It's a different/corrupted meaning of great, sort of like the time person of the year
10.03.2026 08:33
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It's a different/corrupted meaning of great, sort of like the time person of the year
You're right. Tho it has expanded in a more popular form to the view that (powerful) individuals rather than social forces or ideas shape history and human development, for good or ill?
Jim O'Neill saying that current international conditions are much the same as the past 25 yrs but what's different is Donald Trump's extreme volatile
I don't usually go for the 'great man' theory but it's hard to deny this one unhinged individual has had an impact on us all, some more than others
We gain greater moral reflection in considering the times we failed to live up to the values of humanity, freedom & democracy than when we portray ourselves as always being on the right side of history
It's not shame/blame but abt understanding why we don't always live up to the best of ourselves
Defining Islamophobia as anti Muslim hostility rather than anti Muslim hate is an improvement, as is the focus on discrimination against Muslims in public & economic life
I prefer anti-Muslim racism but the definition is principally a means to focus policy on systemic discrimination against Muslims
If the other 3/4th is correct no amount of book reading could compensate in any case
I have mailed in ballots in every US Presidential election since 1996, and done so in various UK elections since the 2000s
Yes, agree that is a more relevant distinction, theoretically and in reality: the liberal/left focus on freedom and equal respect/dignity can cut against the conservative focus on tradition, even where that suppresses liberty, and even where it upends traditions that many think have value
Interesting. I'd probably think of the distinctions being drawn in the piece in terms of reformism vs revolution, which imo is still an overly drawn dichotomy. Malcolm and Martin shared more than they disagreed with, eg; Mandela, Jefferson were both reformists as well as revolutionaries?
I am curious how the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report, race relations amendment act, Abolition of Section 28, adoption rights, civil partnerships, Equality Act figure in this narrative
Also empirically a bad idea for raising revenue
Fairness in collecting taxation is overrated at bottom end; what matter more is overall fairness in tax+benefits together, raising as much tax effectively to deliver most redistributive benefits
So he then thinks any white British person who has a not-white British partner is committing genocide when they have children together, as well as all British born children w/two not-white British parents. If he really finds babies scary/genocidal it just shows how far racism rots the brain
Page 3 of think piece: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61488f992b58e687f1108c7c/617bfbb4822620355127e4e6_LocalDecision-MakingAndParticipation-2007.pdf
Re-reading a think piece I wrote 19 years ago for the Commission on Integration and Cohesion
Yesterday, it was Women’s Day
Today, you can read our paper on parenthood and women’s under-representation in academia
Parenthood leads to women leaving academia - not just career slowdown
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Joint work with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social
Do you have a link to the plan? Does the university charter apply only to staff?
Recalled some texts in my 'Western Civ' survey course in first yr at uni
-Republic
-Oedipus
-Dante (I think more Purgatory)
-Frankenstein
-Sade
-Grand Inquisitor
-Civilisation and its discontents
-Blade Runner
V far from the ethnonationalist canon (to the extent they read old/long books)
Yes, most of the 'gone too fars' are too far gone for rational engagement
A nugget in the survey suggests how men might be convinced
The very large majority, from nearly 75% of Reform to 95% of Green voters wd speak to their children about misogyny
Which indicates they agree misogyny exists
Which then suggests they (implicitly?) also agree gender inequalities persist
I do think there is a little insight in the survey of how this might be done
The large majority, incl 75% of Reform voters, would explain misogyny to their kids
They agree misogyny exists
So they must then think gender inequalities persist, or how otherwise would misogyny persist so strongly?
Hmm. Maybe yes, which is why the argument has to have a good narrative and link to people's existing moral and rational commitments. I don't say it's easy, but it is possible! And we must think it's possible or we're assuming moral and rational persuasion to align with reality is infeasible?
51% of men think gender equality has been reached or that it has gone too far
Indicating the majority of men are unaware of the evidence. A question/challenge is how to effectively communicate the facts & change their minds (perhaps targeting the 'equality reached' quarter not the 'gone too fars')
I saw this book in the flesh once, in a monarchist restaurant and oh boy they seemed to think this expensive hagiographical coffee book presented the regime in a *positive* light
I’m looking for speakers for a London event on the science of Star Trek. I’d really appreciate suggestions from underrepresented minorities in STEM, especially PoC/global majority.
(10 min, central London, Sept, currently unpaid but I’m trying to fix that)
Feel free to message
The @demos-uk.bsky.social Our BBC report is rooted in solid evidence & analysis, & inputs from experts & stakeholders, so it is hugely gratifying to see that the #BBC quoted us twice in its own official response (see my read-along on - sorry - LinkedIn👇)...
www.linkedin.com/posts/sameer...
A ballroom, howevery kitsch and gold, is so underambitious
British mortgage providers increasing the interest rates hmm it looks like the 'international situation' is impacting directly on ordinary homeowners
Image of Palais de Papes in Avignon
I could get on board with the current East Wing plans being replaced with a new antipapal palace in Avignon's Palais de Papes style
One consequence of migrants having limited/no access to welfare state
They need to take whatever job on offer, creating a (large) supply of labour w/less protections, also impacting their housing options
Employers and landlords know and respond to this. This has conseqs on migrant pay& wider wages
Very good piece. I'd only add that as most migrants can't access the welfare state (social housing, universal credit etc), they are also more likely then to take jobs with poor pay and conditions, and employers in areas with large migrant populations know this
