@martinbeddoe.bsky.social
Supporter of justice, the rule of law and a united Europe. Seeking to protect my grand-children from tyrants, kleptomaniacs and polluters. Studying Classical Art and Archaeology.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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🇺🇦 Zelensky: The crux of the entire diplomatic situation is that it was Russia, and only Russia, that started this war, and it is Russia, and only Russia, that has been refusing to end it throughout the full-scale invasion.
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🇺🇦 Zelensky: The crux of the entire diplomatic situation is that it was Russia, and only Russia, that started this war, and it is Russia, and only Russia, that has been refusing to end it throughout the full-scale invasion.
Slava Ukraini
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Slava Ukraini
Britain and Europe must stand with Ukraine and see off this Russo-American deal that merely legitmises what Putin has already done. The deal is no deal and will merely enable him to overrun Ukraine unopposed as and when he chooses. Stand with Ukraine. Stuff Trump.
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Britain and Europe must stand with Ukraine and see off this Russo-American deal that merely legitmises what Putin has already done. The deal is no deal and will merely enable him to overrun Ukraine unopposed as and when he chooses. Stand with Ukraine. Stuff Trump.
Mind the snakes!
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Mind the snakes!
I’m looking forward to the message of congratulation from POTUS. as the Nobel committee chairman put it, “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”
Breaking News: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, for her work promoting democracy.
María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Live Updates and Video
The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”
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October 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’m looking forward to the message of congratulation from POTUS. as the Nobel committee chairman put it, “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”
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This is a piece from a little while back, co-authored by two of our Trustees, Mike Coxhead and Jim Chamberlain, in @philosophersmag.bsky.social reflecting on the huge value in doing philosophy in prison tinyurl.com/4jyxavd9
Philosophical Conversations in Prison - The Philosophers' Magazine
Mike Coxhead and James Chamberlain on the transformative potential of philosophical conversations in prison.
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June 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is a piece from a little while back, co-authored by two of our Trustees, Mike Coxhead and Jim Chamberlain, in @philosophersmag.bsky.social reflecting on the huge value in doing philosophy in prison tinyurl.com/4jyxavd9
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Our Chair @mmmccabe.bsky.social writes on @theguardian.com about the equalising power of philosophy in prisons when done in conversation www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Equalising effect of philosophy in prisons | Letters
Letter: Mary Margaret McCabe says philosophy can be done just by conversation, to include those with high levels of education and those who have little
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September 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Our Chair @mmmccabe.bsky.social writes on @theguardian.com about the equalising power of philosophy in prisons when done in conversation www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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If Trump really wanted to sanction Putin, he could. It would be no problem. Congress would go for any sanction he wanted. So any time Trump puts a condition on sanctions, it’s just another piece of evidence that he is protecting Putin from sanctions and helping Russia in the war.
September 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If Trump really wanted to sanction Putin, he could. It would be no problem. Congress would go for any sanction he wanted. So any time Trump puts a condition on sanctions, it’s just another piece of evidence that he is protecting Putin from sanctions and helping Russia in the war.
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Excellent article in Sri Lankan Mirror today by Ameen Izzadeen on the ridiculous US proscription of Francesca Albanese: “the powerful punishing those who speak for the powerless is not a sign of strength but of guilt.”
July 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Excellent article in Sri Lankan Mirror today by Ameen Izzadeen on the ridiculous US proscription of Francesca Albanese: “the powerful punishing those who speak for the powerless is not a sign of strength but of guilt.”
NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low
I cannot give again before 1st July, but maybe you can?
I cannot give again before 1st July, but maybe you can?
June 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low
I cannot give again before 1st July, but maybe you can?
I cannot give again before 1st July, but maybe you can?
Was he surprised? He gave no indication of course that he had tried or will do something to stop Putin killing more Ukrainians. Are we surprised? These are very dark days for a Europe to whom the US remains deeply indebted. Slava Ukraini.
Breaking News: Vladimir Putin plans to retaliate against Ukraine’s surprise attack, President Trump said after speaking to the Russian leader by phone. https://trib.al/L4hdRaU
Trump Says Putin Plans to Retaliate for Ukrainian Attack on Its Warplanes
President Trump said the Russian leader told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he would respond to the drone assault on its airfields.
trib.al
June 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Was he surprised? He gave no indication of course that he had tried or will do something to stop Putin killing more Ukrainians. Are we surprised? These are very dark days for a Europe to whom the US remains deeply indebted. Slava Ukraini.
Wow! Absolutely à point.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social please post this video of Springsteen’s inspiring words at his Manchester concert:
youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs?...
youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs?...
Land of Hope and Dreams
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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May 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Wow! Absolutely à point.
She’s right. I was there!
In Madrid for great Plato conference. Today visited @museodelprado.es which apparently holds just six paintings by women — four by amazing Clara Peeters, still-lifes that reflect herself in the shiny surfaces. But they are hung all crammed together and in two cases too high to see the detail. WHY?
May 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
She’s right. I was there!
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Cambridge Station today….
April 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Cambridge Station today….
… I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this
nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
April 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
… I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this
nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
“No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. . . .
April 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
“No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. . . .
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Ooh yes please, could do with some spare ones.
March 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Ooh yes please, could do with some spare ones.
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We are offering two FREE, online semi-intensive short courses in #Phoenician and Punic #language in April 🏛️ 🏺
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Elementary Phoenician – Grammar and Inscriptions
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March 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We are offering two FREE, online semi-intensive short courses in #Phoenician and Punic #language in April 🏛️ 🏺
Elementary course info: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/eleme...
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New map application from the Ancient World Mapping Center at UNC Chapel Hill: The Geography of Pliny the Elder
"The Geography of Pliny the Elder compiles and maps the geographic data in Pliny's Natural History. The database, available for download from the ISAW website, includes some 6,500 […]
"The Geography of Pliny the Elder compiles and maps the geographic data in Pliny's Natural History. The database, available for download from the ISAW website, includes some 6,500 […]
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March 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
New map application from the Ancient World Mapping Center at UNC Chapel Hill: The Geography of Pliny the Elder
"The Geography of Pliny the Elder compiles and maps the geographic data in Pliny's Natural History. The database, available for download from the ISAW website, includes some 6,500 […]
"The Geography of Pliny the Elder compiles and maps the geographic data in Pliny's Natural History. The database, available for download from the ISAW website, includes some 6,500 […]
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The moral vacuum that is Trump: Putin is ‘doing what anyone else would do’. Think again Mr Trump: murderous invasion is not on the list of options open when a moral agent asks herself ‘ what should I do now?’
March 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The moral vacuum that is Trump: Putin is ‘doing what anyone else would do’. Think again Mr Trump: murderous invasion is not on the list of options open when a moral agent asks herself ‘ what should I do now?’
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Even Corleone has some principles… brilliant analysis of Trump’s worse-than-the-mafia approach to power and responsibility.
Donald Corleone, turning the US into a mafia state. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is turning America into a mafia state | Jonathan Freedland
The pattern is inescapable – with just one caveat: organised crime bosses occasionally display more honour, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Even Corleone has some principles… brilliant analysis of Trump’s worse-than-the-mafia approach to power and responsibility.