Photo cross-post
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andrewducker
I do like how Edinburgh looks at this time of year.
(Sorry about the reflections, I'm on a bus)
Original
is here on Pixelfed.scot.
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The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Nov. 20th, 2025 09:09 amjames_davis_nicoll
A park guide's life is upended by a pandemic and her charming, idiot son.
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Interesting Links for 20-11-2025
Nov. 20th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
- (tags:AI Christmas epicfail )
- 2. The 10 most important life lessons to master in your 30s
- (tags:life advice )
- 3. Building on Ruins: The Russification of Mariupol, One Apartment Block at a Time
- (tags:Ukraine Russia OhForFucksSake )
- 4. UK Supreme Court rules Christian-focused RE taught in NI schools is unlawful
- (tags:law UK religion christianity GoodNews NorthernIreland )
- 5. Worrying about UPFs is extremely premature
- (tags:research food health )
- 6. Christian school objects to children singing about demons. Even about the hunting thereof.
- (tags:singing christianity religion uk )
- 7. The U.S.'s first out trans diplomat was once considered a hero. Now she may never come home.
- (tags:LGBT transgender USA bigotry OhForFucksSake )
- 8. Pfizer's mRNA flu shot outperforms standard flu vaccine in late-stage trial
- (tags:flu vaccine )
- 9. The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
- (tags:patents usa OhForFucksSake intellectual_property )
- 10. Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can't Pretend Anymore
- (tags:women age psychology )
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Watching The Adventures of Superman
Nov. 19th, 2025 06:37 pmjames_davis_nicoll"Could it be that (Superman) hides behind the darkest disguise of all? Could it be that he is a woman?"
"(...) What made you ask that?"
"Because he has compassion. He aids people in trouble. He helps the weak. "
It is possible the bad guy in The Secret of Superman has issues.
"(...) What made you ask that?"
"Because he has compassion. He aids people in trouble. He helps the weak. "
It is possible the bad guy in The Secret of Superman has issues.
Bundle of Holding: Yeld 2E
Nov. 19th, 2025 01:59 pmjames_davis_nicoll
This new Yeld 2E Bundle presents the 2024 Second Edition of The Magical Land of Yeld, the all-ages tabletop fantasy roleplaying game from Atarashi Games about young heroes (called Friends) finding their way home.
Bundle of Holding: Yeld 2E
james_davis_nicoll
Civilization has crashed, humanity may be virtually extinct, but library books must be returned to their proper facility!
The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse, volume 2 by Haruo Iwamune (Translated by John Neal)
Interesting Links for 19-11-2025
Nov. 19th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Schizophrenia might make you like cats!
- (tags:schizophrenia cats ToxoplasmaGondii )
- 2. What it's like being pregnant on a remote Scottish island
- (tags:babies scotland video )
- 3. The UK Boiler Upgrade Scheme has been expanded to include air-to-air heat pumps, and can do cooling as well as heating
- (tags:heating UK )
- 4. Top writers ruled out of NZ book awards due to AI covers
- (tags:AI awards writing art newzealand )
- 5. Strange Structures Found Lurking in The Blood of People With Long COVID
- (tags:viaKenny Pandemic blood )
- 6. On the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's shadow fleet
- (tags:shipping Russia trade oil )
Interesting Links for 18-11-2025
Nov. 18th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. There has to be a better way to make titanium
- (tags:materials )
- 2. Reselling tickets above face value set to be banned by UK government
- (tags:concerts tickets regulation UK )
- 3. Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died
- (tags:history obituary games lgbt )
No election
Nov. 17th, 2025 10:54 pmjames_davis_nicollNot over this budget, anyway.
It boggles me that Canada had to endure 13 days of ambiguity about the budget vote. What next, an election cycle that lasts five whole weeks? The suspense would be palpable.
It boggles me that Canada had to endure 13 days of ambiguity about the budget vote. What next, an election cycle that lasts five whole weeks? The suspense would be palpable.
Five Reasons to Leave the House and Go Explore a Used Bookstore
Nov. 17th, 2025 12:22 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The sights, the smells... the savings!!!
Five Reasons to Leave the House and Go Explore a Used Bookstore
Clarke Award Finalists 2022
Nov. 17th, 2025 10:19 amjames_davis_nicoll2022: The British are heartened by Partygate revelations that the Tories celebrated in trust the gatherings barred to the rabble during Covid, the UK teaches the world a thing or two about political stability by going through three Prime Ministers in less than two months, and Queen Elizabeth II escapes the prospect of discovering how exactly the UK would continue its downward political arc.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2022 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
A River Called Time by Courttia Newland
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley
Wergen: The Alien Love War by Mercurio D. Rivera
If I say I did not hear of something, it means that it is new to me. Did I not at least glance at the Clarkes in 2022?
Poll #33843 Clarke Award Finalists 2022
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 33
Which 2022 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
View Answers
Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles
0 (0.0%)
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
31 (93.9%)
A River Called Time by Courttia Newland
0 (0.0%)
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
3 (9.1%)
Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley
2 (6.1%)
Wergen: The Alien Love War by Mercurio D. Rivera
1 (3.0%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2022 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
A River Called Time by Courttia Newland
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley
Wergen: The Alien Love War by Mercurio D. Rivera
If I say I did not hear of something, it means that it is new to me. Did I not at least glance at the Clarkes in 2022?
Interesting Links for 17-11-2025
Nov. 17th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. A Crucial Genetic Mutation Behind Crohn's Disease Has Finally Been Revealed
- (tags:disease genetics )
- 2. The North-South Tramline: Building a Connected, Prosperous Edinburgh?
- (tags:transport economics Edinburgh )
- 3. Behold - the Future of Poltics!
- (tags:politics satire comic conspiracy )
- 4. The sad truth about most end of life healthcare
- (tags:healthcare age satire funny comic )
- 5. Repeated mRNA Covid vaccinations make a more diverse and stronger T-cell response
- (tags:vaccine pandemic GoodNews )
Photo cross-post
Nov. 16th, 2025 12:13 pmandrewducker
After several hours of hammering and some excellent assistance from
Sophia, we have constructed a child-stacking device.
(Side-pieces to be constructed tomorrow)
Original
is here on Pixelfed.scot.
A Sweet Sweet Summer by Jane Gaskell
Nov. 16th, 2025 09:08 amjames_davis_nicoll
Alien invasion and the local Nazis complicate Pelham "Rat" Garfield's simple dream of being a successful pimp.
A Sweet Sweet Summer by Jane Gaskell
Interesting Links for 16-11-2025
Nov. 16th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. What's behind Rachel Reeves's hokey cokey on income tax rises?
- (tags:tax uk politics )
- 2. US police propagandists get paid to oppose views of the actual polled police
- (tags:police propaganda )
- 3. Alastair Campbell says senior BBC staff 'in the JK Rowling camp'
- (tags:LGBT transgender BBC bigotry )
- 4. Are Dogs and Cats on TikTok Really "Talking" with Buttons?
- (tags:animals language communication )
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- transgender,
- uk
Interesting Links for 15-11-2025
Nov. 15th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. I am fascinated by how much language cats and dogs can have when you give them the opportunity
- (tags:communication cats dogs )
- 2. if I was designing a kid's toy then I wouldn't connect it to an AI without making sure it wouldn't teach them about matches, knives and sexual kinks
- (tags:ai toys children wtf )
- 3. Do not compare yourself to people you see online. They quite possibly don't look like that
- (tags:ai video bodies society )
- 4. France drops demand for UK to pay up front for Brexit reset talks on cheaper food
- (tags:uk europe food trade france )
- 5. Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
- (tags:ai belief patterns delusion )
Outgunned Math Question
Nov. 14th, 2025 08:30 pmjames_davis_nicollOutgunned's task resolution system involves rolling six-sided dice and looking for sets.
Some explanation behind a cut.
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Some explanation behind a cut.
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