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July 23, 2024 Longrider 11

Meet consequences. The mother of a Just Stop Oil activist jailed for disrupting thousands of hardworking people by scaling the M25 gantry has complained she ‘will not […]

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Up Yours!

January 9, 2024 Longrider 10

No. Fuck off. It’s that time again. No, I don’t mean New Year and resolutions: I mean mask time. I can hear the universal groan. […]

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Spare Us

October 19, 2023 Longrider 21

God spare us from the puritans who would dictate our lives. Fuck off and die, the lot of you. A couple of sausages and rashers […]

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Morons

August 27, 2023 Longrider 9

A salt free diet is a death sentence. Large new study using UK Biobank data shows even a small reduction in salt intake can be […]

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Another Day…

July 12, 2023 Longrider 11

Another study. Even ‘safe’ levels of air pollution can trigger heart attacks, a study suggests. Researchers also found people can be struck down within just […]

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Gas Off

March 30, 2023 Longrider 13

Still not doing it. Experts today blasted government plans to force households onto electricity by hiking their gas bills. Ministers are set to change subsidy rules […]

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Quackery

March 14, 2023 Longrider 10

More junk science. Meanwhile, Dartmouth researchers documented the first known case of long Covid-triggered prosopagnosia in the journal Cortex. After repeated tests — including one where she […]

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Yeah, It Is

March 4, 2023 Longrider 6

Flying without feeling guilty. You may be hoping that guilt-free flying is just around the corner, but scientists warn it is still a long way […]

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Bad, Very Bad

August 3, 2022 Longrider 8

That’s me sussed, then. Researchers at Studio Psi.Co. in Italy investigated the connection between comic style descriptors and ‘dark triad’ personality traits. These are psychopathy, defined by […]

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Vallance and the Strawman

December 24, 2021 Longrider 5

Patrick Vallance doesn’t like being called out. Sir Patrick Vallance has hit back at critics who have accused scientists of scaremongering over Covid-19, saying that ministers need to […]