This recurring argument is wrong because nothing 'suddenly' happened to obesity in the 1980s. Weight increased linearly the whole time.

Because 'obesity' is an arbitrary BMI threshold, its prevalence changes non-linearly even if the underlying rate of increase is unchanging.

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Sauron had a lot of problems, but he knew how to manage a wetland. The Dead Marshes were one of the environmental gems of Mordor, and an impressive nature-based solution to help remediate the environmental damage caused by the corpse issue after the Battle of Dagorlad

Tom Whipple How far back do these invertebrates awards go? Seems a little late in the day to discover them and run an annual competition.

Earthworms in North America were virtually wiped out by ice sheets in the last ice age and the ecosystem subsequently evolved to do without them. Most earthworms in the USA now are non-native invasives.

Not many people know that.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_…

Will it now win every year, on the grounds that not much changes in invertabrate rankings, or do bees have a chance to do something special in 2025 to pull it back? theguardian.com/environment/20…

'[James Marriott]'s most logical life trajectory was always that of a tragic consumptive Romantic poet. All he needs to do now is find someone out of his league to pine over and then go to Venice to write bad verse until he dies.'

Brutal, Tom Whipple :
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Have to defend Truss here. I’m not a superstitious man but if the Queen — who had ruled for *70 years* — died in my *first week as PM* I would absolutely think 'why me' and so would you.
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I was somewhat sceptical, and luckily found others who were too.

Maybe tested their jeans rather than their genes by mistake. Speaking personally I’ve got jeans older that James Marriott looks.

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In hitman parlance, this headline/rubric is a 'double tap'
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My word this rain is relentless. The time has come. We need a volunteer. In the hope he'll finally make it stop, we need to make a human sacrifice to the God of Weather Liam Dutton
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Cripes.