THINK, which I edit for Royal Inst. Philosophy, publishes short, accessible pieces by leading thinkers. Next issue I interview Amia Srinivasan on anger & injustice. Take out a subscription for print & online plus HUGE back catalogue. Just £36. Samples here royalinstitutephilosophy.org/think-journal/

Hillary Clinton thinks social media is brainwashing people against Israel. The truth? Western media outlets covered up Israel's crimes - and the only way to get the unvarnished truth was to use social media.

Republicans are shamelessly lying to us. A boat that size would have to refuel over 20 times to be "bound for the United States." And where would they do that in the middle of the Caribbean?

re assisted dying - if we are to ban treatments just because there will be abuses & deaths as a result of their availability, we'd have to ban paracetemol. Yet we don't despite its benefit being only mild pain relief. Compare the long, agonising shitshow assisted dying allows people to avoid.

Too many members of the House of Lords, who are fundamentally opposed to the Bill, have been trying to time it out. This undermines genuine amendments to improve the Bill. Peers have every right to oppose it, but not to employ disingenuous tactics to stop it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My Oxford University Lifelong Learning course PHILOSOPHY OF MIND: THE BASICS runs in-person in Oxford next term. Info here: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/phil... @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social

My course Oxford University Lifelong Learning course PHILOSOPHY OF MIND: THE BASICS runs in-person in Oxford next term. Info here: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/phil... @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social

Study anywhere in the world for the Certificate in Higher Education, focusing on Archaeology, English Lit. Philosophy, History, Data Science, and more. Open to all. I run an online info session on Thursday. Info and book here: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/oxford...

My The Complete Philosophy Files - for anyone age 11 to adult that wonders whether they live in The Matrix, if a machine could think, or if it's ok to eat meat. Illustrated by Daniel Postgate.

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The Singing Ringing Tree. Had a profound effect on my childhood. Perhaps never recovered. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aDs...

The UK state pension, worst in the world.

Everyone needs to buy loo roll. Might as well buy it & put 100% of profits into causes for social good, huh? 😊😊 And bonus! One of the orgs benefiting from your dry fanny will be the brilliant @migrantvoice.bsky.social 🧻🧻 Just 6 days left to back the kickstarter! www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

Philosophy of Space and Time - Saturday 6th December event at Oxford Uni. Lifelong Learning. Book now. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-...

My in-person 10 week course God: The Basics - at Oxford University Lifelong Learning next term. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/god-...

Crown Prosecution Service challenges quashing of koran-burning conviction www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11...

Study for Oxford University Certificate in HE from anywhere in the world. Focus on Philosophy, History, Art History, Political Economy, Archaeology, Data-science, & more. No prior qualification required. I run info session 1pm GMT Thursday: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/underg...

Interested in taking The Certificate in HE at University of Oxford? Focus on Philosophy, History, Art History, Political Economy, Archeology, Data-science, and more. No prior qualifications required. I'm running an info session 1pm GMT Thursday. Book here: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/underg...

CULT OF MAGA: The Crisis; The System; The Enemy. MAGA get two out of three right. My piece for Byline Times supplement on MAGA: stephenlaw.blogspot.com/2024/03/cult...

Some new additions to the Humanists UK Starter Pack today (we suggest following the whole pack!) @conwayhall.bsky.social @faith2faithless.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @maggieardiente.bsky.social @ishash.bsky.social @stephenlaw.bsky.social @katherinestewart.bsky.social go.bsky.app/PTC4j2d

The first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor. It was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs on Black Americans. Viola Fletcher was there. www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...

There is a lot of wiggle room here. In both directions.

Interesting this is the guidance US troops have to go on for deciding on legality of orders. “the Court Martial Manual defines it as an order which any ordinary person would know in their gut were wrong or were a violation of international or domestic law.”

I highly recommend Novara Media Live podcasts - covering stuff that mainstream media often barely mentions. @novaramedia The 20th Nov one has good stats on how climate protestors are being targeted, & fascinating interview with woman prosecuted after interaction with her MP.

We must support (Judeo-) Christianity and/or Israel because they are Western Civilisation's bulwark against the evil Muslim hordes, apparently. You find this idea cropping up in all sorts of places now, from Richard Dawkins to Benjamin Netanyahu.

Odin n Noot, Mam Tor.

In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade. It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.

Odin.

Above Edale.

So many well-educated people I know are unaware of this about chiropractors and I’m always too embarrassed / polite / English to mention it. Like when I bite my tongue when people talk about “alternative” medicine for serious, terminal illness

Forensic.

Me and Sam Mckee on belief in God youtu.be/RxzoDFb78oA?...

But Zelensky didn't wear a suit.....

In order to book driving test in the UK, you need to be up 6am Monday with multiple devices & log on to website. Just like buying Glastonbury tickets, there is then a slim chance you will be successful. Or you can pay a tout (my friend can get a test by paying £450).

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet

People at the heart of this Labour government secretly conspired to lose the 2019 election so they could oust Corbyn. They didn't fear Corbyn would lose; they feared he might win. youtu.be/XwiDLh1NLuY?...

Imagine that. Ignore the fearmongering. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/n...

Labour’s policy on immigration is being cheered on by Tommy Robinson. Discussing that on @lbc.co.uk at 3pm!

This is a real page-turner. It's going into a few Xmas stockings.

This appalling situation has occurrred in Britain under a Labour Government. These are non-violent protestors of genocide and our Government's complicity in it, held in prison for two years before they even get to trial. Now on hunger strike.

BREAKING: five arrested under Terrorism Act for Westminster bridge banner drop Six Prisoner for Palestine are on hunger strike, facing two years on remand without trial. Their demands include immediate bail and the end of counter terror powers against people protesting genocide.

Existence being a perfection, the Perfect Greek Island had to exist. (Cf Gaunilo)

On my way home from a lovely couple of days doing author visits related to ”How to Find a Rainbow”. The brilliant illustrator, Sarthak Sinha, was supposed to have joined me but was denied a visa because that’s the sort of country we currently live in.

Semalia. Just north of Covfefe.

Happy 111th birthday to Miss Lessie Benningfield 'Mother" Randle, one of the two last living witnesses to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. She and Viola Ford Fletcher, also 111 have been relentless in their pursuit of justice, accountability and reparations. 👏

You might have thought Question Time was biased. But you never realised how much. UKIP never even had a single MP.

When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?

'Populist' is used as a term of abuse, but I'm not sure it should be given these definitions. What if the concerns of ordinary people are being disregarded by established elites? Maybe we need populism, but a populism that correctly identifies who's *really* screwing 'ordinary people'.