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Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

submitted 4 days ago • 47 comments

mRNA can be delivered into the cells where HIV is hiding, by encasing it in a tiny, specially formulated fat bubble. The mRNA then instructs the cells to reveal the virus. #r4today

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Looks as if Ukraine isn’t letting up. Crimea bridge underwater hit, damaging one of the pillars. Extent of damage unclear

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

This is my PhD thesis I did not ask for this I did not consent to this I did not approve of this I was not compensated for this I would not have advised this I do not like this And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.

submitted 4 days ago • 17 comments

SHIT !!

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Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.

submitted 5 days ago • 141 comments

Trump vs Harvard: It's the fascism, stupid iandunt.substack.com/p/trump-vs-h...

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but. It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI

submitted 7 days ago • 107 comments

metro.co.uk/2025/05/30/s...

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

Politico: Reform will today point to new government figures "showing £27 million of public money was spent on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) measures in 2022-23... "This is nowhere near the £7 billion Farage says he could save by scrapping DEI." Yeah, by a factor of about 25...

submitted 8 days ago • 26 comments

Nick wanted to drop bodyfat and build his own micro-harem of women: how my friend fell for the red-pill hucksters of the manosphere. The Guardian has run an extract from my new book Lost Boys >> www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

STAR WARS was released 47 years ago today. Hollywood’s biggest movie phenomenon, and the film that launched the career of star Harrison Ford, the behind the scenes story is as spectacular as blowing up the Death Star… 1/37

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

When you've got football at 4 but have to help Han, Leia and Lando escape from Cloud City at 8.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Texas legislators just passed a bill that gives politically-appointed regents control over faculty curriculum, hiring, & governance. It does what they accuse academics of doing: privileging ideas, biases, & agendas on political grounds, & silencing those that do not follow their ideology.

submitted 13 days ago • 35 comments

We have young people who can't find a job, and older people who feel broken but can't afford to retire. Surely we could imagine a system where young people are brought in to work by older people who train/support them as they phase out of work? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

Wow. An honest review of an SUV. www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

The "party of the working class," everyone.

submitted 16 days ago • 117 comments

I understand why it's like this, but I will never forgive the web for shifting to a form where the two paragraphs of information I need only exist as a ten-minute video.

submitted 22 days ago • 58 comments

🌍 UK scientists stage historic climate protest at parliament Chris Packham joins over 150 British experts rallying in London to demand urgent, science-based climate policy By Brian McHugh @brianmchugh.bsky.social @sciencetopolitics.bsky.social

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

Endless references in media coverage today to the rapid increases in net migration in recent years and often too little explanation as to why: (i) keeping UK HE/social care afloat and (ii) an attempt to deal with post Covid labour shortages/supply chain inflation.

submitted 25 days ago • 61 comments