Australia's Federal Court overrules the idiocy of the Australian 'eSafety Commissioner' (what a creepy name)

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“Transforming physicians into social reformers, and directing them to avoid a focus on individuals, results in a grievous misdirection of their skills.” Ronald A. Lindsay for Quillette.

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From Caregivers to Social Reformers | Ronald A. Lindsay
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'Intersectionality, a concept becoming as essential to the practice of medicine today as an understanding of the four humours was to medieval medicine—and just as dubious and slippery.' Ronald A. Lindsay for Quillette

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There's 0 evidence that you need to release your rage in this way or that it will make you a calmer person. If anything, I think the opposite is likely to be true.

I often read that Enlightenment scientists, addled by racism, bequeathed us bogus racial categories. Coel Hellier shows that at least one of them, Johann Blumenbach, had a prescient and sophisticated understanding. quillette.com/2024/03/13/joh…

I'm on a high, having met someone here in Sydney whom I enjoy dancing with, someone I knew when I lived in Buenos Aires.

Replacing Israel with Palestine: A Dangerous Delusion, says British-Palestinian peace activist & political analyst John Aziz. quillette.com/2024/05/08/rep…

This is a serious issue, but we won't be able to tackle it by either virtue-signalling or scaremongering. Josh is right to provide some perspective on the figures.

Australia is an outlier: men are fatter than women.

An open bar is the ideal place to buy someone a drink.

As an editor, I'd like to thank everyone for these useful lists of potential contacts.

This is true in so many cases. If you seek justice for the past, you'll get caught in a neverending spiral of conflict. Better to think about how you can build the future.

Yup. I've witnessed a few of them be absolutely consumed by hate. It's vile and also sad.

Dave Rubin's trajectory from charming but gormless to bitter and resentful has been distressing to witness.

One post about the Eurovision results.
Israel’s Eden Golan won the second highest number of popular votes. Croatia leads this section by a margin of only two points.
Pay attention to what I have called the quiet undercurrents. Millions of voters worldwide have honored the…