Excl: Stonewall tried to suppress early warnings about shaky evidence base for transitioning children.
It told followers to 'shred' info + urged councils to tell schools it was 'dangerous.'
Ruth Hunt's only regret: 'I regret we trusted the experts.'

#Cass
thetimes.co.uk/article/fe117e…

Plenty of folk on this website kneejerk the response “transphobic bigot” to this kind of article. But who is the bigot? The one who wants evidence before putting children through a life-changing medical process, or the one who doesn’t?

Every conference I've ever been at
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Universities are educational communities. They do not have, and must not have:
*A 'brand' or brands;
*Internal quasi-markets;
*Complex financial engineering;
*Competitive logics;
*Quantitative targets;
*Justification via social capital.
If they do, they are not universities.

Superb article be Andrew Neil. In the light of the publication of the Cass Review, his spotlight turns on one high profile individual who has consistently championed women’s rights (despite being subjected to, at times, vile abuse) - JK Rowling.

Despite being a feminist, who has…

What is going on at UCLA medical school?

This worries me a lot, and it's one more reason Americans aren't worried enough about WW3

noahpinion.blog

Revealed preference is a marvellous thing.

Groups like the BMA are highly ideological and scream whenever reform of the NHS is discussed. But doctors are largely moving to Australia, which has a system based on privatisation and insurance.

thetimes.co.uk/article/doctor…

UC president Michael Drake, in response: “ The individuals that targeted this event did so simply because it was hosted by a dean who is Jewish. These actions were antisemitic, threatening, and do not reflect the values of this university.'

BREAKING: Harvard has reversed course and will require applicants to submit standardized tests scores in the next application cycle.

“For the Class of 2029 admissions cycle, Harvard will require submission of scores for the SAT or ACT. In exceptional cases in which applicants…

BREAKING: In Sudden Reversal, Harvard To Require Standardized Testing for Next Admissions Cycle

Elyse Goncalves and Matan Josephy report.

thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…

Adrian Wooldridge to Anthony Scaramucci: “You painted a pretty depressing picture of the choices that America faces into the next election. But how did you get into this position as a country as the most important country in the world?”

Interesting question for a Brit to ask. 🤔

maybe: leif weatherby The real ideology of elite academia and elite media is not left-wing, it's an unholy matrimony of front-of-house, extremist progressivism with back-of-house extremist neoliberalism. I've called this left-right hybrid ideology 'corporate radicalism.' 7/

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

'If Ukraine is defeated, we will find ourselves in a far more dangerous world. It will be a world where we can expect war in Europe and war in Asia,' nuclear proliferation and a refugee crisis on a whole new scale. Read this appeal: edition.cnn.com/2024/04/10/opi…

Important appeal from ⁦Timothy Snyder⁩ Sean Penn, Barbra Streisand, Imagine Dragons tell Congress to fund Ukraine | CNN cnn.com/2024/04/10/opi…

When did Stockholm become a city where fathers are shot dead on their way to the swimming pool with their kids?

The emergence of armed child gangs is without precedent. Why Sweden? Why now?

Fredrik Kärrholm, a former policeman (now politician) explains: spectator.co.uk/article/teenag…

Helen Lewis Adrian Wooldridge You haven’t been paying attention to the ‘new’ journalism. Not asking difficult questions or ignoring stories that undermine narratives and advocacy is central to much journalism today. Readers have noticed.

The endless announcements on trains are one of the leading causes of staff abuse

A day in London yesterday began with a warning not to be abusive to staff on the train (I've never seen staff on that train), continued at the library with an instruction to 'be kind' to other users and ended with a long lecture, posted at the front door of the National Theatre..

I don’t mean to dunk, but I find this an incredible attitude for a journalist to take. The soul of this trade is curiosity!

I’m not even sure the analogy holds up. Doctors don’t give people cough medicine without asking themselves if it could be pneumonia or lung cancer.