Linklog

2025-08-28

Fertility rate hits record low in England, Scotland and Wales

2025-08-26

Heatwaves are making people age faster, study suggests

UK gender pay gap underestimated for two decades, report says

2025-08-25

Why Labour keep losing the attention war

‘I can’t cope with it any more’: newsrooms scramble to retain audiences amid the big switch-off

When a Tweet Becomes a Crime: What the Lucy Connolly Case Says

2025-08-24

Why Gen Z Loves to Invest: (well, those who have spare money) - mainly because trying to live on wages alone really isn’t sufficient any more for a lot of people.

2025-08-22

Refugee charities install safe rooms and relocate amid rise in far-right threats

2025-08-12

‘None of us feel safe’: attacks on A&E nurses double in six years as waits rise

2025-08-10

Digital resurrection: fascination and fear over the rise of the deathbot: This of course actually was a Black Mirror episode.

Question: who is marking your GCSE? Answer: an AI examiner: A lot of this makes me nervous.

Police arrest 474 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London: Mostly for holding up a sign saying they support Palestine Action it seems.

2025-08-07

Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome

2025-08-03

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse: There is nothing new under the sun.

Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world: Open source technologies built by the community that solves real problems,

2025-08-02

Spotify CEO invested in AI weapons, now bands are pulling their music: Yet another reason.

Trump fires statistics chief after soft jobs report: Shooting the messenger because he doesn’t like the unemployment stats.

2025-07-27

Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds

Democrats Act Like Elections Are Complicated. They’re Not.: Just run on progressive economic policies.

Ring reintroduces video sharing with police

2025-07-26

Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds

2025-07-21

Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news: ‘A ninefold increase is the result of huge advances in our understanding - and brings the hope of fulfilling lives to many more people’.

2025-07-20

A call for increased involvement of people with obesity and neurodiversity in policy, research, and practice: Definitely an under-studied and likely stigmatised population.

2025-07-17

Will Nigel Farage’s attempt to copy and paste Trump’s policies work in the UK?: No, or at least not in a sane world.

Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election