Paul Park
@pauljunhyuk.bsky.social
UK-trained GP in Canada; former epidemiologist, former health strategist, he/him
Not sure how that would work? They’d have to get a work permit or citizenship like anyone else.
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Not sure how that would work? They’d have to get a work permit or citizenship like anyone else.
Franklin is very unclear about how backblast works.
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Franklin is very unclear about how backblast works.
Enshittification, I guess, though was there ever a point when printers weren’t shit?
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Enshittification, I guess, though was there ever a point when printers weren’t shit?
Also, Jamie Oliver should never be allowed anywhere near Asian (or African) recipes.
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Also, Jamie Oliver should never be allowed anywhere near Asian (or African) recipes.
Oh, relax. What’s the worst that could happen?
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Oh, relax. What’s the worst that could happen?
Yup, it was amazing. Can you believe Close did all her scenes in two days when she was ill? Great commentary on Trumpism and faith. Johnson is just so good at succinct character sketches, of the sort of people who join cults in this case.
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Yup, it was amazing. Can you believe Close did all her scenes in two days when she was ill? Great commentary on Trumpism and faith. Johnson is just so good at succinct character sketches, of the sort of people who join cults in this case.
The promise of protection and privilege is powerful. “Conservatism has only one ideal: that there should be an in group whom the law protects but does not bind, and everyone else whom the law binds but does not protect.”
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The promise of protection and privilege is powerful. “Conservatism has only one ideal: that there should be an in group whom the law protects but does not bind, and everyone else whom the law binds but does not protect.”
It may be very useful for sorting massive amounts of data in a non-urgent non-life-affecting area such as radiotelescopy.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It may be very useful for sorting massive amounts of data in a non-urgent non-life-affecting area such as radiotelescopy.
I honestly doubt machine learning will be of any use clinically, it can’t even help significantly with radiology (the most obvious place). Maybe for scribing (especially for clinicians not recording in their first language). Maybe for molecule development in pharmacology (but I doubt it).
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I honestly doubt machine learning will be of any use clinically, it can’t even help significantly with radiology (the most obvious place). Maybe for scribing (especially for clinicians not recording in their first language). Maybe for molecule development in pharmacology (but I doubt it).
I’m 50 and most of the well off couples we know have children (or couldn’t have them). The less well off do too. The main predictor seems to be that the younger they are, the less likely - generation X are more privileged than millennials who are more so than gen Z. Young people can’t afford kids.
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’m 50 and most of the well off couples we know have children (or couldn’t have them). The less well off do too. The main predictor seems to be that the younger they are, the less likely - generation X are more privileged than millennials who are more so than gen Z. Young people can’t afford kids.
In films, I’d recommend Heaven Can Wait - no, not the one with Warren Beatty, the one with Don Ameche being judged generously by the Devil. Ernst Lubitsch’s only film in colour, and notable for how little aged up Don Ameche resembles actual old Don Ameche.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_...
Heaven Can Wait (1943 film) - Wikipedia
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November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In films, I’d recommend Heaven Can Wait - no, not the one with Warren Beatty, the one with Don Ameche being judged generously by the Devil. Ernst Lubitsch’s only film in colour, and notable for how little aged up Don Ameche resembles actual old Don Ameche.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_...
There’s always The Box of Delights, a whimsical BBC classic, worth it for Robert Stephens alone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box...
The Box of Delights (TV series) - Wikipedia
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November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
There’s always The Box of Delights, a whimsical BBC classic, worth it for Robert Stephens alone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box...
Sadly the numbers show very clearly that it’s not just a rumour - it’s the main reason given by people over 20 about not having children, all over the world, whether in the U.K. or US or China, in the last 10-15 years. How old are you, may I ask?
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sadly the numbers show very clearly that it’s not just a rumour - it’s the main reason given by people over 20 about not having children, all over the world, whether in the U.K. or US or China, in the last 10-15 years. How old are you, may I ask?
I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to find gambling in this establishment.
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to find gambling in this establishment.
Ushakov: Do I even need to be here for this conversation? I have things I could be doing instead.
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ushakov: Do I even need to be here for this conversation? I have things I could be doing instead.
It means that the majority of teen pregnancies are fathered by adults (or older men, if you prefer). Draw whatever conclusion from that you wish.
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It means that the majority of teen pregnancies are fathered by adults (or older men, if you prefer). Draw whatever conclusion from that you wish.
There are of course other factors - the commonest cited in surveys in the last 10-15 years is cost of living. I personally think it’s great that kids aren’t having kids and I can see why adults might also not want to have kids in this economic climate.
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There are of course other factors - the commonest cited in surveys in the last 10-15 years is cost of living. I personally think it’s great that kids aren’t having kids and I can see why adults might also not want to have kids in this economic climate.
Teen birth rates (as in, in mothers aged 15-19) have declined 80-90% in the last 30 years in the US and Europe thanks to education and availability of contraception. The extent to which this accounts for overall birth rate drop varies between 30-70%. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevale...
Prevalence of teenage pregnancy - Wikipedia
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November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Teen birth rates (as in, in mothers aged 15-19) have declined 80-90% in the last 30 years in the US and Europe thanks to education and availability of contraception. The extent to which this accounts for overall birth rate drop varies between 30-70%. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevale...
No, that generally gets you arrested.
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
No, that generally gets you arrested.
I think I found it most annoying in Lewis or Eskimo Day when the characters are clearly teleporting around the city in mid-conversation. It can be quite disorienting to watch.
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I think I found it most annoying in Lewis or Eskimo Day when the characters are clearly teleporting around the city in mid-conversation. It can be quite disorienting to watch.
I think I got it from Dr Jessica Taylor but can’t see a study at the moment.
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I think I got it from Dr Jessica Taylor but can’t see a study at the moment.