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Its like re-living your trauma and having to justify your survival for how you cope.

Apropos to nothing, just sharing a random historical fact, the Dutch once ate their Prime Minister in 1672.

Blood test doneā€¦hoping that it shows I need a thyroid med increase as that could be a reason for the depression. šŸ¤žšŸ»

Trumpā€™s bullying - this weekā€™s Everyday Philosophy column @theneweuropean.bsky.social www.theneweuropean.co.uk/everyday-phi...

Mr Stripey Pants having a morning snuggle šŸ˜»

Someone wrote about the island in Fiji where my son Rob lives. Conservation of marine environments must be linked to sustainability of local communities (whose livelihood depends heavily fishing). lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/janu...

On 25 March you are invited to a webinar on Philosophy in the Classroom where Univ. of Birmingham researchers share resources to bring philosophy to young people. Register for free! www.birmingham.ac.uk... Featuring Henry Taylor with his brand new podcast series, Philosophy Smash! #philosophymatters

New edition of A Little History of Philosophy @yalebooks.bsky.social just landed!

#philsky #edusky

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The US starts trying to play hard ball with Canada, Canada looking forward to kick Yankee ass again

Must watch interview. Ed Davey calls for a customs union with the EU to grow the UK economy And Laura Kuenssberg ends up making the case for why the UK should be in a customs union with the EU, without realising it šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø This is a gold standard interview by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk šŸ‘ Part 1 of 7

Starmer should end UKā€™s ā€˜cycle of hesitationā€™ with EU, says Neil Kinnock

Gene therapy infographic.

So relieved to hear that Gaie Delap is finally home. Gaie is a peaceful climate protester who spent Christmas in prison because the private company in charge of security monitoring couldn't find a tag to fit her. I know her friends and family will be overjoyed to have her home.

You may have heard of the A teamā€¦meet the K team. Kitten proofing the stairs, patch update 2

Every cathedral climb I do is, at its core, a story about people, just as much as it's about crumbling staircases, dizzying heights, and old stone. But even with that in mind, Truro was a little bit special: jayhulmepoet.substack.com/p/truro-cath...

Turns out the secret to a coup is just do it on Friday. The opposition will make strongly worded posts and see what they can do about it on Monday

my god, they are trying to force retraction of authorship of already published past studies? Beyond ruining careers and general evil, it absolutely corrupts the scientific literature to not have correct authorship listed

And this is why Musk et al are Nazis, even though they joined to be 4Chan edgelords.

ā€˜He spent thousandsā€™: how a bank team tries to rescue scam victims

Kitten newsā€¦Horace has decided that he is old enough to roam the house at night, so pulled the carpet up and bashed the door until it was openedā€¦at 4amšŸ™„ Thankfully he settled down and went to sleep, in the middle of the bed. We are tired of Lancashire šŸ˜“

Highly recommended. Eye-opening book chasing out references to ā€˜non-Westernā€™ influences in canonical texts and showing the myth of a purely Western tradition. Thatā€™s what I took from @josephinequinn.bsky.social ā€˜s book anyway.

My grandfather was once offered a payout to leave his job, in Vienna, in 1938.

Looking for a midwife / ethnographer to work part time on an exciting NIHR-funded study at KCL with a great team! Will involve travel to study sites in north of England. Pls share and DM if interested for more info. www.kcl.ac.uk/research/cor... @phdmidwives.bsky.social

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Weā€™re hiring a medieval Irish historian!

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Billionaire former New York mayor will fund the UN climate agency after Trump pulls America out www.france24.com/en/americas/...

Just a reminder. The library is free to use. Free to check out books and DVDs. Free to take your kid to Story Time. Free to ask a question. Free to sit quietly for a minute. Or an hour. #supportyourlocallibrary