Andrew Ducker

There's research that if you leave people alone with an electro-shock device long enough to get bored they'll deliberately shock themselves.

Anyway, I took the kid's phone away while they were in the bath and now they're repeatedly pouring cold water over themselves while shrieking like baboons.

andrewducker (@andrewducker@pixelfed.scot) One photo every year

One photo every year

Why Warm Countries Are Poorer The most underrated factor

Why Warm Countries Are Poorer

Time Immemorial turns 750: The Medieval law that froze history at 1189 You’ve probably heard of the phrase “time immemorial” as a general term for events that happened a very long time ago, but in fact, it has a specific meaning, and this year is its 750th anniversary.

Time Immemorial turns 750: The Medieval law that froze history at 1189

4 Halloween Costumes That’ll Make Him Say ‘Oh Cool Yeah I Haven’t Seen that Show’ Halloween season is fast approaching, so it’s time to get your costume ready! And with this year’s crop of popular television shows, you’ll have no shortage of imitable TV characters to portray at your next big party. Of course, your crush won’t recognize you as any of them, and that’ll be embarrass

4 Halloween Costumes That’ll Make Him Say ‘Oh Cool Yeah I Haven’t Seen that Show’

California invests big in battery energy storage — and leaves rolling blackouts behind Batteries that pair with clean solar and wind energy or just bolster electrical grids in general have completely taken off and are making a big difference on the California grid.

Battery storage in California has grown more than 3,000% since 2020, entirely getting rid of blackouts

andrewducker (@andrewducker@pixelfed.scot) One of these children won at Ticket To Ride: First Journey, the other...did not.

One of these children won at Ticket To Ride: First Journey, the other...did not.

Dungeons & Dragons club in £150k battle sparked by alleged ‘dungeonmaster cuddle’ Members at Arcadia can pay up to £300-a-month for workspace plus unlimited games of D&D

Bosses of Dungeons & Dragons club in £150k court fight sparked by alleged ‘dungeonmaster cuddle’

ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web

What Now? Erhürman’s Victory and the Four Fronts of Change Erhürman ousts Tatar, signaling a Turkish Cypriot rejection of polarisation and imported nationalism. Ankara’s response is mixed; Erhürman pledges unity, UN-framed talks and a first visit to Ankara, as the ruling coalition wobbles and early 2026 elections are floated.

What the new Northern Cyprus election result means

Bad therapy is causing 'emotional Thatcherism' From ChatGPT to Instagram 'self-care' – cowboy therapists are making us selfish

Bad therapy is causing 'emotional Thatcherism'

Armed police surround teen after AI mistakes crisp packet for gun Taki Allen, 16, said he was eating a bag of Doritos after football practice before being handcuffed by police.

Armed police surround teen after AI mistakes crisp packet for gun

'Mind-boggling' poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players Prosecutors said the elaborate plot, which allegedly netted $7m from victims, belonged in a Hollywood film.

'Mind-boggling' poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players

The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov

The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks

The official music video for "I, Emperor" by Sabaton from the album "Legends". Stream/download "Legends" 👉… SABATON - I, Emperor (Official Music Video)

The nerdiest music video of all time

Aerial Photos Highlight Surreal Beauty of Kazakhstan's Mangystau Plateau “The thought of walking through this vast, alien-like terrain sparked my curiosity and excitement.”

Aerial Photos Highlight Beauty of Kazakhstan's Mangystau Plateau

Usually growth funds are spent helping existing industry to invest, from my understanding.

Ignoring existing fisheries and trying to start new ones doesn't sound likely to go well.

That can't be right; I heard Scotland was a drain on the UK economy...

UK fishing fund offer to Scotland is 'madness', minister told Labour ministers have been criticised for giving less than 8% of a £360m package to Scotland, which lands more than half of the UK's catch .

Scotland to get 8% of UK's fishing funding, despite landing 60% of its fish

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How to get men to share their feelings, by an Army psychologist Dr Duncan Precious, a former psychologist to the British military, shares his tips to encourage the men and boys in your life to open up

How to get men to share their feelings, by an Army psychologist

Amazon unveils prototype AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers The tech giant also announced a new robotic arm and an AI tool to improve efficiency at its warehouses.

Amazon unveils prototype AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers

Brainwave study sheds light on cause of ‘hearing voices’ A study of the way people process inner and outer speech is the first tangible evidence of a key theory about schizophrenia’s drivers.

Brainwave study sheds light on cause of ‘hearing voices’ in schizophrenic people

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time

'It's really an extraordinary story,' historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius "I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who made it out and left records. And that shocked me."

Tracking down the Romans who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Yeah, if my laptop wasn't also physically suffering then I'd set that up with Linux first.

Might give it a go when I get a new laptop and see how it goes.

(I had to put in a lot of effort last time I had a Linux laptop, but that was almost twenty years ago, so very different)