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andrewducker
Nice sunset.
(And lovely that the sun is up when I wake the kids at 7am and the sky
still looks like this when I get home at 6pm)
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andrewduckerI need to know about movie improvements
Feb. 25th, 2026 02:25 pmandrewduckerA critical question came up at lunch today, for which I do not have a satisfactory answer. So, throwing it open to the floor:
Are there *any* movies which would not be improved by the addition of Godzilla?
Are there *any* movies which would not be improved by the addition of Godzilla?
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Feb. 25th, 2026 01:51 amandrewducker
Sophia spent a chunk of Monday evening writing up her half term week
without having to. Her handwriting is already better than mine.
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Interesting Links for 24-02-2026
Feb. 24th, 2026 12:02 pmandrewducker- 1. AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data
- (tags:copyright ai books )
- 2. We should make it easier for people to vaccinate their children
- (tags:austerity poverty vaccination UK )
- 3. Green light for World Cup opening hours in Edinburgh (until 7am in some cases)
- (tags:football alcohol edinburgh )
- 4. RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum
- (tags:food ai OhForFucksSake )
Interesting Links for 23-02-2026
Feb. 23rd, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. How far back in time can you understand English?
- (tags:language English history )
- 2. I hadn't realised that 7 of the biggest 8 offshore wind farms in the world were British
- (tags:UK windpower )
- 3. Judge forced to slash SF jury pool over hate for Elon Musk
- (tags:ElonMusk law usa )
- 4. Building a Beauty and the Beast rose petal timer using shape metal and an Arduino. Incredibly impressive stuff.
- (tags:cosplay impressive viaSwampers technology )
- 5. What If We've Been Wrong About How ADHD Drugs Work?
- (tags:adhd drugs sleep )
- 6. Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producer (replacing styrofoam with mushroom-based packaging)
- (tags:materials fungus packaging )
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Feb. 22nd, 2026 09:41 amandrewducker
Spent the afternoon at Hugh and Meredith's, where Hugh showed Sophia
how his 3d printer works (and how he makes 3d dungeons out of foam).
Very cool stuff, and they both enjoyed their souvenirs.
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is here on Pixelfed.scot.
Interesting Links for 21-02-2026
Feb. 21st, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies
- (tags:brain scanning )
- 2. The political effects of X's feed algorithm (a swing to the right of nearly 5%)
- (tags:politics socialmedia USA twitter )
- 3. What happens when you don't proofread your emails
- (tags:language epicfail funny )
Interesting Links for 20-02-2026
Feb. 20th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Looksmaxxing: Myth Vs. Fact
- (tags:funny trends beauty society bodyimage )
- 2. An excellent break down of the EHRC trangender toilet case, and the High Court findings. It is, as you might expect, a mess.
- (tags:law transgender uk lgbt )
- 3. Sizing chaos - an incredibly visualised look at how and why women's clothes sizing is a mess that lets down half of all women
- (tags:women clothing visualisation OhForFucksSake history society )
- 4. Psychology of Gen X Parents (I feel called out. Or described. Or something)
- (tags:psychology demographics history video )
- 5. What is Going on with Colorectal Cancer in young people?
- (tags:cancer age statistics )
Interesting Links for 19-02-2026
Feb. 19th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Messages telling people to gamble responsibly have no effect.
- (tags:gambling )
- 2. One Way to Immunize Yourself Against Pseudoscience and Other Nonsense
- (tags:belief science )
- 3. A lost story from The Dark Is Rising.(Made for TV in the 70s)
- (tags:fiction children UK video viaDrJon )
- 4. Tactical voting - a ton of information about who voters would pick in various situations
- (tags:voting polls uk )
- 5. Designing for the average designs for no one - Lessons from the U.S. Air Force Cockpit Design (
- (tags:design average usa military )
Life with two kids: A little curiosity
Feb. 18th, 2026 08:07 pmandrewduckerThree minutes ago Sophia asked me how to spell "pregnancy simulator", and now I'm getting the regular buzz of notifications as she installs apps on her phone.
Interesting Links for 18-02-2026
Feb. 18th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. U.K. government covered up dramatic spike in trans youth suicides
- (tags:transgender suicide UK OhForFucksSake LGBT )
- 2. WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
- (tags:manufacturing harddrive Technology doom )
- 3. Ancient bacteria found frozen in cave resistant to 10 types of antibiotics
- (tags:antibiotics bacteria doom )
- 4. Fake law: Barrister suing Dan Neidle relied on cases from ChatGPT
- (tags:ai law fail UK )
- 5. The association between academic pressure and adolescent depressive symptoms and self-harm
- (tags:mentalhealth academia UK psychology )
- 6. Using Origami to Imagine Emergency Shelters That Are Sturdy, Cost-Efficient and Easy to Deploy
- (tags:origami materials design architecture )
- 7. Amazon are cracking down on erotica
- (tags:erotica publishing Amazon OhForFucksSake )
- 8. How "Remote Assistance" works with Waymo's autonomous taxis.
- (tags:taxi driving automation )
- 9. Inside Horden, the County Durham town failed by politics (if you were wondering why people are turning to Reform)
- (tags:politics poverty uk )
- 10. New Silent Hill game inspired by tiny fishing village in Fife
- (tags:horror games scotland )
Interesting Links for 16-02-2026
Feb. 16th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Good Omens Season 3 Release Date Confirmed By Prime Video To Close Out Hit Show
- (tags:TV neilgaiman terrypratchett )
- 2. On the immorality of bad jokes
- (tags:jokes funny comic philosophy )
- 3. I don't understand why people are using the internet less
- (tags:internet phones society awfulness comic )
- 4. In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud
- (tags:Technology sound music )
- 5. Shingles Vaccine Linked to Slower Biological Aging
- (tags:vaccine age )
- 6. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy stage show - a review
- (tags:review HHG2G )
- 7. What Exact Products Do Games Sell, Two Case Studies
- (tags:games design )
- 8. A brief history of "Mysterioso Pizzicato" - one of the most famous pieces of music you may not have thought about.
- (tags:music movies video )
Interesting Links for 15-02-2026
Feb. 15th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Trans women can use women's toilets, except at work, court rules
- (tags:LGBT transgender UK law wtf bigotry viacmcmck )
- 2. Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
- (tags:politics UK reform )
- 3. FAQ: Trans inclusion after the High Court decision on the EHRC's interim guidance
- (tags:LGBT faq transgender toilets UK law )
- 4. Moving TV to online-only could kill radio
- (tags:UK TV radio )
Life with two children: a shared concern
Feb. 15th, 2026 10:20 amandrewduckerSophia, tapping frantically at her tablet screen: "Gaah! I need to drop off my baby at nursery so I can get to work!"
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Feb. 14th, 2026 10:32 amandrewducker
Day at the beach. They had lots of fun, even if it was 1 degree above
freezing.
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Interesting Links for 14-02-2026
Feb. 14th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. English schools told they have to out trans children
- (tags:bigotry lgbt children transgender uk england )
- 2. Every £1 invested in buses generates £5.
- (tags:transport investment buses )
- 3. Trans people facing 'workers' rights crisis' as court rules employers can ban trans women from using female toilets
- (tags:lgbt bigotry law toilets transgender uk )
- 4. Russian bot dreams of life beyond repeatedly typing "Vote Reform"
- (tags:politics ai satire funny )
- 5. Somehow "The Bone Witcher of Knob Mountain" is not "romance"
- (tags:publishing sex wtf )
- 6. European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
- (tags:LGBT transgender Europe GoodNews )
Life with two kids: No memory to speak of
Feb. 13th, 2026 05:21 pmandrewduckerIt's amazing that my mood depends so much on what my children remember to bring home from school.
(Yesterday, down two bus passes and a backpack, misery.
Today, all of their belongings, relief!)
(Yesterday, down two bus passes and a backpack, misery.
Today, all of their belongings, relief!)
Interesting Links for 13-02-2026
Feb. 13th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. The Agile Manifesto is 25 years old!
- (tags:software development history )
- 2. Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters (and why juries are important)
- (tags:usa law )
- 3. Putin's megaphone: Orbán's far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil
- (tags:Hungary Russia bigotry uk )
- 4. Scottish government bans wet wipes containing plastic
- (tags:scotland plastic pollution babies )