Links from Tom Brandis https://tombrandis.uk A selection of links curated by Tom en-gb Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:08 GMT 1440 I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over. | THE LOCAL STACK https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:01 GMT Democracy Volunteers Major Concerns over Family Voting in Gorton and Denton Poll https://democracyvolunteers.org/major-concerns-over-family-voting-in-gorton-and-denton-poll/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:09 GMT Banning children from VPNs and social media will erode adults' privacy | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516996-banning-children-from-vpns-and-social-media-will-erode-adults-privacy/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:20 GMT Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-alternatives Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:18 GMT 'Self-host it' is not the answer https://neilzone.co.uk/2022/07/self-host-it-is-not-the-answer/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:52 GMT YOU SHOULDN’T WORK WITH THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY. THIS IS WHY. | The Norwich Radical https://thenorwichradical.com/2024/05/31/socialist-workers-party-explainer-comrade-delta/ ~ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:01 GMT Let's make hope normal again - Green Party Political Broadcast 06/10/2025 - BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kk28/party-political-broadcasts-green-party-06102025 alternative link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4HCjd7VA Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:15 GMT Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers https://alignmentalignment.ai/caaac Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:55 GMT Home - Vintage Story https://www.vintagestory.at/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:01 GMT Michael Orlitzky { In defense of self-signed certificates } https://michael.orlitzky.com/articles/in_defense_of_self-signed_certificates.xhtml Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:24 GMT How to Create an Onion Site Mirror of Your Lighttpd-Hosted Website https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/onion-site.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:21 GMT Death by a thousand slops | daniel.haxx.se https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/14/death-by-a-thousand-slops/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:37 GMT RE: Why Are Men Like This? ⁂ starbreaker.org https://starbreaker.org/grimoire/entries/re-why-are-men-like-this/index.html Wed, 9 Jul 2025 11:31 GMT A break from programming languages https://lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2025/05/29/a-break-from-programming-languages/ Wed, 2 Jul 2025 20:21 GMT I weighed an airplane... While it was flying - AlphaPhoenix (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnvtstq3ztI Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:04 GMT You MUST listen to RFC 2119 – Eric Bailey https://ericwbailey.website/published/you-must-listen-to-rfc-2119/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:50 GMT 30 minutes with a stranger https://pudding.cool/2025/06/hello-stranger/ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:31 GMT The Bawdy Graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum - Kashgar https://kashgar.com.au/blogs/history/the-bawdy-graffiti-of-pompeii-and-herculaneu Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:55 GMT Playing tricks with web browser tabs - sizeof(cat) https://sizeof.cat/post/tricks-with-web-browser-tabs/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:27 GMT Judgement Day for the EHRC - by Ian Dunt - Striking 13 https://iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-day-for-the-ehrc-c99 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:20 GMT Introduction to the A* Algorithm https://www.redblobgames.com/pathfinding/a-star/introduction.html Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:44 GMT FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup - The Athletic https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6430673/2025/06/16/fifa-club-world-cup-racism-discrimination-message/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:24 GMT Two Parades, Two Visions for the U.S. - by Ruth Zakarin https://ruthzakarin.substack.com/p/two-parades-two-visions-for-the-us Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:15 GMT Palantir, Meta, OpenAI execs to commission into Army reserve, form 'Detachment 201' - Breaking Defense https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/anduril-meta-openai-execs-to-commission-into-army-reserve-form-detachment-201/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:01 GMT The Secret Gamble at the FDA That Exposed Americans to Risky Drugs - ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-loophole-sun-pharma Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:53 GMT Aim Labs | Echoleak Blogpost https://www.aim.security/lp/aim-labs-echoleak-blogpost Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:41 GMT No Kings https://www.nokings.org/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:04 GMT We did the math on AI's energy footprint. Here's the story you haven't heard. | MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/ Sun, 08 Jun 2025 10:41 GMT Greta thunberg speaks from aid ship heading to gaza despite israeli threats - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkKRxD8D2kU Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:54 GMT Wait, what? | Weeknotes - thejaymo https://thejaymo.net/2025/06/02/392-wait-what/#wait-what Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:03 GMT Toxic Origins, Toxic Decisions: Biases in CEO Selection by P. Raghavendra Rau, YiLin Wu, Richard Lok-Si Ieong :: SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5270031 Sat, 31 May 2025 14:04 GMT Angus Hervey: Is this the time of monsters - or miracles? | TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/angus_hervey_is_this_the_time_of_monsters_or_miracles Thu, 29 May 2025 15:03 GMT UnitedHealth sued by shareholders over its reaction to backlash from executive's killing | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/unitedhealth-sued-by-shareholders-over-its-reaction-backlash-executives-killing-2025-05-07/ Wed, 28 May 2025 10:46 GMT Knowledge tech that's subtly wrong is more dangerous than tech that's obviously wrong. (Or, where I disagree with Robin Sloan.) https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/subtly-wrong-is-more-dangerous/ Mon, 26 May 2025 12:11 GMT Millions of people misled over Britain's mobile network dead zones | The Observer https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/millions-of-people-misled-over-britains-mobile-network-dead-zones Wed, 21 May 2025 14:44 GMT And Breathe Normally: Impacts of low emission zones on sick leave and mental well-being - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268125001143 Sun, 18 May 2025 18:05 GMT Chemists discover 'anti-spice' that could make chili peppers less hot | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480221-chemists-discover-anti-spice-that-could-make-chilli-peppers-less-hot/ Sun, 18 May 2025 16:23 GMT Babies start showing empathy even before they can speak | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480442-babies-start-showing-empathy-even-before-they-can-speak/ Sun, 18 May 2025 11:02 GMT New Superdiffusion Proof Probes the Mysterious Math of Turbulence | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-superdiffusion-proof-probes-the-mysterious-math-of-turbulence-20250516/ Sun, 18 May 2025 09:56 GMT Southern Water are threatening a journalist with defamation https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/05/16/southern-water-scandal/ Sat, 17 May 2025 18:02 GMT Thames Water bonuses could be blocked by regulator Ofwat - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3650l0r10xo Sat, 17 May 2025 16:45 GMT Wikivoyage - The free worldwide travel guide that you can edit https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Main_Page Fri, 16 May 2025 14:18 GMT In Praise of Links https://osteophage.neocities.org/writing/in-praise-of-links Wed, 14 May 2025 20:04 GMT WikiGalaxy: Explore Wikipedia in 3D https://xdef3r.github.io/WikiGalaxy/ Wed, 14 May 2025 20:02 GMT Luigi: The Musical https://luigithemusical.info/ Wed, 14 May 2025 11:07 GMT Resources List for the Personal Web - Webweaving - 32-Bit Cafe https://discourse.32bit.cafe/t/resources-list-for-the-personal-web/49 Mon, 12 May 2025 11:52 GMT All living things emit an eerie glow that is snuffed out upon death | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479590-all-living-things-emit-an-eerie-glow-that-is-snuffed-out-upon-death/ Mon, 12 May 2025 08:51 GMT xkcd: Globe Safety https://xkcd.com/3086/ Mon, 12 May 2025 08:50 GMT Trump involved in discussions over suspending habeas corpus, sources say | CNN Politics https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/miller-habeas-corpus-immigrant-judge Sat, 10 May 2025 15:26 GMT I'd rather read the prompt https://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/ Mon, 05 May 2025 10:38 GMT Collections: Why Archers Didn't Volley Fire - A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry https://acoup.blog/2025/05/02/collections-why-archers-didnt-volley-fire/ Sun, 04 May 2025 22:12 GMT Pluralistic: Apple faces criminal sanctions for defying App Store antitrust order (01 May 2025) - Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/01/its-not-the-crime/ Sat, 03 May 2025 09:38 GMT Process https://www.savor.it/process Sat, 03 May 2025 09:17 GMT Climate progress: What do the economic data reveal about the ongoing energy transition? | Vox https://www.vox.com/climate/377072/data-energy-trends-renewables-transition-escape-velocity Sat, 03 May 2025 09:12 GMT How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men's ill health | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635414-100-how-vanishing-y-chromosomes-could-help-explain-mens-ill-health/ Sat, 03 May 2025 09:09 GMT White House pretends it's a news outlet with new propaganda site https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/1/2319929/-White-House-pretends-it-s-a-news-outlet-with-new-propaganda-site Sat, 03 May 2025 09:09 GMT Government not taking climate threats seriously - watchdog - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgpey03pnno Sat, 03 May 2025 09:07 GMT We may soon be able to hold fossil fuel companies to account | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635412-600-we-may-soon-be-able-to-hold-fossil-fuel-companies-to-account/ Sat, 03 May 2025 09:07 GMT 2025-05-01 Running the Alps https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2025-05-01-run-the-alps Sat, 03 May 2025 09:06 GMT Tetris Font https://erikdemaine.org/fonts/tetris/ Fri, 02 May 2025 20:49 GMT Sans Bullshit Sans - Leveraging the synergy of ligatures https://www.sansbullshitsans.com/ Fri, 02 May 2025 17:24 GMT 'You wouldn't steal a car' anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated fonts - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-campaign-may-have-used-pirated-fonts/ Fri, 02 May 2025 16:38 GMT Captivating images expose a 'staged version' of nature | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635412-700-captivating-images-expose-a-staged-version-of-nature/ Fri, 02 May 2025 16:29 GMT Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478252-air-filters-in-classrooms-reduce-sick-days-by-more-than-10-per-cent/ Thu, 01 May 2025 19:59 GMT Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case https://iandunt.substack.com/p/everything-you-need-to-know-about Thu, 01 May 2025 19:45 GMT Post-Truth Marketing (and a Really Tasty Beer) https://caffeineandlasers.com/blogs/PostTruthBeer.html Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:15 GMT Is Keir Starmer being advised by AI? The UK government won't tell us | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478180-is-keir-starmer-being-advised-by-ai-the-uk-government-wont-tell-us/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:37 GMT How California sent residents' personal health data to LinkedIn - The Markup https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/04/28/how-california-sent-residents-personal-health-data-to-linkedin Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:49 GMT Plea to gardeners after one of worst years ever for butterflies - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l060zwrero Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:33 GMT Baby food pouches low in key nutrients, lab testing finds - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j0l0gg4go Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:22 GMT Elon Musk Is Building a Company Town in Texas. Here's What to Know. | Teen Vogue https://www.teenvogue.com/story/elon-musk-building-town-texas-what-know Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:18 GMT The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:13 GMT Getting a feeling for how much energy AI uses by running it on my laptop - 82MHz https://82mhz.net/posts/2025/04/getting-a-feeling-for-how-much-energy-ai-uses-by-running-it-on-my-laptop/ Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:54 GMT Decentralization is Not, Itself, An Answer to The Money Question https://osteophage.neocities.org/essays/decentralization-money-question Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:16 GMT Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477928-signs-of-alien-life-on-exoplanet-k2-18b-may-just-be-statistical-noise/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:47 GMT Water bosses could now face jail for cover-ups - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrwl1wgdjo Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:47 GMT First ever 'black hole bomb' created in the lab | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477867-first-ever-black-hole-bomb-created-in-the-lab/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:46 GMT Ultra-secure quantum data sent over existing internet cables | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477664-ultra-secure-quantum-data-sent-over-existing-internet-cables/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:48 GMT Can climate science attribute economic damage to major polluters? | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477697-can-climate-science-attribute-economic-damage-to-major-polluters/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:47 GMT LHC breaks the record for heaviest antimatter nucleus ever seen | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477378-lhc-breaks-the-record-for-heaviest-antimatter-nucleus-ever-seen/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:14 GMT A dramatic rethink of Parkinson's offers new hope for treatment | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635401-400-a-dramatic-rethink-of-parkinsons-offers-new-hope-for-treatment/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:15 GMT Free breakfast clubs to open at 750 schools - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvrd0j9ngwo Sun, 20 Apr 2025 08:57 GMT Slices of wood can filter bacteria and microplastics from water | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2474988-slices-of-wood-can-filter-bacteria-and-microplastics-from-water/ Sat, 19 Apr 2025 09:49 GMT WHY ARE THERE NO FUCKING JOBS? - The Life of a Femcel https://femcel1836.substack.com/p/why-are-there-no-fucking-jobs Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:23 GMT Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-buttholes Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:53 GMT Gaza Photojournalist In Cannes Doc Killed In Israeli Strike https://deadline.com/2025/04/gaza-photojournalist-cannes-doc-killed-israeli-strike-1236370699/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:05 GMT Walled Gardens Can Kill - Anees Iqbal https://aneesiqbal.ai/2025-04-18-walled-gardens-can-kill Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:54 GMT Fire services get 50% less than police to cover tax rises - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgq9ldlyejdo Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:17 GMT No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635392-800-no-need-to-stop-the-brain-rot-modern-kids-arent-less-intelligent/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:17 GMT (2) Dishwasher updates pt. 3 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ-6JTmF-Z4 Definitely the best dishwasher I've seen today. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:55 GMT Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origins of quantum theory | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635393-000-carlo-rovelli-on-what-we-get-wrong-about-the-origins-of-quantum-theory/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:12 GMT The Privacy-Security Rabbit Hole | BobbyHiltz.com https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/2021/04/rabbit-hole/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:29 GMT I Tested The AI That Calls Your Elderly Parents If You Can't Be Bothered https://www.404media.co/i-tested-the-ai-that-calls-your-elderly-parents-if-you-cant-bothered/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 21:19 GMT jwz: Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/04/silicon-valley-crosswalk-buttons-hacked-to-imitate-musk-zuckerberg/#comment-258764 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:49 GMT Google makes Android development private, will continue open source releases - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/google-makes-android-development-private-will-continue-open-source-releases/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:33 GMT US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30qlr528elo Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:50 GMT What the new science of magic reveals about perception and free will | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635380-200-what-the-new-science-of-magic-reveals-about-perception-and-free-will/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:11 GMT That�s what they are: enemies of democracy https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/12/thats-what-they-are-enemies-of-democracy/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:49 GMT Neil Lawrence interview: The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335091-000-the-ai-expert-who-says-artificial-general-intelligence-is-nonsense/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:11 GMT There is no such thing as an 'illegal immigrant' | Mehdi Hasan | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/02/undocumented-people-no-such-thing-as-illegal-immigrant Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:13 GMT Dark Mode Toggles Should be a Browser Feature - Bram.us https://www.bram.us/2022/05/25/dark-mode-toggles-should-be-a-browser-feature/#comments I'm trying to add dark mode... why is dark mode all or nothing in browsers? Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:53 GMT That's Bait - by Jeff Sharlet https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/thats-bait Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:44 GMT The Memetic Leptaniform https://sunniva.garden/en/The-Memetic-Leptaniform Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:19 GMT Betrayed By Trump https://www.betrayedbytrump.com/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:40 GMT How Sonic DNA Connects Generations of Music https://pudding.cool/2025/04/music-dna/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:12 GMT Using linkhut to signal-boost my bookmarks https://drewdevault.com/2025/03/27/2025-03-27-Using-linkhut.html The blog post that inspired this. Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:38 GMT Small b blogging https://tomcritchlow.com/2018/02/23/small-b-blogging/ This blog post kind of sums up my approach to blogging. Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:48 GMT