P.J. Blount
@blountsfolly.bsky.social
#reads: Catriona Ward (@catrionaward.bsky.social), The Last House on Needless Street (Viper 2001) #halloween
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#reads: Catriona Ward (@catrionaward.bsky.social), The Last House on Needless Street (Viper 2001) #halloween
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I have a chapter about space heritage coming out in this! 🏺
The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Ethics
The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Ethics offers a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the main concepts that shape and inform heritage ethics, whilst also giving consideration to the ways they are...
www.routledge.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I have a chapter about space heritage coming out in this! 🏺
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MIT declines to sign the compact: "[it] includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression..independence..and..the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
MIT declines to sign the compact: "[it] includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression..independence..and..the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
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I don't want an obsequious chatbot, I just want:
a) to be able to attach comments to endnotes/footnotes
b) to be able to convert PDFs with endnotes/footnotes to a Word doc
a) to be able to attach comments to endnotes/footnotes
b) to be able to convert PDFs with endnotes/footnotes to a Word doc
October 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I don't want an obsequious chatbot, I just want:
a) to be able to attach comments to endnotes/footnotes
b) to be able to convert PDFs with endnotes/footnotes to a Word doc
a) to be able to attach comments to endnotes/footnotes
b) to be able to convert PDFs with endnotes/footnotes to a Word doc
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Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
Leaving the ECHR won’t fix illegal migration
Half-baked tales of rulings turning on chicken nuggets are no basis for cutting Britain adrift
www.thetimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
That's a lot of lost "out of state tuition" and all the money they spend in US businesses, not to mention all that soft power good will.
The number of international students entering the U.S. has seen its steepest drop on record, outside of the pandemic.
U.S. Hit by Record Drop in International Student Arrivals Under Trump
Federal travel data shows steep declines across nearly every region, with the sharpest drops among students from India, China, and Africa.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
That's a lot of lost "out of state tuition" and all the money they spend in US businesses, not to mention all that soft power good will.
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Just a reminder: they were never actually against cancel culture. They were against the cancellation of people they agree with or like. They’ve always been enthusiastically in favor cancelling people they don’t like. If you took them at their word you’re a useful idiot.
Rand Paul: "People say, 'Oh, people have a right to say things.' Well, actually they don't necessarily have a right to say things. Many people have in their contract what we call a morals clause ... I think it is time for this to be a crackdown on people."
September 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Just a reminder: they were never actually against cancel culture. They were against the cancellation of people they agree with or like. They’ve always been enthusiastically in favor cancelling people they don’t like. If you took them at their word you’re a useful idiot.
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@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social reflects on why DVD owners shouldn’t throw away their collections just yet.
What We Lose When Streaming Companies Choose What We Watch
Maybe don’t throw away all your DVDs just yet.
www.newyorker.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social reflects on why DVD owners shouldn’t throw away their collections just yet.
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pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted the warning on Thursday.
www.axios.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
Coicaud (who was my Ph.D. supervisor) is definitely worth your time if you are interested in international legitimacy. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on this.
Explores how international law constructs a sense of legitimacy, what its limitations are and how to improve it.
The Law and Politics of International Legitimacy by Jean-Marc Coicaud of @law.rutgers.edu , Out Now
#LawSky #BookSky #Politics #InternationalLaw
https://cup.org/3UAuZUV
The Law and Politics of International Legitimacy by Jean-Marc Coicaud of @law.rutgers.edu , Out Now
#LawSky #BookSky #Politics #InternationalLaw
https://cup.org/3UAuZUV
September 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Coicaud (who was my Ph.D. supervisor) is definitely worth your time if you are interested in international legitimacy. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on this.
A polyprayercule
President Trump suggested Americans gather in groups of 10 for weekly prayers ahead of the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, a blurring of church-state lines.
Trump exhorts Americans to pray for U.S. ahead of 250th anniversary
Trump suggests Americans gather in groups of 10 for weekly prayers ahead of the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, a blurring of church-state lines.
wapo.st
September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A polyprayercule
But I thought it was the vaccines?!
Tylenol maker Kenvue denies the connection allegedly made in the report, which is expected to be published by the Department of Health and Human Services this month.
RFK Jr. Report Will Link Autism To Tylenol Use During Pregnancy, Report Says
Tylenol maker Kenvue denies the connection allegedly made in the report, which is expected to be published by the Department of Health and Human Services this month.
www.forbes.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
But I thought it was the vaccines?!
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Dear Microsoft, nobody wants to open PDFs in Edge. Ever. This is why people don’t like you.
September 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Dear Microsoft, nobody wants to open PDFs in Edge. Ever. This is why people don’t like you.
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Hah! Apollo-Soyuz commemorative... cigarettes!
“The Most 1970s Thing I've Ever Seen...” www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFrB...
“The Most 1970s Thing I've Ever Seen...” www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFrB...
The Most 1970s Thing I've Ever Seen...
YouTube video by Alexander the ok
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August 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Hah! Apollo-Soyuz commemorative... cigarettes!
“The Most 1970s Thing I've Ever Seen...” www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFrB...
“The Most 1970s Thing I've Ever Seen...” www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFrB...
The GOP is now in a place of what I'm calling Schrodinger's anti-Semitism in which anti-Semitism is both condemned and embraced.
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
August 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The GOP is now in a place of what I'm calling Schrodinger's anti-Semitism in which anti-Semitism is both condemned and embraced.
Dear universities, please follow suit.
For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
August 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Dear universities, please follow suit.
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8 years and little learned or remedied. And the problem remains.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Universities are broke. So let’s cut the pointless admin and get back to teaching | André Spicer
The meaningless tasks and faux-business strategies prioritised by British universities have skewed their real role, writes André Spicer
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
8 years and little learned or remedied. And the problem remains.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...