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![[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]
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SOCRATES:
Plato..
PLATO:
Yes Socrates?
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SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?
PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates
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SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?
PLATO:
Um, yep
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SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then
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[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]
SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?
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PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel
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SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.
PLATO:
No.
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SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]
So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?
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PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really
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SOCRATES:
So are we not human?
PLATO:
‘Spose not.
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[Bleak pause]
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PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock
SOCRATES:
Yeah
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump’s Power Grab
@kateshaw.bsky.social discusses Donald Trump’s recent winning streak with the Supreme Court and what it means for the state of the Constitution.
open.spotify.com/episode/4VpE...
youtu.be/mhZBLpzcYx4?...
The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump’s Power Grab
@kateshaw.bsky.social discusses Donald Trump’s recent winning streak with the Supreme Court and what it means for the state of the Constitution.
open.spotify.com/episode/4VpE...
youtu.be/mhZBLpzcYx4?...
The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump's Power Grab | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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September 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump’s Power Grab
@kateshaw.bsky.social discusses Donald Trump’s recent winning streak with the Supreme Court and what it means for the state of the Constitution.
open.spotify.com/episode/4VpE...
youtu.be/mhZBLpzcYx4?...
The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump’s Power Grab
@kateshaw.bsky.social discusses Donald Trump’s recent winning streak with the Supreme Court and what it means for the state of the Constitution.
open.spotify.com/episode/4VpE...
youtu.be/mhZBLpzcYx4?...
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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"If this can happen to Colbert and a storied franchise, this can happen to anyone": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"If this can happen to Colbert and a storied franchise, this can happen to anyone": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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imagine being an adaptation planner in the UK and you are told, "well, the most likely thing that will happen is your country will get way hotter with a sharp increase in extreme temps... BUT there's a chance the AMOC could break in which case you'll get way way colder"
So, prepare for that
So, prepare for that
AMOC Collapse Visualisation Map
The interactive map that shows you the effects worldwide of climate change scenarios and the AMOC current collapsing
amocscenarios.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
imagine being an adaptation planner in the UK and you are told, "well, the most likely thing that will happen is your country will get way hotter with a sharp increase in extreme temps... BUT there's a chance the AMOC could break in which case you'll get way way colder"
So, prepare for that
So, prepare for that
@rory-stewart.bsky.social Mr Rory, I would like to see how your sense of humour translates in a foreign language you have not spoken for a while. Ref. The Attal interview.
June 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
@rory-stewart.bsky.social Mr Rory, I would like to see how your sense of humour translates in a foreign language you have not spoken for a while. Ref. The Attal interview.
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Hey Bluesky! How many likes and shares can we get for the amazing 5 year old Bobbie who has scooted and cycled 50 miles and raised over £4000 for people experiencing homelessness in Wirral?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 23, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Hey Bluesky! How many likes and shares can we get for the amazing 5 year old Bobbie who has scooted and cycled 50 miles and raised over £4000 for people experiencing homelessness in Wirral?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What would you recommend doing in Athens? Got two days to spend there. And don't say the Acropolis 😃
May 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What would you recommend doing in Athens? Got two days to spend there. And don't say the Acropolis 😃
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BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary?
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Hungarian Model
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary?
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
@stephmcgovern.bsky.social Noooo, don't go giving paid days off for a tattoo...
a woman in a tuxedo and tie is asking if she is mad .
ALT: a woman in a tuxedo and tie is asking if she is mad .
media.tenor.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@stephmcgovern.bsky.social Noooo, don't go giving paid days off for a tattoo...
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The new issue of the UK’s Private Eye.
March 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The new issue of the UK’s Private Eye.
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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
@waterstones.bsky.social hey why have you stopped allowing deliveries to store?
February 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@waterstones.bsky.social hey why have you stopped allowing deliveries to store?
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A huge response to this article, which highlights the stark reality of life on the road in the UK for our truckers.
#Transport
#HGV
#Truckers
#Transport
#HGV
#Truckers
If UK suffers from shortage of truckers, why are drivers leaving the industry?
Amidst an HGV driver shortage, more and more drivers enter the industry only to leave it very soon after. Why?
bylines.scot
February 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A huge response to this article, which highlights the stark reality of life on the road in the UK for our truckers.
#Transport
#HGV
#Truckers
#Transport
#HGV
#Truckers
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“Gauls provoked Romans”
February 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“Gauls provoked Romans”
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Several others have already recommended this piece by @lewisgoodall.com, but it really is worth a read.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We need to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us.
This may have been the biggest moment for European security since 1991.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Several others have already recommended this piece by @lewisgoodall.com, but it really is worth a read.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Leaving X is becoming a big trend in Germany, over 60 German universities and research institutions dump that place and join Bluesky.
Includes Goethe University, The Free University of Berlin, RWTH Aachen and Heidelberg University.
👏👏👏
Report: shorturl.at/i8zhO
Includes Goethe University, The Free University of Berlin, RWTH Aachen and Heidelberg University.
👏👏👏
Report: shorturl.at/i8zhO
January 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Leaving X is becoming a big trend in Germany, over 60 German universities and research institutions dump that place and join Bluesky.
Includes Goethe University, The Free University of Berlin, RWTH Aachen and Heidelberg University.
👏👏👏
Report: shorturl.at/i8zhO
Includes Goethe University, The Free University of Berlin, RWTH Aachen and Heidelberg University.
👏👏👏
Report: shorturl.at/i8zhO
@therestpolitics.bsky.social Nôtre Dame renovation on time and on budget...how about the Paris Olympics making a surplus of €26 millions on a budget of €4.5bn ?!?
December 26, 2024 at 5:38 PM
@therestpolitics.bsky.social Nôtre Dame renovation on time and on budget...how about the Paris Olympics making a surplus of €26 millions on a budget of €4.5bn ?!?
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If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
November 24, 2024 at 9:34 PM