Ranking crimes by nationality risks stoking a repeat of last summer's racist riots, argues Minnie Rahman, who urges ministers to focus on fairness and rehabilitation instead
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This blogpost has been improved based on fedi discussions around it; you can find the Polish thread here, and the English thread here. I appreciate all this input!
I have recently been asked by the Panoptykon Foundation if it was possible to create an online age verification system that would not be a privacy nightmare. I highly recommend reading their piece, which dives into several issues around age verification.
I replied that yes, under certain assumptions, this is possible. And provided a rough sketch of such a system.
But before we dive into it, I have to be clear: I am not a fan of introducing online age verification systems. Privacy is just one of the many issues related to them. I dive into some of those later in this post.
There are other sleights of hand that cause economists problems. In their quest for statistical “identification” of a causal effect, economists often have to resort to techniques that answer either a narrower or a somewhat different version of the question that motivated the research. Results from randomized social experiments carried out in particular regions of, […]
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The anti-tax movement has dominated American politics for 50 years — but it may finally be fraying.
Chronicling the families of the past shows just how much family values, feelings and decision-making can morph over time
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For Schaus’ swallowtail butterflies, hurricanes mean clear skies and bright futures
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Dinosaur illustrator Mick Ellison on the evolution of using science and art to visualize the long-extinct animals of the deep past
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Peter Jukes, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Byline Times, on the urgent need for media accuracy and why joining Impress, the independent press regulator, is the best way for us to uphold those values
A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s statements.
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Sexuality is hard to define and actors should not be unduly confined when it comes to what parts are open to them, writes Tim Walker
Tom Davies CHAPS is a critical element of the UK’s payments landscape, handling 92% of UK payment values despite comprising 0.5% of volumes. CHAPS is used for high-value and time-critical payments, including money market and foreign exchange transactions, supplier payments, and house purchases. We forecast CHAPS volumes to help CHAPS participants in making staffing decisions … Continue reading Balancing complexity and performance in forecasting models: insights from CHAPS volume predictions
As a Labour MP, I know who I represent in Westminster. When I take my seat in Parliament, I do so in the interests of many communities that have been left behind by four decades of deindustrialisation. On the one side of my constituency is Clackmannanshire, whose mills, pits, and breweries were once the providers […]
Debunking the crash narrative: Why fears over UK borrowing levels misunderstand the fundamentals
Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone reveal that a blueprint for Ukraine’s failed effort to capture the village of Krynky was assembled by Project Alchemy, a secret military-intelligence cell created by the British Ministry of Defence which sought “at all costs” to “keep Ukraine fighting.” The Krynky plot led to a bloodbath that remains one of the war’s biggest disasters. On the morning of October 30 2023, dozens of Ukrainian commandos on small boats glided across the Dnieper River to […]
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Today, I am fully engaged in work commitments and so we have a guest blogger in the guise of Professor Scott Baum, who will soon be joining us at the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE) at the University of Newcastle as a senior research fellow. Scott has been one of my regular research…
– Lies have long legs: they are ahead of their time. The conversion of all questions of truth into questions of power, a process that truth itself cannot escape if it is not to be annihilated by power, not only suppresses truth as in earlier despotic orders, but has attacked the very heart of the […]
As Cardinals flock to Vatican City to pay respects to the old Pope and then elect a new one, an Australian Cardinal has told the local press of his excitement to be there, not only to vote but also consume... Read More ›
There is no me without you. Would I remember your phone number if my contacts were suddenly deleted, with no backups? If I’m being completely honest, not even the area code.
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I have known you for the entirety of my time on this mortal plane. Should we FaceTime with the kids? Okay. No, yeah. [Takes a shot.] I think I could do that.
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I want to know EVERYTHING that is going on with you. By scrolling through your social media posts.
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Sometimes I miss you so much that your absence feels like someone close to me has passed away. Ah, you want to get a phone call on the calendar? Oh. No, that sounds amazing. [Panics in millennial.] Two weeks from Wednesday, perfect. I definitely won’t completely forget until the phone rings.
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Every aspect of my personality was informed or shaped by you. Please enjoy this GIF of Beyoncé dancing for your birthday.