Martin Cohen
@docmartincohen.bsky.social
Author, editor & freelancer: philosophy and social science = applying philosophy to everyday life. Best known book "101 Philosophy Problems" Bylines at Guardian, Independent, TES and Higher. Definitely also @ForDummies http:www.martincohenauthor.com No DMs
Nice pic of a nice man… (Definitely not a psychopath, even if the dog looks worried) @miloprcohen.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Nice pic of a nice man… (Definitely not a psychopath, even if the dog looks worried) @miloprcohen.bsky.social
So it's Woking council going bankrupt today. Years ago, I used to investigate dodgy decisions at Brighton - always up for borrowing loadsamoney for grand projects that went into debt - essentially funelling cash from the ratepaying public to speculators with chums on the council. Plus ça change!
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
So it's Woking council going bankrupt today. Years ago, I used to investigate dodgy decisions at Brighton - always up for borrowing loadsamoney for grand projects that went into debt - essentially funelling cash from the ratepaying public to speculators with chums on the council. Plus ça change!
And that statue in New York Harbour… could be replaced with one of Trump holding a swag bag and a rifle?
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And that statue in New York Harbour… could be replaced with one of Trump holding a swag bag and a rifle?
So, Israel knew its bulldozer had exploded some of its own ordnance, and just wanted to destroy the peace settlment. So far, so normal. What IS new, is the US reining Netanyahu in. Long may it continue…
October 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
So, Israel knew its bulldozer had exploded some of its own ordnance, and just wanted to destroy the peace settlment. So far, so normal. What IS new, is the US reining Netanyahu in. Long may it continue…
The Gaza war is a tactical victory - of course it is- for Israel, but a strategic failure. The am was to drive Palestinians out of Greater Israel which and increase its Jewish majority. However, despite killing 68,000 Palestinians, the balance has shifted the other way, with 145,900 Israelis leaving
October 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Gaza war is a tactical victory - of course it is- for Israel, but a strategic failure. The am was to drive Palestinians out of Greater Israel which and increase its Jewish majority. However, despite killing 68,000 Palestinians, the balance has shifted the other way, with 145,900 Israelis leaving
The huge amount of space the vacuous UK media is giving to the story of Prince Andrew's defenestration as a "working" Royal, is obscuring another story. This is that Andrew's wife, Sarah, adopted two of the late Queen's corgis, Sandy and Muick. They too will lose their Royal status. Rough justice!
October 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The huge amount of space the vacuous UK media is giving to the story of Prince Andrew's defenestration as a "working" Royal, is obscuring another story. This is that Andrew's wife, Sarah, adopted two of the late Queen's corgis, Sandy and Muick. They too will lose their Royal status. Rough justice!
"Can Israel possibly swing the narrative back in its favor? While vast sums of money will, undoubtedly, be committed …the once-marginalized Palestinian narrative has surged, becoming a powerful, compelling moral authority worldwide". The resilience of the Palestinian people has won global sympathy.
October 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"Can Israel possibly swing the narrative back in its favor? While vast sums of money will, undoubtedly, be committed …the once-marginalized Palestinian narrative has surged, becoming a powerful, compelling moral authority worldwide". The resilience of the Palestinian people has won global sympathy.
As I say, I think Israel has miscalculated. The horror will no longer be possible to hide.
www.palestinechronicle.com/full-scale-g...
"Israel dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip and bombed one area more than 150 times - despite claiming it was a “safe humanitarian zone.”
www.palestinechronicle.com/full-scale-g...
"Israel dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip and bombed one area more than 150 times - despite claiming it was a “safe humanitarian zone.”
October 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
As I say, I think Israel has miscalculated. The horror will no longer be possible to hide.
www.palestinechronicle.com/full-scale-g...
"Israel dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip and bombed one area more than 150 times - despite claiming it was a “safe humanitarian zone.”
www.palestinechronicle.com/full-scale-g...
"Israel dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip and bombed one area more than 150 times - despite claiming it was a “safe humanitarian zone.”
Happy to recommend this new book… after all, one of the interviews undertaken by Richard includes my own thoughts on 'paradigms' - or, let me put it another way, on how to see the world in new ways.
October 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Happy to recommend this new book… after all, one of the interviews undertaken by Richard includes my own thoughts on 'paradigms' - or, let me put it another way, on how to see the world in new ways.
It's so wrong, it's hard to think about. www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/u...
October 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It's so wrong, it's hard to think about. www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/u...
October 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Grim insights into life in Gaza city now…
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/ga...
"The drones in the background, that keep buzzing and grinding down on the mental and the psychological well-being of everyone here…because we don’t know when the next attack is going to happen."
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/ga...
"The drones in the background, that keep buzzing and grinding down on the mental and the psychological well-being of everyone here…because we don’t know when the next attack is going to happen."
September 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Grim insights into life in Gaza city now…
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/ga...
"The drones in the background, that keep buzzing and grinding down on the mental and the psychological well-being of everyone here…because we don’t know when the next attack is going to happen."
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/ga...
"The drones in the background, that keep buzzing and grinding down on the mental and the psychological well-being of everyone here…because we don’t know when the next attack is going to happen."
What started as Trump speaking casually, like a man in a bar, has become Trump speaking like a DRUNKARD shouting in the street. It's an angry, incoherent tangle of phrases - the only link is hate.
September 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
What started as Trump speaking casually, like a man in a bar, has become Trump speaking like a DRUNKARD shouting in the street. It's an angry, incoherent tangle of phrases - the only link is hate.
And now for something completely different …from the USA
Solar coronal loops, as observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite in 2014, following the path of the magnetic field on the Sun.
Solar coronal loops, as observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite in 2014, following the path of the magnetic field on the Sun.
September 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And now for something completely different …from the USA
Solar coronal loops, as observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite in 2014, following the path of the magnetic field on the Sun.
Solar coronal loops, as observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite in 2014, following the path of the magnetic field on the Sun.
Asking for an Israeli Prime Minister…
September 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Asking for an Israeli Prime Minister…
Rained all today - had to cancel the trip to Brighton. Stayed in like Piglet in the flood!
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Rained all today - had to cancel the trip to Brighton. Stayed in like Piglet in the flood!
Israeli media constantly describe Yemen as a ‘black hole’ for Israeli intelligence, with commentators asking why Mossad managed to penetrate various Middle Eastern societies, with the exception of Yemen…
www.palestinechronicle.com/how-ansarall...
www.palestinechronicle.com/how-ansarall...
September 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Israeli media constantly describe Yemen as a ‘black hole’ for Israeli intelligence, with commentators asking why Mossad managed to penetrate various Middle Eastern societies, with the exception of Yemen…
www.palestinechronicle.com/how-ansarall...
www.palestinechronicle.com/how-ansarall...
Seals being returned to the sea just near where I was today at #Hastings (though not the same day)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Seals being returned to the sea just near where I was today at #Hastings (though not the same day)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
FT has some bad news for Gen Z…
August 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
FT has some bad news for Gen Z…
I can't beleive the Guardian just produced this graphic interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/emb...
July 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I can't beleive the Guardian just produced this graphic interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/emb...
The world is so miserable, we need to have a sense of (at least) DARK HUMOR to cope.
Please tuck in to this sample of my book: The Ah-Ha Moment
drive.google.com/file/d/1K-mx...
There's some great jokes and a few big ideas too…
Please tuck in to this sample of my book: The Ah-Ha Moment
drive.google.com/file/d/1K-mx...
There's some great jokes and a few big ideas too…
July 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The world is so miserable, we need to have a sense of (at least) DARK HUMOR to cope.
Please tuck in to this sample of my book: The Ah-Ha Moment
drive.google.com/file/d/1K-mx...
There's some great jokes and a few big ideas too…
Please tuck in to this sample of my book: The Ah-Ha Moment
drive.google.com/file/d/1K-mx...
There's some great jokes and a few big ideas too…
Seeing Roger Waters pilloried for supporting Palestinian human rights and condemning war crimes likely amounting to genocide reminds me of the famous image of August Landmesser, the lone German man seen in a 1936 photo refusing to perform the Nazi salute.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
July 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seeing Roger Waters pilloried for supporting Palestinian human rights and condemning war crimes likely amounting to genocide reminds me of the famous image of August Landmesser, the lone German man seen in a 1936 photo refusing to perform the Nazi salute.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
The scale of what is going on in Gaza is hard to comprehend. But imagine a lfootball stadium full of people from Gaza - men, women and children. Mostly children. And then imagine them being shot dead one by one. 100 000 of them. That's what we're witnessing. 1/2
July 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The scale of what is going on in Gaza is hard to comprehend. But imagine a lfootball stadium full of people from Gaza - men, women and children. Mostly children. And then imagine them being shot dead one by one. 100 000 of them. That's what we're witnessing. 1/2
Or maybe upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
June 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Or maybe upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...