1. Forced participation in religious activities to be classified as child abuse in Japan

(tags:religion abuse children Japan )

2. 'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers

(tags:ai research )

3. Xi Has Spent Decades Preparing for a Cold War With the U.S.

(tags:china USA trade )

4. Seine reopens to Paris swimmers after century-long ban

(tags:France Paris water pollution sewage )

1. Five baby beavers born at Cairngorms National Park in Scottish Highlands spotted for first time

(tags:beavers Scotland video )

2. Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean, with key climate implications

(tags:globalwarming ocean doom )

3. Deafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks | ScienceDaily

(tags:hearing deafness genetics )

4. High-Fidelity Simultaneous Speech-To-Speech Translation

(tags:translation ai )

5. Ita O'Brien: Up close and professional with the world's leading intimacy coordinator

(tags:sex acting safety tv movies )

6. Trump seems to have decided that America should be more like Rome

(tags:usa fighting republicans EpicWTF )

7. The perfect, but slow, way to boil an egg - according to science

(tags:eggs cooking )

1. Lemkin Institute Anti-genocide group issues 'red flag' to UK over transgender rights

(tags:lgbt transgender UK rights OhForFucksSake bigotry )

2. The UK has an extremely low rate of homes per person

(tags:UK housing doom )

3. Israel limits entry of baby formula in Gaza as infants die of hunger

(tags:Israel babies murder Hunger genocide gaza Palestine )

4. Poor internet and offices partly to blame for length of Edinburgh Tram Inquiry

(tags:edinburgh trams enquiry internet organisation )

5. TikTok is being flooded with racist AI videos generated by Google's Veo 3

(tags:ai racism videos socialmedia )

1. Jaws (1975) | Modern Trailer

(tags:movies trailer sharks video )

2. Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion Is Wrong

(tags:noses health )

3. Edinburgh's GDP per Capita now outpaces London

(tags:edinburgh london gdp economy scotland uk )

4. Microsoft claims their new AI framework diagnoses 4x better than doctors. Here's why this is both impressive AND misleading

(tags:ai medicine Microsoft )

5. China is cracking down on young women who write gay erotica

(tags:china censorship LGBT OhForFucksSake )

We had a nice day on the beach in North Berwick. A few of Sophia's old nursery friends, getting back together, with a few siblings thrown in. They got on like it wasn't mostly a year since they last saw each other, and they had a ball digging holes, wading through seaweed and climbing on rocks. The weather was just as fabulous as it looks here.
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

1. Map Projection Transitions - see which one upsets you the least!

(tags:maps visualisation viaMyBrotherMike )

2. How 'Sex Matters' is shaping UK policy on trans rights

(tags:UK bigotry government LGBT transgender )

3. Israeli soldiers say they are ordered to shoot at unarmed Gazans seeking aid

(tags:Israel genocide gaza Palestine )

4. Plans to help benefits recipients into work 'a mess', say DWP officials

(tags:jobs UK government )

1. The first non-opioid painkiller (for acute pain) has taken 27 years to produce.

(tags:pain research medicine )

2. UK asylum plans shows post-Brexit Britain is 'in very dark place', Albanian PM warns

(tags:uk migration OhForFucksSake )

3. Reading one book on a subject will put you ahead of the vast majority of people

(tags:experts learning )

4. One in four LGBTQ+ pupils may drop out before finishing secondary school

(tags:lgbt school bullying )

5. India High Court rules trans women are women

(tags:India transgender LGBT GoodNews )

6. A newspaper reported that Arthur Conan Doyle went to a local pub. Turns out to be completely made up (but the history is fascinating)

(tags:journalism fraud Edinburgh history )

7. The transfers between parties in yesterday's Edinburgh council election are fascinating!

(tags:edinburgh elections voting politics scotland )

8. You can now buy The Hobbit in 5 different Celtic languages. (I'm sure people will have great fun comparing them)

(tags:languages uk ireland TheHobbit )

9. Make AI Mediocre Again

(tags:satire ai video advertising )

1. Elon Musk doesn't want you to know Tesla's response to the NHTSA's Robotaxi questions

(tags:Tesla automation driving OhForFucksSake )

2. US safety regulators contact Tesla over erratic robotaxis

(tags:USA automation safety Tesla driving doom )

3. Some fascinating discussion on Romeo and Juliet

(tags:shakespeare women history )

4. New bat viruses discovered in China raise concerns about potential pandemic

(tags:virus bats china )

1. Publishers are facing existential threat from AI

(tags:publishing internet ai business )

2. Video of Lava Fountains Likely Setting New Record For Kilauea Eruption (June 20, 2025)

(tags:lava volcano Hawaii video )

3. New EU rules for durable, energy-efficient and repairable smartphones and tablets

(tags:Technology phones europe regulation )

4. The Largest Camera Ever Built Releases Its First Images of the Cosmos

(tags:space )