aldaley.bsky.social
Broadcasting professional. English undergrad. AusLit postgrad. Currently studying law (Juris Doctor) UNSW.
Opinions expressed are purely my own; which is unfortunate for those who read them, I know.
Following the path of Zen.
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I’m admittedly a latecomer to mafs; telly is just not my thing (despite working in the industry for yonks). But jfc I can’t stop watching these people. Where do they find them? Also, what is wrong with some of these, and I’m reluctant to say, men?
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A masterpiece of Australian cinema. Absolutely looking forward to seeing it on the big screen for the first time.
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Wiping all student debt and making all tertiary education free would be a winner. A tax hike on Gina et al would easily contribute toward that national investment.
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What’s your alternative? It’s one thing to point out a fault in your opponent; another thing entirely to propose a radical alternate policy that benefits workers, pensioners, and students - everyday people with little to fall back on.
Work on getting people excited for the future, Jim.
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That’s quite offensive to Neanderthals 😉
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No need for cuts when the mega-wealthy are incentivised to make their just contribution.
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After Hitler came to power in 1933 and Nazi laws and power were imposed on German universities, Martin Buber resigned in protest from his professorship.
“We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves.” - Martin Buber
#academicfreedom
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After Hitler came to power, James Franck, in protest, resigned from his professorship.
"In the past, scientists could disclaim..responsibility for the use to which mankind had put their disinterested discoveries. We cannot take the same attitude now"- Franck Report
#academicfreedom
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One year after Hitler came to power, Karl Jaspers took an oath of loyalty to Hitler. He later wrote:
"I deluded myself. I think back on it shamefully. I had not yet even considered the most extreme consequences, but still believed that a quick transformation of the nonsense.. was possible.."
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After Hitler came to power, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was a Lutheran theologian and pastor, became an anti-Nazi dissident. The Nazis hanged him in 1945.
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil."
#AcademicFreedom
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After Hitler came to power, Erich Fromm left Germany.
“When Fascism came into power, most people were unprepared... They were unable to believe that man could exhibit such propensities for evil, such lust for power..or such yearning for submission.” - Erich Fromm
#AcademicFreedom
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After Hitler came to power, Edith Stein, another of Husserl's students, was forced to quit her teaching position. She became a Carmelite nun and perished in Auschwitz.
“Those who remain silent are responsible.” - Edith Stein
#AcademicFreedom
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Martin Heidegger, one of Husserl's most brilliant students and Arendt's lover of four years, soon after Hitler got to power, joined the Nazi Party and was elected rector of the Freiburg University.
"National Socialism is a barbarous principle. That is its essence and potential greatness."
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One of Husserl's students, Hannah Arendt, was jailed by the Gestapo for her research on antisemitism prohibited by the Nazis and on her release, fled Germany.
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”- Hannah Arendt
#AcademicFreedom
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After Hitler came to power in 1933, Edmund Husserl resigned from the Deutsche Akademie in protest. Husserl died in 1938. Only one faculty colleague attended Husserl's funeral.
“I must achieve internal consistency.” - Edmund Husserl
#academicfreedom
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