Starting December 16th, Meta will start feeding all your data to AI. This video is an instructional on how to turn these settings off.

“I once complained that the BBC was biased against my political views even though I was on it every 10 minutes”

"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates. Today, we have set a precedent that protects and clarifies the rights of authors" — German Music Rights Society

NHS doctor here, Rupert. If you'd checked your facts before this racist dogwhistle, you'd know that every NHS doctor can speak English - as proven by their IELTS proficiency (look it up... or are you just a populist hatemonger for whom facts don't matter?). Kindness may not solve

Asking “what’s the use of reading fiction?” is the first step in removing the teaching of books from schools entirely—for why study something that no one needs? Knowledge of history & literature empowers us against tyrants and oligarchs. Without them, we are easy prey.

The Tory who’s f*cking party cut f*cking funding for f*cking cancer is suddenly concerned about funding f*cking cancer.

I'm a big fan of the "GPS Theory" when you miss a turn, your GPS doesn't judge you, it recalculates. No matter how many detours you take, it finds another way forward. Life works like that too. You'll make mistakes, but your destination doesn't vanish. The route just changes.

Less than half of Americans read even a single book in a given year. If you’re not reading regularly, you’ll have trouble recognizing misleading rhetoric. You won’t have the historical & media literacy needed to distinguish truth from lies. This is why they want you illiterate.

The most common misogynistic insults women get online, by percentage 🧵 (large-scale studies from Pew, the UK Government Harmful Content Unit, Plan International, and the Anti-Defamation League)

I know it’s annoying when we say "Everything is an ADHD symptom." But you have to understand the plot twist: We spent 30 years thinking we were just unique, quirky, or lazy. Then we find out our sleeping habits, our eating patterns, and even the way we sit in chairs are

The most underrated act of kindness is letting people be. Let them mispronounce a word, talk too much about a show they love, or get excited about something you don't understand.✨️ Everyone's got something that lights them up. Let them shine, even if it's not your thing.✨️

Menopause being ignored entirely. Almost no research, no treatment options, barely trained doctors. Women are told to “just deal with it”. If menopause happened to men and as a result of it men experienced a drastic reduction in metabolism, muscle loss acceleration, severely

Thank you to every person who supported our annual Carols by Candlelight concert earlier this week. We're thrilled to have raised £10,000 and counting! Read all about it! launchpadreading.org.uk/carols-by-cand…

If you're Christmas shopping in Primark, Reading, please have a look at the Giving Tree which will support vulnerable people in the town.  Pick a gift to donate as you shop, take it to the till to pay, drop it at the donation point and Launchpad will distribute to clients. 🎁

After hearing that I have too many books and too many bookshelves, I’ve decided to cut back on the amount of people I listen to.

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. -C.S. Lewis

Do not make fun of children for believing in Santa. There's actually grown adults who believe a 78 year old man sustained a 2 cm-wide gunshot wound to the ear that completely healed in 19 days without leaving a single mark.

Late diagnosis of ADHD isn’t a trend. It’s a backlog. Stop glamorizing it. XO, Dr. Jen