Linklog, 8/19/25

also for a bit i thought i'd accidentally fucked up my access to this account by transferring myself to my own self-hosted PDS but i fixed it yaaay

Science Stopped Believing in Porn Addiction. You Should, Too

Research finds that porn-related problems are predominantly caused by religious conflict. Clinically, this means people need help, but not necessarily with the porn.

kind of salient given internet censorship discourse

HTML popover global attribute - HTML | MDN

The popover global attribute is used to designate an element as a popover element.

since when have we had this???

Data Brokers Are Hiding Their Opt-Out Pages From Google Search

Dozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found.

set every data broker on fire

DRAWBOX

about a year ago i was inspired by strawpage’s “oekaki” draw box where you could draw and submit an anonymous image so i decided to create my own because i had access to a server and could use backend scripting languages. it was a success and people generally enjoyed sending me little images however i would often get messages in my guestbook asking how i did it and if they could implement one too. so, i have decided that i would create a drawbox that was nekoweb/neocities friendly and worked on static sites.

neat use of HTML canvas and the google sheets API trick that a lot of neocities sites use for guestbooks/comments

LOST KINGDOM by Anna Anthropy

A story game for 1 Streamer and 1-30 Audience members

holy shit. incredible concept

the xylom is doing really important science

Perspective: The Quiet Collapse of Science Education Is Happening in Tacoma Classrooms

Impactful science education relies on adequate time for labs, functional spaces for conducting experiments safely, and quality materials. Without them, the learning experience is reduced to screens and simulations. What should be a lab-based exploration of the natural world becomes a digital substitution. That’s not innovation; it’s survival.

Posthumous album of singer Kara Jane released on Severe ME Awareness Day - The Sick Times

This month, on August 8, the posthumous album of a young singer was released to mark Severe ME Awareness Day. Kara Jane, from Derbyshire in the U.K., had myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) for most of her life and died in January 2023 at just 32 years old. Despite a life of immense pain and restriction, Kara

‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds, new study suggests

Survey of five Australian avians finds numerous discordant individuals, including a genetically male bird that had laid an egg

The Raid Shadow Legends Literary Analysis Nobody Asked For

Finally, my worst video. I’d say this is as pretentious as I can get but I don’t know if that’s actually true.https://www.patreon.com/EchoBizarre0:00 Intro4:…

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Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

The Chemtrail Conundrum

Why are laws banning chemtrails harmful if chemtrails don’t exist? Why do we still think these completely anodyne phenomenon are sinister harbingers of doom? When do we ever start to know bet…

unfortunately the chemtrails and their lack of existence does matter