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Don’t make me write a newsletter about how Emily Wilson is allowed to be an expert, you guys

Hard agree. They didn't have Michael Gove et al.

Also, no charismatic astronomers with massive media reach of course.

It's compelling!

Axing something cool, iconic, longstanding and in the North is very smart. Where are we, week two?

Making it a musical was ace. "You have to be in the Horse when it happens"

Harbour of Hungry Ghosts by Eliza Chan is a wonderful mix of historical action fantasy as a young woman battles demons and ghosts but also smart examination of the period in Hong Kong with a few surprises along the way. Strongly recommended and review to come!

I imagine the contributions of immigrants -including refugees specifically - to science and medicine might be quite significant.

NHS hospitals using Palantir’s patient discharge tool have registered “no noticeable improvement” in performance, according to new @healthfoundation.bsky.social analysis that contrasts sharply with @england.nhs.uk's claims More @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/6300abcb-e...

Because we didn't do what the Germans did and pass a law to make it so. A company can meet the current legal requirements to be a party and therefore, change the law

4. It's less fine to waste your expensive diverse cast by terrible screen-writing, giving them zero convincing characterization or attempt to make us care about the relationships, and tokenism.

1. It's a fun action movie. A line that got cut but sums up some of my overall feelings: This Odyssey is not a rich, satisfying Homeric banquet, but sometimes in the heat, an ice-cold Philly water ice is all you want - even it's mostly sugar and food coloring, and makes no nutritional sense.

Lovely and non-spoilery review of the new book, which you can order from August.

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I think the government should rush through a £20k tax on them just to start with.

Does anyone have a plan for what happens when students show up in bathrooms or changing rooms with these?

See also massive campaign against building on green belt, run by the same people who run masssive campaigns against any particular attempt to build in the town.

See also, "new PM must seek a mandate." Politics Translate says this means "it just got a whole lot harder to sack a terrible PM"

Many many amazing things underpinning our civilisation were discovered by people pootling around in byways, or in famously abstract and irrelevant subjects.

This is an aspect of the book I worked hard on!