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Britain already socialist, Liz Truss announces in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Waitibg for the headline "Comedian to retire her Liz Truss character."

Any day now.

Third time's the charm. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For the love of God Bibi just don't refer to it as a "special military operation".

Any ice-age telepaths out there? Please explain why Netflix is revisiting Ancient Apocalypse in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Nobody hated on Nimoy for In Search Of.

That show opened with a firm disclaimer that it was all speculative.

Hancock does say his ideas aren't mainstream, but it's framed more like a conspiracy by academics to hide the truth.

I agree with you in general that you can have light entertainment shows about "unsolved mysteries" without falling into the trap of peddling pseudoscience.

Elon Musk has gained a concerning level of power over US national security | Robert Reich in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Most of the blame for SpaceX's dominance can be laid at the feet of Boeing.

"Roadhouse!" - Peter Griffin in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Two ways to do something, the right way and the Janeway.

Hearing-impaired Russian woman killed after hearing aid mistaken for espionage device in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Credit where credit is due, that device was sublime in it's ingenuity. It took the CIA almost 20 years to build their own!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Easy_Chair

Michael Gove to be editor of The Spectator in c/[email protected]
Scrap law making schools serve meat, says Labour donor Vince Dale in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm not sure it's a law per se but more guidance that schools should endeavour to serve children a balanced diet which will include portions of meat/fish/poultry/dairy.

Scrap law making schools serve meat, says Labour donor Vince Dale in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Says party donor who happens to own vegan catering business that supplies schools.

Ex-defence secretary Wallace ‘was advised against inquiry into SAS executions allegations’ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The civil servant’s advice was made public as Wallace was giving evidence to the inquiry that he did ultimately commission in response to allegations that up to 80 Afghan civilians had been summarily killed by members of the elite force.

Tory MP ultimately did the right thing? Am I reading that right?

Letby shift data was scientifically worthless, statisticians warn in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This article doesn't explain exactly why the statistical anomaly should be inadmissable in court.

Were they asking for it to be inadmissible? My take was the RSS are implying the court allowed the jury to be misled as to its significance by not having a statistician on hand to explain it. It's almost an exact replay of what happened in the Lucia De Berk case, later overturned and since described as "the greatest miscarriage of justice" in the Netherlands. Worth a read if you're interested.

Eurofighter ER with additional JDAM kit spotted in the wild in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago

You canard be serious

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Letby shift data was scientifically worthless, statisticians warn (www.telegraph.co.uk)
 

Archive link here: https://archive.ph/mwFp9

Is the Royal Statistical Society debasing itself by pouring doubt on our judicial system, or is there something to it?

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Netflix confirms S2 of Ancient Apocalypse with Keanu Reeves to guest (www.televisual.com)
 

Get ready for another 8 hours of speculative bullshit. This time with Keanu Reeves for some reason.

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Texas is about to execute someone based on junk science. (www.texastribune.org)
 

"Shaken baby syndrome" was a fad medical diagnosis in the 80's and 90's that has led to many miscarriages of justice (e.g. Sally Clark). It has subsequently been widely discredited by most of the Medical community, but that won't stop some prosecuters...

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It's even funnier the second time (lemmy.world)
 

They did it again! https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hezbollah-official-walkie-talkies-group-exploded-part-blasts-113808691

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Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things (youtu.be)
 

Steven Pinker explains the cognitive biases we all suffer from and how they can short-circuit rational thinking and lead us into believing stupid things. Skip to 12:15 to bypass the preamble.

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Female foragers sometimes hunt, yet gendered divisions of labor are real: a comment on Anderson et al. (2023) The Myth of Man the Hunter (www.sciencedirect.com)
 

Tl;dr an undergraduate paper last year claiming females hunt just as often as males got picked up by the media and amplified before it was discovered their analysis was deeply flawed and unreliable. Here several anthropologists present a very gracious rebuttal.

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Women perform better at visiospatial and anticipatory processess when menstruating (www.sciencedirect.com)
 

There was no group difference in reaction times and accuracy between males and females (using contraception and not). However, within subject analyses revealed that regularly menstruating females performed better during menstruation compared to being in any other phase, with faster reaction times (10ms c.ca, p < .01), fewer errors (p < .05) and lower dispersion intra-individual variability (p < .05). In contrast they exhibited slower reaction times (10ms c.ca, p < .01) and poorer timing anticipation (p < .01) in the luteal phase, and more errors in the predicted ovulatory phase (p < .01). Self-reported mood, cognitive and physical symptoms were all worst during menstruation (p < .01), and a significant proportion of females felt that their symptoms were negatively affecting their cognitive performance during menstruation on testing day, which was incongruent with their actual performance.

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Maternal mortality in the United States: are the high and rising rates due to changes in obstetrical factors, maternal medical conditions, or maternal mortality surveillance? (www.ajog.org)
 

New paper casts doubt on the often reported huge rise in maternal deaths in the United States over the past 20 years. They put the blame firmly on a change in the reporting method.

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UK government bans private puberty blocker prescriptions for trans youth (www.thepinknews.com)
 

Rushed through last minute before parliament is dissolved using emergency powers.

Should've been debated in the commons at least.

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Brain Really Uses Quantum Effects, New Study Finds (youtu.be)
 

Was Roger Penrose not completely insane when he proposed his Orch OR theory of the mind? Still doesn't explain the hard problem of consciousness, but a step closer?

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The Ideological Subversion of Biology (skepticalinquirer.org)
 

Excellent essay from Coyne and Maroja that picks apart six widespread examples of biology being corrupted by (often well-intentioned) ideology.

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Humza Yousaf holds emergency cabinet meeting as SNP abandons power sharing with Greens (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Were the Greens booted out before they could quit? Lorna's properly fuming calling it "an act of political cowardice".

If the opposition put forward a VONC on Humza right now, I'm not sure he'd survive it.

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