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Woman of the day This entry was posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2026 at 9:00 am and is filed under women. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Post navigation « Previous Post

Word of the day Pessimum – the least favourable environmental condition or point for the survival, growth, or reproduction of an organism; the extreme boundaries of a species’ tolerance range; a worst or lowest point. This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 15th, 2026 at 3:00 pm and is filed under language. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Post navigation « Previous Post

Woman of the day This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 15th, 2026 at 9:00 am and is filed under women. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Post navigation « Previous Post

The Corrections Act is firm on prisoners’ rights when being searched: The search must be carried out with decency and sensitivity. The prison officer who does the rub-down search must be of the same sex as you. If you’re transgender you should be allowed to choose the sex of the officer who searches you. If the prison doesn’t follow the rules for these searches, you can make a complaint. . .

Word of the day Malobservation – an incorrect observation, faulty perception, or erroneous interpretation of facts; a misreading; a mistake or distorted perception made by a single person, often due to personal bias or cognitive limitation; a widespread or systemic misinterpretation shared by an entire group or society, often influenced by shared cultural or cognitive biases; the act of seeing or observing wrongly.

Woman of the day Woman of the Day biologist and geneticist Nettie Stevens, born in OTD in 1861 in Vermont, discovered the chromosomes we now know as X and Y, and published a research paper in 1905 establishing that XX chromosomes = female and XY = male. Unusually for those times, her father was… pic.twitter.com/AzNnkE7kkj — Lily Craven (@TheAttagirls) July 7, 2026 This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 at 9:00 am and is filed under science, women.

Word of the day Phosphenes – the luminous, starry patterns of light you see when you rub your eyes; the visual sensation of seeing light or colour without any actual light entering the eye; images of light or color that you can see while your eye is closed. This entry was posted on Monday, July 13th, 2026 at 3:00 pm and is filed under language. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Woman of the day This entry was posted on Monday, July 13th, 2026 at 10:00 am and is filed under women. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Post navigation « Previous Post

There is no denying that words can be cruel, hateful or simply offensive. People can be insulted, humiliated, intimidated, and hurt by what others say. But acknowledging that reality doesn’t mean hate speech laws are the answer. In fact, the evidence from around the world suggests they make the very problems they are intended to solve even worse. – Jillaine Heather Countries with hate speech laws have not eliminated hatred.

Word of the day Adamantine – utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion;  extremely determined and strong; unwilling to change; unbreakable; extremely hard; too hard to cut, break, or pierce; made of or having the quality of adamant. This entry was posted on Sunday, July 12th, 2026 at 3:00 pm and is filed under language. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Post navigation « Previous Post