Great news: in the 5 years 2020-2024, know how many 20-24 year olds died of cervical cancer in England?

ZERO.

That's the first cohort of folks that age who were offered the HPV vaccine when they were 12 or 13.

Before the vaccine was used, on average about 20 people in that age range died of cervical cancer in a 5 year span.

We're looking forward to more dramatic results as that group enters their 30s & 40s.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c621z28z138o

#HPV #Gardasil #vaccines

Tuvalu investing in carbon emissions (not a joke) https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260528-fund-for-climate-exposed-pacific-nation-invests-in-fossil-fuels

The new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation worked at J.P. Morgan and Lehman Brothers. The Foundation has now fired a longtime lead developer and disbanded the team whose job was to listen to volunteers. Most of the people they fired were union organizers. Wikipedia’s editors are now threatening to strike. To stand in solidarity with them, sign the petition:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_solidarity

For more, read on!

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If you don't know about the udm=14 parameter for google search, it turns off pretty much all the crap. I came across this last night, which has instructions for defaulting to it:

https://tenbluelinks.org/

I feel there is a risk I might slightly overuse this thing https://trek.epicrandomness.com

Grim stuff
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/gaza-flotilla-activists-allege-sexual-assault-and-in-israeli-detention

SKATE OR DIE

Clouds on fire.

Unfortunately, there's no way a photo can convey the atmosphere. If you squint your eyes, you can see the pillar of light rising from the sun. So pretty.

#photography #sunset #ocean #clouds

ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious.

> You expect us to actually read the papers we cite?!

yes, lol!

https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/

‪[3/3] Some aging bands simply 'play the hits', others seem to genuinely be having fun.

Pop Will Eat Itself remains fairly on-brand: graphics straight from 1989, occasionally releasing music at a moderate pace; their Facebook page full of geriatric ravers.

[2/3] Went down a small rabbit hole of 80s / 90s bands still slinging their tunes today; got to pay off the house / rehab / retirement fund. Some are doing better than others.

(Would still kill to see Alison Moyet; amazing voice. If you disagree I WILL FIGHT YOU)

[1/3] I would have killed to see this lineup in say, 1991; now it's an oldies revue for people who also have a colonoscopy on their Google calendar

Good morning from Phnom Penh.

Rainy season is making a grudging start, which means we're getting some cleaner air and cool cloud effects.

#ថៃរហ

wants to read Celestial Debris

wants to read Harlem Shuffle

wants to watch Renoir

wants to read Beyond Life and Death: The Way of True Freedom

Dune (1984)

@Taweret Dune (1984)

Inspired by Hank Green’s fun new timeline of photos from the Artemis II mission, I wrote up an answer to a question that's more pertinent these days than it may seem: Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? https://anildash.com/2026/04/30/artemis-photos-flickr/