Gwilym David Blunt

It’s ridiculous that people are live blogging the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ah the Boomers, the real forgotten generation

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise plans

“How do we make the economy grow?”
“I don’t know. Alcohol clearly makes people more productive. Maybe we can booze ourselves into prosperity?”

Classic Britain.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Shades of Kirov

Brainrot.gov

I hate not having a light switch in my office. There’s just a motion sensor that demands I sit under brutal fluorescent light. Why can’t I be allowed to bring in a desk lamp so my eyes don’t feel like they’re being scooped out of my head? Why this need to control every element of the workspace?

I don’t know why people think Trump is erratic. He isn’t once you filter out the noise there is a consistent line of authoritarianism.

None of my teaching rooms have lecterns this semester; this makes it very difficult to use one’s lecture notes. I don’t need three monitors. I need a place where I can quickly
scan my notes without looking at my slides.

Planning for the plan god! Supplies for the supply throne!

The University of Sydney is blocking my access to the University of Sydney’s library in case the University of Sydney is stealing the University of Sydney’s data.

Australians could cut power bills by 90% if they made their homes more energy efficient, report finds Debate on how to generate energy ‘important but misses the point’, analyst says, when you can get such savings by using solar, batteries and efficient appliances

One of the wildest things about being a Canadian in Australia is just how poorly the houses are insulated here. People say it’s only cold for a couple of weeks. My brothers and sisters, it’s like three months and everyone just pretends not to be cold.

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After 3 years of education focussed part-time work and full-time parenting, I finally submitted a substantial new bit of research.

I look forward to the desk rejection.

Vanity

I remember when Biden would have lapses like this and everyone would say he was demented? Where are those voices now?

Me, editing

“I’m going to cut this 8500 word draft to 8000 words.”

Two hours later: 9000 words

Lessons from Los Angeles: Ethics in a declining democracy The recent LA riots has seen democratic norms slowly eroding. Our institutions require people to unite to support common ways of life.

My cousin, @gdblunt.bsky.social, writing for The Ethics Centre (Sydney, AU):

"Trump with characteristic impatience is trying to do in months what took Viktor Orban and Hugo Chavez years to accomplish in much weaker democracies."

It's pretty obvious that a lot of US mainstream media either doesn't recognise authoritarianism or doesn't want to call it out. Either way, it's an excellent way to destroy trust in your institution.

David Pope in Canberra Times

Emperor Palpatine is very concerned about escalating unrest on Ghorman

Festival of Dangerous Ideas: The Pitchforks are Coming (2024) - Myra Hamilton, Carl Rhodes & Jordan van den Berg Ordinary citizens are starting to realise that their dwindling share of our common wealth is no accident, but the inevitable result of the current system. As life becomes more precarious, ha...

Last year I joined Myra Hamilton, Jordan van den Berg and @gdblunt.bsky.social at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas to discuss the scourge of economic inequality

THE PITCHFORKS ARE COMING: Why the 1% should be afraid

Podcast now available
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I doubt it. Aussie politics is too cutthroat to let him stay.

Unleash the Dutton loses his seat memes

Make the papacy Borgia again

"Effective Altruism, Longtermism, and the Problem of Arbitrary Power" by Gwilym David Blunt "The ethos of Silicon Valley is often described as ‘libertarian’, but it isn’t. It is deeply authoritarian."

"Effective Altruism, Longtermism, and the Problem of Arbitrary Power" by Gwilym David Blunt
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/a-mirro...

I am struck by how ancient Trump is looking and sounding. I think ozempic might be melting him.

Live: Europe can’t ‘live off dividends of peace’, Macron says in speech calling for major rearmament French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Wednesday amid uncertainty over the transatlantic partnership after the US paused military support to Ukraine. He announced plans to hold a mee...

The ghost of Charles de Gaulle is going to manifest in the middle of the next Council of Europe and be all ‘vous voyez, connards, je vous l’avais bien dit!’

www.france24.com/en/europe/20...?

What out for cacodemons; they spit fire and want to know when your granted proposal will be submitted

If America were to forcibly annex Canada it would it would not be like the Russo-Ukrainian War. It would be like Ireland during British rule.

My Montblanc is bleeding through the paper of my Moleskine notebook. I’m irritated. I’m bourgeois. Bring me a cool glass of surplus labour to settle my nerves.