25th July 2021

Paul Hodgkins has become the first Capitol rioter to earn a prison sentence for his participation in the January 6 insurrection.https://t.co/8tTjTg7mGI— The Mary Sue (@TheMarySue) July 20, 2021

Dominic Cummings clearly believes we should be governed by a 21st Century version of Plato’s Philosopher Kings and that representative democracy self-evidently has to be systematically manipulated and bypassed for that vision to be realised. #cummingsinterview— Stuart Wilks-Heeg (@StuartWilksHeeg) July 20, 2021

The government wants to judge people on how they arrive rather than what they experienced says @Bambos_MP People are being driven to make a dangerous journey is because they’re out of options

If you’re in, you’re in and there’s no consequences. Dawn Foster was sacked by the Guardian for writing a piece about Tom Watson. No matter what Giles Coren says or does, he’ll still get the BBC jobs, the Times columns & everything else that comes from being in that rarefied sect https://t.co/yliqBvmezM

“There are max 3 million in this country aged over 80," he said. “It shows we don’t go for nationwide lockdown.” -

📣DfE has announced three new appointments to the STRB from Sept:• Mike Aldred – STRB chair.• Mark Cornelius – economist.• Clair Tunbridge – board member.There has been absolutely no consultation with unions as to these appointments. Read more👉https://t.co/IcMy46sFpT— National Education Union (@NEUnion) July 19, 2021

NSA whistleblower warns of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers if no action taken

Free subways, feminist housing, a “Department of Care,” and other proposals by Jeff Zucker, Bjarke Ingels, and other thoughtful New Yorkers.

Women have been hit harder than men by job losses around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and only men's employment is likely to recover this year to 2019 levels, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday. "Even though the projected jobs growth in 2021 for women exceeds that of men, it will, nonetheless, be insufficient to bring women back to pre-pandemic employment levels," the ILO said in a report. Globally, between 2019 and 2020, 4.2% of women's employment was eliminated as a result of the pandemic, representing a drop of 54 million jobs, compared to 3% of men’s employment or 60 million jobs, it said.

It might not be clever to snort coke and stick a firework up your bum – but Englishmen on a bender play their part in our history

Amber Medland's new book Wild Pets is

Reports of rape and sexual violence increased among women and girls in Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic, while uptake of post-exposure prophylaxis decreased. These outcomes suggest that Ugandan women and girls may have had increased HIV exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with increased gender-based violence perpetration. In Uganda, COVID-19 restrictions caused a lapse in gender-based violence services, which were not initially prioritised as essential health services during COVID-19 restrictions.