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A treat to see them together again!
'Breakfast Club' Cast Reunites For First Time In 40 Years—And Explains Why Film Wouldn't Be Made Today
Great to see them all together again!
www.comicsands.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A treat to see them together again!
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My painting COASTAL POPPIES
April 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My painting COASTAL POPPIES
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Made in Manchester: Elizabeth Wolstenholme (1833-1913), daughter of a Methodist minister in Eccles, was the first secretary of the Manchester Society for Women’s Suffrage and campaigned all her life for women’s rights. 1/7
April 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Made in Manchester: Elizabeth Wolstenholme (1833-1913), daughter of a Methodist minister in Eccles, was the first secretary of the Manchester Society for Women’s Suffrage and campaigned all her life for women’s rights. 1/7
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Register ⬇️ for a free
online @cncsi.bsky.social event ‘Contagion & Contamination in the Nineteenth Century’ with #hstm & #litsci speakers on:
🧛Vampires & influenza
🦠Imperialism & germs
🇮🇳Cholera in India
🌊Contamined waterways
🌳Ecology & microbes
🏛️Curation of #19C exhibits
cn-csi.com/event/contag...
online @cncsi.bsky.social event ‘Contagion & Contamination in the Nineteenth Century’ with #hstm & #litsci speakers on:
🧛Vampires & influenza
🦠Imperialism & germs
🇮🇳Cholera in India
🌊Contamined waterways
🌳Ecology & microbes
🏛️Curation of #19C exhibits
cn-csi.com/event/contag...
Contagion and Contamination in the Nineteenth Century - CNCSI
Contagion and Contamination in the Nineteenth Century Free and Online One-Day Interdisciplinary Workshop Thursday 1 May, 9.00am – 5.00pm (Central European Time) Registration is required. Sign-up here....
cn-csi.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Register ⬇️ for a free
online @cncsi.bsky.social event ‘Contagion & Contamination in the Nineteenth Century’ with #hstm & #litsci speakers on:
🧛Vampires & influenza
🦠Imperialism & germs
🇮🇳Cholera in India
🌊Contamined waterways
🌳Ecology & microbes
🏛️Curation of #19C exhibits
cn-csi.com/event/contag...
online @cncsi.bsky.social event ‘Contagion & Contamination in the Nineteenth Century’ with #hstm & #litsci speakers on:
🧛Vampires & influenza
🦠Imperialism & germs
🇮🇳Cholera in India
🌊Contamined waterways
🌳Ecology & microbes
🏛️Curation of #19C exhibits
cn-csi.com/event/contag...
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🦠 Contagion and Contamination in the Nineteenth Century, a free and online one-day interdisciplinary workshop. Thursday 1 May, 9.00am – 5.00pm (Central European Time).
For the full program and to register for the workshop, visit: cn-csi.com/event/contag...
For the full program and to register for the workshop, visit: cn-csi.com/event/contag...
February 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🦠 Contagion and Contamination in the Nineteenth Century, a free and online one-day interdisciplinary workshop. Thursday 1 May, 9.00am – 5.00pm (Central European Time).
For the full program and to register for the workshop, visit: cn-csi.com/event/contag...
For the full program and to register for the workshop, visit: cn-csi.com/event/contag...
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Dude was not kidding about the 1890s. Imperialism. Tariffs. Measles. Child labor. Coal.
Look at this graph. This just happened.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
April 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Dude was not kidding about the 1890s. Imperialism. Tariffs. Measles. Child labor. Coal.
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Undergrads interested in philosophy of science? Please share that applications are open for our summer development program! lpssdp.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
LPS Summer Development Program – August 11th to 15th, 2025
lpssdp.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Undergrads interested in philosophy of science? Please share that applications are open for our summer development program! lpssdp.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
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Who made this. 🤣
March 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Who made this. 🤣
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“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass
NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to start a sweeping overhaul of military lawyers to make the US less restricted by the laws of armed conflict, per ppl familiar @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war
The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general’s corps
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass
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Thrilled to announce that The Nation has reprinted my article about Mahmoud Khalil! Check it out if you haven't already (and if you want to, I'm not the boss of you)
Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump
The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test for us to see how hard we will fight back.
www.thenation.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thrilled to announce that The Nation has reprinted my article about Mahmoud Khalil! Check it out if you haven't already (and if you want to, I'm not the boss of you)
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Hurray!! Congrats to LPSer Margaret Farrell who will start a postdoc at the Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science! She works on philosophy of science, biology, explanation, and values in science. More below!
March 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hurray!! Congrats to LPSer Margaret Farrell who will start a postdoc at the Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science! She works on philosophy of science, biology, explanation, and values in science. More below!
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"The real crisis is not that public health — which is fundamentally about policies dictating the distribution of
resources required to protect human life — has been politicized. It is that it has not been politicized nearly enough."— @ericreinhart.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
resources required to protect human life — has been politicized. It is that it has not been politicized nearly enough."— @ericreinhart.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
March 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The real crisis is not that public health — which is fundamentally about policies dictating the distribution of
resources required to protect human life — has been politicized. It is that it has not been politicized nearly enough."— @ericreinhart.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
resources required to protect human life — has been politicized. It is that it has not been politicized nearly enough."— @ericreinhart.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Due to the Trump administration’s assault on democratic norms and global cooperation, CIVICUS has added the United States of America (USA) to its Watchlist of countries with faltering civic freedoms. 🚨⚖️🇺🇸
#HumanRights
🔗 monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-ma...
#HumanRights
🔗 monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-ma...
USA Watchlist 2025 - Civicus Monitor
USA added to CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist
monitor.civicus.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Due to the Trump administration’s assault on democratic norms and global cooperation, CIVICUS has added the United States of America (USA) to its Watchlist of countries with faltering civic freedoms. 🚨⚖️🇺🇸
#HumanRights
🔗 monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-ma...
#HumanRights
🔗 monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-ma...
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Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing?
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Learning from an awe-inspiring immense ecosystem that has returned to life
Rewilding ecologist and author Eoghan Daltun visited Costa Rica to see first-hand how the country has managed over the last 30 years to reverse one of the worst deforestation rates in all Latin Americ...
www.irishexaminer.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing?
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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That's a good idea!
Canada,
Ban X (Formerly Twitter)
Canada,
Ban X (Formerly Twitter)
March 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
That's a good idea!
Canada,
Ban X (Formerly Twitter)
Canada,
Ban X (Formerly Twitter)
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March 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
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I spent more than a year working on this SEP entry on ideology, and I actually think it is some of the best work I've ever done.
There are three parts of it that I am especially happy with:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ideo...
There are three parts of it that I am especially happy with:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ideo...
Ideology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
March 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I spent more than a year working on this SEP entry on ideology, and I actually think it is some of the best work I've ever done.
There are three parts of it that I am especially happy with:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ideo...
There are three parts of it that I am especially happy with:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ideo...
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When vaccination rates fall.......
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
When vaccination rates fall.......
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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I wrote a book about a boy in Charleston who defeats a Confederate demon. If you need a bit of hope, pick it up!
It has a great audiobook too!
www.unionsquareandco.com/978145494930...
It has a great audiobook too!
www.unionsquareandco.com/978145494930...
March 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I wrote a book about a boy in Charleston who defeats a Confederate demon. If you need a bit of hope, pick it up!
It has a great audiobook too!
www.unionsquareandco.com/978145494930...
It has a great audiobook too!
www.unionsquareandco.com/978145494930...
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