John Heyderman
@johnheyderman.bsky.social
Libraries. Philosophy. Judaism. London.
https://philosophicalbibliotherapy.wordpress.com/
Loves #EastDulwich
https://philosophicalbibliotherapy.wordpress.com/
Loves #EastDulwich
Following the forthcoming purges, I mean restructuring, at the BBC, I look forward to a new Panorama documentary entitled:
The Devil - Is he all bad?
The Devil - Is he all bad?
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Following the forthcoming purges, I mean restructuring, at the BBC, I look forward to a new Panorama documentary entitled:
The Devil - Is he all bad?
The Devil - Is he all bad?
What if all the pious people who believe in life after death thought that life after death wasn't just about their own personal survival.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
What if all the pious people who believe in life after death thought that life after death wasn't just about their own personal survival.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I wonder if this is one of the most persuasive arguments for a republic going
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I wonder if this is one of the most persuasive arguments for a republic going
Reform’s cabinet member for adult social care, Graham Dalton, owns a private care company in Lancashire. Now there's a surprise!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reform’s cabinet member for adult social care, Graham Dalton, owns a private care company in Lancashire. Now there's a surprise!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Interesting looking course on the representation of Africans, being offerred online by @warburginstitute.bsky.social
warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Representation of African People in Early Modern European Art & Culture
warburg.sas.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Interesting looking course on the representation of Africans, being offerred online by @warburginstitute.bsky.social
warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Important thread challenging how Grok AI on Twitter doesn't just fail to eliminate disinformation; it gives it greater credibility.
Musk's Grok was asked to verify if a tweet featuring a graphic image of the attack on the LNER train was real.
I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
1/3
I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
1/3
November 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Important thread challenging how Grok AI on Twitter doesn't just fail to eliminate disinformation; it gives it greater credibility.
If any Americans happen to see this, can you explain to me in 300 characters or fewer why the World Series was such a big deal this year?
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If any Americans happen to see this, can you explain to me in 300 characters or fewer why the World Series was such a big deal this year?
Watch how quickly this can shift in the light of the horrific train attacks yesterday.
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Watch how quickly this can shift in the light of the horrific train attacks yesterday.
Reposted by John Heyderman
October 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When did the shift happen from a time when politicians in government acted like leaders to an era where they are seeminly only motivated by a desire to placate the worst and most destructive voices?
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When did the shift happen from a time when politicians in government acted like leaders to an era where they are seeminly only motivated by a desire to placate the worst and most destructive voices?
Reposted by John Heyderman
📅 Join us next week for a special event to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Eva Reichmann, a pioneering historian whose ground-breaking work continues to shape our understanding of Nazi persecution and Holocaust historiography.
Online and in-person tickets:
Online and in-person tickets:
Hybrid Lecture: Leo Baeck Institute 70th Anniversary Celebrations - The Eva Reichmann Memorial Lecture - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Join us for the inaugural Eva Reichmann Lecture: Eva Reichmann: Witness, Historian, Legacy, co-hosted by the The Leo Baeck Institute London and The Wiener Holocaust Library. This special event…
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October 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
📅 Join us next week for a special event to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Eva Reichmann, a pioneering historian whose ground-breaking work continues to shape our understanding of Nazi persecution and Holocaust historiography.
Online and in-person tickets:
Online and in-person tickets:
I am very concerned at the number of pubs I have visited recently where the staff have never heard of Ginger Wine.
Have you heard of it? Have you tasted it?
What about Whisky Mac? Did he die in vain?
Have you heard of it? Have you tasted it?
What about Whisky Mac? Did he die in vain?
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I am very concerned at the number of pubs I have visited recently where the staff have never heard of Ginger Wine.
Have you heard of it? Have you tasted it?
What about Whisky Mac? Did he die in vain?
Have you heard of it? Have you tasted it?
What about Whisky Mac? Did he die in vain?
Let your life lightly dance on the verge of Time like a dew on the tip of a leaf.
– Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/12691/...
– Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/12691/...
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Let your life lightly dance on the verge of Time like a dew on the tip of a leaf.
– Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/12691/...
– Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/12691/...
Reposted by John Heyderman
Fascinated by the philosophical and theological implications of this
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Fascinated by the philosophical and theological implications of this
In this era of rising authoritarian politics, both in the UK as well as internationally, do we need the protection of a written constitution?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In this era of rising authoritarian politics, both in the UK as well as internationally, do we need the protection of a written constitution?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
For no good reason, I am creating a playlist of tracks about or that mention the month of September.
Feel free to suggest and then re-post for maximum exposure!
open.spotify.com/playlist/4E0...
Feel free to suggest and then re-post for maximum exposure!
open.spotify.com/playlist/4E0...
Septembre
open.spotify.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For no good reason, I am creating a playlist of tracks about or that mention the month of September.
Feel free to suggest and then re-post for maximum exposure!
open.spotify.com/playlist/4E0...
Feel free to suggest and then re-post for maximum exposure!
open.spotify.com/playlist/4E0...
Reposted by John Heyderman
“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...
waterfordwhispersnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Someone just sent me a WhatsApp saying, "What is virtue?" I now know just how Meno felt.
October 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Someone just sent me a WhatsApp saying, "What is virtue?" I now know just how Meno felt.
Now that the planet has withstood an outage affecting Pokémon Go AND Fortnight, perhaps we don't have to worry so much about catastrophic climate change any more.
October 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Now that the planet has withstood an outage affecting Pokémon Go AND Fortnight, perhaps we don't have to worry so much about catastrophic climate change any more.
Reposted by John Heyderman
There's only one man to investigate a jewel theft in France:
October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
There's only one man to investigate a jewel theft in France:
Lovely picture from outside one of the local Japanese restaurants in East Dulwich, where I live.
southwarknews.co.uk/area/dulwich...
southwarknews.co.uk/area/dulwich...
Top sumo wrestlers dined at East Dulwich restaurant today ahead of major tournament
Four of the highest ranking professional sumo wrestlers stopped at Monkatsu in East Dulwich today for an early lunch before
southwarknews.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Lovely picture from outside one of the local Japanese restaurants in East Dulwich, where I live.
southwarknews.co.uk/area/dulwich...
southwarknews.co.uk/area/dulwich...
❤️🤎
September 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
❤️🤎
Life goals
Do you have experience of driving a bus or a lorry but you'd rather carry books?
Would you like a job driving around #Orkney, going to schools and delivering books to people?
There's still time to apply for the job of driving #BookyMcBookface at:
myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/ork...
Would you like a job driving around #Orkney, going to schools and delivering books to people?
There's still time to apply for the job of driving #BookyMcBookface at:
myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/ork...
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Life goals
Reposted by John Heyderman
Remember Orkney Library & Archive we will be shutting at 5pm all this week.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
Here's a group photo from the Archive but one man has just found a rabbit in his hat. We hope this makes up for any disappointment. 🐰
Apologies for any inconvenience.
Here's a group photo from the Archive but one man has just found a rabbit in his hat. We hope this makes up for any disappointment. 🐰
September 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Remember Orkney Library & Archive we will be shutting at 5pm all this week.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
Here's a group photo from the Archive but one man has just found a rabbit in his hat. We hope this makes up for any disappointment. 🐰
Apologies for any inconvenience.
Here's a group photo from the Archive but one man has just found a rabbit in his hat. We hope this makes up for any disappointment. 🐰