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The Seoul Guardians is an extraordinary documentary about the South Korean martial law crisis. Watch it to learn how ordinary people and their *elected representatives* put their bodies on their line to protect democratic institutions and processes.
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The Seoul Guardians is an extraordinary documentary about the South Korean martial law crisis. Watch it to learn how ordinary people and their *elected representatives* put their bodies on their line to protect democratic institutions and processes.
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Monsters were foundational for biology and the origins of the modern world.
Thurs 5th March, 6-8pm, @linneansociety.bsky.social, London: a lecture on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY (from @ucpress.bsky.social) + reception, book sales & signing.
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Monsters were foundational for biology and the origins of the modern world.
Thurs 5th March, 6-8pm, @linneansociety.bsky.social, London: a lecture on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY (from @ucpress.bsky.social) + reception, book sales & signing.
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(needless to say, he didn't solve all problems) (equally needless to say: I take a bit after my dad...)
She replied instantly: "History".
It was the best antidote to the assumption everything was new, unprecedented & of world-historical importance.
(needless to say, he didn't solve all problems) (equally needless to say: I take a bit after my dad...)
"Like other men with no connection to the real world most of us live in, accountability and exposure remain abstract notions; darkness becoming visible a distant and unlikely turn of events."
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"Andrew expected the public to swallow an alternative account, even if he didn't think we would believe it. It is how the powerful protect their impunity through contempt for those they exploit" @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
"Like other men with no connection to the real world most of us live in, accountability and exposure remain abstract notions; darkness becoming visible a distant and unlikely turn of events."
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One day later, ChatGPT, Gemini and the AI Overviews in Google Search were telling the world about my talents But this isn’t just about hot dogs
One day later, ChatGPT, Gemini and the AI Overviews in Google Search were telling the world about my talents But this isn’t just about hot dogs
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Some excellent pigs I have met on walks in the British countryside.
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Then he came for Kimi Badenoch, and I felt somewhat conflicted.
Then he came for Nigel Farage, and I went to make a cup of tea.
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
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Then he came for Kimi Badenoch, and I felt somewhat conflicted.
Then he came for Nigel Farage, and I went to make a cup of tea.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)