The advent of the internet has revolutionised various aspects of our lives, and one significant change is the way people seek companionship. Online dating has become increasingly popular across all age groups, including the elderly. While the digital realm provides opportunities for seniors to connect with potential partners, it...
Racism within the United Kingdom's police forces is a complex and pervasive issue that has sparked widespread concern and scrutiny. Despite progress in addressing diversity and inclusion, instances of racial bias, discrimination, and excessive use of force persist, revealing the existence of systemic challenges within the law enforcement system....
Never underestimate the power of one determined person. What Carole Cadwalladr has done to Facebook and Big Data and Edward Snowden has done to the state security complex, the young Kazakhstani scientist Alexandra Elbakyan has done to the multi-billion dollar industry that traps knowledge behind paywalls. Her pirate webscraper service, Sci-hub, has done more than...
Is it any wonder that councils across the land—of all political stripes—fail when they employ so many absolutely useless staff? In the private sector, employers tend to look at the record of interviewees and do "due diligence" on their CV's, but local government is a law unto itself, and...
In referring to Israeli soldiers as ‘our heroes’, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis not only has Palestinian blood on his hands but potentially Jewish blood too
Britain’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, spoke at a public event at a synagogue last Sunday to extol the “outstanding” performance of the Israeli military in Gaza....
A recent study uncovered a significant drop in traffic from Facebook to news sites, plunging by nearly 50% in 2023. The annual Trends and Predictions Report from the Reuters Institute, based on input from 134 media leaders across 56 countries, sheds light on this concerning trend. Data from Chartbeat...
Be sure, despite its obsessive revisiting of the events of October 7 in Israel, the BBC won't be reporting on this latest development: Families of those killed in Kibbutz Be'eri that day are demanding an official investigation into the growing body of evidence that their loved ones were killed...
Something about James Cleverly’s recent interview reminded me of Hancock….. and Johnson!
Amongst the vast array of heinous Tory lies, many of you will remember Matt Hancock crowing that their target of 100,000 COVID tests/testing 100,000 people per day by 30th April 2020 had been reached. Of course, it immediately...
A quick taster:
Crimea Annexation: Farage criticised the West's response to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, suggesting that the West provoked Putin by expanding NATO too close to Russia's borders. (For the record, I agree.)
Russian Sanctions: Farage has spoken against imposing heavy sanctions on Russia, arguing that they could...
Psychologists led by Dr. Candice Mills at the University of Texas conducted a study involving 48 children, ages six to 15, to unravel when kids typically stop believing in Santa Claus. The children answered questions about how they learned the truth and their resulting emotions, while their parents shared...
