Jim Baxter
@jimbaxter.bsky.social
Ethics consultant (IDEA Leeds). Host of ethicsuntangled.bsky.social. I delight in all manifestations of the terpsichorean muse.
Vince Clarke. The soundtrack would be banging.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Vince Clarke. The soundtrack would be banging.
Also Kraftwerk's tea break conversation.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Also Kraftwerk's tea break conversation.
Always a sign that relations in the band are in excellent health.
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Always a sign that relations in the band are in excellent health.
On my own in bed at the age of 12 when it first came out in Britain.
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
On my own in bed at the age of 12 when it first came out in Britain.
I demand to only encounter people I've already heard of until they are all dead.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I demand to only encounter people I've already heard of until they are all dead.
Might be helpful to think in terms of intellectual virtues.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Might be helpful to think in terms of intellectual virtues.
I love the idea five beds is minimum for a family home! My friendship group is firmly middle class and not Lindon-based and I doubt many of us would have had more than three bedrooms when starting a family. Four at most.
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I love the idea five beds is minimum for a family home! My friendship group is firmly middle class and not Lindon-based and I doubt many of us would have had more than three bedrooms when starting a family. Four at most.
Have not thought about that since, well, at least 1992. Deeply weird.
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Have not thought about that since, well, at least 1992. Deeply weird.
Where was this? I've never heard of such a thing, and I can see why you're haunted by it.
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Where was this? I've never heard of such a thing, and I can see why you're haunted by it.
Podcast episode about this exact phenomenon (with 'emotional labour' as a key example) here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
46. Should we be worried about words changing their meaning? With Robbie Morgan - Ethics Untangled
Words such as 'woke', 'emotional labour' and 'gaslighting' get bandied around a lot, especially in online discourse. And as they get bandied around, their meaning can change over time. Of course, chan...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Podcast episode about this exact phenomenon (with 'emotional labour' as a key example) here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...