Postcard From Bulgaria
...a series of code-name entry protocols, so-called ‘parola’ bars. Sometimes voiced, but more often just an unmarked door with a combination lock. No code, no entry. Another friend, a sickeningly...
...a series of code-name entry protocols, so-called ‘parola’ bars. Sometimes voiced, but more often just an unmarked door with a combination lock. No code, no entry. Another friend, a sickeningly...
...we should be doing now, not tomorrow, but now. To paraphrase the head of WHO: test, test, test. Dr. Tedros was referring to PCR, which, when mismanaged, distorted everyone’s perception...
...CO2 as China releases in a single day” – In his latest Substack post, Eugyppius pours scorn on the German Government’s green virtue-signalling. “The climate scaremongers: A second-class hurricane” –...
...who want to end the lockdown – have triumphed over the “doves”. (Michael Gove, who was a leading dove, has “changed his position”, according to the Sunday Times.) One reason the...
...his thesis, of which there is plenty. See here, here, here, here, here, here and here. One of the biggest misunderstandings, spread by political pundits even now, is the ‘tradeoff’ argument. Fact: evidence clear that fast hard effective action...
...research excellence, or Sussex – a university which describes itself as “challenging convention” – and its striving for, er, “excellence in everything we do“.) How does this sit alongside ‘inclusive...
...poverty, inequalities and food insecurity”, according to Reuters “Olympics 100%’ on – Tokyo 2020 president” – The Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto is “100%” certain the Olympics will go ahead, the...
...handling payments for “Nazis” on its platform, citing anti-censorship reasons, according to the Guardian. “On academic standards, fair play and Claudine Gay” – On Substack, Eugyppius gives his latest take...
Last Friday, I put my car in for service at Locharbriggs near Dumfries. To pass the time away, together with my little cocker spaniel, we walked along the very pleasant...
...(dark shade, n = 3723) and women (light shade, n = 3712) in a 1958 British birth cohort at age 45. Recently there has been a lot of interest in...
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