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Interesting Links for 12-03-2025
Mar. 12th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Scottish government scraps green heating plans for new homes
- (tags:snp globalwarming heating doom )
- 2. The US island that speaks Elizabethan English
- (tags:language usa history English )
- 3. A week ago Israel cut off all food and humanitarian supplies from Gaza. Two days ago it cut off electricity from its desalination plant
- (tags:genocide Israel gaza )
- 4. Despite everything, US EV sales are up 28% this year (as are EU sales. UK up 40%)
- (tags:electricity cars GoodNews )
- 5. What's going on with Ukraine and what should Europe be doing?
- (tags:UK Europe Russia )
- 6. Groundbreaking study finds human litter at deepest point in Mediterranean Sea (90% of it plastic)
- (tags:waste littering ocean )
- 7. EU to impose counter tariffs on $28 billion of US goods
- (tags:economics uk usa )
Interesting Links for 09-08-2024
Aug. 9th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. The recent UK fuss about the soup/shake diet reversing diabetes? Only 10% of them made it through and had it work for them.
- (tags:diabetes diet uk nhs )
- 2. Two astronauts stranded in space by Boeing Starliner may return on SpaceX in 2025 (8 day trip turns into 6 months!)
- (tags:space fail )
- 3. A Japanese Coast Guard ship rides over the tsunami waves (2011)
- (tags:Japan tsunami video )
- 4. The Scottish horror film finally released 17 years after filming
- (tags:scotland horror movies )
- 5. How would you react to prison museum's 'dark tourism'?
- (tags:psychology prison tourism )
- 6. "How I lured my teenagers out of their bedrooms"
- (tags:parenting bed teenagers )
- 7. Humza Yousaf admits ending Greens deal was his mistake
- (tags:Scotland SNP GreenParty )
- 8. Hilary Cass accused of being explicitly transphobic before the review began (see note 28 specifically)
- (tags:lgbt bigotry transgender uk )
- 9. The Government's Impartial Trans Healthcare Reviewer Isn't so Impartial, Colleagues Claim
- (tags:lgbt bigotry transgender research nhs )
- 10. Two Years of Elden Ring (a 2 minute video compilation)
- (tags:video games )
Interesting Links for 11-05-2024
May. 11th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. ITV are exploiting a loophole to show political adverts. Here's a petition to ask them to stop.
- (tags:politics advertising uk petition )
- 2. Scottish government remains committed to gender reform bill
- (tags:scotland transgender lgbt snp )
- 3. If you've been eagerly awaiting an 18 part dissection of Cerebus then you are in luck! (It's very good, and will appeal to a very specific niche)
- (tags:cerebus comics criticism )
- 4. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- (tags:pandemic saudiarabia doom )
- 5. BSE: 'Mad cow disease' case found on farm in Scotland
- (tags:Scotland cows brain doom disease )
- 6. Space-Based Solar Power: A Skeptic's Take
- (tags:space solarpower )
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- transgender,
- uk
Interesting Links for 09-05-2024
May. 9th, 2024 12:00 pm- 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 )
Interesting Links for 28-04-2024
Apr. 28th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. IT used to take six hours to divert traffic from the Queensferry Crossing onto an alternative route - now they can do it in 19 minutes.
- (tags:roads bridge Scotland )
- 2. Good write-up of what's going on with the SNP
- (tags:politics Scotland snp )
- 3. ITV says it lost more than £1m on hit TV drama Mr Bates vs Post Office (because there's no international appeal)
- (tags:TV money itv business )
- 4. Real techies don't care about forced eugenics
- (tags:technology Holocaust society )
- 5. Rats will learn how to drive remarkably quickly when food is on the line
- (tags:rats driving video )
Interesting Links for 22-01-2024
Jan. 22nd, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. How past pandemics may have triggered rising cases of Parkinson's
- (tags:disease history )
- 2. Solar Chimneys: Viable Energy Solution Or A Lot Of Hot Air? | Hackaday
- (tags:solarpower technology )
- 3. Was Sturgeon just following WhatsApp guidelines by hitting delete?
- (tags:Scotland communication government snp )
- 4. Most people vulnerable to long Covid have already had it, says top NHS adviser
- (tags:pandemic disease UK )
- 5. Picture of me dropping the kids off at school this morning
- (tags:wind funny squirrel )
- 6. Orgies, Death, Cannibalism - the cute Australian mammals with the unlikely life.
- (tags:cannibalism cute australia sex cortisol death )
- 7. A massive new building is going to be constructed in Edinburgh to care for and display Scotland's national art collection
- (tags:art scotland edinburgh )
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- links,
- pandemic,
- scotland,
- sex,
- snp,
- solarpower,
- squirrel,
- technology,
- uk,
- wind
Interesting Links for 07-10-2023
Oct. 7th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. 4chan users manipulate AI tools to unleash torrent of racist images
- (tags:ai racism 4chan )
- 2. The man who tried to kill the queen was egged on by an overly-supportive AI chatbot
- (tags:ai murder queen )
- 3. A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant
- (tags:middle_east agriculture prehistory )
- 4. What does "Metabolically Healthy Obesity" mean, and how healthy is it?
- (tags:health obesity )
- 5. 'Long colds' just as common as long COVID and can leave prolonged symptoms (We clearly need a diagnostic test for "Your body is still processing an attack")
- (tags:disease pandemic colds )
- 6. It's time for the SNP to smell the coffee
- (tags:Scotland politics snp labour )
- 7. This is the best write-up I've seen of how current AIs work.
- (tags:technology AI words language viaLProven )
- 8. A brief list of things in the universe surprisingly younger than sharks
- (tags:sharks age viaPatrickHadfield )
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- pandemic,
- politics,
- prehistory,
- queen,
- racism,
- scotland,
- sharks,
- snp,
- technology,
- vialproven,
- viapatrickhadfield,
- words
Interesting Links for 20-07-2023
Jul. 20th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. UK government struggling to produce transgender guidance for schools that doesn't break the law
- (tags:law transgender school uk OhForFucksSake bigotry )
- 2. Lab-grown diamonds are growing more popular with newlyweds - as a more sustainable alternative to mined gems
- (tags:diamonds manufacturing wedding GoodNews )
- 3. Looks like the police investigation into the SNP is being thorough and detailed, as it should be.
- (tags:police snp money )
- 4. Tories pick Trump and Truss supporter London mayor candidate
- (tags:Conservatives london doom )
- 5. Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since (at least) 1988
- (tags:space mysteries astronomy )
- 6. Can you tell your Electrobaroque apart from your Electromedieval and your Bardcore music?
- (tags:music viaMyBrotherMike )
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- ohforfuckssake,
- police,
- school,
- snp,
- space,
- transgender,
- uk,
- viamybrothermike,
- wedding
Interesting Links for 05-05-2023
May. 5th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Income tax rises and new wealth taxes on the way for richer Scots, signals Humza Yousaf
- (tags:snp tax GoodNews scotland )
- 2. Neil Gaiman on Lewis, Tolkien and Chesterton
- (tags:neilgaiman CSLewis Tolkien GKChesterston )
- 3. Have some fun poetry, both accidental and deliberate
- (tags:poetry )
- 4. Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Screws up on Trans Kids' Care
- (tags:transgender LGBT healthcare research )
- 5. 20 of the most commonly used passwords in 2022
- (tags:passwords security OhForFucksSake epicfail )
- 6. Let the dishes hit the floor, they aren't yours anyway. (A mental health metaphor)
- (tags:mentalhealth metaphor )
- 7. I just donated to the Trans Healthcare Delays Appeal Crowdfunder
- (tags:UK transgender healthcare law CrowdFunding )
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Interesting Links for 06-04-2023
Apr. 6th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Edinburgh's North Bridge will reopen to two-way traffic on the 21st of April
- (tags:edinburgh bridge traffic transport GoodNews )
- 2. What happens if you ask an AI how to turn the world into paperclips?
- (tags:ai funny )
- 3. What *is* the rabbinical consensus on the Plague of Frog?
- (tags:frogs Jews religion funny )
- 4. Psychedelic drug DMT improves symptoms of depression for at least six months
- (tags:psychedelics depression )
- 5. Timeline of police probe into SNP finances
- (tags:snp money politics scotland police )
- 6. 10 Reasons Board Games Are Better Now (a sometimes contradictory but always interesting video)
- (tags:boardgames video games history )
- 7. 'I consider the president a war criminal' An interview with the highest-ranking secret service officer to escape from Russia
- (tags:Russia interview military )
Interesting Links for 01-04-2023
Apr. 1st, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT
- (tags:ai Italy privacy Europe regulation )
- 2. Where Stands Scotland after the SNP Leadership Election?
- (tags:Scotland LGBT politics religion snp )
- 3. My cultural dimensions are most like the Netherlands. I can live with that
- I object to the "feminine" bit, by the way. At no point are you asked if you think if women are better. It's all about "Are women real people like men are?"
(tags:Netherlands society quiz ) - 4. Europe's first remotely operated underwater laboratory is taking shape 2.5 km under the sea
- (tags:research physics ocean Europe )
- 5. How Chaos Control Is Changing The World
- (tags:chaos control ai video viaNancyLebov )
- 6. This kind of abuse is what Keir Starmer wants for trans children
- (tags:LGBT school labour OhForFucksSake )
- 7. Energy Saving Road Lighting in Norway Dims To 20% When No Cars Are Nearby
- (tags:lighting energy roads Norway )
- 8. Coloring LGBT history
- (tags:lgbt history photos colour )
Interesting Links for 28-03-2023
Mar. 28th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Want to rein in Russian oligarchs? Target their wealth managers
- (tags:wealth russia war ukraine )
- 2. China is dominating Russia
- (tags:china russia trade )
- 3. Preferences for the SNP leadership election (I was in the largest group)
- (tags:voting snp Scotland )
- 4. The tech helping driverless cars see round corners (using street cameras)
- (tags:cameras driving automation )
- 5. Old* man gets grumpy about youngsters using the word "penis" wrong. *very very old. Ancient Rome.
- (tags:history language penis rome )
- 6. Superloop: Major New Bus Network Planned Around London
- (tags:buses London transport )
Interesting Links for 09-03-2023
Mar. 9th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Oh look, some political leadership I can get behind
- (tags:snp politics UK asylum )
- 2. Let's be clear, Suella Braverman's asylum bill is absolute moral degeneration
- (tags:asylum uk OhForFucksSake )
- 3. LA Sheriff's Department Has Gang Members at Highest Levels
- (tags:gangs usa police OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Legislation as an annual or biennial virility event
- (tags:UK law )
- 5. The Tories are coming for sex education
- (tags:conservatives sex education OhForFucksSake )
- 6. A rare photo of Schrödinger's Cat
- (tags:quantum photo funny viaLinkMachineGo )
- 7. The jacket of women's invisibility
- (tags:women society patriarchy clothing )
- 8. Chaim Topol dead: Fiddler on the Roof actor dies aged 87
- (tags:movies obituary Jews )
- 9. The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets
- (tags:military airplanes ai USA )
- 10. EU tells Rishi Sunak small boats plan violates international law (and thus endangers our trade agreement with them)
- (tags:UK Europe asylum law )
Interesting Links for 25-02-2023
Feb. 25th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. I Will Throw People Under The Bus If It Means Pretending To Relive My Childhood
- (tags:nostalgia satire bigotry games LGBT transgender metaphor )
- 2. BBC Chairman Donated Tens of Thousands of Pounds to Right-Wing Group Funding Criticism of BBC
- (tags:bbc OhForFucksSake )
- 3. Justin Roiland: Inside the 'Rick and Morty' Co-creator's Implosion
- (tags:TV abuse animation OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Kate Forbes has the right to think what she likes - and we have the right to dislike her for it
- (tags:politics freespeech UK Scotland snp religion )
- 5. Newspapers Drop 'Dilbert' Comic Strip After Creator's Racist Rant
- (tags:dilbert racism OhForFucksSake )
Interesting Links for 21-02-2023
Feb. 21st, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Roald Dahl's publisher on updates to his books, October 1973
- (tags:books writing society publishing history )
- 2. Bigoted SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes said she would have voted against gay marriage
- (tags:LGBT marriage snp bigotry politics Scotland )
- 3. Sci-fi magazine Clarkesworld just closed to submissions because of AI-generated spam. Here's a post written last week about the scale of the situation
- (tags:ai scifi OhForFucksSake publishing spam )
- 4. Long-term bed rest study reveals profound dangers of inactivity on blood sugar levels
- (tags:exercise sugar blood biology )
Interesting Links for 15-02-2023
Feb. 15th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. How Keir, Rishi and Nicola are viewed in Scotland
- (tags:Scotland politics polls )
- 2. The Biggest Barrier to Biking Is a Fear of Cars
- (tags:bicycles safety )
- 3. Moldova: Pro-EU Government Falls Amid Economic Turmoil, Russian Interference
- (tags:Russia Europe Moldova OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland's first minister
- (tags:scotland politics independence snp )
- 5. New Tory Deputy Chairman says that without Brexit and Corbyn the party will have to find some people to be awful to to win votes - Trans people top his list.
- (tags:bigotry Conservatives lgbt uk OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 07-02-2023
Feb. 7th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Star Wars, The Osmonds, and Twincest Predictions
- (tags:StarWars twins incest music predictions )
- 2. Scientists suggest way to help children get desensitised to peanut allergy (effective for 80% of them)
- (tags:peanuts allergies )
- 3. Call of the Void: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370?
- (tags:airplanes crash Malaysia )
- 4. How damaging is the trans prisoners row for the SNP?
- (tags:transgender lgbt snp scotland )
- 5. The kindest way to break up with a friend is to ghost them
- (tags:friendship )
- 6. What actually helps reduce bullying?
- (tags:bullying society )
- 7. LGBTQ: Plan to make it easier to change gender in Wales
- (tags:lgbt wales transgender GoodNews )
- 8. I have regularly thought that more computing education should be as apprenticeships. I suspect the same is true of many other jobs.
- (tags:apprentices Education uk )
- 9. China is building a staggering amount of solar power, here's how
- (tags:China solarpower )
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- starwars,
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- twins,
- uk,
- wales
Interesting Links for 15-10-2022
Oct. 15th, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. Senior SNP politicians mislead on renewable energy generation
- (tags:electricity renewables snp Scotland FactCheck )
- 2. The USA clamps down massively on exporting high tech to China
- (tags:trade China technology USA )
- 3. I did not know that the aurora borealis could "explode"!
- (tags:auroraborealis video impressive )
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Interesting Links for 16-09-2022
Sep. 16th, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. SNP reprimands MSP John Mason over anti-abortion protest
- (tags:abortion snp scotland politics )
- 2. Some WFH Employees Have a Secret: They Now Live in Another Country
- (tags:work location homes )
- 3. The Follower - Using open cameras and AI to find how an Instagram photo is taken.
- (tags:photos ai cameras surveillance )
- 4. Some ways the UK has changed during the Queen's 70-year reign
- (tags:UK visualisation demographics )
- 5. How did Tolkien feel about fanfic?
- (tags:Tolkien fanfic )
- 6. The True Story of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond—and Why the British Won't Give It Back
- (tags:diamonds india history uk )
