Back to books - Sweden's schools cutting back on digital learning Swedish classrooms swap laptops for books, pens and paper, raising concerns from the tech sector.

The sooner the better.
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Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson

Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS

Nothing to see or everything to see

Palantir must be removed from the NHS

pre-ChatGPT but possibly post the episode of Bing Bang Theory where Sheldon teaches Penny about philosophy and physics.

Reform's Richard Tice responds to reported failure to pay £100,000 tax Mr Tice said: "A long career with multiple businesses is bound to feature some errors." He added that he will pay any arrears "if numbers need rechecking".

This guy Is a serial tax evader and yet pretends to be patriotic - he should move to Dubai for good and stay out of UK politics. news.sky.com/story/reform...

…and the leftovers of the SDP and the Liberals, both of whom are anti EU. Quite the journey.

Media Sovereignty Act Campaign British-owned Media for British People

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If you're in the UK, please consider signing this petition calling for a ban on foreign ownership of UK media outlets and for greater transparency of media funding:

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This is clearly de-furr-mation.

European Union and United Kingdom take decisive step towards Erasmus+ association in 2027 Today, the European Union and the United Kingdom have enabled the UK\'s association to Erasmus+ in 2027.

🚨🚨Welcome and very significant news on #EU-UK relationship and #brexit reversal: yesterday, the European Union and the United Kingdom have enabled the UK's association to #Erasmus+ in 2027. 🧵
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Covid-19 Inquiry: UK's vaccine development and rollout was 'extraordinary feat' - live updates An estimated 475,000 lives were saved in England and Scotland, but the inquiry says a lower vaccine uptake among some groups should've been predicted.

The Covid 19 vaccine roll out was an extraordinary feat which may have saved upwards of 475,000 lives.

In the face of a deadly virus dedicated professionals worked hard to make it happen and millions did the right thing and took the jabs.

That's to be celebrated.

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Based on the picture, then they should also investigate the mistreatment of a migrant workforce.

More famous than Den Haag/Sheveningen? or even Texel?

Every war, trade war and pandemic makes the case for renewables stronger.

👉 Read the full story: tcnv.link/G8qR6ph

Meta, Tiktok and Google under investigation for allegedly disobeying Australia’s social media ban Nearly 70% of under-16s with accounts on Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok had maintained access, survey finds

Meta, Tiktok and Google under investigation for allegedly disobeying Australia’s social media ban www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Brexit has likely done more economic damage than feared.

Recent evidence suggests the economic cost of Brexit may be approaching twice the 4% impact assumed by the OBR

New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications A recent study in Computers in Human Behavior provides evidence that a single smartphone pop-up derails mental focus for seven seconds. Researchers found that fragmented digital habits cause more cogn...

When I disabled all the notifications on my smart phone, I felt such an enormous sense of relief. It took me a while to figure out why. It was because I wasn't being constantly interrupted
New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications www.psypost.org/new-psycholo...

There’s plenty on his deteriorating mental condition, worth checking out epistemiccrisis on instagram if you haven’t already.

Q&A: How the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal power #CBarchive

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It would be a lot easier if we'd just #rejoin

A lovely run out at Henlow Bridge Lakes #parkrun and a happy 91st birthday to Roger the run director.

Shameful that Parliament makes no effort to rein in Farage or Cox to reasonable levels (= £40k on an MP’s salary). F & C clearly are full time on non-Parliament tasks.
And utterly dixgraceful that a massive Labour majority & a supposed Labour government does no reform at all. (Diagram Harry Eccles)

Owner of a lot of empty properties in central London.

Missing, in-action: What happened to the bill to remove the Hereditary Peers? It is not often we get to indulge in the mystery genre here at the ERS; however, this blog will delve into the curious incident of the missing Hereditary Peers bill. The bill, a straight

The UK’s second chamber shouldn’t be determined by birthright. Our latest blog dives into the curious case of a lost Lords reform bill — and why democracy demands better.

Given how well this is working for the Lib Dems 🤨

Yep; the cap is there to minimise the effects of his sundowning.

I don't think those things are mutually exclusive. ;-)

Well, there's a plumber's job going vacant in Gorton and Denton he could fill ;-)

AI is already being used in schools across the country.

But our research found growing inequalities in how schools are adopting the technology and what they’re doing to help teachers to use it.

Here's how we can address this rapidly emerging issue ⬇️