I just wanted to add something to my basket for my next delivery so I don't forget it :( @Tesco from an accessibility perspective blocking standard shopping during the wait time is horrible.
Hi @DrJenGunter I came across a claim that acids (including citric acid) impact absorption of ADHD medication. The cited source isn't one I've heard of. I can't find any evidence either way and I just wondered if you knew of any/anyone who might be able to confirm/deny it? 1/2
@krn Language is both mutable and in general terribly imprecise as it depends on collective agreement about meaning.
Attempts to remove that ambiguity results in legalise. I'm not sure that would really work for presenting the news.
@krn The video is no longer there so I couldn't comment but both are valid linguistically. The origin of the word is pretty much just "a group of 10 things"
@krn Fair 2000 is NOT 10 years ago (WTF?)
The conservatives is still true though:
Cameron stepped down in 2016
May in 2019
Johnson and Truss in 2022
Sunak hasn't yet.
So yeah... 5 Prime Ministers in the last 10 years 4 in the last 5.
The more I hear from the Covid enquiry, the more I think that the PM and the majority of ministers did not have the intellectual tools necessary to understand scientific advice and therefore to be able to weigh it successfully alongside economics, social science etc. In my view this can be traced to educational failure - they weren’t taught or didn’t learn the basics of science alongside their chosen disciplines. This also applies the other way round to scientists of course. Breadth of knowledge is key, as well as specialisation / expertise, and I don’t think our system delivered that in the 80s and 90s when I (and they) went to University - whether it does that today is an open question. I think we need to be producing more polymaths.
Red flags from visits to secondary schools
'Well, if his EHCP says he needs 1:1 support then we'd legally have to do it, but we'd prefer not to'
'We find that all autistic children benefit from strict behaviour rules, so we don't adapt them'
@jonty I was shocked when we got our new fridge at how much longer the food lasted. No more coming back after a weekend away and finding the milks gone off!