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Lords’ assisted dying debate transcript is longer than War and Peace – Filibuster clear and obvious – Humanists UK

Lords’ assisted dying debate transcript is longer than War and Peace – Filibuster clear and obvious – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

Lord Harper, who has spoken more words than the contents of Orwell’s Animal Farm, speaking in a debate. © House of Lords 2025 / photography by Annabel Moeller Humanists UK and My Death My Decision’s analysis of the Assisted Dying Bill’s House of Lords Committee Stage reveals: The transcript of the Committee Stage debate is longer than War and Peace Lord Harper has spoken more words than the contents of Orwell’s Animal Farm Baroness Finlay has spoken longer than the runtime of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition Opponents of the Bill have spoken for 55 hours, and spoken 462,749 words, twice as long as Moby-Dick and three-quarters of the total debate 43 UK citizens have died at Dignitas since the first reading of the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords on 23 June 2025. The House of Lords Committee stage of the debate has surpassed the word count of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel War and Peace. Over 75 hours of debate, totalling 607,077 words, have led …

Ariana Grande fans call out ‘obvious’ editing error in Focker-In-Law trailer

Ariana Grande fans call out ‘obvious’ editing error in Focker-In-Law trailer

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The new Focker-In-Law trailer has tickled a few eagle-eyed viewers, who have noticed an apparent editing error. In the movie teaser, dropped Wednesday, Ariana Grande joins the Meet the Parents franchise as Olivia, the soon-to-be fiancée of Henry (Skyler Gisondo), the now-grown son of Greg and Pam Focker, played by returning stars Ben Stiller and Teri Polo. When Olivia visits Henry’s maternal grandparents — his hard-to-please grandfather Jack (Robert De Niro) and gracious grandmother Dina Byrnes (Blythe Danner) — she quickly wins over Jack, sparking Greg’s jealousy, as it took him years to be accepted into the family. At one point in the trailer, the family goes for a bike ride. Olivia challenges Greg to a race, and as the two are speeding down the trail, Greg clips Olivia’s back tire, sending her tumbling to the ground. As she falls on …

Wi-Fi 7 sounds like the obvious upgrade until you learn what Wi-Fi 6E already does

Wi-Fi 7 sounds like the obvious upgrade until you learn what Wi-Fi 6E already does

Published by skeptic

It took a long time, but at the end of 2025, my home was finally upgraded to a proper fiber connection. So long, copper. Faster speeds are obviously wonderful. But it didn’t take long before I started wondering if I could squeeze better performance out of my new network connection by upgrading my router from Wi-Fi 6E to Wi-Fi 7. Bigger number, better Wi-Fi, right? It turns out that for my network, that potentially expensive upgrade wasn’t going to do what I thought, and Wi-Fi 7 wasn’t the upgrade I thought it was. Windows actually has a problem displaying Wi-Fi 6E in its Settings. In the article featured image and the image below, Windows 11 incorrectly states that I’m using Wi-Fi 6. That’s because the official designation of Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E is 802.11ax. However, you can see the 6GHz connection and the 320MHz channel width. What Wi-Fi 6E already gives me Big upgrades over Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi 6E was one of the biggest Wi-Fi upgrades in years. Specifically because it opened up the …

Track your steps? Here’s a less obvious way to improve your health

Track your steps? Here’s a less obvious way to improve your health

Published by Sam Flores

As far as wellness trends go, small talk isn’t sexy. The same with participating in civic government or helping a neighbor carry their groceries. But connecting with others might be the ultimate form of self-care, according to psychiatrist Joanna Cheek. Shelf Help is a wellness column where we interview researchers, thinkers and writers about their latest books — all with the aim of learning how to live a more complete life. In her book, “It’s Not You, It’s the World: A Mental Health Survival Guide for Us All,” published in February, the University of British Columbia professor makes a case for the health benefits of collective care. For example, Cheek cites research that connects altruistic behavior and a sense of purpose with reduced inflammation, as opposed to hedonistic pursuits, which can worsen inflammation. Perhaps most importantly, Cheek warns how individual solutions aren’t enough to protect and heal us. “Emotional alarms” such as fear, guilt, shame and anger are healthy signals that help us avoid obstacles and find rewards, she says. When it comes to poverty, …

Silver’s Endgame: Almost Too Obvious

Silver’s Endgame: Almost Too Obvious

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, The case for silver is now almost too obvious. Silver’s Fat Pitch Like many Americans, I grew up playing a fair amount of baseball. Part of this involved trying to hit a little round ball with the equivalent of a modified, wooden stick. Like asset prices and market forces, this little white ball, thrown by a pitcher 60 feet away, could sink, curve or speed by you in bewildering and often embarrassing ways. Sometimes, however, we hitters of that ball would be blessed with what is called a “fat pitch”—that is, a ball thrown so comfortably straight, clear and trackable that it was effectively impossible to miss. Below, I’ll show why the set-up we are currently seeing in the global silver market is precisely that: A fat pitch. Prior Silver Curve Balls Of course, silver markets, like baseball players, have also seen a lot of curve balls and crazy swings. We saw recent versions of this in December of 2025, when the COMEX price-fixers, with a little help from the …

Cruz Beckham makes obvious ‘joke’ at brother Brooklyn’s expense with new cooking video

Cruz Beckham makes obvious ‘joke’ at brother Brooklyn’s expense with new cooking video

Published by Daniella Wilson

Cruz Beckham took to TikTok on Friday to share a cooking video with his followers. The singer uploaded a video of his culinary skills to the popular social media site, which showed him perfecting a bowl of soup. Due to the ongoing family feud, in which Brooklyn spoke out against his family on social media in January and remains estranged, many fans felt Cruz’s latest video could have been a thinly-veiled joke aimed at his older brother, Brooklyn, who is known to be an aspiring chef. The 27-year-old, who is a founder of hot sauce brand Cloud 23, often shares videos of his dishes on Instagram. © @cruzbeckhamCruz playfully warned chef Gordon Ramsay to ‘watch out’ Cruz, who has launched a singing career this year alongside his band, The Breakers, documented himself whipping up the meal, which he topped with bacon. Laughing good-naturedly at his efforts, the second youngest Beckham offspring penned: “Wanna see the best cooking video ever? Don’t watch this then.” Cruz showed off his cooking skills Reposting the video on Instagram later, …

I tested a solid-sate battery pack with serious durability (and some obvious caveats)

I tested a solid-sate battery pack with serious durability (and some obvious caveats)

Published by skeptic

pros and cons Pros Contains a solid-state battery that’s safer, lasts longer, and performs better in cold weather Has a Qi2 wireless charging pad and two USB-C ports Bold colors help it stand out. Cons It’s heavier than most power banks of similar size. It’s also fairly pricey at $100 (when not on sale). Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I’ve fallen in love with BMX power banks powered by solid-state batteries. These banks do away with older lithium-ion batteries that include the flammable liquid electrolyte and instead use a solid-state battery that’s a lot safer (I know, I’ve put a screwdriver through a fully-charged one and nothing happened).  Also: I tried the first car charger with Apple and Google’s location tracking, and it’s the real deal The BMX SolidSafe 10K is another in the company’s series that doesn’t disappoint, and it’s the bigger — and in my opinion, better — brother of the SolidSafe 5K.  So, why do I like solid-state batteries so much? The main reason is that they’re safer. A lot …

The Obvious Is Taking Its Revenge on Trump

The Obvious Is Taking Its Revenge on Trump

Published by José Betancourt

In the least charitable—and probably accurate—view, President Trump went to war with Iran out of a delusional faith in himself. He believed that the worst-case scenarios that have deterred past presidents from attacking Iran wouldn’t come true for him, because he is Donald Trump. In the most charitable—and probably accurate—view, the president had reasons to believe that all of the catastrophic warnings about the most hair-raising consequences of an attack wouldn’t come to pass this time. The 12-day war, which Israel and the United States fought last June, demonstrated that they could strike Iran without provoking catastrophic retaliation. Having endured that assault on the country’s military infrastructure, and then wave after wave of protest by its own citizens, the Islamic Republic was isolated and weak. So why shouldn’t Trump exploit that fragility to land a death blow against a murderous adversary? I could nearly convince myself of these arguments, except that almost no other foreign-policy question has been studied harder over the past 20 years or so than the likely effect of U.S. military strikes …

11 Obvious Signs You Have A Golden Heart And The Kindest Soul

11 Obvious Signs You Have A Golden Heart And The Kindest Soul

Published by Jenni Sidey

You’ve probably met someone who simply radiates positive energy. The kind of friend or peer who you never have to second-guess. Whose intentions, love, kindness, and joy are impossible to miss or misunderstand. However, if you’re that person, you might have trouble realizing it. These people’s personal hobbies and habits often boost personal confidence and well-being. However, research from the Journal of Happiness Studies also found that happy people truly get happier by sharing their kindness with others. Small acts of kindness, words of affirmation, and emotional support are some of the obvious signs someone has a golden heart and the kindest soul, but might be easy to overlook for the person sharing them. Here are 11 obvious signs you have a golden heart and the kindest soul 1. You give people grace often Sanja Miljevic | Shutterstock Whether it’s someone who’s hurt your feelings, a rude service worker, or even a categorically “bad” person, people with golden hearts and kind souls offer them grace. Of course, they’re not tolerating bad behavior all the time …

11 Obvious Signs Almost Everything About Your Marriage Is Boring You, But You Stay Because You Feel Obligated

11 Obvious Signs Almost Everything About Your Marriage Is Boring You, But You Stay Because You Feel Obligated

Published by Jenni Sidey

Boredom can often be consequential for long-term relationships and marriages, especially if it goes overlooked and ignored for too long, according to a study from the University of Michigan. Especially if it lingers and transforms into emotional disengagement and a lack of effort, something experts coin the “point of no return” in relationships, it can even lead to separations and betrayals that not even conflicts provoke. While most of the symptoms of marital boredom are subtle and easily overlooked at first, there are certain obvious signs almost everything about your marriage is boring you, but you stay because you feel obligated. The more self-aware and intentional you are about acknowledging these signs, the more informed your decisions will be about the next step, whether that’s actively saving or leaving the marriage. Here are 11 obvious signs almost everything about your marriage is boring you, but you stay because you feel obligated 1. You feel more like roommates than partners Lomb | Shutterstock From having overly logistical conversations without any quality time for connection to living …