Andrew Ducker

Link Post: How insider trading from the White House is working https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/815576240604004352?source=share

Link Post: Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/neanderthals-drilled-cavities-to-treat-a-toothache-59000-years-ago/

Link Post: UK confirms ban on cryptocurrency donations and limit on foreign donors in blow for Reform https://news.sky.com/story/major-curbs-to-party-donations-from-overseas-proposed-in-blow-for-reform-13524214

Link Post: An excellent analysis of where things stand with Iran, and what happened in the last year that led us here https://acoup.blog/2026/03/25/miscellanea-the-war-in-iran/

Link Post: The UK is on course for Net Zero by 2050. With 64% of the population in favour https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/uk-oil-gas-net-zero-iran-climate-b2946027.html

Link Post: Huge surge in AI misconduct cases recorded at Edinburgh University https://thetab.com/2026/03/30/huge-surge-in-ai-misconduct-cases-recorded-at-edinburgh-university?ref=edinburghminute.com

Link Post: Baying electorate demand new mewling fool in Number 10 to loathe and despise https://newsthump.com/2026/05/14/baying-electorate-demand-new-mewling-fool-in-number-10-to-loathe-and-despise/?mc_cid=77494ea5e6

On the one hand, I actively think that Burnham would do a pretty good job.
On the other hand it would be *hilarious* if he lost the by-election.
On the third hand, I'm pretty sure that no matter what happens Labour will find a way to sabotage themselves.
(To be clear, I'd rather that they didn't, and would rather like them to just be competent and decent, if they can work out how to do that.)

Link Post: Even Trump Unsure How Rambling Speech On Iran Veered Off Into Ranking The ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Films https://theonion.com/even-trump-unsure-how-rambling-speech-on-iran-veered-off-into-ranking-the-pirates-of-the-caribbean-films/

Link Post: Democrat wins Florida state seat containing Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate (over 20% change) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qd7wyln2jo

Link Post: Antimatter has been transported for the first time ever — in the back of CERN’s truck https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00950-w

Link Post: Spain closes airspace to aircraft involved in Iran war https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-30/spain-closes-airspace-to-aircraft-involved-in-iran-war-but-us-bases-are-being-used-in-other-ways.html

Link Post: A robot with wheels that can also walk and climb stairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kae-UAME1U

Link Post: Rates and Wrongs: Fixing UK Tax Cliff Edges and Tapers https://britishprogress.org/reports/rates-and-wrongs-fixing-uk-tax-cliff-edges-and-tap

Link Post: Final analysis of 2025 Iberian blackout: Policies left Spain at risk https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/final-analysis-of-2025-iberian-blackout-policies-left-spain-at-risk/

Link Post: UK ‘runs out’ of warships - leaving Germany to take over key Nato mission https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/uk-runs-out-warships-leaving-germany-take-over-nato-mission-4316016

Link Post: Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/

Link Post: "Hot, sexy, dangerous boys cannot be copyrighted" https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/816059852815286272?source=share

Link Post: Renters' Rights Act: What it means for the England's tenants and landlords https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjwqp72y7ro

When the system works https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4682053.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Link Post: New UK visa rules -> foreign students down 10% -> universities cutting staff & not enough graduates in vital fields https://inews.co.uk/news/world/uk-migration-problem-no-ones-talking-about-4179464

Link Post: "I helped legalise medicinal cannabis in the UK - I regret what came next" https://inews.co.uk/opinion/legalise-medicinal-cannabis-regret-4320119

Link Post: The Revolutionary Guards are taking over Iran (control has fragmented and there is nobody to negotiate with) https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/03/25/the-revolutionary-guards-are-taking-over-iran

Link Post: UK car and steel firms fear being frozen out of 'Made in Europe' deals by EU https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/uk-car-steel-firms-fear-being-frozen-out-made-europe-deals-eu-4316267

Link Post: Six lies transphobes tell about puberty blockers - debunked https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/puberty-blockers-terf-lies/#page/8

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Link Post: "Every Movement Was Controlled": The Quiet Rise In Children Under Deprivation Of Liberty Orders https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/deprivation-liberty-orders-dols-children-care-education

Link Post: The AI systems approved for Ontario healthcare providers routinely missed critical details, inserted incorrect information, and hallucinated content that neither patients nor clinicians mentioned https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/14/ontario-auditors-find-doctors-ai-note-takers-routinely-blow-basic-facts/5240771

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Link Post: No, autistic people are not ‘mind blind’ – here’s why https://theconversation.com/no-autistic-people-are-not-mind-blind-heres-why-272848

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Link Post: 85% of S&P 500 Decline this year is from 8 tech stocks based around AI https://paulkedrosky.com/chart-of-the-day-the-hateful-eight-is-85-of-s-p-500-decline/

Link Post: Neuroanatomy of the clitoris has been mapped https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.18.712572v1.full

Link Post: UK university students are being paid to support Chinese propaganda https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-university-students-paid-spread-chinese-propaganda-4304902