I'm back in the office now, but when WFH I made it a practice to go for a walk every lunchtime (I also run 3-4 times a week). 23.5 hours cooped up at home is far preferable to 24. (View Post)

It is also the case that a lot of Spanish Flu deaths were due to secondary bacterial infections such as HIB and streptococcus, which not only do we now antibiotics for, but people are routinely immun… (View Post)

That's an increase of about half a percent in the chance of dying in any one particular year. (Going on 10,000 deaths a week). I would reckon most people would regard that as negligible risk for the … (View Post)

Yes I have found it strange having to give my passport number when buying a train ticket or a ticket for an attraction, I had to show my passport on a couple of occasions and sometimes they scan that… (View Post)

Thought this is an interesting view on David Amess' murder. From a Somali. https://unherd.com/2021/10/the-myth-of-lone-wolf-terrorism/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups[0]=18743&tl_period_type=3&mc_… (View Post)