We did it to ourselves because those who rightly decry the Nanny State principle failed to notice they were enacting exactly that. Thatcher, for all that she did a lot of good things, had a complete … (View Post)

The problem is not the ideas, it is that the people administering them are often exposed as being both arrogant and incompetent - a very dangerous combination when discussing the movers and shakers o… (View Post)

Reading the article it would seem that the Horizon losses were central to the whole prosecution case. There was no pghysical evidence to link him to the crime and it all depended on him having been s… (View Post)

The Stone Tape is one of the best bits of TV ever. A brilliant concept, brilliantly realised. (View Post)

Oh that's a poor show. Everyone knows the correct units for asteroid sizes are giraffes https://phys.org/news/2023-08-city-killers-half-giraffes-scary-asteroids.html https://www.sciencetimes.com… (View Post)