It is a pleasure to read Nozick’s books and articles. They are packed with thought-provoking arguments and elegantly presented reasoning. At the same time, his intelligence carries a bit of the air of a precocious schoolboy. He is like someone who questions the eighteen-year-old rule regarding voting rights, arguing that those who are eighteen don’t […]
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To Bill Gates, overthrowing the power of the ultra-wealthy seems to be – literally – unthinkable. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th November 2025 Let’s begin with the fundamental problem: Bill Gates is a politics denier. Though he came to it late, he now accepts the realities of climate science. But he lives […]
Use AI thoughtlessly and it dulls your mind. But with a strategic approach and the right prompts, it can be a powerful tool
- by Nick Kabrel
The immense complexity of the climate makes it impossible to model accurately. Instead we must use uncertainty to our advantage
- by David Stainforth
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bobby Duffy
Game theory is, like mainstream economics in general, model-oriented. There are many reasons for this – the history of the discipline, ideals borrowed from the natural sciences (especially physics), the search for universality (explaining as much as possible with as little as possible), rigour, precision, and so on. Most mainstream economists and game theorists seek […]
The number of people in the UK without work that want it
Some stories are too difficult to tell in the hours, days or weeks after you experience them. Over time, however, they fester; begging to be told; becoming more insistent as the months and years pass. Some even begin to haunt a writer more and more, day by day until the tale must be told. Last […]
This Tuesday report will provide some insights into life for a westerner (me) who is working for an extended period at Kyoto University in Japan but who over the years of working here has increasingly began to understand the language and local cultural traditions. Xmas comes early in Japan For a mostly unchristian nation –…
Three trans service members speak out on the military ban, and the rise of transphobia in the United States.
"Yesterday Victoria signed a Treaty. Today the sun is rising, so I guess it didn't cause the end of the world."
“less than a week after voters loudly repudiated Trump, how are Senate Democrats—including minority leader Chuck Schumer—responding? By negotiating a shutdown deal with Republicans that will give Trump almost everything he wants, entrench the GOP’s austerity budget, and deepen the affordability crisis.” — The Nation
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Well, everyone, it was a valiant and brave endeavor. We refused to capitulate during the Dread Lord Nyarlathotep’s nationwide psychic siege for over forty days. Sure, we already conceded on almost everything to keep the Necro-Regime open for another season of blight, including the subclause ensuring we keep delivering innocent souls unto the Wraith Brigade’s Trauma Division. But we knew where to put our foot down, and held strong in our demand: Death cultists, refill those fountain pens of yours with goat’s blood and add a protection incantation against the Affordable Care Act’s “Pound of Flesh” Premium.
Sen. Dick Durbin said the fight proved “Republicans are not sensitive to health care insurance premiums and we are.” That won’t keep costs down.
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ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions.
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Morality is to take what is serious seriously. What is serious is that human beings and animals suffer, are humiliated, and are treated badly. To take this seriously means to become engaged, to acquire as sound knowledge as time and circumstance allow, and to try to act so that the world becomes less evil. Harald […]
107 years ago*, the guns fell silent on the Western Front, marking a temporary and partial end to the Great War which began in 1914, and has continued, in one form or another, ever since. I once hoped that I would live to see a peaceful world, but that hope has faded away. As several […]
Reports are Donald Trump is considering suing the BBC for $1B over some really bad editing decisions. Could a Doctor Who deal be the answer?
With another COP starting today, and the question of climate change having played no role at all in the Dutch elections recently, and, well, for a zillion different reasons – it seems like a good time to ask the question: what books can help to make people move on this topic? (or if you think […]
Some of the Democrats who voted to end the shutdown without protecting Affordable Care Act subsidies have health insurer money in their pockets.
America’s 47th president and aspirational dictator seems particularly concerned lately with where he’s headed when...
While people in cities across the Global North are unable to access affordable housing, their comrades in the Global South are dispossessed of houses that…
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