David Colquhoun

You are right about that. Very little is known about vast areas of medicine. I wish people were a bit more frank about that.

Now comes the ritual humiliation of NFL players. Just a few people speaking out in defense of their own dignity would make a big difference here.

ReformUK is obviously the UK's most disliked party. But under first-past-the-post, they could still get a large majority of seats. I hope that the Labour party wakes up to this before it's too late.

My comment to vigilantes.
"I believe in law and order. Huntley committed a terrible crime and he got a severe sentence as a result. That sentence was NOT that he be beaten to death with an iron bar. Many people here seem not to believe in the laws of the UK, but to prefer the laws of the jungle."

'I was suspended from Reform over row about clipboards' says Walsall councillor, six months after shock by-election win Walsall's first Reform councillor says he was suspended from the party, six months after a shock by-election win, following a row about clipboards.

Reform UK’s suspended councillor Graham Eardley has joined Restore Britain:

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Thanks for those links. It's easy to be sure when someone has polio or covid. But for mental problems, when next to nothing is known about causes, and all you have is a (contested) list of signs and symptoms, it's inevitable that diagnoses will be difficult and boundaries will be contentious.

Fraudulent papers written by AI are becoming a serious problem. Guess which AI is most willing to cooperate with this sort of dishonest fraud?
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Markwayne Mullin hid under a desk.... And now he's in command of these felons.

What an opportunistic hypocrite

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

Oops
.. it was WORSE

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What a shameful episode. And these traitors are all free today. Including the ultimate traitor.

Meanwhile, Charlie Kirk got flags at half staff and his face on a building. Unreal.

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

Exclusive: A memorial plaque honoring law enforcement’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot was quietly installed inside the U.S. Capitol early Saturday morning.

The memorial was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

Judge orders feds to return ICE detainees' missing property within 30 days A judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security and Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen to either return lost property to released detainees unlawfully arrested during Operation Metro Surge or pr...

A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return or replace property taken from unlawfully arrested ICE detainees and released without their belongings, giving the government 30 days to comply.

I'll be interested to hear a refutation with more detail than just a dismissal. No hurry though.

.Thanks -there is no hurry whatsoever.

it's bleakly hilarious to have people complaining that using the word "nazi" to describe people calling for racial cleansing and forced breeding is "rendering the word meaningless," while supporters of the US government use the word "communist" to describe having a functioning healthcare system

I hope that we'll hear eventually.

Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.

"A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment..."

This should be a bright, blinking light catching everyone’s attention.

Trump Fails At Every Turn: Bondi Subpoenaed By Congress, Lutnick Will Testify On Epstein Ties, and Charges Dropped Against Moms Who Protested ICE Plus, Noem gets fired

Epstein files keep exploding:
• Pam Bondi subpoenaed by Congress (even 5 GOP joined!)
• Howard Lutnick sweating bullets—agreed to testify under oath about 2012 island trip & 2015 fundraiser invites
• DOJ can’t hide the truth anymore

Read:

The Whole Internet Is Utterly Appalled By This Latest White House "Call Of Duty"-Style Post "US troops are dying in a war and the White House is out here treating it like it's a video game. The bar is in hell."

Sick beyond comprehension.

When a government goes after a company and threatens to burn it down because they won't let their product be used for nefarious reasons says something chilling about that government.🗽

Calvin Bailey MP: "As a former Wing Commander, I can tell you, our brave RAF pilots are not just “hanging around” when they put their lives at risk to save others. The words you’re looking for Kemi Badenoch are ‘Thank you’

Serious times require serious politicians and you’ve just failed the test."

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The MAGA Religious Right Are Pure Evil

Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum The autism spectrum has widened to the point of collapse, affecting how teachers should support autistic pupils in the classroom, researcher Uta Frith tells Helen Amass

I take very seriously anything that @utafrith.bsky.social says.
I'd love to know what @rosisexton.bsky.social thinks about this piece.
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Albert Speer, thou shouldst be here at this hour etc etc.

The US far right, sorry, 'conservatives'. ('Conserving' what, btw? White supremacy? US hegemony? 'Rapturist' loopy evangelical delusion?)

Lovely people. Not.

The same British newspapers that were looking forward to welcoming Adolf to the country back in the 1930s.

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Should zoos still exist? In 2026, how do the arguments about research, conservation and education stack up? This week's Rare Earth was a proper tennis match of ideas, with a brilliant panel. If you fancy some stimulating debate this weekend, listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...