Hmmm if we go with the Dickens philosophy of humanity then only urchins with a pre existing family connection to wealth are worth saving π€¨
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I write about nature and landscape. Lecturer in Human Environmental Geography at The University of Sheffield. One quarter of the Natureβs Calendar writing team published with Granta.
Hmmm if we go with the Dickens philosophy of humanity then only urchins with a pre existing family connection to wealth are worth saving π€¨
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19.01.2025 23:49 β π 75 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0Why is the Today show insistant on my imagining King Charles shimmying to "Do the Locomotion" ?
10.03.2025 08:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Right after Trump said he'd stop federal funding, "for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested."
05.03.2025 22:55 β π 1017 π 400 π¬ 32 π 21U OK hun?
05.03.2025 13:42 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think I missed the part of the speech where Donald Trump talked about how his tariffs are tanking the stock market and the economy.
05.03.2025 05:18 β π 795 π 106 π¬ 21 π 3Now that's what I call tactical frivolity.
05.03.2025 11:30 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I love this for Elon Musk and Tesla.
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Getting an early night so I can dig my Anderson shelter first thing.
04.03.2025 20:45 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Getting an early night so I can dig my Anderson shelter first thing.
04.03.2025 20:45 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Potentially up for sale: FBI HQ.
Any foreign investors suddenly interested in buying a building in DC with a ton of history -- and SCIFs?
Some DOGE staffers are getting paid six-figure salaries from the very agencies they're slashing and burning
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maybe obvious but these federal buildings can be understood as a frontier in the sense that gov-held goods (real estate, national forests, etc) are preserved or at least semi-insulated from private incursion, and thus constitute (like commons) one of the few remaining unenclosed spaces for capital
04.03.2025 20:20 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1It is for my ex boyfriends, who are resting under my patio (mostly)
04.03.2025 20:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Musk admits he ACCIDENTALLY CANCELED EBOLA PREVENTION.
26.02.2025 17:40 β π 967 π 286 π¬ 105 π 37Since we started the Elon Musk boycott, Tesla shares have dropped nearly 26% in the last month. Remember, donβt buy anything Elon.
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Can't wait to see Kier in a Khole
27.02.2025 08:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wrote more about rural mail carriers' roles as care workers and what rural communities stand to lose with USPS privatization for @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/02/usps...
26.02.2025 15:41 β π 45 π 24 π¬ 2 π 2Every morning I get up, have a big cup of tea and listen to some music I've never heard before before I go on with my day. I highly recommend it.
26.02.2025 15:48 β π 30 π 3 π¬ 2 π 4My new hobby is watching the Tesla share price drop.
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26.02.2025 09:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ohhhh defo read Lapvona by
Moshfegh then!
Or a leadership bid narrative for when Kemi gets tired
24.02.2025 08:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Actually i know the answer! Around the age of 7 we develop an increasingly nuanced understanding of lies and secrets...add imagination to this and you can develop Ike level conspiracy theories
24.02.2025 08:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Makes total sense.
My best friend got an idea in his head around age 7 (wot is gwan onn developmentally at that moment?) that skeletons ran the universe through making stories.
Also said skeletons lived in his attic.