The current situation in the USA is looking less and less like democracy(tags:democracy USA Doom racism ) The Thick of It: Christmas Pandemic Party edition(tags:politics satire TV Pandemic funny )UK to phase out 2G and 3G by 2033 - and some networks are aiming for sooner than that(tags:phones UK )Beyond Omicron: what's next for COVID's viral ( Read more... )

Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free to all(tags:science research publishing uk GoodNews )Four officers who defended U.S. Capitol against attack have died by suicide(tags:suicide USA police )Xsolla fires 150 employees using big data and AI analysis, CEO's letter causes controversy. (and rightly so)(tags:work ( Read more... )

Intermittent fasting doesn't help weight loss(tags:diet weight research )Jet suit trial for Great North Air Ambulance paramedics(tags:technology flying amazing video ) Can someone reassure me that this, about postal votes at the last election, is ridiculous nonsense?Read more... )

Son sells 28 years of birthday whisky to buy first home(tags:alcohol Scotland housing )Bank security update leaves people guessing what their name is(tags:names security banking OhForFucksSake )Steve Ditko Designed Spider-Man to be Orange and Purple(tags:comics design history )Coronavirus: Scotland records highest daily Covid tally since May ( ( Read more... )

The Value of Everything: Reinvigorating the most important battle in economics(tags:economics )Leonardo da Vinci: Edinburgh to host major exhibition(tags:art history LeonardoDaVinci edinburgh )A million universal credit households do not get full entitlement(tags:welfare poverty uk )'Indian' or 'Native American'?(tags:language history video usa ) ( Read more... )

'Supernatural' Bronze Age find could shed light on one of London's greatest prehistoric mysteries(tags:london prehistory religion ) Can anyone tell me what Jeremy Corbyn actually wants here?Because you can't take No Deal entirely off the table without revoking Article 50, which he's not in favour of...
(tags:uk politics europe labour )I need this ( Read more... )

Government "Get Ready for Brexit" adverts accidentally fund anti-Brexit billboard campaign(tags:UK Europe funny )The effect of pollution on crime (10% reduction in particulate matter and ozone would save $1.4Billion in violent crime costs)(tags:crime pollution violence )Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopian Prime Minister, Awarded Nobel Peace Prize(tags:ethiopia ( Read more... )

Why do polling companies disagree over the size of the Conservative lead?(tags:UK polling politics ) On the use and misuse of the word "Sapiosexual"(tags:language sexuality asexual lgbt )Cannabis-based drug for childhood epilepsy approved for use in Europe(tags:medicine cannabis children ) Apparently terrible philosophers make terrible husbands(tags: ( Read more... )

How geography and gender stack the deck for (or against) you(tags:billgates geography inequality gender )The Big Bang Theory lands exclusively on HBO Max in deal reportedly worth more than $1 billionAmazing how much money streaming TV is having thrown at it
(tags:money business TV comedy )The Internet Relies on People Working for Free(tags:software ( Read more... )

Why the UK's "constitution" is unfit for purpose, & how British public complacency & exceptionalism has led to tyranny.…(tags:UK Constitution history )I'm a medical student, and I'm gay. Work would be simpler if I were heterosexual(tags:LGBT work NHS healthcare )Boris Johnson Is Planning A Series Of Extreme Measures To Force Through Brexit( ( Read more... )