"Someone says they're a woman trapped in a man's body... but if we object to that nonsense - and we do - how can we claim that God mistakenly caused us to be born into the wrong generation?" x.com/douglaswils/st…

The customary approaches to improving education — increasing salaries for teachers, lowering class sizes, and building more schools — are costly and do little or nothing for learning. But there is a promising policy, which comes from an unexpected place. newsweek.com/education-poli…

Hello, Scientific American! 👋 Why didn’t you mention that in your 179-year history, the two Presidential candidates you endorsed have been the last two, Biden and Harris? A science magazine should not at all be endorsing political candidates. Scientists can, we all have

I've long known that the Israelis are the best hackers in the world, but I'm completely in awe of this. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyl…

It is undeniably funny that despite all the BDS/Boycott Israel campaigners, Hezbollah bought all their pagers off Mossad.

As Israel's ingenuity in sabotaging Hezbollah's fighting capacity in Lebanon gets more and more impressive, it reminds me of the tactics used by the WWII allies to degrade Germany's. This book is well worth reading.

Absolutely fascinating and well worth reading. unherd.com/2024/09/the-wa…

In my day-job I often refer to design patterns, but I've never had my own copy of the Gang of Four book. I just found this for £1 in the charity shop next to my local CoOp.

Evidently one problem for Starmer will be how many things ‘Keir’ rhymes with.

Deregulating the economy works! Javier Milei #Economy #Argentina #AynRand

A new twist on an old joke.

JODY LEE Kristian Niemietz Institute of Economic Affairs This is why the NHS has such poor outcomes - any discussion of reform towards a more effective system (as in Spain, France, Australia, Germany) results in incoherent wails.

We're working on it.

This would be an excellent plan, but the article gives far too much credit to the moribund administration in Cardiff Bay. The idea comes from the Commission for Welsh-speaking Communities which actually has some business-savvy people on it. bmmagazine.co.uk/news/wales-con…

Gwerin Stephen Morris There are jobs, but they tend to be low-paid. What's really needed is more investment in the area so that local businesses can increase productivity and expand. Creating a business-friendly environment and stimulating local demand by keeping money in the area can only help.

'Devolution has happened. That's 25 years ago. Forget it. Wales has devolution.' Interesting comments by Nigel Farage before the start of the Reform UK conference.