johnedwinmason

I'm not used to getting WhatsApp messages from friends in bomb shelters. I know, however, that this is sadly routine in too many parts of the world. I hardly know what to say, except "I love you" and "Be safe."

💯 Becoming a center-right party is the logical outcome of Blairism. I fear that between Labour's descent & the Tories' seeming collapse, the door has opened for Reform. I hope I'm wrong.

Enterprise software exists to enable upper-management to standardize, monitor, and control. The rest of us, those being monitored and controlled, pay the price of inefficiency in our every day use of the software

Spain denies cooperating with U.S. military operations in Middle East, contradicting White House A diplomatic tussle between the United States and Spain over the war in Iran intensified on Wednesday when the governments exchanged contradictory statements over the possible use of Spanish military ...

Moments after a White House spokesperson said the Spanish government in Madrid had agreed to help the U.S., Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares came out and flatly denied that the European government had changed its position. https://to.pbs.org/3OQpCS7

I agree. They get a kick out of causing pain. They're utterly corrupt morally. As Adam Serwer has said, cruelty is the point.

This is our shame, my fellow Americans. And our crime. We're making the lives of millions of everyday people miserable -- for no good reason.

It's got a headphone jack. I'm sold.

The BBC has more about conservative, patriarchal Anglicans' anger that a woman is now the Archbishop of Canterbury — thus the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion — and the fractures this is causing. In many ways this is a liberal global north/conservative global south divide.

Are there people in the military who believe in these kinds of theologies? Absolutely. But before sharing something that seems like it *could* be true, make sure it's been verified. Stay cool, everyone, we have enough problems!

I did not share the original story because my gut was that the sourcing was dubious. Someone who knows more about the sole source confirms that skepticism. Don't fall for clickbait, read the piece linked below.

(If the story is confirmed by other outlets, that's another thing. But ... it's not)

...nothing. Literally nothing. We already had this conversation when evopsych and data science tried to do "Big Data History" and we don't talk about it anymore for a reason. Guys. We're not idiots. Coding doesn't actually change every field every time it happens.

For any writers or avid readers who missed this yesterday 👇🏾

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I know a scholar who, in the '80s, almost lost his career for daring to compare Israel to apartheid South Africa. It was absolutely acceptable to compare the US & South Africa. There was an academic cottage industry doing just that. But Israel was untouchable.

A truly vile & disgusting man.

Spoken like someone from the frozen tundras of Michigan.

💯 This is the right attitude.

Did Marilyn Monroe Help Ella Fitzgerald Book Mocambo Gig? The actress reportedly pushed the popular music club to book Fitzgerald, but a viral photograph of the famous pair is often shared with inaccurate context.

The answer is, "yes." But not in the way an Instagram post that I just saw would have it. Turns out the truth is actually a better story.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...

Yes, I was speaking broadly. I lived in Africa for a couple years & have been visiting & writing about is for four decades.

Some people didn't think we'd ever get to this moment, but in 10 days Charlottesville will have to wrestle with the question: What should the melted bronze of the Robert E. Lee statue become—and where should it live?

www.eventbrite.com/e/swords-int...

Many westerners are surprised that African religious leaders can be so deeply patriarchal & homophobic. If they're old enough, their idea of an African cleric is Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Yet he & the Anglican Church in South Africa are exceptions to the rule.

Conservative Anglican leaders meet in Nigeria, facing debate on a possible breakaway Anglicans face a looming choice about whether their global church family can stay united. This week, conservative leaders will meet in Nigeria where they are expected to debate a plan that could loose...

Good article on tensions within the Anglican Communion. (Episcopal Church in the US is a member.) The fault lines concern the place of women & LGBTQ+ people in the church. The churches of the global north are mostly liberal on this, while the global south is conservative. apnews.com/article/angl...

Indeed.

What China's response to the US attack on Iran says about its foreign policy BEIJING (AP) — The day the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, China waited several hours before taking its first official position.

In case you've been wondering what China's been thinking about all this... apnews.com/article/chin...

Wolf launches sheep safety campaign.

Considering History: The Groundbreaking Women of the 1932 U.S. Olympic Team | The Saturday Evening Post No past U.S. women’s Olympic team had a more complex and compelling story than the athletes who took part in the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

So for a special Considering History column, bringing together Black History Month & Women's History Month, here are the groundbreaking women of the 1932 U.S. Olympic team! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social

www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/03/cons...

“Those who fail to learn from history are bound to repeat it. Those who learn from history are bound to watch others repeat it”.

“Promise them anything, give them what they get, and f… them if they can’t take a joke.” Kissinger to a staff member regarding the Kurds, 1975. - theinsightinternational.com/kissingers-k...

Charlottesville folks: Who do you recommend for shoe repairs? I'm looking to resole a pair of Blundstone boots.

Union members in Puerto Rico demand answers after Haitian women murdered Puerto Rico’s labor movement is demanding answers after the murders of four Haitian women recently deported from the island.

Puerto Rico’s labor movement is demanding answers after word spread about the horrific murders of four Haitian women recently deported from the island.