Interesting Links for 16-01-2026
Jan. 16th, 2026 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewducker- 1. Making it illegal to buy sex hurts sex workers the most
- (tags:sexwork decriminalization scotland OhForFucksSake law )
- 2. Open Infrastructure Map (cool to see how much stuff is being built off the coast of the UK right now)
- (tags:infrastructure map )
- 3. Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and Solar Buildout
- (tags:windpower solarpower renewables photos china infrastructure )
- 4. UK offshore wind prices come in 40% cheaper than gas in record auction
- (tags:windpower economics )
- 5. Student arrested for eating AI art in protest
- (tags:art ai )
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Interesting Links for 14-01-2026
Jan. 14th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Trump v BBC - a guide to the case
- (tags:usa uk bbc politics law )
- 2. Iranian-linked Scottish accounts fall silent again with Iran's internet blackout
- (tags:iran scotland propaganda )
- 3. Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled amid controversy over disinvitation of author Randa Abdel-Fattah
- (tags:Australia Palestine Israel writing festival )
- 4. New Tesla feature to automatically create explicit images of pedestrians it passes on the street
- (tags:satire funny Tesla nudity )
- 5. Zoe Saldaña Becomes Highest-Grossing Actor of All Time With 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'
- (tags:movies money )
- 6. Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK
- (tags:IDCards Labour )
- 7. Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI in Its Content or Designs, Says None of Its Senior Managers Are Currently Excited About the Tech
- (tags:AI GamesWorkshop Warhammer )
- 8. Making a natural freezer
- (tags:temperature video ice )
- 9. A divorce lawyer on the concept of "soulmates"
- (tags:love relationships video )
- 10. The polls in Wales are, frankly, unprecedented
- (tags:Wales polls )
- 11. Contract secured for one of world's largest offshore wind farms Berwick Bank (off the coast of Scotland)
- (tags:scotland electricity windpower )
- 12. Scientists confirm 2025 was the third hottest year on record
- (tags:globalwarming doom )
- 13. What's the stick in *your* stream?
- (tags:advice life )
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- scotland,
- temperature,
- tesla,
- uk,
- usa,
- video,
- wales,
- warhammer,
- windpower,
- writing
Interesting Links for 13-01-2026
Jan. 13th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. The 8 ways that all the elements in the Universe are made
- (tags:matter physics space )
- 2. Hormone therapy reduces suicidality in trans teens
- (tags:children suicide transgender hormones LGBT )
- 3. Behind the scenes with an artist from Zootopia 2
- (tags:Disney art animation technology )
- 4. Estrogen increases gut pain
- (tags:estrogen pain )
- 5. Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds dangerous flaws
- (tags:ai google health misinformation OhForFucksSake )
- 6. New research explores ecological and social roots of same-sex sexual behaviour in primates
- (tags:primates homosexuality lgbt )
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- misinformation,
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- pain,
- physics,
- primates,
- space,
- suicide,
- technology,
- transgender
Interesting Links for 12-01-2026
Jan. 12th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Brands say Amazon's 'Buy for Me' is listing their products without permission
- (tags:Amazon shopping )
- 2. 1970 Paris, cut into a grid and photographed
- (tags:Paris photos history )
- 3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Using a Tape Recorder for the First Time, Reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952)
- (tags:Tolkien reading TheHobbit audio )
Interesting Links for 09-01-2026
Jan. 9th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Danish troops told to 'shoot first, ask questions later' if US invades Greenland
- (tags:usa greenland denmark war doom )
- 2. What is the product placement in Lord of the Rings? (read the comments)
- (tags:lotr advertising viaSwampers )
- 3. How do UK voters feel about coalitions, and what kind would they like to see?
- (tags:uk coalition politics polls )
Interesting Links for 07-01-2026
Jan. 7th, 2026 12:01 pmandrewducker- 1. How LEGO made its new Smart Bricks
- (tags:lego Technology viaSwampers )
- 2. Why managing Donald Trump will be far more important than defending international law for Keir Starmer in Paris
- (tags:politics ukraine greenland usa uk europe )
- 3. Nvidia unveils self-driving car tech
- (tags:nvidia driving automation )
- 4. False Hydra (a suggested gaming monster that's delightfully creepy in a way I haven't seen in a while)
- (tags:monsters roleplaying )
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- driving,
- europe,
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- uk,
- ukraine,
- usa,
- viaswampers
Photo cross-post
Jan. 4th, 2026 12:50 pmandrewducker
It snowed today, just a little bit. But it was totally worth taking
the children out for a walk round the pond and up the hill to be in
it.
Original
is here on Pixelfed.scot.
Life with two kids: No peace for the wicked.
Jan. 4th, 2026 06:34 pmandrewduckerIf you want a picture of the future, imagine me sitting on the sofa trying to read a book with Sophia on my left asking for help with Stardew Valley and Gideon on my right asking for help with Lego Star Wars - for ever.
Interesting Links for 04-01-2026
Jan. 4th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Who is to blame for the current state of the USA?
- (tags:USA constitution politics )
- 2. Custom biotech is here (grey market advances on GLP, with more following)
- (tags:weight drugs biotech )
- 3. People with ADHD have higher prevalence of severe perimenopausal symptoms. These symptoms present at an earlier age.
- (tags:age menstruation adhd )
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- age,
- biotech,
- constitution,
- drugs,
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- usa,
- weight
Photo cross-post
Jan. 3rd, 2026 10:34 amandrewducker
It's not often I wish I had a proper camera, but trying to capture the
moon over Arthur's Seat is definitely one of them.
Original
is here on Pixelfed.scot.