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Friday night #IRL news. Tonight was our monthly Wolvercote Scottish session. A cold, dark dreach night to be cycling out on the canal towpath, but worth it knowing there's a warm pub (and warm ale) at the other end, plus the cozy glow from the canal boats. Alas, at the White Hart, it turned out

The imminent appearance of the execreble bigot Nathan Cofnas at Oriel College is an example of the deeply damaging folly of the so-called "free speech" bill Parliament passed under the Tory government. This bill addressed an issue of supposed suppression of discussion at Universities that never

"free speech." Surely, there are much more clear cut and less morally ambiguous cases that would have deserved their support, so coming out for Cofnas in particular leads me to suspect it's not just a free speech matter, but sympathy for Cofnas' overtly racist views. I'm not going to name names, but

The imminent appearance of the execreble bigot Nathan Cofnas at Oriel College is an example of the deeply damaging folly of the so-called "free speech" bill Parliament passed under the Tory government. This bill addressed an issue of supposed suppression of discussion at Universities that never

on unacceptable speech. It has stripped the academic community in the UK of any ability to proclaim and adhere to shared institutional values. This is also a good time to call out my Oxford colleagues who have signed on in support of Nathan Cofnas. This includes not just known right-wing voices

The imminent appearance of the execreble bigot Nathan Cofnas at Oriel College is an example of the deeply damaging folly of the so-called "free speech" bill Parliament passed under the Tory government. This bill addressed an issue of supposed suppression of discussion at Universities that never

For shame. Shame on Oriel. They are under no obligation to platform blatant racists.

In some sense, stupid UK law does make Oriel obligated to platform blatant racists, technically speaking, but that does not make a student group obligated to issue the invitation. The group issuing the invitation is complicit in racism. But the main problem is with a so-called "free speech"

I'm surprised that The Guardian goes out of its way to downplay the importance of Burnham's decision to open Jackdaw www.theguardian.com/business/202... They don't seem to understand that this signals a deep failure to commit to net Zero. If Burnham can't even make a sensible decision in such a

of fossil fuel production to emissions. Poppycock! What do they think happens to all that production? If it is dug up, it is going to be burned, and that will release CO2. If you have control of some fossil fuels, the surest way to make sure the stored carbon is not emitted is to ...

I'm surprised that The Guardian goes out of its way to downplay the importance of Burnham's decision to open Jackdaw www.theguardian.com/business/202... They don't seem to understand that this signals a deep failure to commit to net Zero. If Burnham can't even make a sensible decision in such a

clear-cut case, where there will be no significant impact on fossil gas prices, employment or the economy, but will significantly compromise the UK leadership position in persuading the world to decarbonise, it does not bode well for Burnham having the courange to do the bigger things either.

In comparison to the recent revelations that Trump is abandoning the free world and siding with Russia and Putin, the bone-headedness of Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins is small beer, but I can't let it pass without comment. He says, no point to teach kids math! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

sorts of skilled trades require the evaluation of simple formulae like this -- carpentry, electricians, plumbers, automotive repair, HVAC installation and many more. Other skilled trades go further, and would need trigonometry and understanding of exponentials and logarithms. If Jenkins thinks

In comparison to the recent revelations that Trump is abandoning the free world and siding with Russia and Putin, the bone-headedness of Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins is small beer, but I can't let it pass without comment. He says, no point to teach kids math! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“The volume of a sphere is 4/3πr³ where r is the radius. Work out the volume of a sphere with diameter 20cm in terms of π.” as an example. But all this problem is asking is whether a student can evaluate a stated formula correctly -- specificall whether they can compute the cube of a number.

In comparison to the recent revelations that Trump is abandoning the free world and siding with Russia and Putin, the bone-headedness of Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins is small beer, but I can't let it pass without comment. He says, no point to teach kids math! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...