George McCranor

Flyer for 'The Science of Being as Being: Metaphysics through Aristotle' by George Couvalis, Rowman and Littlefield Press, 2024.

My colleague George Couvalis has a new book on metaphysics, starting from Aristotle and then developing original positions informed by contemporary science. The paperback is a mere $28 with the below discount code! rowman.com/ISBN/9798881...

Not for Sale: Save The Observer Journalists at the Guardian & Observer are taking strike action in opposition to the hurried sale of the title.

I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours over the sale of the Observer For more information please @GoNUJ93 and @NUJofficial or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver

Counselling charity Relate goes into administration Charity on verge of insolvency amid collapse in funding from NHS, school and local authority contracts

Very sad to hear this www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

The #existentialist bookshelf. A work in progress…

Gregg Wallace says complaints came from ‘middle-class women of a certain age’ Wallace stepped back from role on MasterChef last week while allegations of sexual misconduct are investigated

Amazing lack of self awareness from Wallace. No coherent disciplinary process from the BBC www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

#WestHampstead

Adam McKay rants about "white liberals" love for The Beatles: "Nothing is lamer or funnier" The film was produced by Martin Scorsese

I was going to watch this anyway, but now I’m going to do it out of spite! www.nme.com/news/music/a...

Reminder that disabled people have no obligation to consume assisted dying media. You don’t have to read posts about how someone would kill themselves if they were like you. You have no duty to be polite when they say we cost too much. Your mental health matters. Your life does too.

Petition: Change 5 year terms back to 4 year terms From what we have just witnessed of breaking rules with Boris, losing the economy with Liz and really not doing anything about it with Rishi, we need to have more of a hand in who leads our country an...

Proud step dad moment. My 14yo ss has come up with his first petition. Please give it a sign

Changing the fixed parliamentary term to four years would prevent endless party leadership elections and put country before political parties.
#democracy
#petitions

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Flat-cap Clarkson only wants his nose in the trough | Stewart Lee The broadcaster thinks if he fires up his farming fanbase they can shield him from his obligation to contribute his fair share to society

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Making a start on a starter pack of philosophy journals. Who have we missed?

My teen is loving Bad Education. It’s borderline suitable/ unsuitable. But it’s probably no worse than he hears at school…

Couples therapy is not exclusively about saving marriages. It is about providing a space for both parties to help them understand what has happened in the relationship. I work with people who know they cannot be together, but want to ensure that they can work together to parent their children.

Fortune Cafe #WestHampstead

Existential therapy is spreading like wildfire. The existential movement has members all around the world. Www.existentialmovement.world

Philosophy in 5000 B.C.
existentialcomics.com/comic/577

Why Do People Cry? Here’s What We Know. We’re the only species that sheds emotional tears, but much about them remains an enigma.

Crying is a quintessential human experience. Some progress has been made to help us understand human tears — to grasp what they’re made of, why we create them (some of us more than others) and why producing them can help us feel better.

To turn Britain around, we need a proper understanding of life for poorer workers | Torsten Bell Research shows that despite higher rates of employment, lower income families are being squeezed by housing and living costs Things have not being going well for low- and middle-income Britain: wages flatlining, public services crumbling and, as a…

To turn Britain around, we need a proper understanding of life for poorer workers | Torsten Bell

The Politics of Time 'Guy Standing's books have, over the years, pieced together a necessary political and intellectual agenda ... His Politics of Time is a splendid and timely addition to this body of important work' Yan...

Ever wondered why your time is not your own? Please read Guy Standing’s excellent book…
www.penguin.co.uk/books/320800...