I also went to the US on an H1B. I was highly paid compared to similar workers. Gov should rediscover the original purpose (bring in skilled workers) and clamp down on abusers.
04.01.2025 22:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Good Death
Imagine you were in terrible pain and you were dying. How would you choose to die?
Parliament will debate the Assisted Dying bill tomorrow. You will hear lots of arguments against it but you probably won’t hear many arguments in favour.
Here’s one.
www.raggedclown.com/2024/11/28/a...
28.11.2024 15:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Solitude
A long time ago, I had a girlfriend and I used to sing to her.
It's 32 years since my girlfriend died of an astrocytoma. It's a cruel twist of fate that I am now dying of the same brain tumour.
22.12.2023 17:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Excellent work, Nigel.
I'm dying. My illness is terminal but my doc says I won't have any pain. I'll just gradually slow down until eventually I'll go to sleep and won't wake up.
I am lucky to have a good death in my future. I wish everyone could have access to a good death.
19.12.2023 12:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Solitude
A long time ago, I had a girlfriend and I used to sing to her.
Brain tumours suck.
A long time ago, my girlfriend had a brain tumour and I used to sing to her in the hospital. I sang to her until she died.
Now I have a brain tumour too and they still suck. Who will sing for me?
18.12.2023 21:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Most philosophers are wrong
Not every philosopher is wrong about everything but most are wrong about most things.
I've just arrived at Blue Sky and I have no followers 😞 what will happen if I post my awesome new blog post? Will anyone even see it? Maybe someone will take pity and repost me.
18.12.2023 20:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I'd like to be a philanthropist, I just don't have the money.
Lover of words, player of music
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Growth is overrated and occasionally fatal
CUNY Prof of Philosophy & Psychology, Director of Cognitive Science, other stuff too
King's College London. Working on mind, metaphysics, and science.
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Philosopher. Interested in: Philosophy, Psychology, Evolution, Artificial Intelligence, Social Science, Politics.
philosophy doer. kantian. paying people to torture animals is bad.
Freestanding Utility Protein; petemandik.net
Author of How to Be Authentic, Existentialism & Romantic Love, How to Live a Good Life. Thinking Partner at Philosophy at Work. DJ.
Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα.
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Political philosophy and theory, migration, refugees, Rousseau, photography, French literature, Crooked Timber, books, Bristol ... Wrote "Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants" (Wiley/Polity, 2018). Pensioner.
Philosopher writing on science, religion, SFF, SFWA, Codex, lute music.
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Psychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion. Sustack: https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/
Philosopher, UC Riverside. Father. Human.
Philosopher, UChicago
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