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alastairmcgowan.bsky.social
At the edge of coherence. Complex systems and the adaptive mind. Cognitive science PhD. Lifelong interest in authoritarian psychology. Extremely moderate.
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www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

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To my MP:

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“I’ve had landowners threaten to drill holes in my kayak,” says @philbrickellmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Bolton West. “All because of disputes over who can access our rivers.” He’s calling for “a default right to roam similar to that which has been used in Scotland” observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...

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As if he would ever be able produce research that would meet their standards

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Pretty wild to be living in a time when humans are being forced to work in order to even be considered deserving of life or even to be considered human at all, while simultaneously human labor is being systematically eliminated from the concept of work.

submitted 32 days ago • 106 comments

@supertanskiiii.bsky.social Excelled yourself even by your usual hilarious cutting standards with the Tommy Shithouse Gump post. Brilliant

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Authoritarians govern by fear, and this is happening across our federal agencies right now: www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-ac...

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@infogothic.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/05/la-f...

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youtu.be/QSa52TR9tCA?...

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Capitalism versus Socialism? No. Cos you also have Georgism. Your stall rental in the town marketplace (at market rents) funds the town's public services; All land is the Nation's. So set a ground rent at market rates then let the free market be totally free. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li_M...

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"Unethical leaders will target authoritarian followers because they’re easy to manipulate." - Prof Bob Altemeyer, Ch.6 The Authoritarians www.theauthoritarians.org

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Using children as a human shield is criminal. Firing at an enemy who are using children as a human shield is criminal.

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When the high IQ man who plays 5D chess wants to play 2D draughts, quietly leave with all the other players and start your own game.

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We’re just normal men

submitted 76 days ago • 29 comments

Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸

submitted 75 days ago • 2816 comments

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

submitted 75 days ago • 330 comments

Adam Kusnierz

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If you see an atrocity and your reaction is “what about [insert separate unrelated atrocity], you don’t seem clever or informed, it’s disgusting.

submitted 76 days ago • 58 comments

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

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#UBI + #LVT 🧵

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AI is simply the next step in the digital age. I wrote a final year paper 25 years ago about AI algorithms arguing that the evolution of cognition is inevitable. The challenge now is to adapt our social and economic lives. This could be the end of capitalism, and the emergence of something better

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Attention White House: Thou shalt not joke about how you sent an innocent father of 3 to a gulag while his autistic son smells his shirts to remember him.

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Land represents 60% of our national wealth, £7tn/£12tn. As a society we own all the land in the country. As a society we control its use through planning. Direct wealth taxes are complex, easy to avoid, hard to enforce. Land Value Tax is simple, fair and impossible to avoid, landvaluetax.co.uk

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments