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Telecare alarm users to be better protected as government reaches agreement with telecoms industry

Nov 21, 2024 | attoday.co.uk | Sarah Sarsby |Chris Bryant |Telecoms Minister

The UK Government has reached a “landmark” agreement with the telecoms industry that is designed to better protect personal alarm users during the switch from analogue to digital landlines. This will include a new requirement for companies to offer an engineer visit to vulnerable customers, who will personally test the vital alarm and ensure it continues to work once a household has moved on the digital network. According to the government, almost two million people in the UK use personal alarms.
Navigating the complexities of modern practice management

Nov 1, 2024 | bdonline.co.uk | Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant explores the latest edition of the RIBA Handbook and finds it a valuable resource for both seasoned architects and Part 3 students The RIBA’s latest Handbook of Practice Management is the 10th edition of the long-running guide. First published in 1965, the series has evolved to reflect the changing landscape of architectural practice, from the advent of the internet to the complexities of modern business and ever-increasing legislation.
Leveraging human-centered design to navigate the growth of self-directed services in the IDD industry | Wipfli

Oct 10, 2024 | wipfli.com | Chris Bryant

The landscape of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is still evolving, with self-directed services gaining significant traction across the United States. This shift empowers individuals with IDD and their families to have greater control over their care, tailoring services to meet their unique needs and preferences. For nonprofit organizations in the IDD sector, this presents both challenges and opportunities.
Do we need to regulate testosterone clinics?

Sep 30, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant | Bloomberg UK | September 30, 2024 Nowadays, men in their 40s … are constantly being urged to get their testosterone levels checked, as private clinics and online providers tout “testosterone replacement therapy” as the way to improve sexual, physical and mental well-being. It’s a concerning development in TRT’s two-decade journey from being a niche therapy to a lifestyle panacea. … There’s a dangerthat opting for TRT as a cure-all means health issues such as obesity aren’t...
Chris Bryant: The problem with asking Google and AI for all the answers

Jun 8, 2024 | sanluisobispo.com | Chris Bryant

(Sebastian Czapnik/Dreamstime/TNS) Sebastian Czapnik TNS Artificial intelligence has persuaded a lot of folks that we need to radically overhaul education. Now that chatbots can speedily retrieve information and answer complex questions, why bother memorizing historical facts or quotations? Shouldn't we instead teach kids to think critically and solve problems, and leave the grunt work to computers? There's a problem with these arguments: humans require knowledge to think creatively.
Thomas Grant - The Crime That Dare Not Speak Its Name

May 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Chris Bryant

The subject of homosexuality in the 19th century has become rather contentious in recent years. While researching her 2019 book Outrages, Naomi Wolf misread court reports, leading her to claim erroneously that executions for sodomy continued late into the century.
Eye to the Keyhole

Apr 17, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | Chris Bryant |Tom Crewe

It is not a coincidence that the quality of writers in Parliament has declined along with the quality of the political class – most of its contemporary representatives are poor at speaking and reasoning, with no sign of what Denis Healey called a ‘hinterland’ – and that this has been simultaneous with a collapse in respect. Is Chris Bryant an exception?
European Corporate Exodus to US Set to Become a Flood

Jan 29, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Chris Bryant

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CHRIS BRYANT: Why collecting dinosaurs is cool

Jul 24, 2023 | businesslive.co.za | Chris Bryant

The financialisation of fossils is following a familiar script 24 July 2023 - 14:40 One thing that parents and their kids can agree on is that dinosaurs are amazing. Our planet was once home to fantastical beasts and we know this because paleontologists painstakingly reveal the magnificent skeletons buried beneath our feet. Yet today these natural wonders aren’t just gawped at by awestruck museum visitors. They’re collected like precious gems, manuscripts or fine art.
Purely puerile Boris Johnson: the liar in chief has gone | Chris Bryant

Jun 10, 2023 | theguardian.com | Chris Bryant

So he’s gone, in a flurry of self-pity, narcissism and baseless accusations. It was typical, classic, un-classy, purely puerile Boris Johnson. Of course he thinks he’s the victim. So no apology. No acceptance of responsibility. No mention of those who abided by the rules when he and his mates flouted them. Nothing but overweening self-regard. No courage, either. He didn’t dare face the Commons (with its 64-seat Tory working majority), or his voters in his constituency.