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Private Eye | University of Oxford : Examination failure IN A somewhat bewildering pairing, former foreign secretary William Hague teamed up with actress Angelina Jolie in 2012 to launch the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative, which is still ...

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However, when confronted with sexual misconduct closer to home – on his watch as chancellor of Oxford University – he has remained strangely silent.

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Hague, since ennobled, has continued this laudable campaign, telling an interviewer in 2020 it was the “work of a lifetime to comprehensively deal with sexual violence in conflict.”

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In a somewhat bewildering pairing, former foreign secretary William Hague teamed up with actress Angelina Jolie in 2012 to launch the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative, which is still going today.

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Which Came First? Utility of Preclinical Models in Cracking the Chicken-or-Egg Relationship between Cannabis Use and Schizophrenia - Current Addiction Reports Current Addiction Reports - The association between cannabis use and schizophrenia is a growing public health concern, particularly in vulnerable populations. This review synthesizes insights from...

Back to back paper drops: Which Came First? Utility of Preclinical Models in Cracking the Chicken-or-Egg Relationship between Cannabis Use and Schizophrenia: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How Texas teens lost access to confidential contraception Federal Title X clinics do not require parental consent for birth control — except in Texas, where a lawsuit upended the longstanding program.

Young people in Texas already lost access to confidential birth control due to a court case.

The lawyer who brought the case, Jonathan Mitchell, is actively working to end telemedicine prescriptions of abortion pills nationwide. It's the same people attacking our rights from multiple fronts

Relevant to this soft-glam fascist's comments today, there's a bill in Florida to ban prescribing birth control to minors—or even giving teens information about it—without parental consent. It's called HB 173
The attacks on contraception are, and have been, in motion

The brain frying that we have observed.

Massive crowd marches in North York to support anti-government protests in Iran “The young generations (in Iran), they risked their life and they wrote with their blood that they want the king, they want the shah,” said one demonstrator at Saturday’s march.

Toronto police estimate that 350,000 people joined Saturday's march in support of anti-regime protesters in Iran

ROYAL COMMUNICATIONS Thursday, 19th February 2026 A STATEMENT FROM HIS MAJESTY THE KING I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office. What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities. In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation. Let me state clearly: the law must take its course. As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter. Meanwhile, my family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all. Charles R.

King Charles has issued a statement following his brother Andrew’s arrest

This plus statements on the use of AI LLMs by authors please.

They are very much the best.

Researchers discover rare breed of Canadian tuxedo cat GUELPH, ON – The scientific community celebrated a groundbreaking discovery this week, with researchers uncovering the existence of a Canadian tuxedo cat.

Researchers discover rare breed of Canadian tuxedo cat #DumbWeek

It's not for the weak is all

Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...

My cat is a butter thief. We use a cheese slice to get thin strips that soften fast 🧠🧈

Thanks!!

Can I ask where you get your sewing patterns please? I'm just getting back into the hobby.

The effect of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on affective impulsivity in methamphetamine users: A randomized experimental study

Excellent stuff

I like him

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Gotta disagree a bit, if I have to take a 7+ h red-eye I'm dressing for comfort; life is cruel enough.

Whoa! Look at us.

Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.

Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Press release for our new RAND and @iasatusc.bsky.social paper in @addictionjournal.bsky.social on high potency THC use. "New study shows young adults who use high strength cannabis do not ‘titrate’ to less risky levels of use."
www.addictionjournal.org/posts/new-st...

Death sentence