At least the Economist didn’t call him "president Putin" this time But come on! What is this implied false equivalence doing, posing as journalism?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social you are philosophically literate, so you should be able to appreciate the a priori knowability of the failure of 'brexit' Reciprocity is a necessary condition for mutual economic enrichment, so any policy that reduces reciprocal exchange will eo ipso reduce aggregate welfare

I keep breaking chatgpt5...

I suppose wheelchair users should just trail through the muddy friction, or risk the road?

It's not even December yet!! (Obviously his magic reindeer are in the garage)

Tom Stoppard: a brilliant dramatist who always raised the temperature of the room

And: Every time a journalist refers to Putin as “the President”, it performs a tiny ceremony of recognition — a micro legitimisation And those accumulate It's not just clumsy; it's ethically outrageous It really matters And yet: It's perfectly commonplace And apparently unregenerate

I can't knit, but I can carve. I made these spoons as gifts for the adults in the family a few years ago. No two are alike, and each is in a different wood. In total, I carved 12 spoons; here are a few of them.

I find it staggering - almost beyond belief - to find myself having to constantly remind people (including serious professional journalists) that Putin does not represent the interests of Russian citizens (ditto Xi and Chinese citizens)

You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. More Americans are being put to death www.economist.com/united-state...

"Whitehead on the Ingression of Novel Form" | From @footnotes2plato.substack.com Good stuff. How Whitehead's process philosophy can make sense of the Platonic morphogenesis and behaviour in biology being uncovered by the work of Michael Levin & co. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV3J...

www.reddit.com/r/oldbritish... I just watched this for the first time in nearly 40 years No matter how well one knows a text, and notwithstanding the fact he's reading from an autocue, one should not underestimate how difficult it is to perform a story as well as Rik Mayall does here...

fortune.com/2025/11/20/e... Turns out Musk sees himself as a sort of eschatological communist Messiah (either that or he's very bad at thinking, or both)

Insightfully crafted questions But the bullshitter has an uncanny knack for deflection and demurral His brass neck is to rational enquiry what Batfink’s wings are to bullets

Democracy has never been particularly adept at inoculating itself against antidemocratic exploiters (and this -dare I call it: systemic weakness - stems in part from philosophical doubts about truth and the ethically qualified limits on free expression)

Interesting to witness the US blatantly promoting terrorism is Europe

If taxing was fair there would be no need for philanthropy. & If distribution of services fair the government would eliminate charity. & wouldn't cost average Joe more than a couple of pennies if everyone rejected war for peace & prosperity. Altruism makes for safety

Mahzarin Banaji bears personal moral responsibility for the harms associated with the (false) implicit bias construct because she stands as its public author and principal advocate Responsibility attaches to her role in introducing propagating and sustaining the construct within normative practices

Mahzarin Banaji bears personal moral responsibility for the harms associated with the implicit bias construct because she stands as its public author and principal advocate Responsibility attaches to her role in introducing, propagating, and sustaining the construct within normative practices

PLEASE SHARE: On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets. Please join me from 7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November to share some ideas for Christmas gifting. We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour

Took a trip to the 'modern art' gallery this morning Enjoyed Picasso, Hockney and plenty more besides But mainly enjoyed just being out of the house for a bit...