Interesting Links for 27-01-2025

Jan. 27th, 2025 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 06-08-2024

Aug. 6th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. How war between Russia and the Olympics is fuelling boxing's gender row
(tags:gender sports olympics russia )
2. Watch Carbon Dioxide Move Through Earth's Atmosphere
(tags:co2 visualisation video )
3. BBC removing Huw Edwards from family and entertainment content (The Dr Who episode his voice was in will be redubbed)
(tags:bbc pedophilia drwho )
4. What Happens in a Mind That Can't 'See' Mental Images (a brief history of aphantasia)
(tags:psychology vision imagination )
5. The nature of consciousness, and how to enjoy it while you can
(tags:consciousness )
6. A brief explanation of why the Japanese currency markets are causing issues right now
(tags:economics investing Doom video )
7. Dinosaurs Did Not Trudge Through Thick Rainforests
(tags:trees dinosaurs )
8. OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won't release it
(tags:ai )
9. The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media
(tags:socialmedia decentralisation )
10. Chrome is about to make it harder to block ads. I recommend switching to Firefox.
(tags:advertising chrome web OhForFucksSake )
11. Three different approaches to the problem of disposable plastic
(tags:plastic environment waste )
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Interesting Links for 14-03-2024

Mar. 14th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. Did you know there was an old rifle range under Edinburgh's Waverley Station? (6 minutes in to this video)
(tags:guns edinburgh history trains )
2. What's been going on with Boeing? (they seem to have forgotten that making planes requires attention to detail)
(tags:airplanes safety epicfail OhForFucksSake engineering manufacturing )
3. A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major internet platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse.
(tags:internet abuse crime )
4. Giant redwoods: The world's largest trees are thriving in the UK. (Except for not reproducing)
(tags:trees UK )
5. The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets
(tags:food business economics )
6. The Existential Relief of Having Children
(tags:philosophy anxiety stress parenting children life )
7. The Abyss 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray UK release | The BBFC comments on its cancellation
(tags:rats abuse animals movies jamescameron BluRay )
8. Do your pets help you make food? You ain't seen nothing yet!
(tags:food cows video funny )
9. LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6% (and dramatically higher in Gen Z)
(tags:demographics LGBT USA )
10. AI reveals prostate cancer has two distinct subtypes
(tags:ai cancer prostate )
11. The full version of Tenacious D's - ...Baby One More Time cover is out. And even more awesome than you'd expect
(tags:music video BritneySpears awesome panda )
12. Yes, the Tories are outrageously racist and sexist - but Labour is guilty too (writes Diane Abbott)
(tags:politics racism UK Labour conservatives )
13. Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town
(tags:sand heat battery finland )
14. The only other mammals to go through the menopause live longer because of it
(tags:menstruation whales longevity )
15. New ONS figures show how Edinburgh's share of short term lets is massive by comparison to practically everywhere else in the UK
(tags:edinburgh rental holidays housing tourism )
16. New extremism definition unveiled by British government. Is very vague.
(tags:uk government language )
17. I see that J.K. Rowling is now engaging in anti-trans Holocaust denial
(tags:transgender Holocaust jkrowling OhForFucksSake bigotry lgbt )
18. Assisted dying in Canada is accepted - but the UK should tread carefully
(tags:euthanasia canada )
19. I was getting bored of running - then I found joggling
(tags:juggling running jogging exercise edinburgh )
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Interesting Links for 24-08-2023

Aug. 24th, 2023 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 16-07-2023

Jul. 16th, 2023 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 13-06-2023

Jun. 13th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Tesla 'Autopilot', has been involved in far more crashes than previously reported
(tags:Tesla crash driving automation epicfail )
2. Gender bias remains entrenched all around the world
(tags:gender bias society )
3. Blow for Britain as EU rules out renegotiating Brexit trade deal for years
(tags:uk europe trade doom )
4. How to get your children to tell you what they've been up to today
(tags:children communication advice )
5. Job Listings Abound, but Many Are Fake
(tags:jobs fraud OhForFucksSake )
6. Why are so many Reddit communities on strike?
(tags:Reddit epicfail community communication volunteers )
7. Edinburgh George Street pedestrianisation: Trees to be included and increased access for disabled and taxis
(tags:disability trees Edinburgh )
8. Scottish ministers propose gas boilers ban in new buildings from 2024
(tags:heating Scotland globalwarming )
9. It's not just English and American spelling that differ, we call very different animals and plants by the same names too!
(tags:animals trees USA UK names wtf )
10. Abortion law clearly needs reform after woman handed 28 month sentence
(tags:abortion law uk )
11. Please please please do not have children unless you really want them.
(tags:children relationships )
12. There's an influx of Redditors to Dreamwidth - here's some useful advice for them
(tags:reddit dreamwidth )
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Interesting Links for 10-03-2023

Mar. 10th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Evolution of tree roots may have driven mass extinctions
(tags:evolution apocalypse extinction trees )
2. Childcare: Full-time nursery for under-twos nearly £15k a year
(tags:childcare money uk )
3. Mice born with two fathers
(tags:mice men children )
4. Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country
(tags:LGBT USA bigotry transgender law )
5. Rotating Sandwiches - that's it
(tags:food video wtf )
6. Why It's So Hard To Build a Crochet Machine
(tags:craft automation video viaNancyLebov )
7. Visceral Femininity: A Bloodborne Video Essay
(tags:games menstruation blood horror )
8. Inside the chaos of Elon Musk's Twitter
(tags:ElonMusk EpicStupidity business Twitter doom )
9. ONS Covid infection survey paused after 3 years, leaving no official method for tracking virus
(tags:Pandemic UK )
10. The Fed's Inflation Goal Is Completely Arbitrary
(tags:inflation economics history viaDanielDWilliam )
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Interesting Links for 02-07-2022

Jul. 2nd, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Edinburgh's 2030 Festival City Vision
(tags:Edinburgh thefuture festival viaPatrickHadfield )
2. Universal Credit has increased crime rate by 6.5%
(tags:welfare uk crime OhForFucksSake )
3. How flowers are 'put to sleep' for long sea voyages
(tags:trade flowers sea )
4. Germany seeks ′safety first′ approach to legalizing cannabis
(tags:marijuana legalisation germany )
5. Yes, part of the UK constitution is (or was) a letter written to the Times under a pseudonym
(tags:uk monarchy politics constitution history )
6. Major chords are happy and minor chords are sad? Only if society has trained you that way!
(tags:music psychology emotion )
7. Germany unveils plans for simpler gender change process
(tags:LGBT transgender Germany GoodNews )
8. UK's export support agency stops investing in new fossil fuel projects
(tags:globalwarming investment UK GoodNews )
9. Giraffes eat acacia trees from downwind, because otherwise they warn each other to taste bitter!
(tags:trees self-defence )
10. Boris Johnson wants multi-generational mortgages so parents can pass on debt to children
(tags:mortgages conservatives BorisJohnson )
11. Melatonin peaks in teenagers at 7am. Waking them then is like waking an adult at 4am
(tags:sleep teenagers )
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Interesting Links for 25-05-2022

May. 25th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Chimpanzees have their own language — and scientists just learned how they put "words" together
(tags:viaNancyLebov chimpanzees language )
2. There are two proposals for minority-led Edinburgh councils, and everything depends on the Conservatives
(tags:edinburgh politics snp labour green libdem )
3. Why would the government want to run ScotRail?
(tags:trains scotland )
4. The Scottish/English dispute over gene-edited crops
(tags:uk england genetics food )
5. Occlusion Grotesque - a font designed by a tree
(tags:trees font )
6. Ricky Gervais now exists only to be bigoted
(tags:bigotry LGBT transgender OhForFucksSake )
7. Cell Tower - a word puzzle game. Nicely tricky
(tags:games language viaSwampers )
8. Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape NFT (And Star Of His New NFT Show). I am very very amused
(tags:funny blockchain TV )
9. How special effects used to be painted on to glass
(tags:specialeffects history movies )
10. Misogynistic philosophers through the ages
(tags:history philosophy misogyny )
11. Is it time to move on with safe drug consumption in Scotland? (well, obviously, if Westminster will let them)
(tags:Scotland drugs health )
12. Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D
(tags:vitaminD food genetics )
13. Mercedes Lackey Apologizes
(tags:race language scifi )
14. Invention For Destruction - a trailer for a gloriously hand-animated Czech movie from 1958
(tags:animation Czechoslovakia movies history trailer )
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Interesting Links for 30-01-2022

Jan. 30th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 11-01-2022

Jan. 11th, 2022 12:00 pm
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What are the biggest non-diet causes of diabetes, cancer, heart disease, etc?
(tags:society sleep stress disease weight diabetes )
Leaked email shows 100 No 10 staff were invited to a party during lockdown restrictions
(tags:UK conservatives Pandemic law OhForFucksSake )
Repeat after me: Covid doesn't spread on surfaces
(tags:Pandemic cleanliness )
Adversarial Wordle
(tags:games language )
Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior through effects on harm aversion
(tags:morality serotonin psychology )
Male elite chess players are quicker to quit when dominated by a female player
(tags:men behaviour psychology games sexism )
"Why I went from being an actor to a clowndoctor"
(tags:acting children comedy )
In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
(tags:pigs organs surgery )
UK health officials misinterpreted US guidance on Covid self-isolation period
(tags:pandemic )
Dolphin females have working clitoris
(tags:sex dolphins clitoris )
Beautiful trees
(tags:trees beautiful )
Impressive shepherding
(tags:dogs birds impressive training )
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Interesting Links for 21-11-2021

Nov. 21st, 2021 12:00 pm
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TDoR 2021: Remembering the 462 transgender people killed in the last year
(tags:murder transgender LGBT viacmcmck )
Wired's 90s predictions of how the future could go wrong have basically all happened
(tags:thefuture predictions Doom )
I see the Labour purges continue
(tags:Labour OhForFucksSake )
The "Great Green Wall" Didn't Stop Desertification, but it Evolved Into Something That Might
(tags:trees desert viaNancyLebov )
There are times when being a rules lawyer is a wonderful thing
(tags:rules )
Families in Cornwall offered £1,200 to take relatives out of NHS hospitals and free up space as crisis deepens
(tags:Cornwall UK NHS Doom )
SpinLaunch Flings a Test Vehicle Kilometers Into the air. Eventually, it'll Throw Them Almost all the way to Orbit
(tags:space )
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Interesting Links for 31-10-2021

Oct. 31st, 2021 12:00 pm
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John Carmack issues some words of warning for Meta and its metaverse plans
(tags:internet socialnetworking VirtualReality johncarmack )
A few short examples of why Ringo Starr was a great drummer
(tags:drums music Beatles )
Activision Blizzard to Improve Diversity and Workplace Culture
(tags:gaming women abuse GoodNews )
Bored animals at empty zoos are entertained by each other (the second video is lovely)
(tags:zoo video animals )
Pain Doesn't Lie: On Elliott Page's Performance In Hard Candy
(tags:LGBT transgender movies horror abuse rape )
The US Embassy sample Scottish cuisine ahead of their trip to Glasgow
(tags:USA Scotland food video )
How to help a student get unstuck
(tags:programming teaching knowledge )
Tree Rings Show Modern Cyclones Are the Rainiest in Centuries
(tags:weather history trees )
This is the world’s oldest image of a ghost
(tags:supernatural history )
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Interesting Links for 28-10-2021

Oct. 28th, 2021 12:00 pm
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The teaser for "Lightyear" (a new Pixar movie) looks like a lot of fun
(tags:pixar space trailer )
Oregon's arboreal smiley
(tags:trees emoji viaDanielDWilliam photos )
"Dune" (the movie), annotated
(tags:sci-fi movies )
Exams in Scotland to be reformed, but not scrapped
(tags:education school Scotland exams )
The UK Media Has Seriously Bungled the Kathleen Stock Story
(tags:transgender media academia LGBT uk journalism )
People Who Technically Did Their Job, But In A Really Bad Way
(tags:work funny fail viaCharlesStross )
I just donated to the Legal Defence Fund for Transgender Lives
(tags:law transgender lgbt uk money nhs )
Facebook prioritized 'angry' emoji reaction posts in news feeds - pushing more provovactive content into users' news feeds
(tags:facebook emotion viaSwampers OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 29-07-2021

Jul. 29th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 05-07-2021

Jul. 5th, 2021 12:00 pm
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When "Ma'am" and "Sir" Just Don't Work (Gender Neutral and Nonbinary-Exclusive Language; A Small Guide)
(tags:language gender )
This thread is a delightful little spooky short story
(tags:short_story horror Twitter )
In Thailand, blood sacrifice is out. Strawberry Fanta is in.
(tags:religion Thailand food colour )
How can Christian fundamentalists be anti-Semitic and Pro-Israel at the same time?
(tags:christianity Jews OhForFucksSake Israel )
St James Quarter floods as heavy rainfall batters Edinburgh during storm
(tags:Edinburgh weather rain shopping )
World's largest ever four day week trial in Iceland 'overwhelming success'
(tags:work working_hours Iceland )
Brian Blessed's Tarzan story is delightful
(tags:movies Disney voice )
Ships! Cats! In! Tiny! Hammocks!
(tags:cats navy history photos viaSwampers )
City streets need trees
(tags:trees cities temperature )
Transmission of Covid between 2 people who used the same bathroom 40 minutes apart
(tags:toilet pandemic Doom Epidemiology )
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Interesting Links for 02-06-2021

Jun. 2nd, 2021 12:00 pm
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'My landlord wants six months' rent upfront'
(tags:rent uk )
China allows couples to have three children
(tags:china children )
The first complete sequence of a human genome
(tags:genetics )
Eighteen million trees to be planted around Glasgow
(tags:trees glasgow scotland )
A swimming pool. In the air. Between two skyscrapers.
(tags:swimming architecture UK )
Ever wondered what it looks like to crash into an erupting volcano?
(tags:volcano video drone )
Europe to US: Pass new laws if you want a data-transfer deal (also impacts the deal with the UK)
(tags:europe dataprotection usa uk )
Swiss abandon years of EU talks and reject treaty
(tags:Switzerland europe trade )
Covid in Scotland: Army brought in to help Lothian vaccine rollout
(tags:pandemic vaccination edinburgh scotland army )
Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from leaving
(tags:Belarus dictators immigration )
One-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS Cyberattack
(tags:security cows meat )
Graph of average age versus vaccination percentage for UK council areas
(tags:graph vaccination UK age cities pandemic )
Clown-face privilege
(tags:privilege video gender abuse viaSwampers )
Woman tries to look after her mental health by not doing non-core part of her job, employer is a dick about it
(tags:mentalhealth anxiety depression sports tennis OhForFucksSake )
The Edinburgh city dwellers who want a more tribal way of living
(tags:Scotland Edinburgh housing viaJane )
David O Russell is not a good person to work with
(tags:work bullying movies )
NordLink joins Norway and Germany's electrical grids
(tags:norway germany electricity viaDanielDWilliam )
Nautilus - the best sounding, most visually striking speaker of all time
(tags:speakers sound Technology )
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Interesting Links for 09-05-2021

May. 9th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 03-04-2021

Apr. 3rd, 2021 12:00 pm
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FactCheck: how effective are masks at stopping Covid-19 spread?
(tags:Pandemic virus )
World War One: Edinburgh Zeppelin raid was Scotland's first air blitz
(tags:wwi Edinburgh history balloon viaDanielDWilliam )
No more lockdowns likely with Covid to be 'treated like flu' says Chris Witty
(tags:Pandemic disease UK )
Revealing the Ineffectiveness of Early British Night-Bombing Raids of WWII
(tags:wwii airplanes explosives history viaDanielDWilliam )
Loot boxes are basically gambling and should be regulated
(tags:regulation gambling games )
An independent Scotland would face a whole host of problems, but prosperity is possible in the long term
(tags:Scotland independence thefuture )
Revealed: How Conservatives sat on report into racism within Tory Party
(tags:racism conservatives )
Racism review authors attack wilful misrepresentation of controversial report
(tags:racism uk )
The UK's racism report is deliberately misusing and misrepresenting its sources
(tags:racism UK fraud )
Thank God I've Left My Twenties Behind
(tags:age )
What are the odds of Chuck Tingle?
(tags:hugo scifi porn writing abuse fandom )
British Psychological Society's response to the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
(tags:UK racism viaPatrickHadfield )
Tree of the day
(tags:trees art video viaPatrickHadfield )
How Yoda is translated worldwide
(tags:language StarWars translation )
Here's Keir Starmer visiting an outspokenly homophobic church
(tags:labour LGBT religion homophobia OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 24-02-2021

Feb. 24th, 2021 12:00 pm
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The bitcoin blockchain is helping keep a botnet from being taken down
(tags:bitcoin malware )
Firefox enables Total Cookie Protection to stop you being tracked
(tags:Firefox privacy )
Chip shortage may threaten PlayStation 5 supplies at Christmas
(tags:PlayStation CPU )
Robot lumberjacks are terrifyingly impressive
(tags:robots trees video )
It is staggeringly hard for small businesses to export to the EU
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1364137289165791232.html
(tags:trade UK europe Doom )
Why can't we unlock now the most vulnerable are vaccinated?
(tags:pandemic vaccination )
Why the high court was right to deny standing to members of parliament to bring public law claims
(tags:law UK )
Nursing home deaths spike after private equity acquisitions
(tags:death age care OhForFucksSake viaCharlesStross )
Learning to program increases your creativity, maths, and ability to reason
(tags:thinking programming education )
50 terrible terrible sets of stairs
(tags:housing stairs design fail )
Scientists create new class of Turing patterns in colonies of E. coli
(tags:patterns biology AlanTuring )
Edinburgh councillors back call for buffer zones to protect women from abortion clinic protesters
(tags:abortion protest Edinburgh GoodNews Scotland )
Slug filmed descending from vertical thread of slime in never seen before behaviour
(tags:animals )
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