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I'd disagree with the false sense of security line. Why would someone who cares enough to go to the effort of wearing a mask then go and not wash their hands? A positive correlatio…

The UK deputy chief medical officer stated the opposite, that wearing a mask is likely to cause you to touch your face more, in order to adjust the mask etc. That was the first whi…

Unfortunately foolishness like this is what contributed to the virus taking hold in many countries in the first place.

At least Fox wears it's bias on it's sleeve. The BBC is supposed to be --and claims to be-- impartial yet is very clearly not. It also has a huge audience across just about all pla…

In the UK unions have generally become thinly-veiled extortion rackets. Rail workers unions are the most infamous example, whose train drivers generally receive massively inflated …

This worries me to be honest. The mainstream media was clearly always spinning to us long before the internet came along, but at least when people broadly trusted the same sources …

The Churches clearly regretted selling after seeing what Prada did to their company (made it a parody of itself), so they now run Cheaney (a rival) and arguably make better shoes t…

"Tolerance of the intolerant is in itself intolerant". What a astonishingly stupid thing to write. I hope you don't actually believe it.

I suppose you need some abstract loosly-related terms that are devoid of meaning baggage, so why not animals? What alternatives are better -- planets? Marvel superheros?

"Throughout the memoir, there are moments when Wiener acquiesces to male characters’ demands only to correct her course with a renewed sense of agency. In a memorable scene, she go…

Without inflation, how would governments shrink their debts? Paying it proves enormously unpopular. Educate people so they understand the importance of running a balanced budget an…

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The Guardian journos are not even trying to hide their jealousy any more. They don't care one jot about the living standards (the ever rising living standards) of the global poor. …

Not trying to be argumentative just mentioning as an ex-GIS guy that it's impossible to meaningfully measure any coastline. Read about the coastline paradox it's quite interesting.…

"And let's be frank; there's not that much anyone can do about it. People can claim they're uninstalling Blizzard games. And I'm sure some do. But the next time they release an obj…

What reason? I've been making sourdough in the old european way for years. Am I missing something?

Learning to play an instrument requires dedication; thousands of hours of hard work, before you get the payoff. This demonstrates desirable personal qualities like self discipline …

I see quite clearly that these kinds of apps cause/contribute to many well-documented personal and social problems but it's much harder for me to see any positive value. About the …

This obsession with The Bus does remainers no favours. It was a highly misleading statement true, but you will see similar levels of spin at all elections without the losing party …

Seems like a certain type of person loves to demonise others; to root out people they can add to their bad guy list and gaining social acceptance points from the fellow good guys i…

Why on earth would you marry someone you don't trust??

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