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How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...work, Preetha's account name was reinstated as she likes it. But for her, this is not really the end of the story. It is ongoing. The Internet has a long memory. The social media equivalent of stop-and-frisk Whoever reported Preetha used Facebook's “report abuse” button as a tactic, a mechanism of silencing. And it worked. Facebook prioritized the attacker’s speech...
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Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...working for institutions concerned fundamentally with operating within and protecting the Constitution. We know that large organisations are subject to regime change. Regime change can and repeatedly does put even the core structural principles and values of any institution in jeopardy. Institutional memory fades and anything can be sacrificed to the agenda of the...
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10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...works out what calories you have burned, monitors your sleep and connects wirelessly with your computer and mobile. You can even 'taunt' your friends by connecting your Fitbit to your mobile devices and pressure them into getting their step count up. Founded in 2007 by James Park and Eric Friedman, experts now believe Fitbit is now valued at more than $4 billion. Got a...
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How did Trump win the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Trump win the White House?

...working-class voters. Previous Republican nominees such as John McCain, who embraced generous immigration policies, and Mitt Romney, who advocated free trade, never managed to connect with blue-collar voters in the Great Lakes region. But Trump’s anti-immigration and protectionist trade policies gave him a unique opening with white working-class voters, and he made the...
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Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?

...work well when there are more than two strong candidates. It can then produce quite arbitrary outcomes. If there are five strong candidates, should you really be eliminated just because 18 percent of voters put you first, while the other four candidates were placed first by 19 to 22 percent of voters? Shouldn’t we look at how many voters put you second, for instance,...
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The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...work’, in Bolton, A., Pole C. and Mizen, P. (eds) Hidden Hands: International perspectives on children’s work and labour, London: Routledge. Blake, H., Lincoln, N.B. and Clarke, D.D. (2003) ‘Caregiver strain in spouses of stroke patients’, Clinical Rehabilitation, 17, pp. 312–17. Bodde, A.E., Seo, D.C. (2009) ‘A review of social and environmental barriers to...
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An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill
Health, Sports & Psychology

An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill

...works across community and neighbourhood projects and alongside health, social care and education practitioners to provide holistic support services Hope is unique in the support it provides to CYP living in the West of England experiencing a family health crisis from 11 – 18 years from the point of diagnosis. Support is provided through a number of different media,...
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How to age well while self-isolating
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to age well while self-isolating

...working, the muscles active and the metabolism optimal. Cognitive and social stimulation [laptop with notebook, coffee and glasses] Cognitive and social stimulation is immensely important too and we need to help our brain to keep its plasticity and capacity for as long as we are able to. The brain, like the muscles, works better when regularly stimulated. Stimulation can...
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