Nostr notes by Andrew Ducker

What I don't like about Andy Burnham's plans for ...

2026-06-29T13:55:11Z

What I don't like about Andy Burnham's plans for devolution https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4709230.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Link Post: You can now make expresso with ultrasound, cutting ...

2026-06-17T10:16:13Z

Link Post: You can now make expresso with ultrasound, cutting energy use by 50% https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/06/New-way-making-espresso

Link Post: RSPB buys Bass Rock after 300 years in private hands ...

2026-06-09T21:16:15Z

Link Post: RSPB buys Bass Rock after 300 years in private hands https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g411k1x1zo

Link Post: Jewish groups launch new diaspora movement rejecting ...

2026-06-05T16:46:06Z

Link Post: Jewish groups launch new diaspora movement rejecting Israel’s ethno-nationalism https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260520-jewish-groups-launch-new-diaspora-movement-rejecting-israels-ethno-nationalism/

Link Post: The UK Supreme Court is enabling some fascist shit ...

2026-06-02T19:00:35Z

Link Post: The UK Supreme Court is enabling some fascist shit against disabled people https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/the-biggest-rollback-of-disability-rights-in-a-generation-charities-respond-to-supreme-court-ruling/

Link Post: EHRC’s new chair in Scotland linked to anti-abortion ...

2026-05-22T15:32:19Z

Link Post: EHRC’s new chair in Scotland linked to anti-abortion dark money groups https://goodlawproject.org/ehrcs-new-chair-in-scotland-linked-to-anti-abortion-dark-money-groups-alasdair-henderson/

Link Post: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used ...

2026-05-21T10:00:40Z

Link Post: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing https://www.science.org/content/article/not-alive-not-dead-disembodied-human-brains-used-drug-testing

Reminder for people voting in Scotland: "Independent Green ...

2026-05-07T07:03:34Z

Reminder for people voting in Scotland:
"Independent Green Voice" are a right-wing spoiler party. If you're voting Green then you almost certainly want "Scottish Green Party".

(There are no other easily confused names on the voting sheet)

Link Post: Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon ...

2026-03-29T21:47:16Z

Link Post: Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/sound-cards/comparison-of-usd4-000-boutique-audio-cable-to-usd7-amazon-basics-cable-shows-audiophiles-waste-a-lot-of-money-scientific-audio-equipment-analysis-with-analyzer-shows-no-difference-in-quality

Link Post: U.S. Navy Turns Down Hormuz Escort Requests Because of ...

2026-03-12T14:31:13Z

Link Post: U.S. Navy Turns Down Hormuz Escort Requests Because of High Risk https://maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-navy-turns-down-strait-of-hormuz-escort-requests-because-of-high-risk

Link Post: Women’s Institute vows to keep welcoming trans women ...

2026-03-03T09:15:39Z

Link Post: Women’s Institute vows to keep welcoming trans women https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/02/womens-institute-vows-to-find-ways-to-keep-welcoming-trans-women-after-ban/

Link Post: Fake law: Barrister suing Dan Neidle relied on cases ...

2026-02-17T15:01:05Z

Link Post: Fake law: Barrister suing Dan Neidle relied on cases from ChatGPT https://goodlawproject.org/fake-law-barrister-suing-dan-neidle-relied-on-cases-from-chatgpt/

Link Post: Some good news about writing. ...

2026-02-04T21:15:12Z

Link Post: Some good news about writing. https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/02/04/liver-me-timbers

Link Post: Turkey proposes radical new "reforms" to ...

2025-10-18T10:00:35Z

Link Post: Turkey proposes radical new "reforms" to attack LGBTQ+ marriage, media, & trans people https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/turkey-proposes-radical-new-reforms-to-lgbtq-marriage-media-trans-people/

Link Post: Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start ...

2025-09-18T20:02:15Z

Link Post: Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads (and so I will never buy one) https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-confirms-smart-refrigerator-ads-are-coming-3598848/

Link Post: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police ...

2025-08-15T08:00:10Z

Link Post: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England https://news.sky.com/story/facial-recognition-vans-to-be-rolled-out-across-police-forces-in-england-13410613

Link Post: The real reason why modern media is making us dumber ...

2025-07-31T11:46:39Z

Link Post: The real reason why modern media is making us dumber https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/eat-5

Link Post: Is it cake? M&S vs HMRC tax edition ...

2025-07-21T13:00:40Z

Link Post: Is it cake? M&S vs HMRC tax edition https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/marks-and-spencer-strawberries-cream-sandwich-tax-b2779708.html

As of this morning (2nd of July), we are now closer to 2050 than ...

2025-07-02T09:20:33Z

As of this morning (2nd of July), we are now closer to 2050 than 2000.

Link Post: UK asylum plans shows post-Brexit Britain is ‘in ...

2025-06-26T11:59:09Z

Link Post: UK asylum plans shows post-Brexit Britain is ‘in very dark place’, Albanian PM warns https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-asylum-brexit-albania-edi-rama-starmer-b2777378.html

Link Post: How roundabouts transformed Carmel, Indiana ...

2025-06-18T13:15:39Z

Link Post: How roundabouts transformed Carmel, Indiana https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2024/11/21/how-roundabouts-transformed-carmel

The advice in the UK over teachers and AI is baffling to me ...

2025-06-10T19:41:09Z

The advice in the UK over teachers and AI is baffling to me https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4575854.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Link Post: Scientists finally crack mystery of how clapping ...

2025-05-30T08:00:38Z

Link Post: Scientists finally crack mystery of how clapping generates sound https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/clapping-sound-hands-physics-mystery-b2760534.html

Link Post: Dear Keir, there are other options than pandering to ...

2025-05-12T10:30:34Z

Link Post: Dear Keir, there are other options than pandering to prejudice https://www.libdemvoice.org/dear-keir-there-are-other-options-than-pandering-to-prejudice-77525.html

Link Post: All of Starmer’s betrayals and u-turns as Labour ...

2024-12-18T14:31:12Z

Link Post: All of Starmer’s betrayals and u-turns as Labour faces Waspi women backlash https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-waspi-labour-fuel-tax-b2666452.html

Link Post: I am delighted by Labour's direction on ...

2024-12-12T22:00:34Z

Link Post: I am delighted by Labour's direction on housebuilding https://inews.co.uk/news/housing/rayner-force-nimby-councils-build-homes-miss-targets-3429458

Link Post: Protesting farmer profiled by The Times is retired ...

2024-12-05T11:30:38Z

Link Post: Protesting farmer profiled by The Times is retired stockbroker who chaired London Stock Exchange https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/protesting-farmer-profiled-by-the-times-is-retired-stockbroker-who-chaired-london-stock-exchange-386392/

Link Post: Railways set to come back into public ownership after ...

2024-11-21T10:01:12Z

Link Post: Railways set to come back into public ownership after law passes https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rail-nationalisation-uk-labour-bill-lords-b2650736.html

Link Post: Scottish councils reject SNP proposals to partner with ...

2024-11-15T11:15:05Z

Link Post: Scottish councils reject SNP proposals to partner with religious charity that says sex workers are "possessed by demons" https://nationaluglymugs.org/2024/10/28/news-scottish-councils-reject-snp-proposals-to-partner-with-religious-charity-that-says-sex-workers-are-possessed-by-demons/#

Link Post: pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by ...

2024-11-15T11:00:07Z

Link Post: pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by car, and pedestrianised town centres have higher sales. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/press-media/pedestrians-spend-more-new-report-reveals/

Link Post: Dutch journalist demands apology for misuse of her ...

2024-11-11T09:15:35Z

Link Post: Dutch journalist demands apology for misuse of her footage showing Israeli fans attacking Amsterdam locals (including by Sky, BBC, NYTimes) https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1855358286884737056.html

Link Post: How are people reacting to the Trump election (broken ...

2024-11-07T11:30:33Z

Link Post: How are people reacting to the Trump election (broken down by age and gender) https://x.com/dhmontgomery/status/1854227522428469573

Link Post: 60% of Britain’s Brexit pain is still to come, ...

2024-11-04T10:15:35Z

Link Post: 60% of Britain’s Brexit pain is still to come, admits Treasury minister https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-britain-reeves-budget-b2639584.html

Link Post: 70% of the land in Britain is still owned by 1% of the ...

2024-11-03T21:30:34Z

Link Post: 70% of the land in Britain is still owned by 1% of the population, largely descended from William the Conqueror's army https://www.zmescience.com/other/shorties/70-percent-britain-land-owned-by-the-rich/

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2024-11-01T17:28:01Z

Only 53 days until Christmas!

Link Post: There's a growth in AI books narrated by AI.A ...

2024-10-22T08:45:37Z

Link Post: There's a growth in AI books narrated by AI.A librarian investigates. https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-audiobook-narrators-in-overdrive-and-the-issue-of-library-ai-circulation-policy/

Link Post: Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About ...

2024-09-25T11:00:06Z

Link Post: Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Labour’s Freebie Fiasco https://novaramedia.com/2024/09/23/reporters-are-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-labours-freebie-fiasco/

Link Post: Labour refuses to publish impact assessment of winter ...

2024-09-09T20:13:13Z

Link Post: Labour refuses to publish impact assessment of winter fuel payment cuts https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/winter-fuel-payment-starmer-reeves-b2609520.html

Link Post: Disabled children’s charity hands 43% of grants to ...

2024-09-06T15:07:17Z

Link Post: Disabled children’s charity hands 43% of grants to rightwing think-tanks https://goodlawproject.org/disabled-childrens-charity-hands-43-of-grants-to-rightwing-think-tanks/

Link Post: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Labour's ...

2024-08-11T21:37:06Z

Link Post: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Labour's Post-Rwanda Immigration Plans https://bylinetimes.com/2024/07/23/yvette-cooper-labour-post-rwanda-scheme-mmigration-plans/

"And then, Gideon, after we get the witch into the ...

2024-08-11T18:33:12Z

"And then, Gideon, after we get the witch into the oven..." https://www.instagram.com/p/C-iir62oqN1/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Link Post: The wife of a Conservative councillor has been ...

2024-08-07T09:07:07Z

Link Post: The wife of a Conservative councillor has been arrested after she called for hotels with asylum seekers to be set on fire. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jll3eg33wo