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Hello Kitty: Intro to {purrr} | TidyX Ep 184!
Patrick Ward and I do an introduction to our favorite cat-sound based package, and go over how to use purrr for consistent outputs or pass functions in a variety of ways!
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TidyX Episode 172: predicting hall of fame pitchers in 20 min! Discover how Lahman package, logistic regression, and model inspection for MLB Hall of Fame pitchers in 2024.
Explore the art of modeling with us! ⚾🔍 #MLBHOF #PredictiveAnalytics #TidyX172
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Bae in the fast lane: Master Bayes Regression in just 20 minutes! 🚗📊
Join Patrick Ward and me in #TidyX Episode 171 for a speed run through rstanarm and Tidybayes, predicting car mileage based on weight 🛣️
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Base R plots - oft overlooked for the powerful ggplot2- offer a surprising amount of power if you take the time to learn it!
Join Patrick Ward and I as we talk through making scatter plots in #rstats !
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Scarlets boosted by return of internationals for Sharks clash
Rogers, Mathias, Ball and Lousi back in the XV
Tom Rogers, Kemsley Mathias, Jake Ball and Sam Lousi all come back from injury and go straight into the starting line‑up following last weekend’s defeat to the Lions in Johannesburg.
Rogers resumes on the wing, with Blair Murray switching to full‑back. Joe Roberts partners skipper Johnny Williams in midfield, while Dane Blacker starts at scrum‑half in place of Archie Hughes. Sam Costelow continues at fly‑half.
In the pack, Mathias makes his first appearance of the season at loose‑head, joining hooker Marnus van der Merwe and tight‑head Archer Holz in the front row. Ball returns from head injury protocols to partner Harvey Cuckson in the second row, while Lousi is named at blindside flanker alongside openside Dan Davis and No. 8 Taine Plumtree.
Peel: “We have to be bold”
Head coach Dwayne Peel said the squad must continue to play with ambition despite a difficult start to the campaign.
“Obviously, we have been disappointed with results so far, but we can’t go into our shells in terms of how we want to play. We have to keep being bold and encourage the boys to go out and play,” he said.
“The Sharks are a dangerous team — you only have to look at their line‑up, 13 current Springboks, some of the best players in the world. The challenge for us is we need to be a collective, the boys have to fight for each other. What an opportunity and what a challenge for our guys.”
Scarlets team to face Hollywoodbets Sharks
Saturday, October 25 – Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban (15:00 UK time; Premier Sports)
Starting XV: 15 Blair Murray; 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Johnny Williams (capt), 11 Ellis Mee; 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Dane Blacker; 1 Kemsley Mathias, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 3 Archer Holz, 4 Jake Ball, 5 Harvey Cuckson, 6 Sam Lousi, 7 Dan Davis, 8 Taine Plumtree.
Replacements: 16 Kirby Myhill, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Alex Groves, 20 Jarrod Taylor, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Joe Hawkins, 23 Ioan Nicholas.
Unavailable (injury/illness): Max Douglas, Josh Macleod, Ryan Elias, Eddie James, Jac Price, Osian Williams, Will Evans, Dom Kossuth.
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'Not only the general attitude of #Wordsworth, but many of his most memorable poems and phrases cannot—one is almost tempted to say—be appreciated in their full significance by one who has never been under the influence of #mescal.'
– Havelock #Ellis
(1898, 141)
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Welsh mum fighting for life after falling ill at airport
Jade Bird, 33, has been placed into an induced comaOwen Hughes Business correspondent and Ellie Gosley Reporter 08:53,…
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Ce matin, deux posts à propos du décès de #Loana (qui était bisexuelle et dont l'orientation est invisibilisée par les médias, y compris les médias queers) :
Imaginez que la lesbienne la plus célèbre de France meure. Et qu'aucun média ne mentionne qu'elle était lesbienne. Imaginez.
Imaginez que tout le monde parle de son alcoolisme, de sa santé mentale, des viols qu'elle a subi. Mais qu'aucun média , pas même queer, ne mentionne les statistiques d'addiction, de maladie mentale et de violence sexuelle que sa minorité subi. Imaginez.
Imaginez que la lesbienne la plus connue de France soit découverte seule et morte dans son appartement à cause de l'odeur.
- Les bisexuelles sont plus souvent battues et violées que les lesbiennes et les femmes hétéro. Bermea, A. M., van Eeden-Moorefield, B., & Khaw, L. (2018). A Systematic Review of Research on Intimate Partner Violence Among Bisexual Women. Journal of Bisexuality, 18(4), 399–424.
- Les violences conjugales infligées aux bisexuelles sont plus graves que celles infligées aux lesbiennes et femmes hétéro quand on détaille le type de violences subies (Étranglement, avoir sa tête frappée contre une surface dure, etc.) Walters, M. L., Breiding, M. J., & Chen, J. (2013). The national intimate partner and sexual violence survey: 2010 findings on victimization by sexual orientation.
- Les bisexuelles sont moins enclines à reporter les violences sexuelles qu'elles subissent. Flanders, C. E., Anderson, R. E., Tarasoff, L. A., & Robinson, M. (2019). Bisexual stigma, sexual violence, and sexual health among bisexual and other plurisexual women: A cross-sectional survey study. The Journal of Sex Research.
- Les bisexuelles ont plus de problèmes de santé mentale que les lesbiennes et les femmes hétéro. Colledge, L., Hickson, F., Reid, D., & Weatherburn, P. (2015). Poorer mental health in UK bisexual women than lesbians: evidence from the UK 2007 Stonewall Women's Health Survey. Journal of Public Health, 37(3), 427-437.
- Les bisexuelles sont moins payées que les lesbiennes et les femmes hétéro. Mize, T. D. (2016). Sexual orientation in the labor market. American Sociological Review, 81(6), 1132-1160.
- Les bisexuelles meurent plus tôt que les lesbiennes et les femmes hétéro. McKetta, S., Hoatson, T., Hughes, L. D., Everett, B. G., Haneuse, S., Austin, S. B., ... & Charlton, B. M. (2024). Disparities in mortality by sexual orientation in a large, prospective cohort of female nurses. JAMA, 331(19), 1638-1645.
Je comprends que le lien entre bisexualité et mort prématurée soit incompréhensible pour beaucoup. Qu'on ne comprenne même pas comment des femmes qui ne sont même pas out, et majoritairement en couple avec des hommes puissent mourir d'une orientation sexuelle qui n'est même pas visible.
Mais il y a une différence entre ne pas comprendre la raison et nier qu'il se passe quelque chose. Et le premier élément de réponse vient précisément dans ce dont vous êtes témoins : La bisexuelle la plus célèbre de France est morte seule et n'a jamais été protégée par une quelconque communauté. Et tout le monde oubliera même qu'elle était une femme queer.
— Floralie Résa, sur Insta
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Don’t have a menty b about this bloggy p
An open linguistic question was raised recently on Bluesky by Darach Ó Séaghdha: What do we call those cutesie slang phrases that have become productive in the UK lately, like genny lec for ‘general election’ and menty b for ‘mental breakdown’?
In response I wrote a short thread, which I already disagree with. So I’ll pick up the discussion here on Sentence first, where there’s more room, it’s easier to find, and it’s probably less ephemeral than on social media.
We can show this linguistic fad as having two main stereotyped patterns or formulas, which overlap morphologically. For type 1, we take a word or short phrase, clip (i.e., truncate, abbreviate) the first stressed syllable, add a y-suffix, and reduce the next word or stressed syllable to its initial letter:
mental breakdown → menty b
nervous breakdown → nervy b
a hundred percent → hundy p
tomato ketchup → tommy k
sauvignon blanc → savvy b
ChatGPT → chatty g
lockdown → locky d
pandemic → panny d
Clapham Junction → Clappy JFor type 2, we clip the first stressed syllable, add a y-suffix (same as type 1 so far), clip the next word or stressed syllable, and, optionally, add an s-suffix:
general election → genny lec/lex
cost of living / cost-of-living crisis → cozzy/cozzie livs
platinum jubilee → platty jubes/joobs
king’s coronation → corrie nash
bank holiday → banny hols
state funeral → statey funesYou may not have seen or heard any of these. They’re still fairly restricted demographically, and are perhaps more spoken than written – and written only in very informal contexts – but if you search for them you’ll find examples.
I’m sure a linguist could formulate them better, but you get the idea. There’s minor variation, but there are clear core patterns. And a phrase can sometimes fit either type: panny dems and platty j also work and indeed are in use. How fun or satisfying they are to say is likely also a factor.
When a phrase can’t go either way, it may be because the result is semantically opaque or ambiguous, e.g., menty breaks suggests mental break(s) more than mental breakdown. Type 1s seem not to favour initial letters with zero onset (i.e., starting with a vowel sound): no cozzy ells or statey effs. But the sample size is small, so that may not hold up.
‘Have you heard the phrase “genny lec”?’ BBC vox pop, 2 July 2024
So what exactly is this phenomenon?
It’s slang and wordplay, for starters – but of a specific kind. The repeated formula (multiple clipping + y– or s-suffixation) made me wonder at first if it’s a snowclone – a kind of phrasal template that’s customizable for reuse (X is the new Y; X 2.0). But a snowclone needs to be a cliché first, and that’s not the case here.
The formula is productive, though – you can coin these phrases at will, as @matthewcba does in a TikTok video with the comically improbable mitty circs ‘mitigating circumstances’. (The video also includes simple clippings like Ab Fab and profesh.)
In the UK Independent in August 2024, Madeline Sherratt referred to the pattern as ‘cringe lingua’ and cited slang expert Tony Thorne’s belief that it
derives from the online “hun” generation – a subculture lampooned on Mumsnet that runs rampant with the frivolous and facetious use of “gorg” and “mwah” when typing furiously on WhatsApp – an etymological by-product of the “live, laugh, love” philosophy.
It extends to the humble “jackie p” (jacket potato) with a squirt of “tommy k” (tomato ketchup) on top – a money-saving meal when everything is so “spenny” (expensive) . . .
Such phrases are attributed to this broadly millennial subculture, which involves making silly jokes online. Those who subscribe to it, Thorne says, tend to be white, young, and upper-working-class to lower-middle-class women.
He said: “The online phrases such as ‘platty jubes’ and ‘savvy b’ mock the formal language that oppresses us, and we see this with young people when they move into the world of work and professionalism.”
Hun culture is something I was only marginally aware of. But I’m not surprised the fashion is driven by young women, given their place at the vanguard of so much linguistic innovation. The examples I’ve listed are all relatively new, as far as I know, but there are plenty of forerunners from various domains, including personal names.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was popularly known as Jackie O. Mickey D’s (Maccy D’s, etc.) for McDonald’s emerged in the 1970s as US Black and campus slang. An Aussie was reported on Bluesky to have called Christmas decorations ‘Chrissie Decs’ in the 1990s. Sunny Delight rebranded as SunnyD decades ago. Okey-doke has been dated to the 1930s. I’m sure you can think of others.
The recent wave of phrases are from a particular, interrelated set of sources, say the linguists who’ve researched them. Christian Ilbury confirmed to me that some are from or are associated with hun culture in the UK; his 2022 paper ‘U Ok Hun?: The digital commodification of white woman style’ includes examples of the type discussed here, including cocky t’s ‘cocktails’.
Pavel Iosad told me that his colleague Patrick Honeybone
has studied a version of pattern 2 in Liverpool (truncation + y-suffixation + some segmental effects, eg Sefton Park > Sevvy) and he dubbed it (Scouse) diddification, which I think is a glorious name that we should adopt.
Honeybone also refers to the process as ‘diddificating truncation’, alluding again to P. Diddy, and provides a one-page summary here. At first I thought another rapper, Cardi B, fitted the pattern, but that name is a reworking of Bacardi.
The UK may be the hotspot of this slang, but Australians, as we’ve seen, are also on board. They do love their clippings and hypocorisms. Cozzie livs was Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year in 2023, and I recently saw an Australian call the tennis player Elena Rybakina ‘Lenny Baks’, a great example that shows the name’s stress pattern.
Some people find these phrases twee, stupid, or insensitive. Even the Financial Times said that cozzie livs ‘only compounds the misery’ of the cost-of-living crisis. Some of the phrases may aim, in part, to make light of difficult or stressful subjects, to dull or reclaim their power. This is a specialty of slang. But they won’t win everyone over, and that, too, is as it should be.
In January 2023, Serena Smith’s ‘investy g’ for Dazed magazine tied them to a literary tradition of creative silliness, citing Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. Sincere use of these phrases ‘misses a crucial element’, she wrote; ‘the cringiness, the tackiness, the ridiculousness is part of the fun’.
I neither love nor loathe them. I’d never used them, even ironically, until this blog post, this bloggy p, but I find them interesting as wordplay. I’d love to hear ideas for what to call them, how else they might be categorized, or how they relate to patterns already formally described or informally conceived (e.g., as a subset of hun lingo).
Suggestions in the replies to Gretchen McCulloch’s post on Bluesky include childish abbreviations or chilly abs, nicky Ns or nicky ens (for ‘nicknames’), clippy comps, and extended hypocoristics. Of these I like Erik Wennstrom’s clippy comps best. A clipped compound could be psyops or sitcom, but clippy comps shows more precisely (because self-referentially) what it refers to. Clippy c’s could be used for type 1.
Another route is to use a popular or prototypical example to refer synecdochically to the set, much as Brianne Hughes uses cutthroats or cutthroat compounds as shorthand for agentive and instrumental exocentric verb-noun (V-N) compounds. This would give us menty b compounds, genny lec phrases, or some such term.
Don’t have a nervy b about it, but if the slang sticks around and there’s a good term for it, it might eventually end up in an esteemed dictionary like Merry Dubs or the Oxy D.
A viral tweet in January 2023 from Depop Drama, now DM Drama, that helped popularize “cozzie livs”.
#affixation #BritishSlang #clippings #cozzieLivs #etymology #gennyLec #gennyLex #humour #hun #hunCulture #hypocorisms #language #linguistics #mentyB #phrases #plattyJoobs #slang #wordplay -
CW: CW: Suicide / Self-Harm (Metaphysical Discussion), Nihilism
With some assistance, I was able to go into detail about my philosophical positions on things! Here's what I learned about my belief system and how it fits into the Zeitgeist! I'm pretty excited about it. 😊
Apparently, I'm a Naturalized Ethical Theorist whose normative system is Neurobiological Constrained Utilitarianism, grounded in the metaphysical foundation of Nihilistic Absurdism. My system of beliefs attempts to resolve the conflict between cosmic meaninglessness and the imperative for human action. Albert Camus would've been like, " 😔 🚬 "
I'm not sure I would've know what that means, but I would've thought it was a very cool answer. 😅
▶ Metaphysics
◆ Nihilistic Absurdism
◈ Ultimate Autonomy: The universe is acknowledged as fundamentally indifferent, offering no external meaning. This grants the individual ultimate autonomy, establishing the right to decide that the confrontation with the absurd is not worth the effort, making suicide a metaphysically valid "opt-out."▶ Ethics
◆ Naturalized Ethical Theory:
◈ Core Belief: Morality is a rational construct based on observable, empirical facts about humanity, specifically our neurobiology and psychoemotional needs.
◈ The Absurdist Revolt: Since no cosmic meaning exists, meaning must be created. The system grounds this created meaning in observable reality—the universal, empirical facts of human biology and psychology.
◈ The Five Core Neurobiological Needs (The Neurobiological Minimum): These are the empirically-defined constraints that must be met for all people to ensure stability and psychological health, serving as the absolute floor for utility maximization:
◇ Care/Harm: The desire to protect kin and avoid suffering.
◇ Fairness/Reciprocity: The need for justice and proportional treatment.
◇ Loyalty/Belonging: The need for in-group cohesion and security.
◇ Authority/Respect: The need for social order and legitimate hierarchy.
◇ Sanctity/Degradation: The need for purity, dignity, and bodily integrity.◆ Neurobiological Constrained Utilitarianism
◈ Ethical Duty: For those who choose to live, the duty is to maximize the greatest good (utility) for the collective, but this goal is strictly constrained by the absolute requirement that the species-wide Neurobiological Minimum of all people must be met.
◈ The Ethical Contract & Defense: This system is an "all or nothing" contract. Active violation of the Minimum by an individual agent results in the forfeiture of that individual's protection, allowing for self-defense and institutional justice.
◇ Restriction on Harming Populations vs. Individuals: Harming an entire population is strictly forbidden, as it constitutes a systematic and unjust violation of the Neurobiological Minimum for countless innocent non-agents within that group.
◈ Eudaimonia: Human flourishing is achieved when one lives authentically by engaging in one's own ethical system; adherence to these self-created, rational duties fulfills the core psychoemotional need for integrity and meaning, generating the highest personal utility.So... what about you? 💙 😺
#Philosophy #NihilisticAbsurdism #NaturalizedEthics #ConstrainedUtilitarianism #NeurobiologicalEthics #Existentialism #EllisArcwolf #DeepThoughts #AcademicMastodon #SelfReflection #Metaphysics #Camus #MeaningOfLife #PhilosophicalZeitgeist
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Elvis Presley’s Cousin Says Priscilla’s Actions Towards Late Lisa Marie Are ‘Betrayal of the Highest Form’
Elvis Presley’s first cousin, Donna Presley, is standing up for the late Lisa Marie Presley. The daughter of…
#NewsBeep #News #Music #CA #Canada #DonnaPresley #Entertainment #LifeAfterElvis #LisaMariePresley #MichaelEdwards #Presley #PriscillaPresley
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An interesting paper with measures in English and Spanish with ELLs over three years:
--some students that were average in the first wave were later identified as at-risk
--both stable and late-emerging risk status were best identified by the contribution of Spanish measures to English measures
--in Spanish, naming speed and working memory were two highest weighted measures#education #psychology #cognition #bilingual #EnglishLanguageLearner #disability
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An interesting paper with measures in English and Spanish with ELLs over three years:
--some students that were average in the first wave were later identified as at-risk
--both stable and late-emerging risk status were best identified by the contribution of Spanish measures to English measures
--in Spanish, naming speed and working memory were two highest weighted measures#education #psychology #cognition #bilingual #EnglishLanguageLearner #disability
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An interesting paper with measures in English and Spanish with ELLs over three years:
--some students that were average in the first wave were later identified as at-risk
--both stable and late-emerging risk status were best identified by the contribution of Spanish measures to English measures
--in Spanish, naming speed and working memory were two highest weighted measures#education #psychology #cognition #bilingual #EnglishLanguageLearner #disability
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An interesting paper with measures in English and Spanish with ELLs over three years:
--some students that were average in the first wave were later identified as at-risk
--both stable and late-emerging risk status were best identified by the contribution of Spanish measures to English measures
--in Spanish, naming speed and working memory were two highest weighted measures#education #psychology #cognition #bilingual #EnglishLanguageLearner #disability
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An interesting paper with measures in English and Spanish with ELLs over three years:
--some students that were average in the first wave were later identified as at-risk
--both stable and late-emerging risk status were best identified by the contribution of Spanish measures to English measures
--in Spanish, naming speed and working memory were two highest weighted measures#education #psychology #cognition #bilingual #EnglishLanguageLearner #disability
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/156150/ Elvis Presley’s Cousin Says Priscilla’s Actions Towards Late Lisa Marie Are ‘Betrayal of the Highest Form’ #Celebrities #DonnaPresley #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #LifeAfterElvis #LisaMariePresley #MichaelEdwards #Presley #PriscillaPresley
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L'Iran ne négocie pas avec les USionistes
Ils ont donné leurs conditions, elles sont connues. Un point c'est tout.> ❗️Iran FM Araghchi says US messages were relayed through intermediaries, denies negotiations
According to Iranian journalist Fereshteh Sadeghi, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed to state television that the US had sent several messages through friendly countries in recent days, proposing ideas that were relayed to Iran’s highest-ranking leadership. Araghchi stated that any response would be officially declared if deemed necessary.
Araghchi rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that such exchanges amounted to negotiations, stressing that the communication was limited to an exchange of messages and warnings, not talks or diplomatic engagement. He emphasized that receiving and responding to US messages does not constitute negotiations.
Iran's foreign minister also said several countries requested safe passage for their ships through the Strait of Hormuz, noting that Iran agreed to allow vessels from China, Russia, India, Bangladesh, and Iraq to pass. He added that Iran had warned all countries against escalating the conflict by deploying armed forces in the strategic waterway.
Araghchi further warned that Iran would strike US interests wherever they are found and consider any country joining US military actions as a legitimate target. He stated that regional countries had previously been warned about the consequences of escalation but did not take the warnings seriously, adding that Iran had only targeted installations with US shareholders and described Iran’s actions as “fair.”
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Sept 24-Sept 25 pretax earnings from dead people; Forbes annual report, every #Halloween.
I take issue with them not explaining that Elvis was not a #songwriter but a thief: he forced #lyricists & #composers to sign over to him half of their #rights, or he wouldn't record the #song. Dolly famously said No, I'll try to find which song it was. Elvis wouldn't be on this list if he had any character. (They discuss MJ's character.)
#Dolly #good #Elvis #bad #class #dismissed https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/10/31/the-highest-paid-dead-celebrities-of-2025/ -
Sept 24-Sept 25 pretax earnings from dead people; Forbes annual report, every #Halloween.
I take issue with them not explaining that Elvis was not a #songwriter but a thief: he forced #lyricists & #composers to sign over to him half of their #rights, or he wouldn't record the #song. Dolly famously said No, I'll try to find which song it was. Elvis wouldn't be on this list if he had any character. (They discuss MJ's character.)
#Dolly #good #Elvis #bad #class #dismissed https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/10/31/the-highest-paid-dead-celebrities-of-2025/ -
Sept 24-Sept 25 pretax earnings from dead people; Forbes annual report, every #Halloween.
I take issue with them not explaining that Elvis was not a #songwriter but a thief: he forced #lyricists & #composers to sign over to him half of their #rights, or he wouldn't record the #song. Dolly famously said No, I'll try to find which song it was. Elvis wouldn't be on this list if he had any character. (They discuss MJ's character.)
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CRUFTS: Best in Show winner on list of 67 dog breeds campaigners claim could be ‘banned’ – but is your dog really at risk?
A four-year-old Clumber Spaniel named Bruin was crowned Best in Show at the world’s most famous dog show on Sunday, but the victory has been overshadowed by a fierce debate over the future of dozens of Britain’s most popular breeds.
Campaigners have warned that 67 breeds — including family favourites like the West Highland White Terrier, the Shih Tzu, the King Charles Spaniel, and even the late Queen’s beloved Corgis — could be effectively banned under new breeding guidelines.
However, animal welfare experts and academics have hit back, arguing the claims are a misinterpretation of a new voluntary scheme designed to improve the health of dogs, not to ban them.
What is the debate about?
The controversy centres on the new Innate Health Assessment (IHA), a 10-point visual checklist developed by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare (APGAW).
The tool is designed to help breeders avoid using dogs with ‘extreme conformations’ — physical features that cause health problems, such as very flat faces, excessively short legs, or skin folds.
Under the voluntary guidelines, a dog would ‘fail’ the assessment if it has three or more of these extreme features. Campaigners have claimed that if the tool becomes law, it would lead to a ban on breeding the 67 breeds they have identified.
What do the experts say?
Experts from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the RSPCA, who support the new assessment tool, have stressed that no ban is being proposed.
They argue the aim is to encourage healthier breeding practices over time, for example by mating pugs with slightly less squashed faces or dachshunds with longer legs.
Professor Dan O’Neill of the RVC told the i newspaper that only 10 of the 225 Kennel Club recognised breeds would be at high risk of failing the assessment, as they are the most likely to have multiple extreme features.
The full list: Is your dog’s breed at risk?
Here is the full list of 67 breeds cited by campaigners, with an explanation of their actual risk level under the proposed new welfare assessment.
High Risk: The 10 breeds at risk of failing
These breeds are most at risk because they often have three or more of the extreme features the assessment looks for, such as a combination of a flat face, short legs, skin folds, or a very short tail.
French BulldogDogue de BordeauxBasset HoundBoston TerrierBrussels GriffonEnglish BulldogPekingeseShih TzuJapanese ChinPug- Basset Hound
(short legs, droopy eyelids, skin folds) - Boston Terrier
(flat face, short tail) - Brussels Griffon
(flat face) - Bulldog
(flat face, skin folds, short tail) - Dogue de Bordeaux
(flat face, skin folds) - French Bulldog
(flat face, short tail, short legs) - Japanese Chin
(flat face) - Pekingese
(flat face, short legs) - Pug
(flat face, skin folds, short tail) - Shih Tzu
(flat face, short legs)
Low/No Risk: The 57 breeds that would pass
These breeds are on the campaigners’ list because they may have one or two of the extreme features, but not the three required to fail the assessment. They are not at risk of being ‘banned’.
The Dachshund — on the list due to its short legs, but not considered high risk under the proposed welfare assessment.The Pembroke Welsh Corgi — the late Queen’s beloved breed features on the list due to its short legs, but experts say it is not among the highest-risk breeds.Short-legged breeds (but otherwise healthy):
- Basset Bleu de Gascogne
- Basset Fauve de Bretagne
- Cairn Terrier
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Cesky Terrier
- Dachshund
- Dandie Dinmont Terrier
- Glen of Imaal Terrier
- Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen
- Lancashire Heeler
- Norfolk Terrier
- Norwich Terrier
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
- Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
- Scottish Terrier
- Sealyham Terrier
- Skye Terrier
- Sussex Spaniel
- Swedish Vallhund
- West Highland White Terrier
Breeds with potential for a single issue (e.g. skin folds, droopy eyes, or a short muzzle, but not multiple issues):
- Affenpinscher
- American Cocker Spaniel
- Bloodhound
- Boxer
- Bracco Italiano
- Brittany
- Bullmastiff
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
- Chihuahua
- Chow Chow
- Clumber Spaniel (this year’s Crufts winner)
- King Charles Spaniel
- Lhasa Apso
- Mastiff
- Neapolitan Mastiff
- Newfoundland
- Schipperke
- Shar Pei
- St Bernard
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Tibetan Mastiff
Merle-coloured breeds (a colour pattern, not a conformation issue that would cause a fail on its own):
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Australian Shepherd
- Beauceron
- Bergamasco
- Border Collie
- Great Dane
- Mudi
- Old English Sheepdog
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Pyrenean Mastiff
- Pyrenean Shepherd
- Rough Collie
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Smooth Collie
- Spanish Water Dog
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Crufts Best in Show winner on list of 67 breeds campaigners say could be banned
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A months‑long rehab ends with a splash as the young seal heads home.Could you fall in love with a rescue pet this Dydd Santes Dwynwen?
Local shelters hope a Welsh day of love brings new beginnings for abandoned animals.Llandysul man admits part in illegal dog‑breeding racket
A court case exposes the scale of an underground breeding operation.Investigation launched into concerns over treatment of dogs at Welsh rescue charity
Officials step in after serious welfare allegations surface at a well‑known centre.More pet stories
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The latest updates on animals, welfare and wildlife across our region. - Basset Hound
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I am the highest power
#Lacan and #Nietzsche told us so. There is no “Big Other.” You can wish for it and believe in it. That's okay and understandable. But the only #moral #authority is yourself. #punk #satanism #philosophy #crass -
Duke Ellington is one of the great figures in music history who catapulted our music into a new dimension.
And he articulated a simple truth: If it doesn’t have swing, it means nothing. If it doesn’t touch the soul, it might be nice entertainment—which is important, of course—but music, as humanity’s highest form of expression, is so much more. So get that swing, motherfuckers!
https://word.undead-network.de/2026/05/11/duke-ellington-ist-eine-der-grossen-persoenlichkeiten-der-musikgeschichte-die-unsere-musik-in-eine-neue-dimension-katapultiert-hat/
#DukeEllington #jazz #music #real #swing -
Duke Ellington is one of the great figures in music history who catapulted our music into a new dimension.
And he articulated a simple truth: If it doesn’t have swing, it means nothing. If it doesn’t touch the soul, it might be nice entertainment—which is important, of course—but music, as humanity’s highest form of expression, is so much more. So get that swing, motherfuckers!
https://word.undead-network.de/2026/05/11/duke-ellington-ist-eine-der-grossen-persoenlichkeiten-der-musikgeschichte-die-unsere-musik-in-eine-neue-dimension-katapultiert-hat/
#DukeEllington #jazz #music #real #swing -
Duke Ellington is one of the great figures in music history who catapulted our music into a new dimension.
And he articulated a simple truth: If it doesn’t have swing, it means nothing. If it doesn’t touch the soul, it might be nice entertainment—which is important, of course—but music, as humanity’s highest form of expression, is so much more. So get that swing, motherfuckers!
https://word.undead-network.de/2026/05/11/duke-ellington-ist-eine-der-grossen-persoenlichkeiten-der-musikgeschichte-die-unsere-musik-in-eine-neue-dimension-katapultiert-hat/
#DukeEllington #jazz #music #real #swing -
Duke Ellington is one of the great figures in music history who catapulted our music into a new dimension.
And he articulated a simple truth: If it doesn’t have swing, it means nothing. If it doesn’t touch the soul, it might be nice entertainment—which is important, of course—but music, as humanity’s highest form of expression, is so much more. So get that swing, motherfuckers!
https://word.undead-network.de/2026/05/11/duke-ellington-ist-eine-der-grossen-persoenlichkeiten-der-musikgeschichte-die-unsere-musik-in-eine-neue-dimension-katapultiert-hat/
#DukeEllington #jazz #music #real #swing -
Duke Ellington is one of the great figures in music history who catapulted our music into a new dimension.
And he articulated a simple truth: If it doesn’t have swing, it means nothing. If it doesn’t touch the soul, it might be nice entertainment—which is important, of course—but music, as humanity’s highest form of expression, is so much more. So get that swing, motherfuckers!
https://word.undead-network.de/2026/05/11/duke-ellington-ist-eine-der-grossen-persoenlichkeiten-der-musikgeschichte-die-unsere-musik-in-eine-neue-dimension-katapultiert-hat/
#DukeEllington #jazz #music #real #swing