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Interesting Links for 06-08-2024

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

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 16-07-2023

1. 3D scanning snacks and then 3D printing the results: (tags:food 3dprinting mri )
2. Why the Western Hebrides are Mostly Treeless: (tags:trees Scotland )
3. Far-right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk's monetization scheme: (tags:Twitter fascism OhForFucksSake )
4. A collection of posters for Barbie/Oppenheimer: (tags:movies funny mashup )

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Interesting Links for 13-06-2023

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

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

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

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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Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4135615.html

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Interesting Links for 11-01-2022

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 )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4115706.html

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Interesting Links for 31-10-2021

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 worldâs oldest image of a ghost: (tags:supernatural history )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4104922.html

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Interesting Links for 05-07-2021

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 )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4044942.html

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Interesting Links for 02-06-2021

'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 )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4034119.html

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Interesting Links for 03-04-2021

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 )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4005428.html

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Interesting Links for 24-02-2021

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 )