: (tags:gender wages pay UK )
8. Atmospheric rivers mapped by scientists in California: (tags:rain weather )
9. Botanical gardens can cool city air by an average of 5 °C (and other green spaces are also effective, if less so): (tags:gardens cities temperature )

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Interesting Links for 30-03-2023

1. Giant meatball grown in a vat from extinct mammoth DNA unveiled by food firm: (tags:food extinction elephants technology headline )
2. The German far-right are funnelling money to the Conservatives: (tags:politics germany Conservatives )
3. The people who trained and funded Kate Forbes, who nearly became First Minister of Scotland, are deeply deeply unpleasant bigots: (tags:bigotry LGBT Scotland Christianity religion )
4. Now ChatGPT is being (mis)used to do peer review: (tags:ai research publishing OhForFucksSake fraud )
5. Customer service jobs may be safe from AI for a bit: (tags:ai work fail )
6. Covid may be bringing cancer forward decades: (tags:Pandemic inflammation cancer Doom )
7. Conservatives and Brexit continue to be deeply unpopular with the British public: (tags:UK polls politics Europe )
8. The "Pause AI!" letter making the rounds is full of AI hype: (tags:ai hyperbole viaPatrickHadfield )
9. Inside Britain's anti-abortion training camps: (tags:abortion UK conspiracy )
10. The UK government clearly *wants* to have cyber security issues: (tags:security UK jobs pay Doom )

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Interesting Links for 29-11-2022

1. Women's Equality Party votes in favour of self ID: (tags:Identity LGBT transgender women GoodNews )
2. BT and unions agree pay rise of up to 16% to stop more strikes.: (tags:unions pay strike BT )
3. What do people think of the Tories?: (tags:Conservatives politics polls uk )

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Interesting Links for 20-07-2022

1. Yay! 60% of Americans aren't Creationists!: (tags:religion usa headdesk evolution belief )
2. UK pay falls at fastest rate on record as inflation hits: (tags:inequality uk pay )
3. A fictional dictionary entry from the future, about the first ever upload. Fascinating and horrifying.: (tags:transhumanism viaCharlesStross scifi )
4. How to encourage your child to have a healthy relationship with food: (tags:psychology food children )
5. Anti-Corbyn Labour officials covertly diverted election funds away from winnable seats, Forde report finds: (tags:labour corruption OhForFucksSake )
6. Beware of bad science reporting: No, we haven't killed 90% of all plankton: (tags:FactCheck ocean doom )
7. A cool debugging story (this one about nuclear detectors in space!): (tags:space nuclearweapons bug history development viaPatrickHadfield )
8. Government quietly removes commitments to women's rights after summit on freedom of beliefs: (tags:UK abortion women rights OhForFucksSake )
9. Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book Is Being Disneyfied: (tags:Disney neilgaiman )
10. The Labour Party is making a terrible mistake if it ignores the Forde report: (tags:labour democracy politics corruption uk )
11. Stranger Things 4 creators reveal they've secretly been editing past seasons without viewers noticing: (tags:TV editing )
12. Battery cost declines raise prospects of all-electric container shipping: (tags:electricity ships shipping batteries )
13. A Brief History of "Nobody Wants to Work Anymore": (tags:work history newspapers )
14. 'Unacceptable' waits for Edinburgh high-rise mould repairs: (tags:edinburgh housing OhForFucksSake )
15. Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health And Saves Lives: (tags:psychology transgender lgbt )

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Interesting Links for 09-03-2022

Replace saturated fats with unsaturated ones, not with carbs and sugars: (tags:fat heart health diet carbohydrates sugar )
The most complete family tree of all of humanity has been created: (tags:humans family genetics )
Gender pay gap bot lets you know how hypocritical employers are on International Women's Day: (tags:women pay inequality viaSwampers bots )
Some polling on whether Russians support the Ukraine invasion: (tags:Ukraine Russia polls war )
Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic: (tags:antarctic history ship )
'Genius' Twitter 'bot' reveals gender pay gaps of brands celebrating International Women's Day: (tags:gender pay inequality funny )
To understand Russia, you need to understand that it's a Mafia-run economy: (tags:russia crime mafia economy viaDanielDWilliam )
EU Buried Its Own $400,000 Study Showing Unauthorized Downloads Have Almost No Effect On Sales (2017): (tags:europe piracy copyright business )
Scientists reverse ageing in elderly mice by rejuvenating their tissues: (tags:age mice )
Mouse born from unfertilised egg - without sperm - survives to adulthood, gives birth to healthy pups: (tags:childbirth biology mice )

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Interesting Links for 26-02-2022

Hard truths about the gender pay gap: (tags:gender gender_equality pay )
Air Pollution Stops Insects From Smelling Flowers: (tags:pollution flowers insects doom bees )
I highly recommend the exhibition of Audubon's Birds of America at the National Museum Of Scotland (fascinating combination of art, science, and history): (tags:art birds museum scotland )
Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices: (tags:crows birds altruism Intelligence tracking )
What It Would Take to Bring the ISS Back to Earth in One Piece?: (tags:iss space )
Behind Pornhub's decade-old moderation problems: (tags:porn web business )
Playing Wordle to lose as badly as possible: (tags:games words loss )
Why The UK Wants To Block Russia From SWIFT Payment System While The EU Is Resistant: (tags:uk europe banking russia ukraine )
Understanding the War in Ukraine (a great overview by a military historian): (tags:Ukraine Russia NATO viaDanielDWilliam )
The Beginner's Guide to Elden Ring (a most informative video): (tags:games advice video )
This is clearly the best of all possible burgers: (tags:food video )

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Interesting Links for 23-02-2022

Vaccinated less likely to develop long Covid: (tags:pandemic vaccination GoodNews )
Government to repeal law allowing police to arrest rough sleepers: (tags:law homelessness GoodNews )
Medieval Clip Art (building up new woodcuts using parts from old ones): (tags:art history )
The Finnish opinion on Russia, Ukraine, and NATO: (tags:Ukraine Russia Finland nato )
Covid can cause acute testicular damage in hamsters: (tags:pandemic hamster )
The jolly co-operation of translating Dark Souls: (tags:games translation japan uk )
Facebook facing order from Irish regulator to suspend data transfers to US (Which would make Facebook as we know it impossible): (tags:facebook europe usa dataprotection )
Pay Transparency: European Commission proposes measures: (tags:Europe pay transparentsociety )
Call for ban on wet wipes containing plastic (but they can't be banned without Westminster agreement): (tags:uk scotland water waste plastic )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4015142.html

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Interesting Links for 25-03-2021

Covid: Matt Hancock announces new health agency focusing on preventing future pandemics: (tags:UK pandemic thefuture )
America's gun violence rates, in 16 maps and charts: (tags:guns USA visualisation viaDanielDWilliam )
What is the latest Reddit drama all about: (tags:Child_abuse Reddit transgender censorship wtf )
Multiple Destroyers Were Swarmed By Mysterious 'Drones' Off California Over Numerous Nights: (tags:drone navy usa )
The majority of patients discharged after a Covid infection had not recovered after five months. Younger women got hit the worst: (tags:Pandemic Doom women )
A Letter to the Jewish Community from an Asian American Jew: (tags:Jews asia USA racism )
Study reveals how human brains grow larger than those of other apes: (tags:brain ape )
What Will It Take to Get a Cargo Ship Unstuck From the Suez?: (tags:trade shipping canal epicfail )
Big investors shun Deliveroo over workers' rights: (tags:rights delivery UK investment )
New Alan Turing £50 note design is revealed: (tags:AlanTuring money UK )
Nationwide tells 13,000 staff to 'work anywhere': (tags:work homes office )
NHS staff in Scotland to be offered 4% pay rise: (tags:Scotland NHS pay )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3965703.html

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Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3949075.html

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Interesting Links for 28-10-2020

What Comes After the International Space Station?: (tags:iss space thefuture )
Royal High School hotel bid rejected in Edinburgh: (tags:Edinburgh school planning )
Traditional owners mark one year since closure of Uluru climb: (tags:australia )
US grid-battery costs dropped 70% over 3 years: (tags:batteries electricity USA GoodNews )
Brexit border software developers warn it will not be ready in time: (tags:trade UK Europe Doom software )
Covenants, Easements & Wayleaves: The Hidden Urban Interfaces Which Shape London: (tags:tube London transport law architecture history viaFanf )
Scale any task down into a 2-minute version to make it easier to get started: (tags:advice procrastination )
Researchers invent white paint which could reduce the need for air conditioning by keeping surfaces cooler than surroundings: (tags:heat materials viaDanielDWilliam )
Must remember not to let the kids do this: (tags:coke CGI funny video )
Patrol vessel! Vs! Cruise ship!: (tags:boats funny )
Patrol vessel! Vs! Cruise ship!: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1246364316355514368.html
(tags:boats funny )
The UK's mandatory sickness pay is the lowest of the OECD: (tags:sick pay UK OhForFucksSake )
I used Minecraft to teach my kids reading and writing: (tags:Minecraft games literacy children )
COVID's cognitive costs? Some patients' brains may age 10 years: (tags:intelligence disease pandemic )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3942670.html

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Interesting Links for 14-10-2020

The truth about Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage: (tags:babbage adalovelace comic )
What Pollsters Have Changed Since 2016 — And What Still Worries Them About 2020: (tags:polls USA )
Ikea to launch new scheme to buy back unwanted furniture from customers: (tags:IKEA )
Coronavirus: 'Very high' level restrictions not enough to reduce R rate below one, Sage adviser warns: (tags:UK pandemic Doom )
What should economists be focusing on?: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1315841880874254336.html
(tags:economics viaDanielDWilliam )
Race is one of the strongest predictors of how long a person waits in line to vote (in the USA): (tags:voting USA racism viaCipherGoth )
This is the most ridiculous way of ripping off website content I've seen. (Run *everything* through a thesaurus. With hilarious results.): (tags:Web automation language funny )
White Nationalist Movement: Myth Vs. Fact: (tags:racism funny myths )
Your job application was rejected by a human, not a computer: (tags:computers jobs cv )
I quite fancied Torchlight 3 - until I read this review: (tags:games review )
Heavy Coffee Drinkers Want Coffee A Lot More Than They Actually Like It: (tags:coffee addiction psychology )
How Well Do You Know Yourself? Research On Self-Insight, Digested: (tags:psychology )
UK is unique in its light-touch approach to the gender pay gap: (tags:gender pay UK regulation )
75% of Scots say Holyrood should decide future EU relationship: (tags:Europe Scotland polls )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3892565.html

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Interesting Links for 30-05-2020