NEW: I’m not sure people appreciate quite how bad the Covid situation is in Hong Kong, nor what might be around the corner. First, an astonishing chart. After keeping Covid at bay for two years, Omicron has hit HK and New Zealand, but the outcomes could not be more different.

The dignity of this brave statement from Conservative MP Jamie Wallis stands in stark contrast to the Prime Minister's cheap gag at the same event last night.

Sunak is firmly commited to being a bad person, even when it’s also incredibly unpopular. No choice but to respect

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This is amazing but too many people trying to just defend the effects of the disruption, and too few people redirecting the blame for the disruption at the people who caused it: the fuckin tories

Our Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, [Husam Zomlot], highlights the hypocrisy present in Western and Israeli media. “I refuse to answer the question, because I refuse its premise.”

The road to fascism starts with journalists being disproportionately interested in what fascists think

Tories plus one of Reform/Brexit/UKIP 2010: 39% 2015: 49% 2017: 44% 2019: 46% 2024: 38% (I think)

Echoes of my own childhood experiences in internment camps in America. #NeverAgain

ECP Day 1 😤

A very interesting symposium about “true” correlations! Excellent presentations from our editor René Mõttus, Yavor Dragostinov, Paddy Maher and Helo Liis Soodla

Link to study 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The ReGPC presents comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality in N=611K-1.14M and within-family GWAS in N=51K. In contrast to many other social/behav traits, pop GWAS of personality almost entirely reflect direct genetic effects. doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…

Biggest and most comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits just dropped! Thrilled to be part of this 🔥🙏