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Almost 30 years later, I like books, thanks to this book. — I don’t know if you can tell from reading my articles, (actually I hope you can’t) but I have a learning difficulty/disability/difference. It made learning to read difficult, and getting good at reading an absolute slog. This meant that my reading ability lagged behind my comprehension skills, which meant most…

In 2020 Alexandra Lysova and Jackie Salas wrote the paper (titled above). It is also chapter 12 of the book ‘Preventing Domestic Homicides’. — Click Here To Jump The Paywall. The 31 Authors of ‘Preventing Domestic Homicides’ have compiled a lot of information about domestic homicide in their book. In chapter 12 Alexandra Lysova and Jackie Salas explore domestic homicide perpetuated by females against males. They identify a lot of flaws in the systems…

This is a reference article with more detailed information for my main article, for those interested in a closer look. — This is a supporting article/reference document for those who are interested in extra details from my article “Layman’s Review of ‘Domestic Homicide Involving Female Perpetrators And Male Victims’” If you haven’t read that, read it first (by clicking on that link.) Quick intro for those who read this first (even though you shouldn’t)

As well as some info on what will change and how it will work. — Medium has announced new plans for how it will pay its writers starting on the 1st of August 2023. (September payment.) The changes are here to discourage clickbait, AI, and quantity churning, low-effort articles. And to encourage unique individualised, perspectives with a high quality that can take time to create. …

Corrie Ten Boom tells her story about saving an estimated 800 Jews, and being an important player in the Dutch underground trying to save as many people as possible during world war 2 in her book “The hiding place”. — “The hiding place” opens with a chapter about the 100th birthday party of the family watch shop that Corrie worked at and lived above. How is a shop’s birthday party relevant to the story of their life-saving defiance of the Nazis?

It clearly needs changing, but in a different way than they suggest. — Click here to jump the paywall: Jump. Currently, the sexual offences act 2003 says that: 1) A person (A) commits an offence if — a)he intentionally penetrates the vagina, anus or mouth of another person (B) with his penis, b)B does not consent to the penetration, and c)A does not…

The whole book is excellent! The biggest flaw is that some chapters have made themselves obsolete. — I started reading this because I heard that Bill Gates recommended it. Yep in the quote that’s on the front cover, although that’s not where I saw the recommendation. I found it to be an absolutely excellent book. I love the setup of explaining a way in which you could…

It’s come to my attention that many people are very good at following directions. This may be because they spent 13 years practicing that at school. As someone with a learning difference, schools’ lessons never quite sunk in as much for me. That includes all the things they were explicitly…