I do think there’s this really fascinating - and disturbing - trend going on where we deny young adults the hallmarks of independent adulthood for longer, then are surprised when they behave more like children, and use that behaviour to further infantilise them

Until people understand the difference between 'I don't like that' and 'that should be illegal', we will be headed for some dark times.

‘results suggest that the Swedish policy of advice and trust in the population to reduce social interactions voluntarily was relatively successful… lockdowns in 2020/21 probably did more harm than good.’

What a clip – unimaginable when I first started cycling in London. No special occasion, just people getting to work

As MPs debate assisted dying, here’s why having once supported it I now find it v hard to do so. I think state-sanctioned wrongful deaths will be inevitable.

When the right to die becomes the duty to die, who will step in to save those most at risk? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A nice demonstration of two things:

1) De-funding the police is bad, actually, and results in more crime, disproportionately harming the poor.

2) Short-term cost-saving exercises often end up resulting in negative impacts that cost far more to fix than they initially saved.

Some thoughts on the 'go back to Poland' slogan hurled at Jews, a thread

I repeat, all of this is a LARP done by naive students who have the emotional maturity of children.

They literally have no idea what they’re supporting, which makes it easy for antisemitic bad actors to use them to their cause.

Europe needs to follow the US and force divestment or ban. We cannot let a foreign state exert such political control over our democracies.

Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

Map shows the roots of the death march into the Syrian desert. Approximately 1.5 million Armenians were systematically deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths by the Ottoman Empire

Fellas, is it communist to use pricing to address negative externalities?

Communist hordes are hyperactive on this app at the moment.

I think it's time for a Why Karl Marx Was Wrong thread....

Pedro Sánchez Resumiendo, que se esconde como una rata en vez de dar explicaciones.

I’m a huge free speech, anti-govt censorship guy, but it’s INSANE that the CCP is allowed to own and operate Tik Tok in this country.

📊 Lockdown’s impact on children is only beginning: ‘Children who started school in the early days of the pandemic will have worse exam results well into the next decade.’

📈 Get the data: data.spectator.co.uk

✍️ Full article here: spectator.co.uk/article/lockdo…

Flying is cheaper and more convenient. Schiphol is also a major transit hub.

I think that this is a good idea, and €5 is hardly anything in comparison.

.J.K. Rowling's carefully phrased definition of  “woman”  is correct. The gamete-size definition is soundly based in evolutionary theory and has no exceptions  – among humans, mammals, vertebrates, animals generally. And she’s right about beetroot.
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There is nowhere on the planet that has had car parking removed that would be better if it was restored.

Prove me wrong.

A few weeks ago I interviewed Richard Dawkins in the House of Lords. This is what he told me. In The Spectator spectator.co.uk/article/richar…