What's going down in the 'hood?
The latest entries into this pit of despair
- On the spectrum
- 15 January
Contrary to past scare stories of obesity rates being underestimated, the disorder can be simply
(more…)reframed
in terms of limiting fatties' access to Ozempic®, a drug that's in short supply and better used for the management of type 2 diabetes than as a get-slim-quick cop-out for exercise-disinclined blubberbutts simply wanting a carefree life scoffing pies and cakes.
health- Academic flash mob
- 10 January
An internet search for rare cancers using the world's favourite, or at least most used, search engine brought an odd-sounding article to my attention: An atypical case of histiocytic sarcoma in a Wistar rat (Rattus norvegicus). Hmm. What does
(more…)atypical
mean in this context?- ethics; quoted for WTF?; science
- No more news
- 8 January
So begins Cherylann Mollan's report on the risks to freelance journalists reporting in small-town India. She goes on to explain that Chandrakar's body was found only last week in a septic tank on land owned by a contractor that he'd implicated in a corruption story. And this is in an area beset with not only corruption but conflict between Maoist rebels and security forces.
(more…)- in the news
- Who watches the watchmen?
- 8 January
And who fact checks the fact checkers?
(more…)- ethics; politics; teh soshull notwerk
- Lotta Mess
- 7 January
Lottie Moss:
(more…)Who?
you might well ask, gentle reader. Yeah, I'd never heard of her either before now. It appears that she's the younger half-sister of Kate and has an Only Fans account. And if these are her claims to fame then it's no wonder we'd never heard of her. Innit?- attention whore; wit & wisdom of the comments section
The latest updates to past woes
- Lotta Mess
- 8 January
Another day ending in
(more…)y
…- attention whore; wit & wisdom of the comments section
- In the pink
- 19 December
Mark
(more…)Count Dankula
Meechan was a little late to the party, but brought these thoughtful responses with him:- ethics; in the news; wit & wisdom of the comments section
- Merkanese
- 17 December
As 2024 draws to a close, it's time for fluffy old auntie Beeb to dust off some of her highlights of the year and regurgitate them. And perhaps, even unwittingly, obfuscate some of those edumakayshunal titbits.
(more…)- language
- You can't dance
- 10 December
In her report for the BBC, Rossiter notes Stephanie Broadbridge as saying:
(more…)- entertainment; world's most trusted BBC
- Inline emojis
- 1 December
That method of image replacement causes the page to jump around, especially so for slower-loading ones, as text is removed and replaced. It's irritated me for a while, but I've only just got around to fixing it.
(more…)- coding; design; lil' ol' propeller-head me