UK police have said violence against women and girls is at "epidemic" levels and declared it a national threat, on a par with terrorism.

Not all forms of violence have increased. The number of physical assaults on women has fallen slightly and femicide (killing of women/girls) has fallen too.

The Hidden History of Women Game Designers - JSTOR Daily Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.

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China’s ‘temple economy’ in the spotlight as scandals rock influential religious leaders Powerful Buddhist monks who have previously escaped punishment are the latest target of the government’s crackdown on excess wealth and alleged corruption

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From Seoul to Pyongyang: the secret remittance networks keeping North Korean families alive The clandestine networks were almost decimated by Covid border closures and are now under threat from a crackdown in South Korea

Remittances are a hidden force in the global economy

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘I was told I had two weeks to live’ – why are so many young, fit, non-smoking women getting lung cancer? For decades, lung cancer has been viewed as a disease of older men who smoked. Now, cases among young women are on the rise and doctors are baffled. Could air pollution be behind it?

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Think Slow | No Mercy / No Malice A media ecosystem that focuses on engagement vs. enlightenment will get you to whatever conclusion sanctifies your beliefs. The recent murder of a health insurance CEO immediately triggered my go-to t...

Reflections on psychologist Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow, in our high speed society

www.profgalloway.com/think-slow-2/

Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law They will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance and sick days.

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How can England possibly be running out of water? While famously rainswept, climate crisis, population growth and profligacy mean the once unthinkable could be possible

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'Near Telepathic' Wearable Lets You Communicate Silently With Devices - Decrypt AlterEgo unveiled a silent-speech wearable that decodes subvocal signals into commands, delivering a non-invasive AI interface.

This gadget uses electromyography, which captures muscle impulses in prosthetics

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Australia moves to stamp out ‘nudify’ and stalking apps Tech platforms to be responsible for preventing access to ‘abhorrent technologies’ under reforms announced by Canberra.

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The heavy toll of misogynoir on Black women in the workplace Misogynoir – the intersection of racism and sexism – can harm Black women’s mental health and career prospects

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona Heat deaths could surge in the state as energy poverty linked to Trump’s energy and trade policies burns

In the richest country in the world people are baking to death at home. Richard Chamblee died in Arizona two days after the central AC broke and the family couldn’t afford to repair it. His core temp was 108F/42C. He was just 52 years old.
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Chile is one of the safest places for LGBTQ+ to reside. They have some of the worlds strongest anti discrimination laws.

Green Day plays Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen right before they hit the stage.

Here are 50,000 Chileans losing their shit this past weekend.
#HumanRights
#Chile
#MusicSky

Oregan and Colorado have eased access to recreational psilocybin, which has potential anti-aging effects (in mice, at least).

Are we in a crisis of rudeness? Why it feels like people are more impolite than ever.

Many would argue that people are ruder today than in the past.

Incivility is contagious; it encourages others to act the same.

Or maybe it's just that collectively, we're more distracted. Slack and inattentive towards common courtesy, rather than wilfully disregarding.

Excellent piece from Vox

China Uncertainty Clouds Nvidia’s AI Progress Report The company’s quarterly filings have become high-stakes updates on the artificial intelligence bubble, the resilience of the market and the US-China trade war.

Nvidia’s quarterly filings have become high-stakes updates on the AI bubble, the resilience of the market and the US-China trade war.

A Warning From 1300s England on Wage Controls Government intervention in prices tends to have negative side effects.

'Think you're having a tough day? Be grateful you're not a medieval grafter. Working for a wage circa 1350 - 1750 was a dystopian nightmare'

This curious piece about wages not stretching far enough by John Stepek is well worth a read

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I'm trying, I'm always trying, I'm a knight of the faith. And every time, I really believe.
There are some great lines in this memoir by Constance Debre, who was born into French aristocracy

The planned expulsion of Gaza's population is already underway - +972 Magazine Israel is conditioning aid to force Gazans into ‘concentration zones.’ This scheme is stalling, but that only portends greater brutality.

The location of aid distribution centres in Gaza have been used to facilitate 'population transfer' - a crime against humanity.
Denying basic necessities or making the provision of them conditional on people moving isn't a new tactic sadly

www.972mag.com/gaza-expulsi...

This is great. Botox in the forehead may ease depression, as a face that can't frown won't be telling the brain it's unhappy

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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

The deliberate killing of journalists in a tent housing journalists in Gaza
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Four more journalists have been killed by Israel today. They were working for Al-Jazeera and deliberately targeted to be killed, according to a statement from Israel.
Their names are: Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal

Women are three times as likely as men to feel unsafe in parks – here’s how we can design them better How designing better parks can help gender equality.

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Jane Austen was a satirist – why isn’t she treated like one? Although many women writers were critiquing society in the 18th century, hardly any of them were considered satirists.

Jane Austen is hilarious

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Cover page of a legal document filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The case, numbered 1:25-cv-12162, was filed on August 1, 2025. Plaintiffs include the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and 17 other states, along with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Defendants are Donald J. Trump (as President), Pamela Jo Bondi (as U.S. Attorney General), and the U.S. Department of Justice. The document is titled "Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief" and spans 79 pages.

17 states have filed a lawsuit to stop the illegal intimidation of Healthcare providers to stop providing gender affirming care to trans youth.

They're bringing APA and 10th amendment states right claims.

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Every 16 hours a woman in the US loses her life at the hands of her domestic partner/ex-partner.

For those moments of doubt when social sciences feel pointless

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