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Interesting Links for 16-01-2026
Jan. 16th, 2026 12:00 pm- 1. Making it illegal to buy sex hurts sex workers the most
- (tags:sexwork decriminalization scotland OhForFucksSake law )
- 2. Open Infrastructure Map (cool to see how much stuff is being built off the coast of the UK right now)
- (tags:infrastructure map )
- 3. Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and Solar Buildout
- (tags:windpower solarpower renewables photos china infrastructure )
- 4. UK offshore wind prices come in 40% cheaper than gas in record auction
- (tags:windpower economics )
- 5. Student arrested for eating AI art in protest
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Interesting Links for 30-05-2025
May. 30th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Quakers refuse to exclude trans people from their facilities: 'This is what Love requires of us'
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- 2. Global warming is now destroying Swiss villages
- (tags:globalwarming Switzerland doom )
- 3. Quakers first British church to state belief that genocide underway in Gaza
- (tags:religion genocide gaza Palestine )
- 4. Walkers' Sensations Poppadoms vs HMRC: the Chip of Theseus
- (tags:tax food ontology potato uk law )
- 5. Make money to cover competing at the Olympics? Not if you do it sexily!
- (tags:money sexwork Olympics OhForFucksSake )
- 6. AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?
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- 7. Your next gaming dice could be shaped like a dragon or armadillo
- (tags:dice mathematics )
- 8. Scotland's travellers suffered 'cultural genocide', report finds
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- 9. Scientists finally crack mystery of how clapping generates sound
- (tags:sound physics )
- 10. Attorney General compares Reform and Tories' policy to actions of Nazi Germany
- (tags:law UK Nazis history )
- 11. UnitedHealth reportedly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
- (tags:USA healthcare OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 20-05-2025
May. 20th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. News on the search for the solar system's ninth planet
- (tags:space solarsystem viaJamesNicoll )
- 2. AI Chatbots Are Becoming Even Worse At Summarizing Data (5 times worse results than human-written summaries)
- (tags:ai writing epicfail )
- 3. Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.
- (tags:usa canada academia conferences )
- 4. UK, France, Canada speak out on Israel's actions in Gaza. (Not actually doing anything about it, mind you)
- (tags:UK France Israel Canada gaza )
- 5. What's the state of using AI for science?
- (tags:ai research physics )
- 6. It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System
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- 7. Sex worker 'terrified' by plans for new Scottish prostitution law
- (tags:sexwork scotland OhForFucksSake )
Interesting Links for 10-04-2025
Apr. 10th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Chili sauce in mascara: Wes Streeting's complicity in conversion abuse
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- 2. Fox News, Conservative Influencers Say Tariffs Will Restore Masculinity (Somehow not satire)
- (tags:patriarchy usa politics )
- 3. Prostitute Falls Asleep During 'Star Wars' - Area Sex Worker Not As Into It As Client Had Hoped
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- 4. The Murderbot trailer looks like fun
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- 5. LIsa Nandy changes her mind about abolishing monarchy
- (tags:UK monarchy Labour OhForFucksSake )
- 6. UK Postboxes upgraded with solar panels in high-tech parcel trial
- (tags:royalmail Technology solarpower viaDanielDWilliam )
- 7. The study linking Flouride with children's intelligence is fradulent nonsense
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Interesting Links for 15-11-2024
Nov. 15th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. New Counterstrike map inspired by Edinburgh
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- 2. The Onion acquires Infowars
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- 3. I tried the best £5 dinner in London: The Ikea restaurant
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- 4. The Onion's official announcement "Here's Why I Decided To Buy 'InfoWars'" is hilarious
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- 5. Is it time to disestablish the Church of England?
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- 6. Kawasaki norovirus symptoms and how to avoid UK's 'highly contagious' winter bug (I'm pretty sure this has gone through my while family in the last week or so)
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- 7. pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by car, and pedestrianised town centres have higher sales.
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- 8. Scottish councils reject SNP proposals to partner with religious charity that says sex workers are "possessed by demons"
- (tags:sexwork Scotland OhForFucksSake )
- 9. Loved ones of those choosing assisted dying are being unfairly maligned
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Interesting Links for 31-08-2024
Aug. 31st, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Edinburgh Council's dangerous stance on sex work attacked as debate postponed until October
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- 2. Did you know about the woman who won numerous medals at the Olympics before being incorrectly targeted for being a man... in 1968?
- (tags:history Poland Russia Olympics women OhForFucksSake )
- 3. In Praise of the Hardest Job in Arlington National Cemetery
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Interesting Links for 16-05-2024
May. 16th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. What's it like being one of the vast hidden teams of OnlyFans chatters who pretend to be sexy women.
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- 2. The future of motorway rehabilitation - a bridge that runs along the length of the motorway so that repairs can happen underneath
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- 3. 2023 temperatures were warmest we've seen for at least 2,000 years
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- 4. Edinburgh planning: £80 million two tower blocks in Leith approved
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- 5. Body temperature and depression seem to interact with each other in interesting ways
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- 6. Sex Education - Benefits and Statistics
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- 7. Raw Milk Sales Skyrocket in the USA as Idiots Believe Drinking Bird Flu Will Give Them Immunity
- (tags:virus disease birds milk EpicStupidity USA )
- 8. A fantastic review of Chuck Tingle's trans wizard novel.
- (tags:lgbt harrypotter transgender review fantasy satire )
- 9. 'It's destroyed us': Parents of children with long Covid accused of making it up - threatened with having their children taken away
- (tags:pandemic children OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 21-03-2024
Mar. 21st, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Diane Abbott is a political pawn in Labour's farcical disciplinary process
- (tags:politics labour racism OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Paris Preserves Its Mixed Society by Pouring Billions Into Public Housing
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- 3. Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden
- (tags:sweden rape prostitution sexwork )
- 4. Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist's Identity
- (tags:nazis twitter ElonMusk OhForFucksSake )
- 5. The cutest baby thing I've seen in a long time
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- 6. Vernor Vinge (1944-2024) - Author and creator of the concept of The Singularity
- (tags:scifi singularity obituary writers )
- 7. Neuralink video shows patient playing chess using brain implant
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- 8. NIH Researchers Identify Brain Connections Associated With ADHD in Youth
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- 9. An Anthropocene Worth Having
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Interesting Links for 06-02-2024
Feb. 6th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. How Russian oil could be in your car as sanctions loophole found
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- 2. Labour Is Losing Muslim Support Over Israel-Gaza War
- (tags:israel palestine islam labour politics uk )
- 3. Fire Tornado in Slow Motion 4K
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- 4. The world has warmed 1.5 °C, according to 300-year-old sponges
- (tags:ocean globalwarming doom )
- 5. Second bid to ban Edinburgh strip clubs defeated as existing venues to stay open (with an option for a future worker-run club)
- (tags:sexwork edinburgh GoodNews )
- 6. Marvel's Editing Is the Cruelest Cut of All
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Interesting Links for 04-10-2023
Oct. 4th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Trans women may be banned from women's NHS wards, and inclusive language is being removed
- (tags:OhForFucksSake transgender lgbt bigotry uk nhs )
- 2. UK exporters face carbon tax tariff after Sunak's green U-turn
- (tags:uk europe tax co2 globalwarming )
- 3. Edinburgh Council is asking opinions on the licensing of strip clubs, etc. Please support the employees.
- (tags:sexwork edinburgh consultation )
- 4. Ad-free Facebook, Instagram access planned for $14 per month in Europe (I am tempted to become their actual customer)
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- 5. Reasons to feel positive about the state of computer games
- (tags:gaming GoodNews )
- 6. How HS2s destruction of ancient woodland was blown massively out of proportion
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- 7. US House of Representatives speaker ousted by rebellious Republicans in historic first
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- 8. Who can honestly say that they have enough SPAM® merchandise in their life? (Clearly we all need a Canjo)
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- 9. UK starts tracking Covid again
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Interesting Links for 09-08-2023
Aug. 9th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. YouTuber makes viral video about why Hades' hardest playthrough is basically impossible, then a speedrunner comes along a week later and beats it for the first time in history
- (tags:games video impressive viaSwampers )
- 2. A completely free cookbook for the zero spoons crowd.
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- 3. The Good Omens graphic novel is Kickstarter's number 1 comics project …ever.
- (tags:neilgaiman terrypratchett kickstarter impressive )
- 4. Mushroom poisoning deaths: Family lunch mystery grips Australia
- (tags:australia poison fungus viaDanielDWilliam )
- 5. Closing a coal plant drops cardio-related emergency room visits by 42% immediately and then things keep improving
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- 6. Banks have made it impossible for sex workers to store their money. Crypto exchanges are now following suit
- (tags:sexwork banking blockchain OhForFucksSake )
- 7. Ukraine's 21st century war on a shoestring and the tech the West is racing to copy
- (tags:ukraine war Technology )
- 8. Do not use "Brave" browser
- (tags:viaLProven browser OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 31-07-2023
Jul. 31st, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. China Launches First 700 TEU Electric Containership - with swappable batteries to keep it on the move
- (tags:electricity shipping China )
- 2. "The Tragedy of the Commons" is nonsense written by a racist
- (tags:economics psychology wrong )
- 3. 'No one I know has a bank account that stays open for long': The rise of sex industry workers being de-banked
- (tags:Banking sexwork OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Why non-Jews being cast as Jews in Oppenheimer really isn't a problem
- (tags:jewish movies society )
- 5. UK public libraries return six times their investment, generating billions of pounds worth of value
- (tags:libraries economics UK )
- 6. Regular use of vitamin D supplement is associated with fewer melanoma cases
- (tags:vitaminD cancer )
- 7. Government cuts cost of polluting in Britain in latest anti-green move
- (tags:Conservatives pollution OhForFucksSake uk )
- 8. How should you pronounce the name of the company that was Twitter?
- (tags:twitter names greece )
- 9. The evidence on low-traffic neighbourhoods and what fewer cars means for pollution and street safety
- (tags:traffic uk evidence )
- 10. The looming battle over pylons across Scotland for green energy
- (tags:scotland electricity infrastructure windpower nature )
- 11. Mindfulness reduces psychological distress
- (tags:mindfulness psychic anxiety depression )
- 12. r/law bans Twitter submissions over child sex abuse material
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Interesting Links for 24-03-2023
Mar. 24th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Sex Worker-Led Payment Platform Shuts Down After Being Cut Off by Processor
- (tags:sexwork payment banking OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Who, really, *is* Brandon Sanderson? (Other than the biggest fantasy writer in the world)
- (tags:writing fantasy )
- 3. Sometimes card tricks look so impossible that they just have to be magic
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- 4. Women comparing themselves with 'perfect' genitals in porn is contributing to a 300% rise in labiaplasty
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- 5. Who knew octopi would be so clingy?
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- 6. Epic's new motion-capture animation tech has to be seen to be believed
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- 7. Nasal Covid vaccine shows promise in early clinical trial
- (tags:pandemic noses vaccine )
- 8. Armed Metropolitan Police officer escapes domestic abuse prosecution after controlling 'every step' of his investigation
- (tags:police abuse UK OhForFucksSake )
- 9. JPMorgan Chase thought it had $1.3 million worth of nickel stored in a warehouse. A closer examination revealed bags of stones.
- (tags:fraud metal trade )
- 10. A Doctor Who game - join them together and try to reach 13. (I've gotten as far as the War Doctor)
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- 11. Nearly one in five people find everyday sounds intolerable
- (tags:sound psychology )
- 12. A machine that learns to play noughts and crosses, built from 304 matchboxes
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Interesting Links for 11-02-2023
Feb. 11th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Ban on Edinburgh lap dancing clubs overturned
- (tags:law sexwork Edinburgh Scotland GoodNews )
- 2. AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack
- (tags:Microsoft ai fail )
- 3. Musk fired top engineer for explaining why his tweet views are down
- (tags:Twitter Doom )
- 4. Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
- (tags:history Holocaust Poland OhForFucksSake fraud )
Interesting Links for 07-11-2022
Nov. 7th, 2022 12:00 pm- 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
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- 6. Israel's new racist totalitarianism will have implications beyond the Middle East
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- 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 11-08-2022
Aug. 11th, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. How much was a gold coin worth, and what coins were actually used in ancient times?
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- 2. OnlyFans accused of conspiring to put rivals on terrorism list
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- 3. UK regulator may not approve new Covid vaccines in time for autumn, after staff cut by a third
- (tags:vaccines UK Doom austerity )
Interesting Links for 22-07-2022
Jul. 22nd, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. Brexit continues to be the sucking void at the centre of British politics
- (tags:uk europe Conservatives doom viaKalimac )
- 2. Families With Trans Kids Are Fleeing Hostile States for Welcoming Ones
- (tags:USA transgender bigotry OhForFucksSake )
- 3. The new Dungeons & Dragons movie does not look terrible!
- (tags:movies trailer dungeonsanddragons )
- 4. On Babel events and wrestling God
- (tags:languages God disaster construction bible viaNancyLebov )
- 5. UK plans to introduce visa requirements for some people crossing the Irish border.
- (tags:ireland NorthernIreland borders doom )
- 6. Edinburgh strippers hit back at councillor's claim exotic dancing is 'not work'
- (tags:sexwork edinburgh )
- 7. Alan Grant: Tributes flood in for Scottish comic book writer behind Batman and Judge Dredd stories
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Interesting Links for 10-06-2022
Jun. 10th, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. The odd and worrying situation of the legal advice on the Northern Ireland Protocol
- (tags:UK NorthernIreland law Doom )
- 2. Privatisation in the UK looks massively higher than anywhere else!
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- 3. Different Jewish conceptions of God
- (tags:religion Jews judaism philosophy history )
- 4. Edinburgh council urged by Labour MSP Mercedes Villalba to reverse ban on strip clubs
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- 5. How to understand Republicans
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- 6. The Million Earth Solar System
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- 7. Conversion therapy increases self-harm and suicide amongst transgender people
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- 8. The Immoral Design of Diablo Immortal - video takedown of the awful monetary systems built into the game
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