NextDNS isn't a content platform required to have age checks, so no, that prohibition doesn't apply here and promoting the bypass feature isn't 'probably illegal'.
I think he might be referring to the words themselves - 'rabbit' and 'pork' - in that, despite not rhyming, together they are nonetheless described as rhyming slang.
Putting aside other factors for a moment, a rigorous test surely depends on the dose.
Stimulants like lisdexamfetamine can be titrated over a period of several weeks to determine effectiveness and tolerance of the dose, which are unknown until tested - that doesn't seem quick to me and indicates that clinicians can't expect a binary response from a one-off dose.
This is an interesting issue. First, I hope your mum and family are getting acceptable care and support, and that she gets the outcome she wants from it.
I know what it's like to see or experience something at the patient end of things and feel the urge to do something about it. It's difficult to find obvious ways forward with that in the NHS system, and the common ways for patients to raise complex and niche issues - MPs or the NHS' public-facing channels - can produce dispiriting responses.
I get the impression you're in England, so my assumptions here are about NHS England. There's been a push (and requirement) in recent years for Patient and Public Voice (PPV) - closer public involvement in the design, production and governance of NHS services - so there should be increasing opportunities for the public to act on their experiences. In practice, there doesn't seem to be much of an open invitation to public involvement in digital at the national level yet.
As you didn't mention it, you might be interested to know that, as well as the breast screening report you mentioned, there has also been a recent review of adults screening services [1]. That's led to NHSX's Digital Transformation of Screening programme [2], with objectives directly relevant to your issue. There's a contact email address that might reach someone more likely to grok it and/or explain the programme's routes for PPV input.
There's also some information about the current digital screening services, including named heads and leads [3]. Maybe a direct approach to one or some of them about how you can influence the issue (and highlight the shortcomings of the approaches you've tried)?
As it's discussing future developments, another way of looking at the trajectory of a European model is to have folded it in to the Chinese model or mentioned as an adjunct to it; there's clearly admiration for the GFC within EU policy circles.
Somebody else has already mentioned The Open University (https://open.ac.uk) and I happily recommend them, as one of their alumni.
Another established and well-regarded institution is the University of London International Programme (https://london.ac.uk). The courses are relatively low cost, but rely a lot on self-discipline.
It's almost however long you want to put into it. I completed my undergraduate degree in around three and a half years, approaching it as a mix of part-time and full-time study, juggled with periods of employment.
At the time, I thought it wasn't particularly hard - I had it in my head that bricks and mortar universities were somehow more challenging and rigorous. Having recently completed a master's at a campus university, my feelings about the OU at the time were without basis. By comparison, the master's was easier, less challenging and less valuable.
Looking back on my OU experience, I can appreciate how enriching it was. The course materials and syllabi are fantastic and are often used by other universities. Associate lecturers can be hit and miss. Fellow students tend to be engaged - because they _want_ to do the courses - and often make for a supportive and thoughtful community; I actually found it to be far less isolating than the campus experience of my master's.
I was fortunate to have undertaken my degree prior to tuition fees increases, but I would still recommend them. Compared to other UK universities, the fees were still relatively low, last time I looked.
I wonder if that explains Amazon Prime's dubbed shows? I thought it was unusual (along with Netflix's 3%); in the UK I'm used to foreign programmes only being subtitled.
The self-portrayal of the EC as a wholesome and pure knight with a blue-and-yellow shield was particularly cringe-inducing, preceded by its dog-whistle anti-American policy message.
In fairness, it just mentions the most frequently disclosed location for other respondents who answers similar to our own. It doesn't appear to do anything predictive.
The article discusses reviving gopher, but doesn't mention how to access it (sure, I could invest a bit of time and effort googling how to do that, but that seems beside point for an article evangelising its revival).
> The Aldi store next door just got a redesign and now looks confusingly welcoming
In the UK they seem to have taken store design up a notch, to the point that there's a discernible difference with the Lidl experience (along with now being a tad more expensive on equivalent products). I suspect it's an incremental differentiator in retaining the more affluent customers they captured over the past decade. Lidl, on the other hand, offers a more mixed experience: for the most part, they're still quite dowdy and utilitarian, although they have what seem like experimental stores that appear to be competing in affluent areas with an Aldi presence (larger, open layouts; brighter lighting; polished, natural floor tiles etc.). The kinds of customers I usually find at Lidl are notably absent.