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Why are tech companies to be allowed as long as 48 hours to remove harmful material after it has been reported? Arguably, anything that is reported should be removed immediately, pending a review by a moderator.

19.02.2026 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So a 2% increase in the SNP's share of the vote leads to a 400% increase in their seats. This shows how crazy FPTP can be.

10.12.2025 12:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Was this as simple as using a predictable URL, and somebody guessing it? The OBR previously published a report at obr.uk/efo/economic..., so guess the URL of yesterday's report.

27.11.2025 10:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

There's an exclave of Angola between Congo and DRC. Should you include that?

03.11.2025 10:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

According to the BBC, the leader of KCC described it as: "It is business as usual at Kent County Council".

20.10.2025 11:03 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Supreme Court ruling related to the definition of a woman only for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010. To leave out that important qualification is a bad and inaccurate omission. I would have expected better of The Guardian.

16.10.2025 07:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm of the view that universities should hire their CS undergraduates to write software. I see so much shit software in my university that would be barely passable as a third-year project, but for which the university has paid a six- or seven-figure sum.

07.10.2025 08:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

Study in @jama.com reveals no link between Tylenol and autism:

"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analyses."

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

22.09.2025 17:38 👍 94 🔁 34 💬 6 📌 0

Thanks for the update. I won't be going that way, then.

27.11.2024 10:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A bracket fungus growing on a fallen silver birch.  The top is purple-brown, and the underside is while.  I think this is a birch polypore.

A bracket fungus growing on a fallen silver birch. The top is purple-brown, and the underside is while. I think this is a birch polypore.

A dead moss-covered branch.  Brown crinkly fungi (maybe turkeytail) are growing in the side, and (unidentified) small white mushrooms are growing on top.

A dead moss-covered branch. Brown crinkly fungi (maybe turkeytail) are growing in the side, and (unidentified) small white mushrooms are growing on top.

A large mushroom (with my glasses case, to give scale).  The top is flat, brown, and scaly, with a darker raised centre.  There are prominent gills.  Is this a parasol?

A large mushroom (with my glasses case, to give scale). The top is flat, brown, and scaly, with a darker raised centre. There are prominent gills. Is this a parasol?

Several earthballs in leaf litter.  They are yellowish, with a reptilian appearance.

Several earthballs in leaf litter. They are yellowish, with a reptilian appearance.

Some fungi seen in woods near Oxford. Suspected identities in the alt text: I'd appreciate confirmation or correction. #fungifriends

20.10.2024 16:28 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0