Thursday, September 18, 2025

Who was Charlie Kirk anyway, and is he now a MAGA martyr?

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 Just so we know who we are talking about here,  Charlie Kirk was a highly controversial figure with some pretty extreme right-wing views . ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Trump administration's claims of left-wing violence not a statistical fact

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The Trump administration's narrative regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk is that "it were the left what done it". Beca...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

Some thoughts on our mental health crisis

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Another interesting extended article in the Globe today , this one by British psychiatrist Sami Timimi, who specializes in treating childre...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Where we are with quantum computing

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A lot has already been written about the burgeoning field of quantum technology, but a three-page "Field Guide to Quantum Tech" in...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Charlie Kirk's killer was not a card-carrying Democrat

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MAGA Republicans are making the usual knee-jerk reactions and assertions that the shooter of far-right influencer Charlie Kirk was a Democra...

Brazil's Supreme Court less corrupt than America's

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I've not often had much confidence in Brazilian politics, although current President Lula does seem to be somewhat of a calming and civi...
Monday, September 08, 2025

Do the Brits really want to see the Bayeux Tapestry?

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French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to loan the UK the famous thousand-year old Bayeux Tapestry as a gesture of goodwill. Politic...

Why is it alway men that engage in risky investing behaviour?

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If you've ever wondered why it always seems to be guys that do all that investment in cryptocurrencies, meme stocks, sports gambling, ev...