I think this is an outlier prediction that’s been cherry picked for headlines. All the prediction services I can find are going for 36 or 37 °C . Which is quite bad enough... (View Post)

I told people this a day or two OK, but got nothing but pushback in response from the culture war true believers on here. Voters, Tory or otherwise, are not going to be interested in arguments over t… (View Post)

Given that the Fed is set on raising rates & our problem is (mostly) an oil price shock when we’re dependent on oil imports we’re damned if we do & damned if we don’t. Don’t raise rates: £ cr… (View Post)

English here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uXUM6xC0Vk (View Post)

There was a good essay on this topic in the LRB, exploring the space around consent, the need for an absolute right to choose & refuse whoever we want (or do not want) to sleep with & how tha… (View Post)