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Something like that, but worse, and then he doubled down, and then presidents continued to appoint him. www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
Summers' Comments on Women and Science Draw Ire | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers has triggered criticism by telling an economics conference Friday that the under-representation of female scientists
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November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Something like that, but worse, and then he doubled down, and then presidents continued to appoint him. www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
This statement is disgusting:
"In a statement Northamptonshire police said: “An apology for the issues has already been given in the shape of the chief constable’s witness statement which has been entered as evidence."
"In a statement Northamptonshire police said: “An apology for the issues has already been given in the shape of the chief constable’s witness statement which has been entered as evidence."
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This statement is disgusting:
"In a statement Northamptonshire police said: “An apology for the issues has already been given in the shape of the chief constable’s witness statement which has been entered as evidence."
"In a statement Northamptonshire police said: “An apology for the issues has already been given in the shape of the chief constable’s witness statement which has been entered as evidence."
You might think that, but actually it had a pouch full of magnets and could not resist the pull of my 1988 Holden Astra.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You might think that, but actually it had a pouch full of magnets and could not resist the pull of my 1988 Holden Astra.
Once I was driving and I saw a kangaroo crossing a paddock towards me so I slowed to a complete stop. The kangaroo, having the vast expanse of Australia at its disposal, hit my car and broke the wing mirror off.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Once I was driving and I saw a kangaroo crossing a paddock towards me so I slowed to a complete stop. The kangaroo, having the vast expanse of Australia at its disposal, hit my car and broke the wing mirror off.
and in general fails every basic economic and legal test for equitable and efficient taxation.
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
and in general fails every basic economic and legal test for equitable and efficient taxation.
by requiring a separate enforcement mechanism; imposes harsh penalties on vulnerable households that forget or otherwise fail to pay; requires a whole separate payment process for users; imposes costs in a way that is almost entirely uncorrelated with consumers and beneficiaries...
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
by requiring a separate enforcement mechanism; imposes harsh penalties on vulnerable households that forget or otherwise fail to pay; requires a whole separate payment process for users; imposes costs in a way that is almost entirely uncorrelated with consumers and beneficiaries...
I think somebody who wanted to design the least efficient and inequitable revenue collection plan would do well with one that charges per household, meaning it costs more per head for smaller households, and the most for single people; duplicates the work of HMRC...
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I think somebody who wanted to design the least efficient and inequitable revenue collection plan would do well with one that charges per household, meaning it costs more per head for smaller households, and the most for single people; duplicates the work of HMRC...
Mostly because I come from a country with a publicly-funded broadcaster that isn't that different in performance and challenges from the BBC, and it doesn't depend on a licence fee.
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Mostly because I come from a country with a publicly-funded broadcaster that isn't that different in performance and challenges from the BBC, and it doesn't depend on a licence fee.
I agree that it would be better if the funding is less vulnerable to government interference, but the licence fee isn't the mechanism to achieve that. People can avoid paying the licence fee even as everybody in the country would benefit from independent, publicly-funded journalism.
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I agree that it would be better if the funding is less vulnerable to government interference, but the licence fee isn't the mechanism to achieve that. People can avoid paying the licence fee even as everybody in the country would benefit from independent, publicly-funded journalism.
A Reform govt could wreck the BBC's funding anyway. I don't see how the licence fee offers any genuine protection from political interference.
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A Reform govt could wreck the BBC's funding anyway. I don't see how the licence fee offers any genuine protection from political interference.
Funding only from people who consume it directly has built-in issues too though - like the need to chase viewers. I'm not across the lawfulness of what Trump did to NPR but in a functioning parliamentary system there should be enough pressure via MPs to stop extreme cuts to the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Funding only from people who consume it directly has built-in issues too though - like the need to chase viewers. I'm not across the lawfulness of what Trump did to NPR but in a functioning parliamentary system there should be enough pressure via MPs to stop extreme cuts to the BBC.
I want the BBC to exist even if I don't watch it, because publicly funded journalism is essential. The two changes I want most are to get rid of the licence fee and fund the BBC from general revenue instead, and to stop chasing viewing metrics. We need news, not news-as-entertainment.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I want the BBC to exist even if I don't watch it, because publicly funded journalism is essential. The two changes I want most are to get rid of the licence fee and fund the BBC from general revenue instead, and to stop chasing viewing metrics. We need news, not news-as-entertainment.
It’s particularly bad judgment after so many people turned to CyclingUK as an alternative to the enthusiastically anti-trans British Cycling.
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It’s particularly bad judgment after so many people turned to CyclingUK as an alternative to the enthusiastically anti-trans British Cycling.
This is a great list. You sound like a fantastic ruiner. Keep up the good work!
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is a great list. You sound like a fantastic ruiner. Keep up the good work!
I used to get to number backwards from Wilson Tuckey but that was as good as it ever got.
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I used to get to number backwards from Wilson Tuckey but that was as good as it ever got.
I was so excited. Pretty sure I said out loud, ‘Oh THERE she is!’ (I hadn’t seen what she’d done after leaving the FTC). For all the people saying that people outside NYC shouldn’t care so much about this election… this appointment could have the
most far-reaching consequences. Yaaaaaayyyy!
most far-reaching consequences. Yaaaaaayyyy!
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I was so excited. Pretty sure I said out loud, ‘Oh THERE she is!’ (I hadn’t seen what she’d done after leaving the FTC). For all the people saying that people outside NYC shouldn’t care so much about this election… this appointment could have the
most far-reaching consequences. Yaaaaaayyyy!
most far-reaching consequences. Yaaaaaayyyy!
I need alt text on the original post. I can't imagine what is going on there.
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I need alt text on the original post. I can't imagine what is going on there.
OMG! The good news keeps coming!
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
OMG! The good news keeps coming!
Not my electorate but it also looks like you need a candidate that people are willing to get out and knock doors for. Ground game is essential.
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Not my electorate but it also looks like you need a candidate that people are willing to get out and knock doors for. Ground game is essential.
is good progress because young children will use it and will eventually become adult cyclists and that is how we win.
Because for sure the timescale for giving people alternatives to driving is decades, not months.
Because for sure the timescale for giving people alternatives to driving is decades, not months.
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
is good progress because young children will use it and will eventually become adult cyclists and that is how we win.
Because for sure the timescale for giving people alternatives to driving is decades, not months.
Because for sure the timescale for giving people alternatives to driving is decades, not months.
Nothing helps the road lobby more than a bike path that's not fit for use.
A Labor councillor lost my vote after mansplaining to me that the new path they built that forces cyclists to give way at every single intersection, next to a road that gives drivers a clear run into the town centre...
A Labor councillor lost my vote after mansplaining to me that the new path they built that forces cyclists to give way at every single intersection, next to a road that gives drivers a clear run into the town centre...
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Nothing helps the road lobby more than a bike path that's not fit for use.
A Labor councillor lost my vote after mansplaining to me that the new path they built that forces cyclists to give way at every single intersection, next to a road that gives drivers a clear run into the town centre...
A Labor councillor lost my vote after mansplaining to me that the new path they built that forces cyclists to give way at every single intersection, next to a road that gives drivers a clear run into the town centre...
The whole thing is a disgrace. No women's AFL league until 2017, for example, and the international federations think there are enough resources to run an entire separate category for trans athletes in all sports?
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The whole thing is a disgrace. No women's AFL league until 2017, for example, and the international federations think there are enough resources to run an entire separate category for trans athletes in all sports?
I believe transgender athletes belong in US collegiate sports, but regardless it's not an issue in Australia and I hope Australia does take the lead on trans inclusion, including in elite sport.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I believe transgender athletes belong in US collegiate sports, but regardless it's not an issue in Australia and I hope Australia does take the lead on trans inclusion, including in elite sport.
This quote from US-based De Verona, "In this country, high school sport is a pathway to scholarships and opportunity and elite sport, which then leads to the Olympics and so on" captures exactly why Australia can do better on this.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This quote from US-based De Verona, "In this country, high school sport is a pathway to scholarships and opportunity and elite sport, which then leads to the Olympics and so on" captures exactly why Australia can do better on this.