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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 2d

When I was studying political science 30 years ago, we kept being told about democratic governments being concerned to govern within the bounds of ‘legitimacy’. Anyways…

Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social · 2d

The heinous nature of this comes from nothing but a place of pure evil. None of this should be happening, and none of it would be if we had a leader who cared about something other than cruelty, vengeance and hate. A blood thirsty administration intent on inflicting as much pain as possible…

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

THERE’S NO BOTTOM WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Operation “Freaky Friday”, a calculated scheme targeting some of the most vulnerable people in the country: immigrant children.

ICE is sending letters offering minors $2,500 for “voluntary” departure, while threatening enforcement if they refuse.
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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 2d

Gettysburg, 2.0.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 2d

AI is for dummies who want us all to remain as stupid as they are.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 3d

Many think that time travel was a creation of science fiction. It wasn’t. It began as a presumption of Enlightenment thought, and became a concomitant of global colonisation in the #C18th.

Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 3d

1/6 Another highlight for our 10th anniversary. @brucealexb.bsky.social (Griffith University) who wrote "Travels in Space and Time: Progress, War, and the Historical Mobilities of Scotland’s Enlightenment" with us in 2022 (print 2023). We asked him about this work and its future. His response:

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 3d

What exactly qualifies him to be called a ‘political heavyweight’ beyond the incessant media attention given to his petulance?

Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 3d

With thanks to @global-ih.bsky.social for promoting my article on mobility, Enlightenment, war and colonisation.

Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 3d

1/6 Another highlight for our 10th anniversary. @brucealexb.bsky.social (Griffith University) who wrote "Travels in Space and Time: Progress, War, and the Historical Mobilities of Scotland’s Enlightenment" with us in 2022 (print 2023). We asked him about this work and its future. His response:

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 4d

A tale of two countries.

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Reposted by Bruce Buchan

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 4d

The original (and only) Dark Enlightenment.

Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 5d

Why not? They’ve already disappeared Big Bird.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 5d

I always chuckle that the image of a ‘lecture’ I use in presentations on university education and the Scottish Enlightenment is actually of Graham speaking to a rapt audience, probably extolling the merits of his celestial bed.

Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 7d

Yes. It’s so woeful. In the same way they’ve refused (until recently) to describe the bloodbath in Gaza as genocidal.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 7d

Alarming stuff.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 7d

Can we all just now admit that over 20 years on from the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers, Osama bin Laden definitively won the the ‘war on terror’. The US is now demonstrably weaker, more divided, animated by more strident extremism, and governed by their own version of the Taliban.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

“The oath says enemies foreign and domestic… well, we also have domestic.”

Trump tells the generals he plans to use the military against Americans

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 10d

The digital panopticon.

Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 14d

A scandal of enormous proportions. A debasement of public service, a fraud committed by government against its own people, that drove some to suicide. And none of those responsible held to account. But in spite of it all, a story of tremendous courage.
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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 14d

I can’t believe that our own ABC (news radio, no less) played an analysis of the speech as ‘powerful’ with Donald Dump even delivering a ‘coup de grace’ to his enemies. Risible! Almost as if the analyst hadn’t even listened to the man’s senile ravings.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 16d

You’d call it a winning combination. So much winning.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 16d

All powerful yet visibly ailing and mentally decaying President.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 16d

After they lose the impunity gifted by this degenerate and rapidly degenerating president, the perpetrators who authorised this vast wellness scam in place of medical science, will find themselves permanently residing in courts, losing their fast dwindling finances.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

RFK Jr: "Some of our friends like to say that we should believe all women. But some of these people have been silencing and demonizing these mothers for three decades."

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 16d

The systemic destruction by policy of Australia’s public universities continues.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 17d

It is worth remembering that there is nothing inherently valuable in having an opinion. We earn respect by winnowing out unjust, ill-founded, and vile opinions. Our humanity resides in shouldering the burden of judgement. Not in the entitlements falsely claimed for mere opinion.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 17d

Not too sure what is happening there, but it sounds like recognition is on the way.

Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 17d

It will do nothing to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people, but there was a time not so long ago when this recognition seemed impossible in my country.

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 18d

You know the cause has been lost when all they have left are threats, intimidation, and stand over tactics.

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