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Tory MP left furious as Muslims pray outside MoD ‘it’s domination!’ | Politics | News

Tory MP left furious as Muslims pray outside MoD ‘it’s domination!’ | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

A Conservative MP has expressed outrage at what appears to be a group of Muslim worshippers praying outside the Ministry of Defence’s base in central London. Nick Timothy posted video of some six or seven people bowing and kneeling in prayer on his X account on Monday (June 15). He said the religious observance was being performed near a memorial to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The MP for West Suffolk wrote: “As I have said before, choosing to pray in this way in public is a political act. It is a social statement and, yes, it is an act of domination.” Mr Timothy said there was “quite obviously no need” to pray in that location, adding the decision to do so was “symbolic”, “pointed” and “not welcome”. He added: “We have freedom of religion in this country, which is why there are mosques. But we are not a Muslim country and this is not welcome. It should be stopped.” The Shadow Lord Chancellor, who was an adviser to former prime minister Theresa May, …

Giant arctic continent launched dinosaurs to world domination

Giant arctic continent launched dinosaurs to world domination

Published by skeptic

Dinosaurs could survive in cold conditions, as illustrated by Beipiaosaurus, a feathered dinosaur that lived between 127 and 121 million years ago MARK P. WITTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The Arctic was once home to a landmass three times the size of Antarctica. About 200 million years ago, it helped cause a cold spell that lasted for millennia and gave dinosaurs their chance to conquer the planet. According to palaeontologist Paul Olsen at Columbia University in New York, this “giant Arctic continent” consisted of what is now Siberia and China. For most of the Mesozoic Era – between 252 and 66 million years ago – all of Earth’s land was gathered into one supercontinent, Pangaea, except, it was thought, for what is now China. This slab of continental material was divided into two chunks that both drifted at a temperate latitude in what was the world’s only ocean at the time, named Panthalassa. But recent analysis of the geology – including magnetic features in rocks, which offer a way of reconstructing the ancient latitude of their formation …

Sack top Tory for calling Muslim Trafalgar Square prayers ‘act of domination’, says PM

Sack top Tory for calling Muslim Trafalgar Square prayers ‘act of domination’, says PM

Published by Sam Flores

Sir Keir Starmer has called for a senior Conservative who said Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square was “an act of domination” to be sacked. The prime minister described Nick Timothy’s comments as “utterly appalling” and told Tory leader Kemi Badenoch that she should denounce his words and “sack him” as shadow justice secretary. Speaking at prime minister’s questions Sir Keir said he had never heard the Conservatives call out anything other than Muslim events, which led him to conclude “the Tory party has got a problem with Muslims”. Politics latest: Rayner warns Starmer Labour is ‘running out of time’ But Ms Badenoch defended her shadow minister, saying he was “defending British values”. Mr Timothy posted a video of hundreds of Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square on Monday evening as they celebrated iftar, the meal that breaks the Ramadan fast. London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan hosted the event, and he could be seen praying with others and giving a speech in which he celebrated Jewish, Christian, Hindu and atheists who joined them. Mr Timothy, who a …

Brawn and Engineering, Not Brains, Led to Human Domination

Brawn and Engineering, Not Brains, Led to Human Domination

Published by Jenni Sidey

I’m always looking for books that challenge the status quo, and when I learned about Roland Ennos’ new book The Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization, I couldn’t wait to get my eyes on it. In this landmark work, Ennos offers “a compelling argument that flips the traditional view of humanity on its head. Rather than focusing solely on our intellectual abilities…[he] argues it’s our physical power and engineering brilliance that have set us apart in the animal kingdom.” (His arguments reminded me of an eye-opening interview I did with author Justin Gregg.) Here’s what Ennos had to say about these intriguing and well-supported ideas blending anthropology, biomechanics, and history, and the costs of progress. Marc Bekoff: Why did you write The Powerful Primate? Roland Ennos: In my last book, The Science of Spin, I uncovered the ways in which we use rotational motion. I showed how we use compound sling actions to swing our arms when we hit or throw, and described how spinning machinery powers our modern world. In …

The Race for Global Domination in AI

The Race for Global Domination in AI

Published by Daniella Wilson

Government officials in Hangzhou have grand ambitions to make their city in eastern China a global center for artificial intelligence—and the funds to try to make it happen. In June, they pledged $140 million to subsidize AI firms that operate in town. Not to be outdone, Shanghai promptly followed in July with its own $140 million subsidy program, and inaugurated an “AI innovation town” two months later with low-cost office space for start-ups in the sector. In the south, Shenzhen was already doling out $70 million a year to support local AI firms and research, while Chengdu, in the west, invested $42 million in a start-up called Zhipu AI to bring a new model-training center and research facility to the city. This frenzied spending spree follows a playbook that has proved successful in many industries in China: The state acts as cheerleader, financier, and protector, uniting the country’s bureaucrats, executives, and entrepreneurs in a mission that Beijing believes is vital to China’s future. China’s top-down approach has made the country the envy of much of …