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This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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June 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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I wrote a review of @brunoleipold.com's brilliant book:
May 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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This video from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center provides an unprecedented look at the intricate, interconnected flow of ocean currents around the world
A stunning visualisation explores the intricate circulatory system of our oceans | Aeon Videos
Explore Earth’s oceanic circulatory system via this groundbreaking visualisation of the global flow of ocean currents
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May 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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As globalisation continues to homogenise landscapes and cultures, we risk losing not just species and ecosystems but entire ways of knowing the world.
On #InternationalDayforBiologicalDiversity, revisit this article on rekindling our connection to biodiversity and protecting nature: buff.ly/aMXgFsh
May 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AI chatbot Grok can’t stop talking about 'white genocide', admits it's by design url:https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/ai-chatbot-grok-cant-stop-talking-about-white-genocide-admits-by-design
May 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A history of the medieval coastal towns of Mozambique ca. 500-1890 CE.
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A history of the medieval coastal towns of Mozambique ca. 500-1890 CE.
The East African coast is home to the longest contiguous chain of urban settlements on the continent.
open.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Post 14: 20th Anniversary of the Canadian Association for Food Studies
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Post 14: 20th Anniversary of the Canadian Association for Food Studies
What is the oldest profession in the World?
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May 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The odd thing is that quite a few Marxist economists, led by Steedman's book on Marx after Sraffa, were the only ones to take Sraffa seriously as totally undermining their key concepts (e.g. the role of Marx’s labor theory of value). [1/3]
April 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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“Public sociology is a form of education: speaking out beyond the university also performs an educative function.”

Just before he died, Michael Burawoy talked to @michaelacbenson.bsky.social about his career-defining evangelism for public – or, alternatively, a living – sociology.

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April 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Pikachu protesters, Studio Ghibli memes and the subversive power of cuteness
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Pikachu protesters, Studio Ghibli memes and the subversive power of cuteness
Cute characters are often vulnerable, innocent and lovable – and therein lies their power.
theconversation.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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King Canute believed he had absolute power to command the world. To prove his point the King took his throne down to the water's edge at low tide and commanded the tide not to rise… Several hours later with the water up to his neck, the King had to admit he was wrong.

It's King Canute time.
April 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM