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Cambridge professor made impossible claim he was on Seven Up

Cambridge professor made impossible claim he was on Seven Up

A Cambridge professor hailed as a diversity poster boy claimed that he had featured in Seven Up decades before he was born.

Prof Jason Arday said he had appeared in the TV series, which follows the lives of a group of people for decades from the age of seven.

The inaugural episode was broadcast in 1964. He was not born until 1985.

This gets crazier and crazier yet he still has defenders.

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Fresh questions over sporting and charitable achievements of Cambridge’s youngest ever black professor amid plagiarism row

Fresh questions over sporting and charitable achievements of Cambridge’s youngest ever black professor amid plagiarism row

One day last September, a five-page letter landed on the desk of Chris Havergal, the editor of Times Higher Education.

It was sent by Carter-Ruck, a famously combative law firm whose roster of clients has included various Russian oligarchs, crypto fraudsters and scandal-affected celebrities, along with the ultra-litigious Church of Scientology.

This time, they were representing a different sort of complainant: Jason Arday, a man the letter described as a ‘distinguished and highly respected scholar of race, inequality and education’ at Cambridge University.

The lies just get bigger!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion", WTF?

‘I felt sick that he was near my mum’: a top amputation surgeon had his own legs removed due to a fetish. Were his patients safe?

‘I felt sick that he was near my mum’: a top amputation surgeon had his own legs removed due to a fetish. Were his patients safe?

Of all the things that happened in the fraught days after 72-year-old Liz Spooner had her leg amputated at the Royal Cornwall hospital in Truro in 2022, one memory remains vivid in the mind of her daughter, Faye Harrison. Liz’s surgery had taken much longer than anticipated, Faye remembers, and, delirious after the anaesthetic and morphine, Liz had begun to refuse food and medication. That’s when Faye was ushered into a side room with a consultant surgeon.

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Canadian Military Expands Prayer Ban in Official Settings With New Directive Applying to All Personnel

Canadian Military Expands Prayer Ban in Official Settings With New Directive Applying to All Personnel

The Canadian Armed Forces has issued new rules that expand restrictions on faith-specific language and practices during official military ceremonies and public events, including references to God.

The new directive, released on July 29, applies to all Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members, Department of National Defence (DND) employees, contractors, and volunteers engaged in offering “spiritual or religious services” for the CAF, expanding application of previous instructions that only specified chaplains. The new directive also offers further specific details on what the prohibition entails.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

What Europe’s Lack of Air Conditioning Says About Its Civilizational Direction

What Europe’s Lack of Air Conditioning Says About Its Civilizational Direction

As the North American FIFA World Cup unfolded, many online videos posted on social media platforms featured Europeans overwhelmed by the wonders of American air-conditioning. Outside of a few especially temperate regions, almost every American household owns an A/C, doing homeowners a favor in periods of rising temperatures and extreme heat. In the meantime, most homes in Europe do not have air conditioning.

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