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Interesting Links for 13-05-2024

May. 13th, 2024 12:00 pm
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1. Terry Pratchett On Trans Folk
(tags:transgender terrypratchett )
2. What's the difference between the British and Finnish welfare systems?
(tags:welfare UK Finland )
3. Wes Streeting explains why Labour are fine with starving children
(tags:Labour children welfare poverty OhForFucksSake )
4. What happened to the Great Library of Alexandria?
(tags:library history )
5. 30,000 rare oysters being reintroduced to Firth of Forth
(tags:Scotland seafood nature )
6. Small nuclear reactors don't add up as a viable energy source
(tags:nuclearpower economics )
7. Internet use is linked to higher wellbeing
(tags:happiness internet )
8. Economic performance is stronger when Democrats hold the White House
(tags:economics usa republicans democrats politics )
9. The Aurora Borealis from Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
(tags:edinburgh auroraborealis photos )
10. Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'
(tags:whales speech language )
11. Have no doubt: we are at war with Russia
(tags:russia war )
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Interesting Links for 31-03-2024

Mar. 31st, 2024 12:00 pm
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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 27-11-2023

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Interesting Links for 29-08-2023

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Interesting Links for 04-07-2023

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Interesting Links for 21-05-2023

May. 21st, 2023 12:00 pm
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1. China calls in loans to Pakistan, Kenya, dozens more (many of such loans were made secretly, on unfair terms, and used for corruption)
(tags:corruption China loans economics Doom )
2. How many of these dating deal-breakers apply to you?
(tags:relationships polls )
3. Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?
(tags:whales boats violence )
4. People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting.
(tags:addiction medicine )
5. The Aristotelian Monroe-Warhol Bean Conspiracy
(tags:jokes art beans )
6. Canon! Vs! Fanfic!
(tags:fanfic canon funny fiction writing )
7. How involved were the Osage with Killers of the Flower Moon?
(tags:movies history USA )
8. Pfeilstorch - how an African spear told us what happens to birds in the winter
(tags:birds migration history Africa Germany )
9. Sex Ed Books Don't "Groom" Kids and Teens. They Protect Them.
(tags:children education books sex )
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Interesting Links for 07-12-2021

Dec. 7th, 2021 01:43 pm
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Can coronavirus cause diabetes, or make it worse?
(tags:diabetes Pandemic Doom )
Rail freight boosted by HGV driver shortage and climate change
(tags:trains transport shipping GoodNews uk )
Uber prices could rise 20% after UK VAT ruling
(tags:tax UK law taxi )
As few as 1 in 10 Covid infections checked for omicron, as 'community transmission' confirmed
(tags:UK Pandemic Doom )
Two hippos at Belgian zoo test positive for Covid
(tags:hippo Pandemic )
Virgin Media O2 completes gigabit upgrade after two years (I'm on the much slower 350Mbit speed)
(tags:broadband internet UK virgin )
What Whale Barnacles Can Tell Us
(tags:whales history biology )
How the Government both won and lost the Priti Patel High Court bullying case
(tags:law bullying government uk )
Robot facial expressions are getting pretty good
(tags:robots faces viaJamesNicoll )
A feel-good, time-travelling Christmas movie starring Michael Sheen, you say?
(tags:movies viaLilysea christmas timetravel )
DARPA Funded Researchers Accidentally Create The World's First Warp Bubble
(tags:physics space )
What's Putin really up to with Ukraine?
(tags:russia ukraine usa )
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Interesting Links for 26-09-2021

Sep. 26th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 28-08-2021

Aug. 28th, 2021 12:00 pm
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Google understands what I'm looking for in a phone
(tags:Google video funny technology Android phones )
Boris Johnson 'privately accepts' up to 50,000 annual Covid deaths as an acceptable level
(tags:death pandemic UK )
Russian Warhammer 40k LARP looks amazing (and intense)
(tags:Warhammer larp )
Microsoft won't stop you installing Windows 11 on older PCs
(tags:Windows obsolescence GoodNews )
Why Windows 11 has such strict hardware requirements, according to Microsoft
(tags:Microsoft Windows security processor )
What happens when you take a Trump lawsuit seriously?
(tags:politics law USA fraud )
Intergenerational inequality is just ludicrously large
(tags:inequality history demographics visualisation viaSwampers )
Just William, The Omen, and the Jew of Malta - how Good Omens came to be
(tags:neilgaiman terrypratchett writing )
Facebook "transparency report" turns out to be anything but
(tags:transparency Facebook fraud )
UK loses 83% of department stores since BHS collapsed five years ago
(tags:shopping UK )
UK Government to ban single-use plastic cutlery
(tags:UK plastic environment )
Ancient four-legged whale found in Egypt named after god of death
(tags:paleontology whales )
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Interesting Links for 31-05-2020

May. 31st, 2020 12:00 pm
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How to Care for a Toddler and a Newborn at the Same Time
(tags:babies advice )
Coronavirus spreading too fast to ease lockdown restrictions
(tags:pandemic Doom UK )
Trump's Executive Order Isn't About Twitter - It's About Mark Zuckerberg
(tags:Facebook Twitter politics USA )
How the Fake Lesbians of t.A.T.u. Changed Queerness in Russia Forever
(tags:LGBT Russia viaSwampers lesbians )
Oldest nearly complete HIV genome found in forgotten tissue sample from 1966
(tags:history hiv virus )
Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots
(tags:automation journalism Microsoft )
Humpback Whales bounce back from near extinction to help fight climate change
(tags:whales GoodNews Australia )
England to limit students going to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
(tags:England education OhForFucksSake )
Men hired for sexual fantasy break into wrong house
(tags:fetish sex fail )
Why I quit working on Boris Johnson's 'world-beating' test-and-tracing system
(tags:OhForFucksSake pandemic )
Looks like "really good rechargeable toothbrushes" are now cheap (if not available in the UK yet)
(tags:teeth technology )
Why do all your small items end up inside duvet covers in washing machines?
(tags:physics washing viaSwampers )
People Drawn to Conspiracy Theories Share a Cluster of Psychological Features
(tags:psychology conspiracy )
Stormtroopers Used to Enforce Social Distancing at Disney World
(tags:StarWars Disney pandemic )
Leadership, anxiety and apologies - how political leadership impacts on our mental health
(tags:mentalhealth politics pandemic Wales )
Toothpaste with a 'heart of glass'
(tags:teeth )
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Interesting Links for 03-01-2020

Jan. 3rd, 2020 12:00 pm
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Details of Valve's unreleased Portal prequel revealed
(tags:games valve video )
Higher cow-milk fat intake is associated with lower childhood adiposity
(tags:fat weight children )
The many crimes of Macavity
(tags:crime cats musicals )
Ex-Google exec savages firm on human rights
(tags:rights China google )
80% of betting company money comes from 2% of customers
(tags:gambling )
Jimmy Savile and the BBC: the report's key sections
Yes, it's a couple of years old, but I just bumped into it.
(tags:OhForFucksSake bbc children rape RapeCulture viaFJM )
The extensive problems with Keir Starmer's past
(tags:Labour politics crime OhForFucksSake rape )
The best way to make popcorn
(tags:food )
Duolingo sparks Gaelic boom as young Scots shrug off 'cringe' factor
(tags:Scotland language )
Psilocybin found safe for consumption in largest ever controlled study
(tags:psilocybin psychology depression research safety )
U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy
(tags:nicotine smoking USA jobs OhForFucksSake )
U.S. kills top Iranian commander Soleimani in air strike
(tags:USA Iran iraq )
Epilepsy Foundation Was Targeted in Mass Strobe Cyberattack
Also: 30 times? Can someone help them with their security?
(tags:assault epilipsy OhForFucksSake hacking )
Words used in fanfic to describe genitals. Warning: may cause giggling
(tags:writing fanfic genitals funny )
Why killer whales—and humans—evolved menopause
(tags:grandparents whales menstruation fertility family )
Which emoji scissors close (I love the obsession you get with these)
(tags:emoji design )
Most illustrations of butterflies show dead ones
(tags:insects illustration death )
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Interesting Links for 10-07-2019

Jul. 10th, 2019 01:00 pm
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MPs vote to extend abortion and same-sex marriage rights to Northern Ireland
(tags:lgbt abortion marriage equality NorthernIreland Yay )
Nerve transfer restores hand function, elbow extension in paralyzed patients
(tags:nerves medicine amazing )
In Japan, the business of watching whales is far larger than hunting them
(tags:whales tourism food )
Corbyn admits Labour could still fight next general election as pro-Brexit party
(tags:UK Europe labour )
Giant marble pyramid-shaped island complex rising from sea uncovered, revealing secrets of ancient Greece's origins
(tags:Greece prehistory archeology religion )
Beluga whale returns phone to tourist
(tags:whales phones video )
Intention to fine Marriott more than £99M under GDPR for data breach
(tags:dataprotection fines Europe privacy )
Restaurant reviews of places that really really aren't restaurants
(tags:restaurant review funny )
MPs back Dominic Grieve plan to make no-deal Brexit harder in knife-edge Commons vote
(tags:politics UK Europe Doom )
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Interesting Links for 12-06-2019

Jun. 12th, 2019 01:37 pm
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A thread of gay lions in religious children's books
(tags:lions lgbt children religion books )
Testing An Evo Psych Theory Outside Of The Lab: Prestige And Dominance-Based Social Hierarchies Emerge Even Amongst Cornish Choirs And Chess Clubs
(tags:psychology behaviour )
IBM and the Holocaust - some details
(tags:ibm Holocaust Technology history viaSwampers )
Canada to ban keeping whales, dolphins in captivity
(tags:whales dolphins canada )
Don't start pining for Theresa May: she was unspeakably dire and this disaster's on her
Well, and David Cameron.
(tags:uk europe politics Conservatives )
Brexit: Labour announce bid to block new Tory PM from suspending parliament to force through no-deal
(tags:UK Europe parliament )
Today's 75-year-olds didn't fight the war - so why do we think they did?
(tags:UK history age wwii )
Rough Consensus: How Do You Make Good Decisions Efficiently in a Flat Organization?
(tags:organisation decisions )
It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew. This is the story of the 2008 Universal fire.
(tags:music history epicfail )
Organ donation is now opt-out in Scotland
(tags:Scotland organdonor GoodNews )
Fantasy's Widow: The Fight Over The Legacy Of Dungeons & Dragons 
(tags:dungeonsanddragons history death sad )
How trans-hostile activists are leveraging a small group of people worldwide to drive their agenda
(tags:transgender lgbt twitter OhForFucksSake )
Scientists close in on hidden Scottish meteorite crater
(tags:Scotland meteor )
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Interesting Links for 30-05-2019

May. 30th, 2019 12:57 pm
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Retirement should be a right. But it's in danger of becoming a privilege for the rich
(tags:inequality UK )
Advertising as a major source of human dissatisfaction
(tags:advertising happiness )
What incels really are
(tags:relationships OhForFucksSake patriarchy )
In 1996 Terry Pratchett interviewed Bill Gates and accurately predicted how the internet would propagate and legitimise fake news. Gates didn't believe him.…
(tags:terrypratchett billgates news fraud predictions )
Chrome is about to lose a bunch of its ad blocking capability
(tags:advertising web Chrome Google OhForFucksSake )
Twitter Has Started Researching Whether White Supremacists Belong on Twitter
(tags:Twitter nazis )
Why Britain should be building more nuclear plants
(tags:nuclearpower globalwarming )
You should pretend to be a whale. It's good for your brain.
(tags:whales oxygen brain weird )
People Who Self-Harm May Be Compensating For Their Difficulty Interpreting Bodily Signals of Emotion
(tags:self-harm bodies emotion psychology )
The USA is apparently now beyond satire
(tags:USA wtf energy )
FactCheck: Labour rulebook doesn't mention IHRA antisemitism definition or examples
(tags:Labour Jews )
Further extensions to Rock Paper Scissors
(tags:games )
Post Mortem: What the European elections tell us about a second referendum
(tags:uk europe )
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Interesting Links for 30-04-2019

Apr. 30th, 2019 12:00 pm
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Simon Pegg & Nick Frost To Adapt 'Rivers of London'
(tags:tv books fantasy )
Court Case Conclusively Proves a Hash Brown is Not a Phone
I mean, not really, but it's a great headline
(tags:phones driving law )
Norway finds 'Russian spy whale' off Arctic Coast
(tags:russia spying whales )
Release of '13 Reasons Why' associated with 30% increase in youth suicide rates
(tags:suicide tv )
Arya Stark is left handed. Maisie Williams is not. She's just more badass than you thought. She made the choice to play Arya left handed when she was 12 and stuck with it for a decade
(tags:gameofthrones fighting acting impressive )
Blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome could speed diagnosis
(tags:ChronicFatigueSyndrome blood )
Corbynista left splits over Brexit referendum
(tags:UK europe labour politics )
Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me would be better if he'd read any of the Science Fiction he looks down on
(tags:scifi writing review )
Interesting piece about the latest Game Of Thrones episode
(tags:gameofthrones viaSwampers )
Gamers Blame Socialism for Making Women in Mortal Kombat 'Ugly'
(tags:beauty women games design OhForFucksSake )
Labour's process for dealing with racism accusations is shockingly awful
(tags:labour racism OhForFucksSake )
How do people see the different parties in terms of Brexit?
(tags:UK europe polls )
Why is Game of Thrones so dark? We asked the cinematographer
(tags:film tv gameofthrones )
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Interesting Links for 26-03-2019

Mar. 26th, 2019 01:10 pm
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17 Million Signatures - a campaign to get the petition to match the vote count of the referendum
(tags:UK europe petition referendum )
Next time you need an alternative to "guys" for a group of people.
(tags:language gender )
Finally: Parliament takes control of Brexit
(tags:UK europe politics )
Masterplan to expand Edinburgh Waverley by 2048 goes on public display
(tags:Edinburgh trains transport )
Too poor to play: children in social housing blocked from communal playground
(tags:children inequality play OhForFucksSake uk )
Why Captain Marvel resonated with women so much
(tags:marvel movies women society )
Millennial men still don't see women as their equals
(tags:gender men women society patriarchy )
MPs take control of Brexit: What the hell happens now?
(tags:politics uk europe hope )
I forgive myself, now I can study: How self-forgiveness for procrastinating can reduce future procrastination
(tags:forgiveness psychology procrastination )
Fossil barnacles reveal whales have followed same migration routes for hundreds of thousands of years
(tags:whales prehistory )
Testosterone Increases The Aggressiveness Of Some Men More Than Others, Depending On Their Personality And Genes
(tags:testosterone aggression genetics men )
Neurons And Intelligence: A Birdbrained Perspective
(tags:Intelligence ape birds humans brain )
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Interesting Links for 15-09-2018

Sep. 15th, 2018 12:00 pm
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An excellent summary of how badly the Brexit negotiations are going
(tags: uk NorthernIreland Europe doom viaFrancescaElston )
Beluga whales adopt lost narwhal in St. Lawrence River
(tags: whales )
Advocates hold birthday party for 30-year-old Boston gas leak
(tags: gas )
Dietary fiber reduces brain inflammation during aging
(tags: diet brain inflammation )
Scientists reveal drumming helps schoolchildren diagnosed with autism
(tags: music autism children drums )
Keep them guessing, keep them gaming: Uncertain rewards motivate consumers to make repeat purchases
(tags: psychology addiction )
Afghan father who sought refuge in UK shot dead by Taliban after being deported by Home Office
(tags: uk Afghanistan immigration OhForFucksSake )
The body in charge of ensuring the EU referendum was fair gave out the wrong advice and helped Vote Leave. This isn’t democracy
(tags: referendum UK Europe fraud OhForFucksSake )
BBC Question Time⁩ producer & person responsible for audience/panel selection revealed to be a member of British far right fascist organizations.
(tags: bbc racism politics tv OhForFucksSake )
Divorce law: Plans to overhaul archaic laws revealed
(tags: UK law divorce )
The UK's approach to negotiating with the EU continues to be...not good
(tags: uk europe fail )
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