I've missed whether anyone has made these obvious points while I've been away. Pop music has definitely, overall, got worse since its peak in the 60s/70s/80s/90s/00s, depending on your POV … (View Post)

I think this guy is the closest I've heard to a male Amy St Paul and the Broken Bones Does anyone know better white soul since Amy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpXX5BjltM (View Post)

Just got back from a weekend in the smoke. Went to see Spurs v Saints yesterday and have never been so hot at football. We were sat in the sun for the full match and there was one gentle breeze about… (View Post)

Tom Chivers @TomChivers Apparently there was a series of Bayesian statistics conferences in Spain starting in the late 1970s, and they had a tradition of cabaret songs about how great Bayes' the… (View Post)

The release of that Amnesty article could make sense. Iff they're about to release a much, much longer report detailing Russian atrocities which concludes that the Ukrainians have had no choice … (View Post)