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Why won’t the Chief Constable hold my sign?
I didn’t even ask her to agree with it
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The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
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