Iwasid
@iwasid.bsky.social
Bookish. Amateur philosopher of the worst kind. Political animal who still believes we can build a better world for all. Banner is the Red Sand sea bell, tolling.
Contemplating not being anonymous.
Standing up for Palestinians.
Contemplating not being anonymous.
Standing up for Palestinians.
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Iwasid
@iwasid.bsky.social
· Dec 1
If you read anything today, tomorrow, this week, this year, this should be that read.
Susan Abulhawa's speech to the Oxford Union debate last week.
Susan Abulhawa's speech to the Oxford Union debate last week.
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Neither elderly* nor from the north West, but... same. "Island of strangers" was genuinely shocking, a speech of which the *most flattering reading* is "no backbone and no moral core". Ditto the failure to show true rage during the riots.
*shut up
*shut up
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Neither elderly* nor from the north West, but... same. "Island of strangers" was genuinely shocking, a speech of which the *most flattering reading* is "no backbone and no moral core". Ditto the failure to show true rage during the riots.
*shut up
*shut up
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I can speak only for 'elderly long-time Labour voters in the Northwest' - i.e. my relatives - but there is a real and deep feeling of rage about his adoption of the right's language on immigration and race among them.
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I can speak only for 'elderly long-time Labour voters in the Northwest' - i.e. my relatives - but there is a real and deep feeling of rage about his adoption of the right's language on immigration and race among them.
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This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.
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P.v.O. [Pieter van Oort (?)], house in Cape Town (1826). Collection: Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam
#art #watercolour #19thcentury #house #mountain
#art #watercolour #19thcentury #house #mountain
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
P.v.O. [Pieter van Oort (?)], house in Cape Town (1826). Collection: Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam
#art #watercolour #19thcentury #house #mountain
#art #watercolour #19thcentury #house #mountain
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I would suggest everyone check their emotions when reading this article. Germany will spend TWICE of what the UK does on defense. Poland will train EVERY adult male for war.
We will have massive armies in Europe. Work together, integrate. Learn from the past.
We will have massive armies in Europe. Work together, integrate. Learn from the past.
I am not very keen on this headline.
And I also think that at times like these, it is important to be serious, without being alarmist. But this article is very much worth reading. Things are serious.
And I also think that at times like these, it is important to be serious, without being alarmist. But this article is very much worth reading. Things are serious.
Britain’s flag-wavers are being left behind as Germany prepares for war with Russia
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I would suggest everyone check their emotions when reading this article. Germany will spend TWICE of what the UK does on defense. Poland will train EVERY adult male for war.
We will have massive armies in Europe. Work together, integrate. Learn from the past.
We will have massive armies in Europe. Work together, integrate. Learn from the past.
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It's not a war, it's a systematic slaughter of a captive civilian population.
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It's not a war, it's a systematic slaughter of a captive civilian population.
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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And while gifted leaders can sometimes accomplish this with rhetoric, the most reliable methods are rooted in ongoing face-to-face relationships, within organizations whose purposes are *not* directly political. The target audience is not “usual suspects” who already show up to political meetings.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
And while gifted leaders can sometimes accomplish this with rhetoric, the most reliable methods are rooted in ongoing face-to-face relationships, within organizations whose purposes are *not* directly political. The target audience is not “usual suspects” who already show up to political meetings.
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The reason these solutions never work is that epistemic failures are rooted in deeper structures of social identity, which are notoriously resilient to rational argument. The only way to restore the epistemic foundations of a healthy democracy is to address these pathologies at the source.
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The reason these solutions never work is that epistemic failures are rooted in deeper structures of social identity, which are notoriously resilient to rational argument. The only way to restore the epistemic foundations of a healthy democracy is to address these pathologies at the source.
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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When politics can provide no real solutions for people's lives, welcome to 'The Carousel of Scapegoats': distracting, psychological projection to make them feel 'better' – because the lives of 'others' can be made worse
New Byline Times print edition available in shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇
New Byline Times print edition available in shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
When politics can provide no real solutions for people's lives, welcome to 'The Carousel of Scapegoats': distracting, psychological projection to make them feel 'better' – because the lives of 'others' can be made worse
New Byline Times print edition available in shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇
New Byline Times print edition available in shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇
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brian is doing the lord's work going to every media outlet and just saying "it's usually illegal to kill people"
Please to speak with @the-independent.com about the boat strikes and the law.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
Experts doubt legal memo shields troops from prosecution over Trump’s boat strikes
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
brian is doing the lord's work going to every media outlet and just saying "it's usually illegal to kill people"
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A great idea from our friends @lesecologistes.fr
A double tax for all fast food restaurants in France, which would be doubled again if they are within 300m of an education establishment
The French Greens are proposing an amendment to a bill going through the lower house
A double tax for all fast food restaurants in France, which would be doubled again if they are within 300m of an education establishment
The French Greens are proposing an amendment to a bill going through the lower house
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A great idea from our friends @lesecologistes.fr
A double tax for all fast food restaurants in France, which would be doubled again if they are within 300m of an education establishment
The French Greens are proposing an amendment to a bill going through the lower house
A double tax for all fast food restaurants in France, which would be doubled again if they are within 300m of an education establishment
The French Greens are proposing an amendment to a bill going through the lower house
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admittedly a side note but would love to see data country-by-country, friend once remarked that there are tons of French people in London yet you very rarely meet second-gen French people here, which has fascinated me ever since - are some nationalities less likely to stay on?
About 40% of migrants eventually return to their parent countries, according to this, which is one of the many, many facts that is never aired in the never-ending debate over immigration in Britain.
📕 New insight paper by CPC-CG member @jackiewahba.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
admittedly a side note but would love to see data country-by-country, friend once remarked that there are tons of French people in London yet you very rarely meet second-gen French people here, which has fascinated me ever since - are some nationalities less likely to stay on?
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Starmerism in govt has always been based on an uneasy factional coalition.
Initially, there was a factional battle to claim Starmerism (ie which faction’s merits account for its success).
Now, we have a factional battle to blame Starmerism (ie which faction’s flaws are at the root of its failure).
Initially, there was a factional battle to claim Starmerism (ie which faction’s merits account for its success).
Now, we have a factional battle to blame Starmerism (ie which faction’s flaws are at the root of its failure).
There might be some truth in this, but I think it understates the government’s achievement, which is to have synthesised the worst aspects of all three of the Blairite, Old Right, and Soft Left traditions
I voted for Ed Miliband and I'd do it again, but I think it is important to be realistic and accept that this goverment's instincts are basically Milibandist. A particularly unserious version of Milibandism, but Milibandism nevertheless.
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Starmerism in govt has always been based on an uneasy factional coalition.
Initially, there was a factional battle to claim Starmerism (ie which faction’s merits account for its success).
Now, we have a factional battle to blame Starmerism (ie which faction’s flaws are at the root of its failure).
Initially, there was a factional battle to claim Starmerism (ie which faction’s merits account for its success).
Now, we have a factional battle to blame Starmerism (ie which faction’s flaws are at the root of its failure).
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the truth about the BBC row is that the Tory they sent in to look for errors (Michael Prescott) found rather different errors to those which someone from the left would have been found
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
the truth about the BBC row is that the Tory they sent in to look for errors (Michael Prescott) found rather different errors to those which someone from the left would have been found
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Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in 5 years, data reveals. Armed forces & settlers used bombs, dogs, poison & machinery to attack people & infrastructure. It's "an important part of a genocidal strategy" says Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals
Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in 5 years, data reveals. Armed forces & settlers used bombs, dogs, poison & machinery to attack people & infrastructure. It's "an important part of a genocidal strategy" says Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Back in the 1970s, prostate cancer treatment could mean surgical castration.
Today, treatment is very different – without the trauma.
This is Ben’s story.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Today, treatment is very different – without the trauma.
This is Ben’s story.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/health/...
The trouble with dribbles – a revealing prostate cancer journey
Prostate cancer can develop silently. Some have no classic prostate cancer symptoms. Early checks are vital – sometimes, the signs are hidden
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Back in the 1970s, prostate cancer treatment could mean surgical castration.
Today, treatment is very different – without the trauma.
This is Ben’s story.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Today, treatment is very different – without the trauma.
This is Ben’s story.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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Presumably the Daily Telegraph and GB News will go big on this story?*
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Presumably the Daily Telegraph and GB News will go big on this story?*
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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here at the Paper of Record, when an open white supremacist leaks someone's college application in an attempt to imply he got unfair race-based special treatment, even though he was rejected, we know what to do: publish it immediately prospect.org/2025/07/09/2...
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
here at the Paper of Record, when an open white supremacist leaks someone's college application in an attempt to imply he got unfair race-based special treatment, even though he was rejected, we know what to do: publish it immediately prospect.org/2025/07/09/2...
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"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
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Superior analysis from the FT, as usual. More than 20,000 pages of documents disclosed on Wed by members of the House oversight committee include emails between Epstein and influential figures including Lawrence Summers, Steve Bannon and billionaire financier Leon Black.
Jeffrey Epstein’s connections: ‘Life among the lucrative and louche’
New documents reveal fresh details about the sex offender’s powerful network
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Superior analysis from the FT, as usual. More than 20,000 pages of documents disclosed on Wed by members of the House oversight committee include emails between Epstein and influential figures including Lawrence Summers, Steve Bannon and billionaire financier Leon Black.
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@johnfugelsang.bsky.social has been calling him Combover Caligula for years.
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social has been calling him Combover Caligula for years.
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So….we’re headed in to the Caligula part, aren’t we?
Madness, crazy immorality, the humiliation of senators…
Madness, crazy immorality, the humiliation of senators…
America has long feared it would suffer the same fate as the Roman republic, but never quite truly appreciated how utterly absurd Roman elites had become by the time of the late republic.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
So….we’re headed in to the Caligula part, aren’t we?
Madness, crazy immorality, the humiliation of senators…
Madness, crazy immorality, the humiliation of senators…