Interesting Links for 28-03-2025

Mar. 28th, 2025 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 29-06-2023

Jun. 29th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Can you beat...The Password Game
(tags:passwords funny game )
2. 10cm African huntsman spider found in Edinburgh suitcase
(tags:spiders aieeee! edinburgh )
3. Edinburgh tram report 'still with publishers' nine weeks on
(tags:Edinburgh trams publishing wtf )
4. The Connection Between Autism And The Gut Microbiome Is Clearer Than Ever
(tags:autism microbiome )
5. Catching Covid? Try not to have blood type A
(tags:blood Pandemic )
6. Canadian Smoke Reaches Europe (the pictures are terrifying)
(tags:Canada fire Europe Portugal )
7. do gender differences (sometimes) seem bigger in more gender equal countries? (If people think real sex differences exist, segregation will result regardless of real skill differences)
(tags:gender psychology society ViaDrCross )
8. Forcing council meetings to be in person causes those with jobs, children, and disabilities to quit
(tags:disability politics UK parenting work )
9. A Russian soldier on what it's like on their front lines in Ukraine
(tags:Ukraine Russia war epicfail incompetence )
10. US public wants climate change dealt with, but doesn't like the options
(tags:usa globalwarming doom )
11. Sharpie scanning goof reveals major PlayStation budgets and revenues - and that millions of gamers buy a PS just to play Call of Duty
(tags:games playstation sony )
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Interesting Links for 12-06-2023

Jun. 12th, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. Netflix sees massive subscriber jump after password-sharing crackdown
(tags:Netflix passwords business )
2. ChatGPT recommends software packages that don't exist - so hackers created them to take control of people's computers
(tags:malware hacking ai )
3. There are some really weird underwater creatures out there
(tags:nature ocean video weird )
4. 'It was the worst pain': Women still face agonising coil fittings despite pain relief guidance
(tags:pain women contraception NHS OhForFucksSake )
5. Democrats work to protect abortion, trans rights with combined laws
(tags:usa democrats abortion transgender GoodNews )
6. Five Things that Boris Johnson Might Be Up Too
(tags:BorisJohnson politics Conservatives viaDanielDWilliam )
7. This is why I can't play Diablo for the next couple of years
(tags:games time children )
8. Star Trek engineering rap
(tags:music video funny StarTrek ViaDrCross )
9. Kate Forbes says she can't choose to stop being a bigot and that non-bigoted Christians aren't really properly Christian
(tags:bigotry religion Christianity politics Scotland LGBT )
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Interesting Links for 2023-05-22

May. 22nd, 2023 01:46 pm
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Interesting Links for 10-12-2022

Dec. 10th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Links (Interesting (Catch-up)) for the 14th September 2022

Sep. 15th, 2022 09:03 am
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1. The Monarchy and The Union: A Symbiotic Relationship?
(tags:scotland uk monarchy polls viaDanielDWilliam )
2. Why the broadcast of the Accession Council was informative and significant
(tags:constitution law uk monarchy government history scotland )
3. Scots law on breaches of the peace
(tags:law Scotland protests )
4. Center Parcs has won the stupid grief Olympics!
(tags:Queen death EpicStupidity OhForFucksSake holidays )
5. What's going on with the European gas market, and where will it go next?
(tags:gas Europe Russia economics )
6. What Is Existential Therapy?
(tags:Therapy psychology Life ViaDrCross )
7. I had never heard of Scotland's Pillar Box War (over Elizabeth's regnal number)
(tags:monarchy Scotland UK violence viaSwampers )
8. How many trans kids should there be in the UK?
(tags:transgender LGBT UK )
9. Compare How Mark Buckingham Completely Redrew Miracleman Silver Age
(tags:Miracleman art comics )
10. When Depeche Mode took intimate photos for a fan
(tags:music photos DepecheMode history )
11. Harper's coverage of the Queen's death is just perfect
(tags:viaSwampers queen death uk )
12. 2022 Russian businessmen mystery death list
(tags:russia death murder viaDanielDWilliam )
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Interesting Links for 06-08-2022

Aug. 6th, 2022 12:00 pm
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1. Benjamin Zephaniah: I'm 64 and my infertility still brings me to tears
(tags:fertility men )
2. Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) 101
(tags:disease allergies )
3. Leaked video shows Rishi Sunak saying he took funding from deprived urban areas
(tags:Conservatives money inequality )
4. French mayor threatens €15,000 deposit to climb Mont Blanc
(tags:mountains france )
5. Skin exposure to UVB light induces sexual behavior
(tags:light sex )
6. Nexflix's 'The Sandman' is an emotionally deeper and more adult version of the original comics (found this through Neil Gaiman approvingly sharing it)
https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1555587788879417344
(tags:comics TV writing sandman neilgaiman )
7. Generating computer game descriptions and art with two different AIs
(tags:AI art writing games design ViaDrCross )
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Interesting Links for 22-04-2022

Apr. 22nd, 2022 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 25-02-2022

Feb. 25th, 2022 12:00 pm
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Petition to require the Royal Mail to continue to accept non-barcoded postage stamps
(tags:royalmail petition )
This is pretty much how I feel when people say "There wasn't a sequel" because they didn't like it
(tags:StarWars sequels movies canon )
Interactive Modeling Software Designs Intricate Japanese Wood Joinery
(tags:japan wood craftwork design software )
The negative space of war.
(tags:war airplanes visualisation russia ukraine ViaDrCross )
Clarifying the mandates of the Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Equality and Human Rights Commission in Scotland
(tags:Scotland rights lgbt transgender )
Dear Esther dev 10 years on: "That was strange. That was quite a ride."
(tags:games history interview )
Britain at loggerheads with EU allies over cutting Russia from Swift bank system
(tags:Banking Russia UK Europe Ukraine )
Boris Johnson Allowed Russian Interference into the UK as Putin Prepared For War
(tags:UK RUSSIA Conservatives )
An asteroid killed dinosaurs in spring—which might explain why mammals survived
(tags:dinosaurs extinction paleontology )
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Interesting Links for 11-12-2021

Dec. 11th, 2021 12:00 pm
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"10 years late, I have fallen in love with Dark Souls, and you can too"
(tags:games )
Brutal review of Michelin-starred restaurant Bros' goes viral
(tags:restaurant review funny )
New Zealand unanimously passes gender self-ID law in trans rights win
(tags:LGBT transgender newzealand )
Which early hominid are you? (I got homo sapiens sapiens, which delighted me)
(tags:neanderthal prehistory quiz ViaDrCross )
The TikTok Couch Guy on what it's like to be investigated on the internet.
(tags:privacy internet socialmedia OhForFucksSake )
"The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience" makes it clear how impressive modern games can look
(tags:games graphics matrix )
Computers revolutionized chess - Magnus Carlsen wins by being human
(tags:chess games AI humans )
What it's like when your brain starts working properly for the first time
(tags:adhd brain )
How do you do on the digit span memory test? (I top out at 8, and seem to use auditory memory to hold them)
(tags:memory numbers )
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Interesting Links for 11-11-2021

Nov. 11th, 2021 12:00 pm
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The Americans Are Not Impressed By The UK’s Threat to Invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol
(tags:uk usa trade doom politics )
The secret 1930s court case that led to transgender people losing their rights
(tags:law UK history transgender LGBT ViaDrCross )
Psilocybin trial finds psychedelic is effective in treating depression - but has side-effects
(tags:psilocybin depression research )
Remember, brave soldiers fought and died for your right to wear the remembrance thong
(tags:clothes war history wtf )
White House hails vaccine mandates as number of unvaccinated drops 40%
(tags:vaccination usa pandemic GoodNews )
How Are Kids Handling The Pandemic? We Asked Them.
(tags:children pandemic psychology )
North Carolina Republicans Passed A Heavily Skewed Congressional Map. How Will The Courts Respond?
(tags:voting bias usa republicans OhForFucksSake )
Brain Implant Translates Paralyzed Man's Thoughts Into Text With 94% Accuracy at 18 words per minute
(tags:brain neuroscience writing )
What Norwegians are learning as they pioneer autonomous ships
(tags:automation boats )
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Interesting Links for 09-11-2021

Nov. 9th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Ancient wild bees found at Blenheim Palace
(tags:bees )
The Feynman Technique: The Best Way to Learn Anything
(tags:advice learning teaching )
Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work
(tags:portugal work working_hours )
Walmart is using fully driverless trucks to ramp up its online grocery business
(tags:automation driving transport usa )
Disney Plus is upgrading Marvel movies to IMAX aspect ratio
(tags:marvel movies Disney )
Do you think Boris Johnson just likes killing people?
(tags:BorisJohnson murder Pandemic hospital OhForFucksSake )
The Popularity of E-Bikes Isn’t Slowing Down
(tags:bicycles )
What if Xi Jinping just isn't that competent?
(tags:China viaDanielDWilliam )
Alan Cumming Answers Every Question We Have About The Best Bond Movie
(tags:movies JamesBond history )
‘I’m Overdue for a Discussion About My Role in Inspiring ‘Edgelord’ Shit’: A Conversation with Steve Albini
(tags:history society USA offensive music ViaDrCross )
When is the revolution in architecture coming?
(tags:architecture )
Why did ancient Egypt spend 3000 years playing a game nobody else liked?
(tags:games history archeology Egypt )
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Interesting Links for 19-10-2021

Oct. 19th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 02-10-2021

Oct. 2nd, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 08-09-2021

Sep. 8th, 2021 12:00 pm
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By Design - How white communists, socialists, feminists, and capitalists tried to engineer society using kitchen design.
(tags:society kitchens history USA ViaDrCross )
UK to introduce health and social care tax to pay for reforms
(tags:uk tax nhs )
How Sri Lanka's overnight flip to total organic farming has led to an economic disaster
(tags:food organic epicfail farming )
The details of how the NHS/Social care budget increase is being levied seem pretty reasonable to me. Am I missing anything?
(tags:tax uk nhs )
A request for guides on how to communicate effectively with autistic people
(tags:autism communication )
Someone at The Guardian edited Judith Butler's opinions on transphobes out of their interview with her
(tags:lgbt transgender guardian bigotry )
An initial response from the IFS to the announcement on health, social care and National Insurance
(tags:economics tax NHS UK )
The here matrix teaser is fun
(tags:matrix movies )
There are many benefits to being a marine biologist (or How the internet can turn anything into a meme)
(tags:meme Ocean funny )
How to be neurotypical
(tags:neurodiversity funny satire )
Somali feminist: Facebook is being used to silence me
(tags:Facebook censorship somalia OhForFucksSake )
Government says polluters can dump risky sewage into rivers as Brexit disrupts water treatment
(tags:waste UK Europe rivers Doom )
The US health care system has collapsed.
(tags:USA healthcare pandemic )
The world's biggest carbon removal machine has just been turned on (too expensive, but will hopefully get cheaper over time)
(tags:co2 technology )
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Interesting Links for 07-09-2021

Sep. 7th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 31-08-2021

Aug. 31st, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 09-08-2021

Aug. 9th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free to all
(tags:science research publishing uk GoodNews )
Four officers who defended U.S. Capitol against attack have died by suicide
(tags:suicide USA police )
Xsolla fires 150 employees using big data and AI analysis, CEO's letter causes controversy. (and rightly so)
(tags:work OhForFucksSake redundancy technology ai )
What did Margaret Thatcher have to say about climate change?
(tags:margaretthatcher conservatives globalwarming environment pollution )
'Tortured phrases' give away fabricated research papers (what are journals paid for again?)
(tags:research publishing fraud translation ai OhForFucksSake )
Global Warming: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
(tags:globalwarming doom )
Exams remain the best way to guarantee standards, says The Commission on School Reform
(tags:exams school scotland )
Nicaraguan liberals forcibly disbanded by Ortega regime
(tags:nicaragua democracy liberal )
Chinese scientists develop world's strongest glass that's as hard as diamond
(tags:glass china )
Lorry driver showing off his 1337 skills
(tags:tea driving impressive ViaDrCross video )
Vodafone to bring back roaming charges from January
(tags:uk europe phones )
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Interesting Links for 15-07-2021

Jul. 15th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Why are British place names so hard to pronounce?
(tags:language uk history maps video )
Magic! Darkest magic!
(tags:video ViaDrCross magic )
The Ugly Carpets of Vegas are Hideously Clever Social Engineering at Work - Or Are They?
(tags:LasVegas design )
'Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World to close doors for good after nearly 40 years (I was really looking forward to taking Sophia!)
(tags:Edinburgh insects sad )
Why the government did not 'override' an Act of Parliament over overseas aid - the concerning thing is that the government acted in accordance with the law
(tags:law UK aid )
Labels keep 86% of streaming revenues, leaving a pittance for the artists
(tags:music money )
How To Fix Your Joycon Drift Permanently!
(tags:Nintendo video fail )
Racism fuelling far-right threat in UK - MI5's Ken McCallum warns
(tags:racism uk terrorism )
EU unveils sweeping climate change plan
(tags:europe globalwarming )
Is this Britain's oldest intact home? (9th century, carved out of rock)
(tags:homes uk history )
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Interesting Links for 24-06-2021

Jun. 24th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Roaming charges to return for travellers to EU in Brexit blow, leading operator announces
(tags:UK Europe phones )
Fact-checking the debate over low rape prosecution levels in England and Wales
(tags:rape law UK )
Scotland gets a surge of Covid cases because of football
(tags:football pandemic )
The Nordic Model of dealing with sex work is terrible.
(tags:sexwork nordic Sweden OhForFucksSake )
Brexit: The Biggest Claims From The Remain And Leave Campaigns That Never Happened
(tags:uk europe )
Large-scale CO2 removal facility set for Scotland
(tags:scotland co2 )
Almost 40% of Covid sufferers still experiencing persistent symptoms after 12 weeks
(tags:pandemic doom )
How the Covid vaccine really works (with cats!)
(tags:cats vaccine animation ViaDrCross )
Brexit: Collapse in British exports hands Irish Republic a trade surplus (cross-border trade between the Republic and Northern Ireland also massively up)
(tags:uk europe ireland trade )
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