Only a few more teaching days are left of this term, and as a lecturer with 10 years of experience at a British university, I can honestly say this year has been the toughest. Since September, universities, and students, have hardly been out of the news. Back then all the …
Read More »Unexpected side effect? Australia scraps Covid-19 vaccine development after trials lead to false positives for HIV
The drug, created by the University of Queensland (UQ) and biotech firm CSL, triggered a “robust” immune response to SARS-COV-2 in phase 1 trials, but it also led to some unfortunate complications involving another dangerous virus. Antibodies that were shielding participants from a Covid-19 infection were also leading to false …
Read More »For once, I agree with Greenpeace: carbon offsets are a global con job
For those who want to make themselves feel better about the greenhouse gas emissions they create, carbon offsets have long been the easy option. If you’re flying off on holiday, just tick a box and all that guilt is assuaged for a small fee. The money will go to planting …
Read More »Mass mink graves may have caused groundwater pollution in Denmark, as govt admits it LOST TRACK of 1.5 million animals
The unprecedented mass cull was conducted by Denmark last month in an attempt to stop the spread of a mutated coronavirus strain among animals and workers. Now, the slaughter, which saw the entire mink population of 15 to 17 million animals killed, has seemingly created a whole set of new …
Read More »Joe Biden & Kamala Harris named TIME’s ‘Person of the Year’ as a predictable finger in Trump’s eye
The selection seemed calculated more to twist the knife in President Trump than anything else – avowedly anti-Trump musician Bruce Springsteen was selected to deliver the news, and the addition of the “Guardians of the Year” category allowed Time to essentially hand out prizes to all of the short-listers except …
Read More »Journalists baffled as Twitter briefly restricts ex-Intercept writer Zaid Jilani after spat with ‘1619 Project’ founder
Jilani’s account was ‘temporarily restricted’ on Thursday and those wishing to see it had to click through a notice. As usual, Twitter did not give any reason or explanation for the action. The lockout was noticed by Jilani’s former Intercept colleagues Lee Fang and Glenn Greenwald. Former Times opinion writer …
Read More »World’s richest banker Joseph Safra dies at 82 in Brazil
Safra passed away on Thursday of natural causes, according to a statement by Banco Safra, the financial institution that he built with his brother Moise, who died in 2014. Safra also owned the Safra National Bank of New York and the J. Safra Sarasin bank in Switzerland, both of which …
Read More »The armed police raid on home of ex-Florida Covid-19 data scientist Rebekah Jones is an intolerable, dystopian intimidation tactic
According to state officials, Jones, a former Florida Department of Health (DOH) data scientist, was fired for “insubordination,” but she claims she was dismissed for refusing to alter official Covid-19 data to make reopening the state more palatable for the public at the behest of Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, a …
Read More »Remainer cry-babies must stop blaming Brexit for all the UK’s ills – the fast-track vaccine shows there’s a bright future ahead
By the time we shut the door in Europe’s face on New Year’s Eve, kicking it out like a guest overstaying their welcome, it will have been four years, six months and a week since the British public voted for Brexit. Yet a bunch of Remainer cry-babies still insist it’s …
Read More »YouTube’s censorship of the 2020 election criticism is an argument for abolishing Section 230
It is becoming more and more common that big tech companies are censoring the opinions of people who upload to their platforms. The latest turn is that YouTube is going to begin deleting videos that are critical of the 2020 election in the United States. It waited until the ‘safe …
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