xiphmont

1. The Commissioner for human rights for the Council of Europe warns that Britain's treatment of trans people could breach the ECHR: (tags:rights europe uk transgender lgbt )
2. Have you made the Ur-Ur error?: (tags:language history )
3. A human-faced stone from 12 thousand years ago was found in Karahan Tepe (Turkey): (tags:turkey archeology prehistory )
4. Afghanistan commando who served with British Army is deported to Taliban (because the Home Office failed to get paperwork done): (tags:Afghanistan UK military migration OhForFucksSake )
5. How UK recognising Palestine helped win Arab support for Trump's Gaza deal: (tags:UK Gaza Israel diplomacy )
6. Enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.: (tags:organdonor technology GoodNews )
7. Waymo's Robotaxis Are Coming to London in 2026: (tags:taxis automation Technology london uk )
8. So far, in 2025, Britain has wasted more than £1Billion switching off wind turbines and paying gas plants to switch on.: (tags:waste electricity uk OhForFucksSake )

Today I spent £108 on getting myself vaccinated against Flu and Covid.

Which led me to wonder what the cost of days off is to the economy. And how far off we are from it being worth the government vaccinating everyone.

andrewducker

1. Wikipedia:List of citogenesis incidents: (tags:Wikipedia fraud memetics )
2. Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport: (tags:transport cycling )
3. The UK Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence (and has been for years): (tags:UK rights law OhForFucksSake )

andrewducker

The children have located Christmas.
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

andrewducker

My mum had a heart attack yesterday afternoon, followed by an angioplasty.

She was sitting up in bed and drinking coffee by 9pm last night, and seems to be fine now. They're keeping her in until Monday to make sure, but panic over.

Turns out that an angioplasty is nowadays an outpatient operation under local anaesthetic, with over 97% success rate. Modern medicine is awesome. And thank fuck for the NHS!