DecrepiterJohnL

A third factor in nepotism is simply understanding that a particular vocation exists. If your father is a writer and your mother a long-distance lorry driver, granddad an MP and granny a doctor, then… (View Post)

Coincidentally, Princeton has just published this:- Major autism study uncovers biologically distinct subtypes, paving the way for precision diagnosis and care https://www.princeton.edu/news/2025/07/… (View Post)

No, this goes back to Mrs Thatcher at least. There is a childlike innocence to our belief in free market capitalism that blinds us to others having their thumbs on the scale. (View Post)

UK government’s deal with Google ‘dangerously naive’, say campaigners Company to provide free technology and ‘upskill’ civil servants but concerns raised over UK data being held on US servers https:/… (View Post)

More importantly smartphones remove the need for in-person socialisation. No need to go out and meet your friends to talk if you are all in the same WhatsApp/Insta/Whatever group chat. (View Post)