I turned off wifi access and I'm now using the TV through Chromecast. It keeps badgering me to turn the WiFi back on. But I can bypass easily it seems.
Great thread.
The system and lifeworld and communicative action have had a big impact on me too.
RIP.
The other problem is that the current approach seems to be to sell incremental as major change. It won't convince but also it misses the point.
The Government needs an economic game changer. There is *only one* that is somewhat in its gift- EU proximity.
The economics will do the politics.
The Government touts that the deals it has already done with the EU are worth £9bn a year seemingly thinking this proves it doesn't need to go much further.
Yet it proves precisely the opposite. The return on these deals are clearly enormous- ramp it up!
Yep, struggling to navigate a cardboard box.
On EU relations, the Government is engaged in a fundamental discussion with neither the EU nor the public but with itself and a straightjacket manifesto.
The vibes go back and forth but I really wouldn't be very convinced if I were in Brussels, Paris or Berlin
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Hormuz does sound like it could be a late night bar in a northern town.
This is Habermas on the US and Europe *before* Trump's re-election. He knew that our geopolitical, philosophical and institutional trajectories were parting. And they are.
(This is from an essay I wrote a few weeks ago "the reckoning" open.substack.com/pub/anthonyp... )
Geopolitics and celebrity gossip seem to follow the same rhythms nowadays. I really don't know which this story is. Or both?
"and while it may seem to make short term sense to involve ourselves, and the headstrong will argue we should, the risk is that we will place ourselves on a disastrous escalator of involvement that we can't step off. Instead we call for ceasefire and a return to negotiation."
As Madeleine Albright once said: "What's the point of having this superb military that you're always talking about if we can't use it?"
And now, thirty plus years later, the Department of War. No longer talking about humanitarian intervention or responsibility to protect. Just conquest.
Chekhov: "If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired."
This is the entire post WWII theory of US foreign policy. Every generation, at least one US President won't be able to resist using the military in a foolish endeavour.
And here we are
Hadn't thought of that. Cheers. I'll give it a go.
Exemplar
This guy might be available
bsky.app/profile/404m...
I guess if you wanted to imagine the opposite of Habermas, you'd get something like Curtis Yarvin
It is absolutely imperative that European countries, including the UK, do absolutely nothing to prolong or escalate Operation Epic Insanity. And once we are in there will be no way out.
This is on the US and Israel.
His life sat in between Nazi-ism and nativist populism. What a responsibility us contemporary Europeans have.
Habermas has been an intellectual influence for me in recent years. Wiith his passing the lights of European democracy must remain undimmed.
I am just going into a performance of Dvořák's Requiem by coincidence. To his memory now.
Here's to the lifeworld.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
"the war is won. SOS."
It's really simple ultimately: it should not be possible for racist content to be broadcast into your home as a default or automatically. This is what happened. With a six year old in the room.
I will probably just disconnect the Smart TV functionality (I have a Chromecast which is far slicker anyhow).
But frankly, why should I have to?
The responses to this that suggest how to stop access to GB News and autoplay are all useful. Thank you.
Nonetheless, workarounds don't change the fact that it is a regulatory (Ofcom) and commercial - #Samsung - failure that racist commentary can be easily beamed into millions of homes as a default
There are some suggestions in the replies to the post but it's all a hassle.
*exactly* what happened yesterday. Came on before I could get to Google TV.
The answer to her question about cost is very simple. We wouldn't have an NHS without migrants.
You too. Enjoy.
Fair enough. Yes, games that are enjoyable to watch. That aren't a stalemate for 75 minutes and then 15 minutes of action as teams tire. And 75% of games the same.
The most competitive I agree. But not highest quality.
Yes. That Arsenal are risk averse is clear. But it doesn't make great viewing does it?
It doesn't matter from an Arsenal POV ofc but they can't then complain when others aren't exactly enthusiastic about them.
