Caspar Henderson
@casparhenderson.bsky.social
Bad singer, slow runner, writer. Award-winning knees https://linktr.ee/casparhenderson
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Creative Writing Seminar: Why Write? A Case for Human Being - Kellogg College
www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk
Why write? Join me on 27 November for what may be a deep dive, and should at least be fun www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/events/creat...
“From cruise ships to fishing vessels to pleasure craft, comprehensive noise management requires accountability across the entire maritime fleet, because in the acoustic world of narwhals, every engine matters.”
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
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November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“From cruise ships to fishing vessels to pleasure craft, comprehensive noise management requires accountability across the entire maritime fleet, because in the acoustic world of narwhals, every engine matters.”
The censorship is “especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites”
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The censorship is “especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites”
“As grim as these stories are, just look at the damage that Farage has gone on to do as an adult, and the company he has gone on to keep.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations | Musa Okwonga
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“As grim as these stories are, just look at the damage that Farage has gone on to do as an adult, and the company he has gone on to keep.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That feeling when your country looks likely to tip from having a government that is at best hugely disappointing and actively complicit in mass war crimes to something much worse
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
That feeling when your country looks likely to tip from having a government that is at best hugely disappointing and actively complicit in mass war crimes to something much worse
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All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
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"could cause more deaths than jobs" 😲
The plant, would make ethylene for plastics manufacture - likely to cause ammonia, ozone, nitrogen oxide + PM2.5 pollution - linked to increased cases of heart + breathing conditions - and carcinogenic VOCs - risking people's health says @clientearth.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"could cause more deaths than jobs" 😲
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When Israel’s courts become ‘instruments of revenge’ against Palestinian citizens www.972mag.com/israeli-cour...
When Israel's courts become 'instruments of revenge' against Palestinian citizens
The outcome of two recent murder cases — one of a Jewish-Israeli, the other a Palestinian — has underscored the shallow liberties of second-class citizenship.
www.972mag.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
When Israel’s courts become ‘instruments of revenge’ against Palestinian citizens www.972mag.com/israeli-cour...
“True poetry…is the hardest and the highest thing to write… The greatest of poems…can distill everything like a teardrop”
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Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 18/11/2025 · 1h 17m
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November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“True poetry…is the hardest and the highest thing to write… The greatest of poems…can distill everything like a teardrop”
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
“doing something about [inequality] requires deep-rooted changes…to the labour laws to encourage union organisation. Changes to corporations to give workers more of a stake. Vastly more social housing…” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“doing something about [inequality] requires deep-rooted changes…to the labour laws to encourage union organisation. Changes to corporations to give workers more of a stake. Vastly more social housing…” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"The draft plan, which was reportedly developed by Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, would force draconian measures on Ukraine that would give Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv
It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of military
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November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"The draft plan, which was reportedly developed by Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, would force draconian measures on Ukraine that would give Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“The Artsoundscapes project leaves little doubt that prehistoric artists deliberately painted in places where echoes, resonance and sound transmission created otherworldly sonic effects.” www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age
Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
www.newscientist.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“The Artsoundscapes project leaves little doubt that prehistoric artists deliberately painted in places where echoes, resonance and sound transmission created otherworldly sonic effects.” www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Actions reported today of the Russian “research vessel” Yantar in or near UK territorial waters sound like something out of the early stages of the scenario in the podacast The Wargame from earlier this year news.sky.com/story/the-wa...
The Wargame podcast: What if Russia attacked the UK?
A new five-part podcast series from Sky News and Tortoise called The Wargame simulates a Russian attack on the UK. It is the kind of exercise that is genuinely tested inside government - but in this ...
news.sky.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Actions reported today of the Russian “research vessel” Yantar in or near UK territorial waters sound like something out of the early stages of the scenario in the podacast The Wargame from earlier this year news.sky.com/story/the-wa...
“Things happen... a lot of people didn’t like” Khashoggi, whose body was dismembered with a bone saw and then dissolved in acid or other chemicals www.ft.com/content/f9ed...
‘Things happen’: Donald Trump recasts Jamal Khashoggi killing as Saudi prince arrives with deals
US president touts $1tn investment from Mohammed bin Salman during gilded Oval Office welcome for strongman
www.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“Things happen... a lot of people didn’t like” Khashoggi, whose body was dismembered with a bone saw and then dissolved in acid or other chemicals www.ft.com/content/f9ed...
Octagon inside the dome at the Centre for Reputation Laundering is glowing beautifully in the winter light
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Octagon inside the dome at the Centre for Reputation Laundering is glowing beautifully in the winter light
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Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Changing the Conversation on Asylum: A Messaging Guide
Our new messaging guide looks at the methodology and messages that can help us carve out a new approach that will be successful in persuading the public that seeking safety is a fundamental human righ...
www.freedomfromtorture.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Masters of the universe on.ft.com/4i4f1gI
Trump family and Saudi partner unveil tokenised Maldives resort
Project unveiled on eve of Saudi Crown Prince’s visit to White House
on.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Masters of the universe on.ft.com/4i4f1gI
"I used to think alongside Ludwig Wittgenstein that the limit of my language is the limit of my thought. But...minimalism in language doesn’t reflect a minimalist world. Meaning-making is inevitable, and constraint simply shifts where the complexity lies" psyche.co/notes-to-sel...
What I found in one of the tiniest languages | Psyche Notes to Self
The great complexity and extraordinary simplicity of a constructed language with no more than 140 words
psyche.co
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"I used to think alongside Ludwig Wittgenstein that the limit of my language is the limit of my thought. But...minimalism in language doesn’t reflect a minimalist world. Meaning-making is inevitable, and constraint simply shifts where the complexity lies" psyche.co/notes-to-sel...
I wrote a short piece about dragons on.ft.com/4oB16RS
Who invented dragons?
An exhibition in Paris explores the origins of mythic creatures that never lose their capacity to enthral, terrify and delight
on.ft.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I wrote a short piece about dragons on.ft.com/4oB16RS
Never happier than when lost in the woods.
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Never happier than when lost in the woods.
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Love to bike to work through the middle of the vehicular manslaughter arms race
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Love to bike to work through the middle of the vehicular manslaughter arms race
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By me: One in every 25 participants at Cop30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, outnumbering every country delegation apart from Brazil, and as Indigenous peoples struggle to get a seat at the table
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
By me: One in every 25 participants at Cop30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, outnumbering every country delegation apart from Brazil, and as Indigenous peoples struggle to get a seat at the table
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A smack of jellies, squadron of pelicans, raft of otters, or galaxy of sea stars...
No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.
No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A smack of jellies, squadron of pelicans, raft of otters, or galaxy of sea stars...
No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.
No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.
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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
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95% hostile: "Murdoch’s TalkTV and Radio really outdid themselves on COP30 – 84 of 89 segments were hostile... So while some 97% of climate scientists agree it’s a crisis, 95% of Talk coverage insists its not worth fixing. How balanced!"
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
COP LOOK LISTEN ISSUE 05 | 14 NOV 25
caad.info
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
95% hostile: "Murdoch’s TalkTV and Radio really outdid themselves on COP30 – 84 of 89 segments were hostile... So while some 97% of climate scientists agree it’s a crisis, 95% of Talk coverage insists its not worth fixing. How balanced!"
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Loomer describes her project as a constant purge. “Every day, I find a new [enemy]. It’s never going to end." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Loomer describes her project as a constant purge. “Every day, I find a new [enemy]. It’s never going to end." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...