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Dave Wilton

14 May 2025 • 3 min read

A leech (Hirudo medicinalis) drawing blood

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medbed

[I’ve decided to attempt posting a “Words in the News” premium feature weekly. We’ll see how long I can keep that pace up—and much will depend on how many pay to subscribe to the premium features. I’m making this one free, but future ones will be

09 Oct 2025 4 min read

deplatform

The verb deplatform is a relatively new one. Merriam-Webster defines it thusly: : to remove and ban (a registered user) from a mass communication medium (such as a social networking or blogging website) […] broadly : to prevent from having or providing a platform (see platform entry 1 sense 3) to communicate Merriam-Webster

08 Oct 2025 3 min read

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