ContrarianBrit

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Bill Gates would rather pay for vaccines than travel to Mars(bbc.com)
5 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|3 comments
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Whatever their arguments, Covid vaccine sceptics will probably never convince me(thomasprosser.substack.com)
3 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|0 comments
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Big Tech is bad at firing people(wired.co.uk)
1 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|1 comments
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JD Sports cyber attack may have exposed millions of names, numbers and addresses(news.sky.com)
2 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|0 comments
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AI could change the way we search the web(news.sky.com)
2 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|0 comments
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Amazon Smile Closes(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|1 comments
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The politicization of society is damaging liberal democracy(thomasprosser.substack.com)
27 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|55 comments
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Welsh speakers use TikTok to teach the language(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|0 comments
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Tesla says it delivered record 1.3M vehicles in 2022(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|0 comments
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Social Justice as Social Leverage(helendale.substack.com)
1 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|1 comments
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by ContrarianBrit 4y ago
Some would call it a skill ;-)
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by ContrarianBrit 4y ago
‘Bregret is widespread, much analysis assuming that public opinion is significant. But Britain is locked out of the EU and public opinion will change, potentially favouring the new status quo. Path dependence is a crucial concept in institu
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Why Britain may never rejoin the EU(thomasprosser.substack.com)
2 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|5 comments
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Digital currencies may be fundamentally unsound(news.sky.com)
3 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|1 comments
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Messi Instagram post most liked ever(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|1 comments
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Guardian newspaper hit by suspected ransomware attack(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|0 comments
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What the Twitter shadowbanning revelations tell us about tribalism and democracy(thomasprosser.substack.com)
4 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|2 comments
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Judge throws out crypto lawsuit against Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather(news.sky.com)
3 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|1 comments
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Sam Bankman-Fried: I hope to make money to pay people back(bbc.co.uk)
13 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|14 comments
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by ContrarianBrit 4y ago
After years of lecturing on Brexit, I’ve written a blog which identifies five principles for teaching this divisive topic, with the aim of promoting critical thinking and freedom of speech. I Adopt a neutral tone. Whilst lecturers can be op
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How I teach Brexit (and other controversial topics)(thomasprosser.substack.com)
1 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|1 comments
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Ethereum change cut cryptocurrency power demand(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|0 comments
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ChatGPT: New AI chatbot has everyone talking to it(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|1 comments
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TikTok sued by Indiana over security and safety concerns(bbc.co.uk)
7 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|0 comments
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by ContrarianBrit 4y ago
Agree that such efforts are important and, in the article, I assert that certain initiatives are worthy. But certain projects go far beyond these; see the efforts in New Zealand, discussed in this thread.
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by ContrarianBrit 4y ago
Very similar!
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by ContrarianBrit 4y ago
The linked article which discusses the decolonization of maths is very interesting.
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by ContrarianBrit 4y ago
‘Most analyses of the decolonization of university curriculums focus on the role of social justice ideology. Yet decolonization is in the interests of administrators. For years, administrators have sought greater control over curriculums, t
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Decolonization of the curriculum is the revenge of administrators(thomasprosser.substack.com)
10 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|14 comments
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'Merry Christmas': 30 years of the text message(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by ContrarianBrit 4y ago|0 comments

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