tomoshea.org
Philosopher and socialist in Edinburgh.
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It's great. I'm always quoting from it.
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Quentin Skinner's one on Machiavelli, reading him as a neo-classical humanist đź‘Ś
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I'm not sure how registration works as I don't think there's been a public call, but Alasia has been organising the workshop and should be able to tell you whether there's space and send through the details. Obviously, it would be great if you could make it!
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"We hated the place and despised everything it had come to stand for and yet we were terrified of being set free into an economic vacuum where we would struggle to find work and have to present ourselves indiscriminately to other potential employers as similarly enthusiastic, compliant and flexible"
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Ivor Southwood is good on the ambivalence that comes from not wanting to be fired from a job you already resent.
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It turns out that you can have an occasional Edwardian carved oak bookcase as a treat.
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Biig Piig open.spotify.com/track/62mWS7...
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This is still my long term plan for England.
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One of the reasons British politicians defend the clearly anachronistic monarchy is that through the Crown, which still has significant vestigial power effectively delegated to the PM, they get to channel unconstitutional, absolute authority in key decisions.
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Quentin Skinner, as ever, is good on this.
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If only someone had developed a republican theory of domination which could make sense of unfreedom arising from dependence upon patronage... đź‘€
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Reminds me of Anwen Crawford's review of the album, which is even more perceptive in hindsight: "It is a beautiful recording, and it is arid, and it goes nowhere." www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2015/a...
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💖🦑💖
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4*
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What metal shall we change it to? Ah, yes, a famously soft and malleable one.
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That doesn't seem right to me – e.g. UCU don't use their political fund for party donations but rather for direct campaigning and lobbying on behalf of members. www.ucu.org.uk/politicalfund
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Queen’s Street Gardens are “a community garden in the heart of Edinburgh”. The community: