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Socialist. Sociologist. From the plough... to the stars.

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14.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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JΓΌrgen Habermas, German philosopher and sociologist, dies aged 96 Habermas’ political consensus-building theory argued formation of public opinion vital for democracies to survive

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14.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Sketch on Habermas and Modern Society Jurgen Habermas was born in 1929 and raised by a father with Nazi sympathies. He was in the Hitler youth and was briefly sent to man the Western defences. The β€˜liberation’ occasioned a reassessment…

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14.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Habermas and Strategic Versus Communicative Action In this fourth in a sequence of blogs on the theories of Jurgen Habermas I move on to consider his use of the concepts of lifeworld and system. These receive their fullest expression in his magiste…

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14.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#ff @abraxt.bsky.social @pj1958.bsky.social @annjohns.bsky.social @unojen.bsky.social @raywoolfordfrsa.bsky.social @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social @ethicalrenewal.bsky.social @worldincrisis1.bsky.social @eileenk.bsky.social @deanburnett.bsky.social @junehall.bsky.social

13.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Evening Mike.
Evening all.

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14.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Basic income: why we need to start talking about money www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

14.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Top civil servant yo-yo’d between govt and Blair Institute Exclusive: Tech firms such as TBI are embedding staff in government, sparking fears AI policy is being β€˜outsourced’

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09.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
1971 HITS ARCHIVE: Nathan Jones - Supremes (mono 45)
1971 HITS ARCHIVE: Nathan Jones - Supremes (mono 45) YouTube video by AnotherProf

The Supremes - Nathan Jones (1971)
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09.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani’s Millionaire Tax Is Extremely Popular Taxing the rich in New York, as Zohran Mamdani has proposed, isn’t just right and necessary. New polling shows a strong majority support making the wealthy pay, suggesting that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ref...

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09.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good evening Mike.

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09.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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@abraxt.bsky.social @pj1958.bsky.social @annjohns.bsky.social @unojen.bsky.social @raywoolfordfrsa.bsky.social @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social @ethicalrenewal.bsky.social @worldincrisis1.bsky.social @eileenk.bsky.social @deanburnett.bsky.social @junehall.bsky.social

09.03.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fire near Glasgow Central station causes major rail disruption Dozens of trains cancelled and station closed after blaze at building on Union Street

Devastating fire in Glasgow, so sorry to see this. In area that has suffered neglect for a long time: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

08.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I hear you, pal. 😬

08.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Garden needs attention.

08.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My youth is fading away.

08.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Selby Folk Club (an autobiographical essay) Padstow, May Day I first became interested on traditional English folk music when I attended a folk club in York where I had expected more music in the style of Bob Dylan. I was impressed and discu…

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Selby Folk Club (an autobiographical essay) thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2026/02/23/s...

08.03.2026 08:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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08.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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08.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joseph 'Country Joe' McDonald Dead At 84 Joseph Allen β€œCountry Joe” McDonald has died. The singer/songwriter who fronted counterculture folk-rock icons Country Joe And The Fish passed away last night, according to TMZ. McDonald wrote the Ber...

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08.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Joseph 'Country Joe' McDonald Dead At 84 Joseph Allen β€œCountry Joe” McDonald has died. The singer/songwriter who fronted counterculture folk-rock icons Country Joe And The Fish passed away last night, according to TMZ. McDonald wrote the Ber...

Evening Mike.
Evening comrades.

😊

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08.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joseph 'Country Joe' McDonald Dead At 84 Joseph Allen β€œCountry Joe” McDonald has died. The singer/songwriter who fronted counterculture folk-rock icons Country Joe And The Fish passed away last night, according to TMZ. McDonald wrote the Ber...

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08.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Boy, 14, racially and religiously assaulted in Walsall Up to six people, all wearing black clothing, are reported to have assaulted the boy in Pleck Park.

BBC News - Boy, 14, racially and religiously assaulted in Walsall - BBC News
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Shameful but inevitable in the environment Farage, Mahmood and Badenoch are creating and legitimising.

07.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Have you seen the commercial that brought down Kristi Noem?

It’s even more bizarre than I expected.

Feat. @wkamaubell.bsky.social

07.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 3159 πŸ” 861 πŸ’¬ 242 πŸ“Œ 51

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07.03.2026 06:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
964 cases of Zionist smears
964 cases of Zionist smears YouTube video by The Crispin Flintoff Show

964 cases of Zionist smears against Palestinian activists in the UK.

06.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Starmer Is Repeating Blair’s Iraq Catastrophe By allowing US forces to use British bases to bomb Iran, Keir Starmer is echoing Tony Blair’s obedience to Washington β€” dragging Britain into yet another criminal war.

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06.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism

About 4 million people have so far...

06.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0