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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the American Geophysical Union WHOI’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the AGU

My life changed when I first read "The Sea Around Us." Rachel Carson's words captured my 13-yr old sense of wonder for a place I barely knew but felt for so deeply, the ocean. Honored to speak to her legacy @agu.org and grateful to my colleagues for the nomination 🌊💙

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#WarRavagedPortland

Look at this incredible whale museum that opens in 2027 in northern Norway (north of the Lofoten Islands)

dortemandrup.dk/work/whale

The Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer: A Critical Appraisal Margaret Archer’s contribution to the development of sociological theory has been significant and lasting. This volume by Graham Scambler offers both an account of her evolving body of work over time ...

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NAVARRO: Are tariffs price hikes or tax cuts? I say they're tax cuts

EISEN: I mean, many economists would say they are tax hikes because ultimately a consumer will pay for some of those increased prices

NAVARRO: Most economists just don't agree with us. Who has credibility here?

Is today the day Putin finally became the US President?

Northern lights sightings expected in Scotland over weekend Met Office says aurora borealis may be visible across north of country and possibly even further south The northern lights are expected to be visible in Scotland this weekend, the Met Office has said, with a chance of sightings further south. Sightings…

Northern lights sightings expected in Scotland over weekend

Elon Musk, Nazi salutes and the reactionary redefinition of fascism Bluesky:  @identitiesjournal.bsky.social

Important read by @aaronwinter.bsky.social on the @identitiesjournal.bsky.social blog 👇

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Nice review of Citizen Marx in the Literary Review by Jonathan Rée (though not sure I think of myself as an “evangelist for republicanism“!). Also cool that it’s next to Richard Bourke’s review of Skinner’s new book

CDC source:

“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.

They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

Ethics, Action, and Intention Podcast Episode · Good Is In The Details · 01/25/2025 · 45m

Let's talk about ethics. Thank you @csandis.bsky.social for joining @goodisinthedetails.bsky.social

We discuss action, non-action, motive vs intention, and the role of moral theory. #philsky

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What's the german word that means "the terrible pit in my stomach knowing that my own research + the lit in general says trying to cut off the far right by moving right never works anywhere but the Democratic party is throwing their entire body behind this exact strategy"?

I'm trying to put together a history and philosophy of biology and medicine starter pack! Let me know who to add, including if that is you!
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time on his hands?

COP 29: what just happened? An expert panel discussion - RGS This expert panel discussion, hosted by the RGS-IBG Climate Change Research Group, looks back at the ins and outs of COP 29 in Baku.

COP 29 is ending tomorrow, but what actually happened?

In search of answers, the RGS Climate Change Research Group has put together an expert panel to discuss the ins and outs of COP 29, on 27th of November from 2-3pm.

The panel is free and online through this link:

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If you recently joined this platform and are looking for research, analysis and commentary on all things European - domestic, EU-level & beyond - I recommend the LSE's EUROPP blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/

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He probably has four and currently picking the riders

The Stuart Hall Essay Prize - Stuart Hall Foundation The Stuart Hall Foundation is pleased to invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, the prize invites new and unpubl...

We invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. The award aims to stimulate a new generation of thinkers who can offer original, lively and topical contributions to the lines of political, cultural and educational inquiry which Hall pursued. www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/the...

Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇

Mysticism with Simon Critchley Podcast Episode · Hermitix · 2024-10-23 · 1h 5m

Simon Critchley discusses his new book On Mysticism on Hermetix Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy review – in the presence of a higher power Philosopher Simon Critchley’s painstaking attempt to explore transcendent experience provides a fascinating overview of Christianity’s great outliers

Review of Simon Critchley's latest philosophy book, on 'Mysticism' www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

when do we need it, now

... but largely seems to be following itself

One of the central themes of my work for 30 years has been that social and environmental injustices are very closely connected and form clusters of injustice

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i'm still adding important voices to the uk political commentators #starterpack if you haven't followed it yet go.bsky.app/FpbsVro

Visa clampdowns put brakes on international student mobility Global survey finds that 41 per cent of institutions reported fewer international postgraduate students in this year’s intake compared to 2023

'The survey...recorded data from 365 institutions across 66 countries, showed enrolment fell by an average of 27% in Canada, 18% in the UK, and 6 per cent in the US. African countries reported no change, Asian countries a 4 per cent fall, and other European countries a 2 per cent increase.' 1/2

Welcome to all our new followers! 🎉

We have put together a helpful starter pack where you can find all of the JRF staff that are on Bluesky who you might want to follow.

Find it here: go.bsky.app/PLDMAUz