Tim the Critical Realist

Rubio said yesterday it is time to move beyond the (Ukraine) war in the interest of establishing a triangular relationship between the United States, Russia and China. Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia, anyone?

01.03.2025 09:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are there any Christians in the US? Whatever religion is professed it doesn’t seem to bear much resemblance to Christianity. I know Bloom’s the American Religion has been criticised but I think his thesis is convincing.

28.11.2024 15:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Imagine the goodwill Britain can generate from the world if we would only loan some items back to countries of origin for display and study by locals. Imagine the contexts they would discover, new histories that could be written. Britain's image would change instantly and would be respected again.

28.11.2024 09:49 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

To be fair she does look like a chicken.

23.11.2024 14:08 — 👍 62272    🔁 6922    💬 874    📌 324

We left X and joined Bluesky because those against our parks said, “If you don’t like it, leave.” So we did. And now they’re saying, “No, come back so we can say mean things to you—it makes us feel important.”

21.11.2024 03:01 — 👍 70487    🔁 6796    💬 1095    📌 256

The academic community has moved to BlueSky en masse.
It's interesting to see which politicians and journalists have joined them, interested in evidence-based decision making rather than being driven by ideology & donors.

21.11.2024 10:19 — 👍 20    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

This pitiful forelock-tugging across our society is getting worse, not better. Our newspapers these days invariably side with the rich against the poor, the strong against the weak. I’ve seen stories that are 100% accurate taken down from online because someone powerful has complained.

20.11.2024 17:59 — 👍 24    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

I was getting my son ready for school at 6am, and got hooked to this paper!

Definitely a nice read with refreshing ideas and recommendations.

A couple of quick reflections:

1/ the paper criticizes a-theorerical approaches to barrier-enabler assessment in #impsci. However, it never mentioned...🧵

20.11.2024 12:05 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

The Handbook of Recovery Capital The Handbook of Recovery Capital - Understanding the Science and Practice; This book brings together all the existing evidence on recovery capital measurement and its application to addiction recovery...

Forthcoming from Bristol
University Press - the Handbook of Recovery Capital.

My contribution is a Critical Realist analysis of
Recovery Capital

Chapter 8. A Realist Perspective on Recovery Capital: Agents, Structures, Contexts and Mechanisms - Tim Leighton

bristol-press.co.uk/the-addictio...

20.11.2024 17:02 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

0.08% expected growth by 2038 a CPTPP 0.08% by 2035 - Australia deal 0.07% by 2035 - Japan deal 0.03% by 2035 - NZ deal MINUS 4% - long term loss of growth caused by the Brexit that enabled these ‘wins’

Just a reminder of what trade deals “with the rest of the world” have done for us compared with what we have lost and continue to lose…

(Private Eye)

18.11.2024 08:58 — 👍 2488    🔁 994    💬 70    📌 27