I have a friend who identifies closely with wombats. Catching up on magazine reading, I wonder whether he knew it was an acronym for Waste Of Money, Brains And Time? Somehow, and given aspects of our shared past, I feel he must have.

Exhibit A: In the UK, atheists weasel with “probably”. I don’t know why. Frankly, I don’t much care, because for me it is a done deal.

That picture is a mockup, but there's video at the Telegraph that looks real enough to me.¹

Exhibit B: In Italy,² non c'e dubbio.

Only two buses, st...

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Tim Harford’s Undercover Economist has long been a favourite of mine in the Financial Times. So when I discovered BBC Radio 4’s More or less, which he hosts, I hastened to subscribe to the podcast, and I have not been disappointed. I’m only now catching up, though, and am delighted to share with...

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Happy Befana from a freezing Rome. Got myself in a bit of a tizz with all this Blog Carnivalia stuff. I thought I was hosting Mendel’s Garden over at the Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog, but it seems I agreed to do it here instead. Not sure why, especially after my recent idleness. P’raps I’ll...

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Men are red, women are green, Brown researcher finds