Paul Harper
@z8000736.bsky.social
Writer, language teacher, boat builder
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February 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Savage Minds
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Investigative reporting and social commentary on public culture, the arts, science, and politics. Click to read Savage Minds, a Substack publication.
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January 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Savage Minds
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"The proper study of mankind is man"
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January 15, 2026 at 9:03 AM
"The proper study of mankind is man"
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January 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Alice Oswald had decided to join more than five hundred protesters in London’s Parliament Square in August in support of Palestine Action, which the British government had designated a terrorist group.
British police arrested Oswald, as she had expected
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British police arrested Oswald, as she had expected
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"Gaza—the stadium of the soul" and Other Poems by The Paris Review
January 2, 2026 – “They asked me about the world / I said: it taught me poetry.”
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January 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Alice Oswald had decided to join more than five hundred protesters in London’s Parliament Square in August in support of Palestine Action, which the British government had designated a terrorist group.
British police arrested Oswald, as she had expected
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/01...
British police arrested Oswald, as she had expected
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/01...
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Language learners age slower
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Language learners age slower
Delay cognitive decline and learn Arabic
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December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Language learners age slower
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I sat on the Defend our Juries protest as a Jew opposing genocide and antisemitism countering the absurd insult that to oppose genocide is antisemitic. @defendourjuries.bsky.social @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social @jewishvoice.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I sat on the Defend our Juries protest as a Jew opposing genocide and antisemitism countering the absurd insult that to oppose genocide is antisemitic. @defendourjuries.bsky.social @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social @jewishvoice.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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BREAKING: 857 total arrested for sign holding yesterday
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One of the biggest acts of civil disobedience in British history, sending a clear and powerful message to new Home Secretary.
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One of the biggest acts of civil disobedience in British history, sending a clear and powerful message to new Home Secretary.
September 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
BREAKING: 857 total arrested for sign holding yesterday
Sign up for October - wedonotcomply.org
One of the biggest acts of civil disobedience in British history, sending a clear and powerful message to new Home Secretary.
Sign up for October - wedonotcomply.org
One of the biggest acts of civil disobedience in British history, sending a clear and powerful message to new Home Secretary.
Drones don't just spy on people and kill them. They can be used to drop food as well. The RAF could redeem its honour by using its Cyprus base to combat genocide in Gaza.
July 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Drones don't just spy on people and kill them. They can be used to drop food as well. The RAF could redeem its honour by using its Cyprus base to combat genocide in Gaza.
The Guardian urges us to stand up to Russia and China. We should either stand up to Trump and his mates in the anti-science oil trade and the Israeli genocidal theocracy, or let the Russians and the Chinese have a go.
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Latest opinion, analysis and discussion from the Guardian. CP Scott: "Comment is free, but facts are sacred"
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July 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Guardian urges us to stand up to Russia and China. We should either stand up to Trump and his mates in the anti-science oil trade and the Israeli genocidal theocracy, or let the Russians and the Chinese have a go.
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These are the #BDS consumer boycott targets named in the ground breaking report "From economy of occupation to economy of genocide" by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
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July 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
These are the #BDS consumer boycott targets named in the ground breaking report "From economy of occupation to economy of genocide" by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
Read more: bdsmovement.net/news/naming-...
Read more: bdsmovement.net/news/naming-...
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As a target of the BDS movement we call on supporters to amplify the McDonalds boycott this week, as part of an organic boycott movement taking place in the US.
McDonalds is feeling the heat!
#BoycottMcDonalds
McDonalds is feeling the heat!
#BoycottMcDonalds
June 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As a target of the BDS movement we call on supporters to amplify the McDonalds boycott this week, as part of an organic boycott movement taking place in the US.
McDonalds is feeling the heat!
#BoycottMcDonalds
McDonalds is feeling the heat!
#BoycottMcDonalds
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Access to food is a basic human right.
The siege by the State of Israel on #Gaza is preventing people in desperate need from getting essential food supplies.
The siege must be lifted. Humanitarian aid, including through UNRWA, must be allowed at scale into Gaza now.
The siege by the State of Israel on #Gaza is preventing people in desperate need from getting essential food supplies.
The siege must be lifted. Humanitarian aid, including through UNRWA, must be allowed at scale into Gaza now.
June 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Access to food is a basic human right.
The siege by the State of Israel on #Gaza is preventing people in desperate need from getting essential food supplies.
The siege must be lifted. Humanitarian aid, including through UNRWA, must be allowed at scale into Gaza now.
The siege by the State of Israel on #Gaza is preventing people in desperate need from getting essential food supplies.
The siege must be lifted. Humanitarian aid, including through UNRWA, must be allowed at scale into Gaza now.
When I was evicted under Section 21 for asking my landlord to fix damp and mould, Arc Legal insurance sent racist thugs to harass my family.
June 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
When I was evicted under Section 21 for asking my landlord to fix damp and mould, Arc Legal insurance sent racist thugs to harass my family.
It's time to abolish South Hams District Council
April 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's time to abolish South Hams District Council
The local elections on May 1st are a chance to stop tenants being forced to live in miserable housing or face eviction.
April 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The local elections on May 1st are a chance to stop tenants being forced to live in miserable housing or face eviction.