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Interesting Links for 16-10-2025
Oct. 16th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Trying to make sense of the nonsensical decision to drop the Chinese spying prosecutions
- (tags:spying china uk law government )
- 2. Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy
- (tags:labour economics europe doom uk politics )
- 3. Flapping-wing robot achieves bird-style self-takeoff (see movie S5 in the supplementary materials)
- (tags:birds robots )
- 4. They traveled to Thailand. They wound up cyber scam slaves in Myanmar.
- (tags:Thailand fraud crime )
- 5. Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest
- (tags:photography )
- 6. NPR's veteran Pentagon reporter warns new media policy stifles journalism
- (tags:USA military journalism censorship )
- 7. What the Chinese spying case witness statements reveal
- (tags:law china spying uk )
Interesting Links for 05-07-2025
Jul. 5th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Kent council bans transgender books in children's library section
- (tags:bigotry lgbt transgender uk library )
- 2. The story behind George Lucas rewriting/reshooting Anakin's turn to the dark side after principal photography had concluded on Revenge of the Sith
- (tags:StarWars )
- 3. Capybara! On! Ice!
- (tags:ice cute animals video )
- 4. Scotland pupils show rising reading comprehension
- (tags:Scotland reading GoodNews children )
- 5. Hundreds of robots move Shanghai city block
- (tags:robots china cities architecture video )
- 6. You will own nothing and be happy (Stop Killing Games)
- (tags:games technology history )
Interesting Links for 19-06-2025
Jun. 19th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Doctor uses robot to remotely perform surgery on patient thousands of miles away
- (tags:surgery robots )
- 2. General-purpose robots are very nearly here
- (tags:robots ai video impressive )
- 3. How roundabouts transformed Carmel, Indiana
- (tags:transport planning roads design usa )
- 4. Beware the gaze of raccoons!
- (tags:raccoon comic funny literature )
- 5. Banning smartphones in schools has little or no impact on the wellbeing of students or their education or on the prevalence of online bullying
- (tags:phones school )
- 6. A Provocative Argument About What Creates Serial Killers (possibly Heavy Metals)
- (tags:murder brain pollution )
- 7. Scottish Government advice on school uniforms now says that you shouldn't need branded items.
- (tags:school clothing GoodNews )
Interesting Links for 07-06-2025
Jun. 7th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. "Free Roam" mode is Mario Kart World's killer app
- (tags:Mario nintendo games driving )
- 2. Low-calorie diets make you depressed
- (tags:diet mentalhealth depression )
- 3. "I serve school dinners at state schools and private schools - here's the difference"
- (tags:food money school england )
- 4. Robots are coming for mail-sorting jobs
- (tags:robots video viaKenny )
- 5. Well, CAN You Prove You're a US Citizen?
- (tags:usa citizenship )
- 6. Women warned weight-loss jabs may affect contraception
- (tags:drugs contraception weight )
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- nintendo,
- robots,
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- usa,
- viakenny,
- video,
- weight
Interesting Links for 15-05-2025
May. 15th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Labour doesn't believe British people should be allowed to live here with their families
- (tags:family migration UK OhForFucksSake Labour )
- 2. Crossness Pumping Station: seduced by symmetry
- (tags:art design architecture history London UK )
- 3. Dammit. I'm going to have to get a babysitter so I can go see Superman
- (tags:superman movies trailer comics video )
- 4. Would you like to see someone have their dream come true live on stage?
- (tags:musicals video singing impressive )
- 5. Scottish Water warning after driest period in 60 years
- (tags:Scotland water )
- 6. What it's like being a nanny for the super-rich
- (tags:wealth children childcare )
- 7. EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis
- (tags:europe advertising privacy law )
- 8. How to Sniff Out 'Copaganda': When the Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
- (tags:police propaganda media journalism )
- 9. Audible to use AI narrators and translators
- (tags:books audio ai translation )
- 10. South Korea's robot chefs worry human workers, disappoint customers
- (tags:food cooking robots )
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- superman,
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- uk,
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Interesting Links for 10-05-2025
May. 10th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. British Property Management Firms Are Helping Russians Avoid Sanctions
- (tags:uk russia OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Amazon's warehose robots can now stow items faster than most humans
- (tags:robots amazon )
- 3. Trans Labour councillor quits and accuses Starmer of 'throwing transgender people under a bus'
- (tags:transgender lgbt labour )
- 4. Why the rich paid less tax in the 1970s - despite 98% tax rates
- (tags:tax uk history )
- 5. "Letting AI make up cases" hits the UK legal system
- (tags:law ai fraud OhForFucksSake uk )
- 6. The House of Lords wants opinions from autistic people (diagnosed or undiagnosed), or people who care for them.
- (tags:autism houseoflords )
- 7. Scientists turn lead into gold at the LHC!
- (tags:materials gold lead )
- 8. Always, always check the answers the AI gives you.
- (tags:comic genocide funny ai )
- 9. Video Essay Condescendingly Reads Wikipedia at You
- (tags:funny satire videos )
- 10. American men who refer to themselves as 'moderate' or 'centrist' score basically the same on values and opinions as people who identify themselves as 'conservative'
- (tags:USA politics )
Interesting Links for 09-05-2025
May. 9th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Elon Musk is responsible for killing the world's poorest children, says Bill Gates
- (tags:ElonMusk children murder billgates )
- 2. Human transcribers significantly more accurate than AI
- (tags:ai language )
- 3. Woman accused of illegal abortion cleared by jury
- (tags:abortion law UK )
- 4. Wizardry and the medieval church
- (tags:religion magic history )
- 5. A brief explanation of the new pope
- (tags:pope Catholic USA politics )
- 6. UK announces fresh Russia sanctions aimed at Putin's shadow fleet
- (tags:uk russia ukraine shipping )
- 7. AI use damages professional reputation
- (tags:ai work )
- 8. Who wants an edible robot cake?
- (tags:robots cake cooking )
- 9. "My abuser would be charged under new Scottish law"
- (tags:law abuse scotland GoodNews )
- 10. Michael Ellam: The EU Sherpa Resetting The UK-EU Relationship
- (tags:europe uk diplomacy politics )
- 11. Gaza will be concentration camp, declares Netanyahu
- (tags:gaza OhForFucksSake israel )
Interesting Links for 01-05-2025
May. 1st, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Port of Los Angeles sees shipping volume down 35% next week as tariffs bite
- (tags:USA trade doom china )
- 2. Council Tax is broken - It's time to fix it
- (tags:politics tax uk )
- 3. A Criminal, Social, And Linguistic Rollercoaster (and a historical mugging in Glasgow)
- (tags:Scotland language crime funny Glasgow )
- 4. Solar panels on (nearly) all new UK homes by 2027 under new Labour plan
- (tags:solarpower housing GoodNews labour )
- 5. US judge rules Apple violated order to reform App Store
- (tags:apple law usa )
- 6. Ukraine agrees crucial minerals and economic investment deal with US
- (tags:usa ukraine trade mining )
- 7. Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK
- (tags:uk europe healthcare nhs death OhForFucksSake )
- 8. How Labour strategist Morgan McSweeney used 'any means necessary' to destroy Corbyn as leader and install Starmer.
- (tags:Labour corruption )
- 9. A robot that can fold laundry! (This is actually massive - handling flexible/floppy fabrics is incredibly hard)
- (tags:robots clothing video impressive )
Interesting Links for 27-11-2024
Nov. 27th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life (and got her nominated for a bunch of awards)
- (tags:scifi murder robots )
- 2. Bluesky boom worries Chinese media
- (tags:socialnetworking china )
- 3. The Five Stages of Processing a New Star Wars Announcement
- (tags:StarWars Disney movies video )
- 4. Earth has tilted by 31.5 inches and humans are to blame - pumping 2 trillion tons of groundwater
- (tags:water earth doom )
Interesting Links for 15-10-2024
Oct. 15th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-Term Comparison
- (tags:psilocybin medication depression )
- 2. Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat
- (tags:satire usa law funny demon )
- 3. The US just lost a war and nobody noticed
- (tags:usa yemen war )
- 4. Post-COVID psychosis occurs in people with no prior history. The risk is low but episodes are frightening
- (tags:mentalhealth pandemic brain )
- 5. UK Brexit reset plans are too vague, EU diplomatic sources say
- (tags:uk europe labour )
- 6. There's a lot of confusion over how to pronounce "Ghibli"
- (tags:ghibli language japan )
- 7. Tesla showed off AI robots. Turns out they were remote controlled by people
- (tags:robots fraud Tesla )
Interesting Links for 12-07-2024
Jul. 12th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. "Microsoft destroyed my online life after I called home to Gaza"
- (tags:microsoft gaza )
- 2. Inside the Playstation 4's fully automated factory
- (tags:playstation automation robots manufacturing )
- 3. If you were looking for a non-bigoted way to buy books then can I recommend an online store run by independent local booksellers - bookshop.org
- (tags:books shopping )
- 4. Yale releases report critical of the Cass transgender youth care research study
- (tags:uk bigotry transgender research fraud )
- 5. Who's responsible for our accountability problem?
- (tags:bureaucracy rules squirrel )
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- playstation,
- research,
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- shopping,
- squirrel,
- transgender,
- uk
Interesting Links for 20-06-2024
Jun. 20th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Alzheimer's disease continues to elude a breakthrough treatment. What are we missing?
- (tags:alzheimers disease research )
- 2. Labour Party tried to gag Black lawyer who wrote party's own racism report
- (tags:Labour racism OhForFucksSake )
- 3. Boil the Frog - find a path between any two bands
- (tags:music )
- 4. Using MRI to identify clinically distinct biotypes in depression and anxiety
- (tags:depression anxiety psychology neuroscience mri )
- 5. Framework launched to transform water safety in Edinburgh schools
- (tags:swimming scotland children )
- 6. Do you work in Wildfire Control and Prevention? Then you need the Thermonator Flamethrower Robot Dog!
- (tags:robots dogs fire )
- 7. Tory director of campaigning takes 'leave of absence' as election betting scandal grows.
- (tags:Conservatives corruption gambling elections incompetence )
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Interesting Links for 07-03-2024
Mar. 7th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Scotland is finally getting more district heating (not far from Edinburgh)
- (tags:scotland heating waste )
- 2. "My Robotic Doppelganger Is The Grim Face of Journalism's Future!"
- (tags:journalism ai fraud )
- 3. Sweden's adoption of the Gregorian calendar was a farce
- (tags:sweden calendars history )
- 4. Robot ships: Huge remote controlled vessels are setting sail
- (tags:robots ships )
- 5. Edinburgh bus tracker system will not have live bus times until the summer
- (tags:edinburgh buses )
- 6. Leadership Is A Hell Of A Drug
- (tags:leadership management business development )
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- buses,
- business,
- calendars,
- development,
- edinburgh,
- fraud,
- heating,
- history,
- journalism,
- leadership,
- links,
- management,
- robots,
- scotland,
- ships,
- sweden,
- waste
Interesting Links for 14-02-2024
Feb. 14th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. New Discworld games possible if devs "come to us with the right ideas and the resources", says Rhianna Pratchett
- (tags:terrypratchett games )
- 2. Teenager charged with attempted murder after transgender girl stabbed 14 times at party
- (tags:transgender OhForFucksSake uk assault )
- 3. Changing people's appearance with makeup and lighting
- (tags:specialeffects makeup history movies )
- 4. What will robots replace next?
- (tags:automation funny robots comic )
- 5. How Leith opened itself up by bridging its river
- (tags:edinburgh history River bridge )
- 6. Inside the parts of Edinburgh store Jenners you've never seen before
- (tags:edinburgh shops history )
- 7. Edinburgh drug consumption room backed by study
- (tags:edinburgh drugs )
- 8. Scientists found a 900m Stone Age hunting wall submerged in the Baltic Sea
- (tags:prehistory archeology )
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- movies,
- ohforfuckssake,
- prehistory,
- river,
- robots,
- shops,
- specialeffects,
- terrypratchett,
- transgender,
- uk
Interesting Links for 12-02-2024
Feb. 12th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Welcome to the UK, where women have no choice but to have faith in a justice system that keeps letting them down
- (tags:UK police women OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Originality in copyright law: How does the UK define it?
- (tags:UK copyright creativity law )
- 3. 28-ton, 1.2-megawatt tidal kite is now exporting power to the grid
- (tags:electricity moon ocean tides )
- 4. The robots delivering takeaways to Edinburgh students
- (tags:edinburgh robots food )
- 5. The Brexit bill: £100bn hit to UK exports as toy, medical kit and jewellery sales slump
- (tags:uk europe doom economy )
Interesting Links for 10-01-2024
Jan. 10th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. "Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name"
- (tags:men dating OhForFucksSake robots )
- 2. Scotland seeks opinions on conversion therapy laws
- (tags:lgbt scotland )
- 3. The world's first modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant has entered commercial operation
- (tags:nuclearpower china )
- 4. Coraline Lego!
- (tags:neilgaiman lego viaSwampers )
- 5. I highly recommend "The Edinburgh Minute" for Edinburgh-related news. Best daily round-up site for Edinburgh.
- (tags:edinburgh news )
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- ohforfuckssake,
- robots,
- scotland,
- viaswampers
Interesting Links for 20-10-2023
Oct. 20th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Netflix's Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Working—for Now
- (tags:Netflix )
- 2. The sleep supplements that really work
- (tags:sleep )
- 3. Who is responsible for the Gaza hospital explosion? The key unanswered questions
- (tags:israel palestine explosions hospital )
- 4. UK is facing a record high deficit in skilled tradespeople
- (tags:uk trade jobs )
- 5. Solving the Zelda Timeline in 15 Minutes
- (tags:video games funny )
- 6. Comparing CT scans of USB-C cables
- (tags:technology mri usb viaMyBrotherMike )
- 7. Plastic glitter ban officially goes into effect across European Union
- (tags:plastic europe regulation )
- 8. US! Marines! Strap! Rocket! Launcher! To! Robot! Goat!
- (tags:robots rockets USA military technology )
Interesting Links for 14-09-2023
Sep. 14th, 2023 12:00 pm- 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 20-01-2023
Jan. 20th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Sir Keir Starmer argues for closer economic relationship with EU at World Economic Forum
- (tags:UK Europe labour )
- 2. Our robot overlords now have hands and can pick things up
- (tags:robots video )
- 3. Which UK regions receive the most levelling up funding?
- (tags:UK money FactCheck )
- 4. The strange death of Jeremy Clarkson's England
- (tags:UK society celebrity )
- 5. This approach to their taxes highlights why I love Dreamwidth
- (tags:tax accounting dreamwidth )
