@Ian_Gay_briel The honest answer is because there is very little UK people like less than feeling condescended to by Americans. The result is a reflexive defensiveness of British institutions against criticism
For Daggerheart, these two sections just definitely cemented it's not for me. I mean, have the designers not played at a lot of TTRPG tables? The clashing personalities, the rules lawyer, the loud one taking the spotlight, the quiet person who barely speaks, the one on their phone the whole time...
@Gezzamag @mulronie@k3nn3h@CoKeynesian The methodology for this actually changed in 2019 or so - so depending on the point the data is from, these figures may only include the amount of the loan expected to be repaid.
https://t.co/0CvAysffdu
"The defendant is a widow in her 80s, disabled with osteoarthritis – and set to be made homeless in two hours."
I spent a day at court to see the situation facing tenants fighting eviction. Here's my long read on a crucible of crises: 👇https://t.co/91GMaXwFXc
@cathinott What does it mean for a theory to be correct or disproven? What is the scientific method? Does scientific progress have an 'end'? These are all questions in the philosophy of science.
@heavenly_otter @BatarianHermit The home secretary just proposed banning charities from giving homeless people tents.
Labour want to massively increase social housing construction. These things are not the same.
***New SARG paper*** Changes and continuity in indicators of adolescent health and well-being during the decline in youth alcohol consumption. Led by @AbigailStevely from the @Y_DiDshef project.
https://t.co/RMKgMNovqi
@HebeHubby @thejb_stan The issue with non-drinkers is a well known problem in alcohol epidemiology and meta-analyses by world-leading epidemiologists comes to the same conclusion
@JusticeTrousers@nigelfletcher At worst, the changes allow the office for students to impose limits on university places - I don't think anyone is going to be removed from a course they're already doing
Today my brother made a video about how the patent on a drug for Tuberculosis should be expiring, but that Johnson and Johnson is extending with a legal loophole for four extra years.
As a result, experts estimate that six million people will die.
https://t.co/7B0Shn84nB