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Do we need to get rid of dark energy in favour of an alternative, such as changing Einstein's theory of relativity, or modifying gravity? | https://iai.tv/video/dark-energy-and-the-universe
Join Claudia de Rham, Priya Natarajan, and Chris Lintott to debate.
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Dark energy and the universe
It was a profound shift to our understanding of the cosmos when 25 years ago astronomers identified that the universe is not only expanding but accelerating away from us. A new force was needed to acc...
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December 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Do we need to get rid of dark energy in favour of an alternative, such as changing Einstein's theory of relativity, or modifying gravity? | https://iai.tv/video/dark-energy-and-the-universe
Join Claudia de Rham, Priya Natarajan, and Chris Lintott to debate.
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Nigel Farage told to apologise by 26 of his school contemporaries
Nigel Farage told to apologise by 26 of his school contemporaries
Open letter to Reform UK leader expresses ‘dismay and anger’ at his response to racism and antisemitism allegations
Nigel Farage has been told to apologise for his alleged teenage racism by 26 school contemporaries who have written an open letter telling of their “dismay and anger” at his response in recent weeks.
In a united challenge to the Reform UK leader, the alleged victims and witnesses condemn him for what they describe as his refusal to acknowledge his behaviour at Dulwich college. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Nigel Farage told to apologise by 26 of his school contemporaries
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Not that strange. The EU is based on an anti-authoritarian consensus (rule of law, shared sovereignty). Our economic model is one of Rhineland welfare statism and ordo-liberal economics. And Europe’s cultural foundation is liberal multiculturalism. We’re in everything the antithesis of MAGA fascism.
Maga’s strange rage against Europe - www.ft.com/content/ccbe... via @FT
Maga’s strange rage against Europe
The cradle of western civilisation is wrongly accused of betraying it
www.ft.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Not that strange. The EU is based on an anti-authoritarian consensus (rule of law, shared sovereignty). Our economic model is one of Rhineland welfare statism and ordo-liberal economics. And Europe’s cultural foundation is liberal multiculturalism. We’re in everything the antithesis of MAGA fascism.
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correction of my previous post:
Scientific evidence is clear: prostate cancer screening does more harm than good.
BBC: interviews layman versus expert; BBC journalist is critical of the evidence. Overall impression given by BBC: evidence must be wrong.
--> FALSE BALANCE
Scientific evidence is clear: prostate cancer screening does more harm than good.
BBC: interviews layman versus expert; BBC journalist is critical of the evidence. Overall impression given by BBC: evidence must be wrong.
--> FALSE BALANCE
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
correction of my previous post:
Scientific evidence is clear: prostate cancer screening does more harm than good.
BBC: interviews layman versus expert; BBC journalist is critical of the evidence. Overall impression given by BBC: evidence must be wrong.
--> FALSE BALANCE
Scientific evidence is clear: prostate cancer screening does more harm than good.
BBC: interviews layman versus expert; BBC journalist is critical of the evidence. Overall impression given by BBC: evidence must be wrong.
--> FALSE BALANCE
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Nigel Farage stars in Only Fools and Coarseness…
YouTube video by Spitting Image
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November 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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This is their job.
They are protesting for the rights of other human beings. Something nether Donald Trump nor Puppy Killa Noem would ever understand.
They are protesting for the rights of other human beings. Something nether Donald Trump nor Puppy Killa Noem would ever understand.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is their job.
They are protesting for the rights of other human beings. Something nether Donald Trump nor Puppy Killa Noem would ever understand.
They are protesting for the rights of other human beings. Something nether Donald Trump nor Puppy Killa Noem would ever understand.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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And if we think it’s bad now, imagine what it could look like, say, two months from a U.K. general election?
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
And if we think it’s bad now, imagine what it could look like, say, two months from a U.K. general election?
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
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In a weird way, you've got to take your hat off to Jeffrey Epstein for successfully running a sex trafficking ring without a single one of his rich friends finding out about it.
October 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In a weird way, you've got to take your hat off to Jeffrey Epstein for successfully running a sex trafficking ring without a single one of his rich friends finding out about it.
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Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
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This is a compact for subservience and the suppression of dissent authored by an authoritarian fascist regime.
"No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it." @acls1919.bsky.social statement on the White House "compact" proposed to universities. www.acls.org/news/acls-st...
ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...
www.acls.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is a compact for subservience and the suppression of dissent authored by an authoritarian fascist regime.
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President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
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We’re “here” in Andor in case anyone is keeping track.
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We’re “here” in Andor in case anyone is keeping track.
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Kash Patel is insincere or bewilderingly unaware of himself or what he professes to love, if he is indeed an #LFC supporter. Shankly said it best.
YNWA doesn’t apply to those who actively divide people, create discord, and serve the interests of the powerful and wealthy. Patel needs to get a clue.
YNWA doesn’t apply to those who actively divide people, create discord, and serve the interests of the powerful and wealthy. Patel needs to get a clue.
September 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Kash Patel is insincere or bewilderingly unaware of himself or what he professes to love, if he is indeed an #LFC supporter. Shankly said it best.
YNWA doesn’t apply to those who actively divide people, create discord, and serve the interests of the powerful and wealthy. Patel needs to get a clue.
YNWA doesn’t apply to those who actively divide people, create discord, and serve the interests of the powerful and wealthy. Patel needs to get a clue.
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Reminder: When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/16/headlines/billionaire_larry_ellison_could_add_tiktok_to_media_empire_as_us_and_china_reach_deal
Billionaire Larry Ellison Could Add TikTok to Media Empire as U.S. and China Reach Deal
The Trump administration said Monday it has reached a deal with China to keep TikTok operational in the United States, a
www.democracynow.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reminder: When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/16/headlines/billionaire_larry_ellison_could_add_tiktok_to_media_empire_as_us_and_china_reach_deal
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No wonder Musk is impressed, the London march stretched all the way to the Arc de Triomphe
September 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
No wonder Musk is impressed, the London march stretched all the way to the Arc de Triomphe
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Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
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There has been some confusion over the upcoming changes in local bin collections, so we've put together this easy to understand guide to help:
September 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There has been some confusion over the upcoming changes in local bin collections, so we've put together this easy to understand guide to help:
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Let’s be honest. Carswell is not alone. You don’t tweet unless you know it’s a popular belief. There are many in public roles, in pubs and at dinner tables who believe this. This is a persecution of Muslims in the UK and anyone with any sense of humanity, who cares about Britain must call this out .
Douglas Carswell has skirted the line and now he's crossed it.
This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
September 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Let’s be honest. Carswell is not alone. You don’t tweet unless you know it’s a popular belief. There are many in public roles, in pubs and at dinner tables who believe this. This is a persecution of Muslims in the UK and anyone with any sense of humanity, who cares about Britain must call this out .
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Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police.
Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police.
Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
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I think what is most revealing to me is that these powerful individuals felt quite confident in memorializing all these accounts of sex crimes in print, with illustrations. And what is most sickening is that indeed they were largely right to be confident in their actions receiving no accountability.
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I think what is most revealing to me is that these powerful individuals felt quite confident in memorializing all these accounts of sex crimes in print, with illustrations. And what is most sickening is that indeed they were largely right to be confident in their actions receiving no accountability.