Mary Margaret McCabe
@mmmccabe.bsky.social
Ancient philosopher on either construal. Also, Philosophy in Prison www.philosophyinprison.com
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Just published my account of the work of Philosophy in Prison philosophyinprison.com#philsky #prison #philosophy
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Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
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Our evidence on 'Changing prison cultures through education' submitted to the House of Lords' Justice and Home Affairs Committee has been cited in their report 'Better Prisons: Less Crime'. We are working hard to see that inclusive education is at the forefront of solutions to the prison crisis.
What We Do | Philosophy in Prison Charity
Philosophy in Prison is a charity set up in 2018 to promote philosophical education in prisons and to explore the practical and philosophical principles that this involves.
www.philosophyinprison.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our evidence on 'Changing prison cultures through education' submitted to the House of Lords' Justice and Home Affairs Committee has been cited in their report 'Better Prisons: Less Crime'. We are working hard to see that inclusive education is at the forefront of solutions to the prison crisis.
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The sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.
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Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
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www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
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October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
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November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
October 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
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Making topical comedy at bleak news times can be so tough but, in my book, it’s thank heavens for the return of Have I Got News For You, where Ian and Paul work magic to conjure laughs when there are none. Tonight with wonderful Miles Jupp and Sheila Hancock - and me trying to host. 9pm on BBC One.
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Making topical comedy at bleak news times can be so tough but, in my book, it’s thank heavens for the return of Have I Got News For You, where Ian and Paul work magic to conjure laughs when there are none. Tonight with wonderful Miles Jupp and Sheila Hancock - and me trying to host. 9pm on BBC One.
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"Trump is using the full power of his office to punish people and organisations who criticise him.
There's a word for that - authoritarian."
If you think this is just about Jimmy Kimmel, you are missing the point.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
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There's a word for that - authoritarian."
If you think this is just about Jimmy Kimmel, you are missing the point.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
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‘If you think this is about Kimmel being cancelled - you’re missing the point’ | The News Agents
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has been taken off-air “indefinitely” after making comments about Donald Trump’s response to the murder of Charlie Kirk. Is this about free speech? Cancel culture? Or is i...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Trump is using the full power of his office to punish people and organisations who criticise him.
There's a word for that - authoritarian."
If you think this is just about Jimmy Kimmel, you are missing the point.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-y...
There's a word for that - authoritarian."
If you think this is just about Jimmy Kimmel, you are missing the point.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
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Guardian today, very pleased at the work of philosophyinprison.com getting some coverage.
Guardian today, very pleased at the work of philosophyinprison.com getting some coverage.
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 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Guardian today, very pleased at the work of philosophyinprison.com getting some coverage.
Guardian today, very pleased at the work of philosophyinprison.com getting some coverage.
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Who's following the philosophy in prison debate? Readings and essays - or a levelling conversation?
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
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Who's following the philosophy in prison debate? Readings and essays - or a levelling conversation?
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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
www.theguardian.com
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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A Labour government that does not fight back against the far right, racism and extremism fundamentally misunderstands the nature of its electoral support.
September 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A Labour government that does not fight back against the far right, racism and extremism fundamentally misunderstands the nature of its electoral support.
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Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
But why is the Home Secretary posting on X, as the Guardian reports????
September 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
But why is the Home Secretary posting on X, as the Guardian reports????
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Esp given assassination of Kirk in US i find Musk's intervention here, calling for dissolution of parliament and a new govt, really scary .
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
September 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Esp given assassination of Kirk in US i find Musk's intervention here, calling for dissolution of parliament and a new govt, really scary .
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
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FFS! In the midst of the dog-whistling howls, Thought For The Day today was a welcome relief. Calling out Jenrick for his brazen xenophobia and urging people to hold on to their empathy and not to let fear become cruelty.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
August 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
FFS! In the midst of the dog-whistling howls, Thought For The Day today was a welcome relief. Calling out Jenrick for his brazen xenophobia and urging people to hold on to their empathy and not to let fear become cruelty.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
Surely the Today programme is better than this? The conflation of ‘xenophobia’ ( fear of strangers) with racism was made by @robertjenrickmp.bsky.social — giving his own game away. @krishk.com simply described what Jenrick (shockingly) said in the first place. BBC should apologise for apologising.
'Honest Bob' Jenrick, a politician obviously & deliberately embracing xenophobia, does some weapons grade xenophobia & the BBC *apologises* for a Thought For The Day contributor calling it xenophobic. Licence fee payers need to know who makes these decisions & why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC apologises after Robert Jenrick accused of xenophobia
A contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot made the remark about the shadow justice secretary.
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August 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Surely the Today programme is better than this? The conflation of ‘xenophobia’ ( fear of strangers) with racism was made by @robertjenrickmp.bsky.social — giving his own game away. @krishk.com simply described what Jenrick (shockingly) said in the first place. BBC should apologise for apologising.
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“President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly,”
Jarndyce and Jarndyce,with luck. Bring it on!
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Jarndyce and Jarndyce,with luck. Bring it on!
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Wall Street Journal: Birthday letter to Epstein bore Trump’s signature, drawing of naked woman | CNN Politics
A collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003 included a note bearing Donald Trump’s name and an outline of a naked woman, according to a Wall Street Journal report p...
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July 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly,”
Jarndyce and Jarndyce,with luck. Bring it on!
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Jarndyce and Jarndyce,with luck. Bring it on!
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Our Chair @mmmccabe.bsky.social speaking about Philosophy in Prison and #whyphilosophymatters at Warwick's Department of Philosophy's 60th Anniversary.
Department of Philosophy at Warwick celebrates its 60th anniversary in Senate House @uolpress.bsky.social with speeches on why #philosophymatters by Qassim Cassam, Heather Widdows, @guylongworth.bsky.social and @mmmccabe.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Our Chair @mmmccabe.bsky.social speaking about Philosophy in Prison and #whyphilosophymatters at Warwick's Department of Philosophy's 60th Anniversary.
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Department of Philosophy at Warwick celebrates its 60th anniversary in Senate House @uolpress.bsky.social with speeches on why #philosophymatters by Qassim Cassam, Heather Widdows, @guylongworth.bsky.social and @mmmccabe.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Department of Philosophy at Warwick celebrates its 60th anniversary in Senate House @uolpress.bsky.social with speeches on why #philosophymatters by Qassim Cassam, Heather Widdows, @guylongworth.bsky.social and @mmmccabe.bsky.social
Glorious peony Sarah Bernhardt just in full and complicated bloom. Brief moment of joy in a world gone mad.
June 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Glorious peony Sarah Bernhardt just in full and complicated bloom. Brief moment of joy in a world gone mad.
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Listening to Private Passions where Professor @hilarycottam.bsky.social is talking about many social issues, including design of prisons, adult loneliness, finding meaning and purpose in life, and caring for elderly. Fascinating, and available online:
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June 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Listening to Private Passions where Professor @hilarycottam.bsky.social is talking about many social issues, including design of prisons, adult loneliness, finding meaning and purpose in life, and caring for elderly. Fascinating, and available online:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...