Meta-rationality, anti-war, systems thinking deep dive on Carbon Capture for the Systems Change Alliance, hosting the Public Sector Show, a system approach to identifying vulnerability, ‘levelling up’ – or not (and arguments against), a reality check on social care reform, a car for the Crown and no cooking and budgeting, an unmuffled scooter, the address with the most lawbreaking, and more and more…
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| What is meta-rationality?To work from facts and use theories, methods, and logic, we need to deal with the undefinability of the world. So if we want to get something done, we need to think about meta-rationality. Roughly following David Chapmanās scheme (see www.metarationality.com), we can think about the world as infinite nebulosity and limitless pattern. To āmake ā¦ Continue reading What is meta-rationality? āchosen-path.org |
| Are you anti-war, or pro-peace?Iāve been wanting for some time to write and post something about the distinction Jonathan Horwitzāāāwho Iāve been lucky enough to learn fromāāāmakes between his time in the anti-War movement, and his time in the Peace movement. A couple of weeks ago, he did it better than I ever could, because itās his story. I ā¦ Continue reading Are you anti-war, or pro-peace? āchosen-path.org |
| Iām running a systems thinking deep dive at this conference – join if you can! |
| Carbon Capture Deep Dive: A Systems Change Perspective May 28, 2022 ONLINE CONFERENCE ā Systems Change Alliance | Systems Community of InquiryIām excited to be facilitating a systems thinking session at this event Carbon Capture Deep Dive:A Systems Change PerspectiveMay 28, 2022ONLINE CONFERENCECarbon Capture Deep Dive – Systems Change Alliance Join Brian Von Herzen (Climate Foundation), Paul Streifeneder (Pleistocene and Permafrost Foundation), Kim Bye Bruun (Northern Lights), Benjamin Taylor and Laura Griffiths (Red Quadrant) and othersā¦stream.syscoi.com |
| Systems Change Alliance on TwitterHello everyone, as we draw closer to our Carbon capture Deep Dive event, we have prepared an insightful video as to why you cannot miss out on this. Do not forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you can stay updated whenever we share something new https://buff.ly/3shedN5twitter.com |
| Iām hosting this – please come along! (Itās free) |
| Public Sector Show 2022 – Conference Agenda – 23rd JuneGet your copy of the agenda for the Public Sector Show 2022 herepublicsectorshow.co.uk |
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| How do you deal with unreasonable demands at work ā when thereās no way out?I had a conversation with a client yesterday that I think will stick with me. He said (roughly) āin organisations Iāve worked in before, we used to go for those kinds of things like ātop 100 organisations to work forā, and so we did ā#culture auditsā where there was a lot of pressure to agree ā¦ Continue reading How do you deal with unreasonable demands at work ā when thereās no way out? āchosen-path.org |
| public | service | transformation |
| SAVVI ā a system approach to identifying vulnerability ā Andrew Humphreys introductionSAVVI ā a system approach to identifying vulnerability Government Transformation | From The Public Service Transformation Academy and RedQuadrantstream.syscoi.com |
| On ProductivityAnalysis and ideas on addressing the gaps in economic performance across the UKpolicyatmanchester.shorthandstories.com |
| If Boris Johnson really cared about ‘levelling up’ he’d give more power and money to local councilsA former mayor himself, the PM could help areas ātake back controlā with real devolutioninews.co.uk |
| A reality check on proposed social care reformClenton Farquharson MBE – Blogs & Articles – Think Local Act PersonalYour description for this linkā¦www.thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk |
| Secretary of state set to gain new intervention powers over councils | Local Government Chronicle (LGC)The secretary of state will be equipped with new powers to intervene in individual councils by capping their borrowing and forcing them to sell theirwww.lgcplus.com |
| Jack Shaw on Twitter: “There’s a good deal of scepticism about how Street Votes would be delivered in practice, much of it I share, but I personally think we should experiment. What’s not helpful is local government hasn’t been consulted on the issue, according to @lgcplus. https://t.co/rs8WYH2y8u”Thereās a good deal of scepticism about how Street Votes would be delivered in practice, much of it I share, but I personally think we should experiment. Whatās not helpful is local government hasnāt been consulted on the issue, according totwitter.com |
| tom jordanš¶ļø on Twitter: “The Media is massively underreporting the achievements of the party today. ‘have performed well’ does not capture the amazing, unfathomable success. I know not everyone has followed all of the last 24 hours’ action, so let’s quickly recap the LD’s/Alliances success. š§µā¦ https://t.co/CzLYY7Nort”The Media is massively underreporting the achievements of the party today. āhave performed wellā does not capture the amazing, unfathomable success. I know not everyone has followed all of the last 24 hoursā action, so letās quickly recap the LDās/Alliances success.twitter.com |
| Benjamin P. Taylor on TwitterMy Living Will is that, should I become incapacitated or unable to advocate for myself, you can do anything you like with me or to me but do not, under any circumstances, allow me or my āneedsā to be Assessed.twitter.com |
| Social model of disability | Disability charity Scope UKThe social model of disability is a way of viewing the world which says that people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or difference.www.scope.org.uk |
| Andrew Carter on Twitter: “Ok. What is the best argument(s) against devolution in the levelling up agenda? And saying it hasn’t been proven to work doesn’t count”Ok. What is the best argument(s) against devolution in the levelling up agenda?And saying it hasnāt been proven to work doesnāt counttwitter.com |
| Andy Burnham on TwitterThe Speaker is right: Parliament requires radical reform.We need:PR for the CommonsAbolition of the unelected Lords replaced by a Senate of the Nations and RegionsMajor devolution of power to the English regionstwitter.com |
| Martin Rosenbaum on TwitterWhatās the personal characteristic of a candidate – one that is entirely irrelevant to their abilities – which could cut their chance of being elected to a Scottish council by over 30%?Answer: alphabetical order of surnames.https://rosenbaum.org.uk/scotlands-alphabet-effect/twitter.com |
| Brent Toderian on TwitterāA single unmuffled scooter crossing Paris at night can wake as many as 10,000 people.āWe seriously underestimate the impact of vehicle noise on urban livability and health. Cities arenāt noisy, motors are.How #Paris Is Waging a War on Noise Pollution.twitter.com |
| Beyond Therapy – Festival of Activism Against Child Sexual Abuse Tickets, Thu 19 May 2022 at 09:30 | EventbriteEventbrite – Beyond Therapy presents Beyond Therapy – Festival of Activism Against Child Sexual Abuse – Thursday, 19 May 2022 at Watershed, Bristol, Avon. Find event and ticket information.www.eventbrite.co.uk |
| āØ Prof Donna Hall āØ on TwitterTo truly ālevel upā we need to end the historic disparity between people who work for a living & those with inherited property & wealth. Why is national insurance payable on the lowest of wages yet personal income from all sources isnāt? Imagine how public services could benefittwitter.com |
| Liam Thorp on TwitterLee Anderson MP, who today said poor people forced to use foodbanks ācannot cook or budget properlyā claimed Ā£222,000 in expenses in 2020/21 – including Ā£4,100 on travel and āsubsistenceātwitter.com |
| Ruthš·šŗš¦ on TwitterWow. FORGING DOCUMENTS. Are they still winning government contracts? Quote Tweet Guardian news @guardiannews Ā· 22hKPMG to be fined Ā£14m for forging documents over Carillion audithttps://theguardian.com/business/2022/may/12/kpmg-fined-frc-audit-carillion?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1652371582twitter.com |
| Monica Harding on TwitterDowning street – one of the biggest, if not the biggest, law breaking venues in UK during the pandemic #Partygate Quote TweetPaul Brand @PaulBrandITV Ā· May 12 BREAKING: Met Police announce they have now made over 100 referrals for fixed penalty notices over partygate.That makes Downing Street one of the biggest – if not THE biggest – rule breaking venue in Britain.twitter.com |
| Nick Macpherson on TwitterA short thread on the history of direct taxes over the last century. The 1906 Liberal government introduced the principle that āunearned incomeā should be taxed at a higher rate than āearned incomeā. This was bad news for rentiers and capitalists. Better news for workers 1/twitter.com |
| Ivo Velitchkov on TwitterUpdate, 1 year later. (and thatās yet another good thing with #SPARQL: to get an update, all you need is to click on the same link)Quote Tweet Ivo Velitchkov @kvistgaard Ā· May 9, 2021And now some good news: I just found out that in 2021 a lot of the largest cities on the planet are run by women. Run https://w.wiki/3JXw on @wikidata to get the 30 largest cities with female mayor. @Abebab @bysylvia_a @yanska @cuteater @AlbenaShkodrova @Cybersal @gueg1twitter.com |
| Cost of Living Crisis, House Prices, Universal Credit: Most of UK Is Not āLevelling UpāIs Boris Johnson āLevelling Upā Britain? Exclusive Bloomberg News analysis reveals which UK regions are making progress, and which lag behind.www.bloomberg.com |
| Benjamin P. Taylor on TwitterHMRCās Ā£40m deal with ātech delivery partnerā requires Ā£2 in every Ā£5 to be fulfilled by SMEs https://bit.ly/3N0iQ5XThis is good – I think CGI will do it, too.twitter.com |
| Ed Hammond on Twitterāso thereās two hats, and each hat has its own carā āwho wears the hats?ā ādonāt be absurd, no-one actually wears the hats, that would be ridiculousātwitter.com |
| Derek Thompson on TwitterThe optics here are exquisite. No notes. Quote TweetBloomberg UK @BloombergUK Ā· May 10 Prince Charles announces the governmentās top priority is to āhelp ease the cost-of-living for families,ā with a promise to ālevel up opportunity in all parts of the countryā http://bloom.bg/3srLLZ0twitter.com |
| Dr Usman Khan on TwitterSign at a Camden polling station this morning.twitter.com |
| Why canāt we talk the same language, when itās so important?Originally posted on chosen path: For change, management, innovation ā for all our futures. You should listen to this 70-minute work-through of a US council meeting ā in Springfield Massachusetts ā with a commentary from Charles Marohn of Strong Towns. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/12/13/two-different-languages Why on earth would you spend over an hour of your life listening toā¦stream.syscoi.com |
| systems | cybernetics | complexity |
| Electromagnetism ā Maxwellās Laws ā YouTubeOn Twitter, @fluffbuster says: Hey Sys Thinkers & Change If you want practise thinking about just 3 simultaneous interacting causes ā here is a great video. Also ā see how clear simple semantic-triplet statements about Things/Properties/Relations can communicate anything, even .stream.syscoi.com |
| HvFās Ethical Imperative:Originally posted on Harishās Notebook – My notesā¦ Lean, Cybernetics, Quality & Data Science.: āThe world will ask you who you are, and if you donāt know, the world will tell youā ā Carl Jung In todayās post, I am looking at Heinz von Foersterās ethical imperative. He explained this as follows ā āIā¦stream.syscoi.com |
| Visualising the Field of Systems Practitioners ā openmappr | network visualization | Systems Community of InquiryFrom Saskia Rysenbry, School of Systems Change Curator at Forum for the Future in the new LinkedIn group for existingā¦ nodes on the map: https://systems-change-practitioners.openmappr.org/ Welcome new members of this group!Last year, the Illuminate Network set out to help visualise the field of systems change practitioners by using affinity mapping to create relationships through systemsā¦stream.syscoi.com |
| june holley on TwitterPeace Building Governance Systemsby Pedro Portelatwitter.com |
| Toby Lowe on TwitterAn important thing to remember whenever you hear people talking about āthe systemā.Quote Tweet Mahoo @SystemsNinja @SystemsNinja Ā· May 9āSystems are an expression of an observerās viewpoint and do not have independent, verifiable existence.ā (Checkland 1999) #systemsthinkingtwitter.com |
| Symbiosis: Beyond Sustainability Expo ā Event by Global Regeneration CoLab May 14, 2022, May 14, 2022, 3:00 AM ā 5:00 PM (UTC-07:00)ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼Symbiosis: Beyond Sustainability Expo (1) LinkedIn Symbiosis: Beyond Sustainability Expo Event by Global Regeneration CoLab May 14, 2022, 11:00 AM ā May 15, 2022, 1:00 AM Online Event linkhttps://opencollective.com/grc-activation-team/events/symbiosis-beyond-sustainability-ecb12ecd/order/39984 About Symbiosis: Beyond Sustainability Expo : A showcase of the abundance and diversity of impact stories and projects in regeneration. Join to expand horizons on what regeneration [ā¦]stream.syscoi.com |
| The Kihbernetics Institute on TwitterHH_Patteeās biological explanation of the apparent paradox of how imposing constraints from higher hierarchical levels increases the freedom, exploration, and creativity of system components on lower hierarchical levels.In: āPhysical theories of biological co-ordinationā (ā71)twitter.com |
| On knowing and understanding ā¢ Gaining Systemic Insight ā Marcus JenalMAY 9, 2022, 7:38 A.M.On knowing and understanding Gaining Systemic Insight I have read a very interesting article recently on a concept called Tamkeen that is practised in Marokko. The article is called Beyond the magic ā growing our understanding of societal metamorphosis and was written by Karima Kadaoui (Tamkeen Community Foundation for Human Development) [ā¦]stream.syscoi.com |
| Amazon.com: Limits and Beyond: 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and whatĆ¢ĀĀs next? eBook : Bardi, Ugo, Alvarez Pereira, Carlos: BooksAmazon.com: Limits and Beyond: 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and whatĆ¢ĀĀs next? eBook : Bardi, Ugo, Alvarez Pereira, Carlos: Bookswww.amazon.com |
| old man shakes fist at cloud – ‘Nolan principles!’ |
| Become an FT subscriber to read: Dropping of UK audit bill from Queenās Speech comes under fireNews, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldŹ¼s leading global business publicationwww.ft.com |
| Rory Stewart on TwitterWe have the most profound and bizarre psychological block against providing assistance to people in need in cash. We insist against all evidence that they will mostly waste it. In fact cash is the single most practical, efficient and effective intervention for improving lives. Quote TweetNeal Owen @TheDainCurse Ā· May 11 Replying to @JimMFelton From National Food Strategy for England9:18 AM Ā· May 12, 2022Ā·Twitter for iPhonetwitter.com |
| Rob Powell on TwitterJacob Rees-Mogg has four officials/advisers with him for his morning interviews about axing a fifth of the civil service. He says that is because he covers a āwide area of public policyā and adds two are special advisers & two are from the Cabinet Office.twitter.com |
| Jay Rayner on TwitterPerhaps you thought the Conservative party took partygate seriously. Last night a champagne bottle signed by @BorisJohnson was donated to a charity event in Hertfordshire by local MP and Tory party chairman @OliverDowden . Read the description.twitter.com |
| chris beiser on Twitterim a monarchy denialist. i simply do not believe the so-called āqueen of englandā is actually a queen. in fact, i believe sheās just a normal person dressed as a queen. we donāt have to go along with it. we can end this charade now.twitter.com |
| Immigration officials created network that can spy on majority of Americans, report saysA new report shows that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are spying on the majority of Americans, in many cases circumventing privacy laws including those in California.www.latimes.com |
| Levelling up will fail amid Johnsonās chaos | Local Government Chronicle (LGC)Policies are devised for Tory political gain rather than to help facilitate the governmentās supposed ādefining missionā, writes LGC editor Nick Goldingwww.lgcplus.com |
| Jonathan Jones on TwitterMy personal āhighlightsā from the Queenās Speech. A Bill of Rights that goes much further than the governmentās own independent review, will make it more difficult to enforce individual rights in the UK, and probably send more cases to the ECtHR in Strasbourg /1 2:00 PM Ā· May 10, 2022Ā·Twitter for iPhone 88 Retweets 5 Quote Tweets 214 LikesTweet your replyReplyJonathan Jones @SirJJQC Ā· May 10 Replying to @SirJJQC A Brexit Freedoms Bill making it easier for Ministers to amend wide areas of āretained EU lawā with limited involvement of Parliament; and making broad changes to the way such law is interpreted, with the risk of unintended consequences & legal uncertainty /2 3 26 89Jonathan Jones @SirJJQC Ā· May 10 Not specifically mentioned in the Speech, but the prospect of legislation to override the Northern Ireland Protocol, reviving concerns over the UK breaching its international treaty obligations & undermining relations with the EUtwitter.com |
| Boris Johnson fails to comply with order to release Evgeny Lebedev peerage warning – The PokeBack in 2019, an Intelligence and Security Committeeās (ISC) report concluded that there had been significant interference in UK politics by Russia, possibly including in the EU referendum. WHOAH!! So much for no smoking gun. The #RussiaReport is utterly damning about the failure of the intelligence services to protect our democratic processes. āIn response for [ā¦]www.thepoke.co.uk |
| Peter Stefanovic on TwitterWeāve now got āa border down the Irish Sea and rules for that part of this country set somewhere elseā Lord Frost tells @GBNEWSImagine his shock when he remembers heās the one who negotiated it & Boris Johnson sold it to the public & Parliament as a negotiating triumphtwitter.com |
| āDevastatingā social care shortages leave more than 500,000 adults waiting for help | The IndependentDHSC announced that it increased funding for nursing in care homes by 11.5 per cent from 2022 to 2023www.independent.co.uk |
| šŗš¦ Lord Sir Jon of R on TwitterThe āUK positionā has NEVER been worthy of being ātaken seriouslyā. Itās built on a fantasy of mutually exclusive desires.twitter.com |
| Dr. Jack Brown on TwitterBREAKING: In a brief re abortion, Supreme court Justices Amy Coney Barrett/Alitoās Draft, said US needs a ādomestic supply of infantsā to meet needs of parents seeking to adopt ā that those who would otherwise abort must be made to carry to term ā giving children up for adoption.twitter.com |
| KEENLondon on TwitterProud to have signed this public letter on the #SENDGreenPaper with @DCPcampaign & 50 other organisations The gov must not restrict support for disabled children and families further. We need a more just system of support @willquince@nadhimzahawitwitter.com |
| 55 Tufton Official Spokesperson on TwitterThe UK has NO comprehensive policy to integrate:-electricity generation-upgrades to the grid-location and payment system for EV charging points-feeding in 000s of micro generation sites-and using EVs as energy sinks/sourcestwitter.com |
| Ancient IT reportedly stopped Sunak raising benefits to keep pace with inflation | PublicTechnology.netReports claim that chancellor was advised that payments of legacy benefits could only be increased once a yearwww.publictechnology.net |
| Read Becoming Abolitionists by Derecka Purnell on TwitterRecent record temps in Pakistan reaching 117Ā° Fahrenheit are making glaciers melt so fast itās causing massive floods. One glacial flood, captured below, was so bad it wiped out the Hassanabad Bridge connecting Pakistan and China.twitter.com |
| āEnforced childbirth is slaveryā: Margaret Atwood on the right to abortion | Roe v Wade | The GuardianThe US supreme court draft ruling on abortion is an assault on fundamental individual freedoms. The Handmaidās Tale author reflects on the issues at stakewww.theguardian.com |
| Benjamin P. Taylor on TwitterThe year is 2022, and the Attendance Allowance claim form is a pdf you have to print off and post? https://bit.ly/3FwGJQ4 (Though you can āfill in an accessible format requestā if you want)twitter.com |
| DfT hires Capita to screen job applicantsā social-media accounts | PublicTechnology.netCandidates for roles at transport department will be subject to checks of their online postswww.publictechnology.net |
| Jack Shaw on TwitterBBC Reality Check is reporting that the Ā£2.6 billion allocated to the Shared Prosperity Fund over the next 3 years is āmatching the funding that previously came from the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund.ā This is incorrect.twitter.com |
| Clara Jeffery on Twitter1/ Today weāre launching a special issueā15 stories in totalāon how Private Equity how has completely warped the US economy.1 in 14 American workers now work for companies controlled by PE firm.twitter.com |
| War & Peace II: Gus Halesā Journey from Soldier to Buddhist Prison Chaplain | The Fourth MessengerWar & Peace II: Gus Halesā Journey from Soldier to Buddhist Prison Chaplainwww.fourthmessenger.org |
| UAE loots Awam templeās antiquities in Yemen’s MaribUAE loots Awam templeās antiquities in Yemenās Marib The United Arab Emirates continued to loot and smuggle Yemeni antiquities of Awam temple in city of Marib, east of Yemen.en.abna24.com |
| Sam Freedman on TwitterBangs head against wall foreverOne of the complaints here is that only 48 Etonians got into Oxbridge last year.Which is roughly the total number of students on free school meals who get in every year.twitter.com |
| Layla Moran š¶ on TwitterShireen was loved across the entire Arab world, regardless of which community. They should be allowed to mourn. The Israeli army storming the funeral like this completely unacceptable and I expect a full condemnation by @trussliz . But I know I wonāt get it. Quote TweetAl Jazeera English @AJEnglish Ā· 3h āThe Israeli army is asking people if they are Christian or Muslim. If youāre Muslim you werenāt allowed in.ā – @ajimranIsraeli occupation forces are attacking Palestinians during the funeral of killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.twitter.com |
| Muska Dastageer on TwitterGeneral Shah Mahmood Niazi, a retired officer from the Afghan Army, graduated from the Royal Military Academy in the UK in 1958. He lost three sons in the wars of the 90s and the 00s.Now 88, in Kandahar, he still works hard to provide for his family.This is Afghanistan.twitter.com |
| Sarah Abdallah on TwitterIsraeli forces shot Palestinian American Al Jazeera journalist Shereen Abu Akleh in the head today. She was wearing a blue press vest.This is a war crime.Where is the global outrage? Where are the calls for sanctions?twitter.com |
| Derek Thompson on TwitterāWhat if humans invented a technology to save the planet, and then just refused to use it?āThis isnāt a riddle. Itās reality. From COVID vaccines to nuclear power, Americans keep failing to implement or deploy world-saving inventions. I wrote about why:twitter.com |
| Kathy Evans on TwitterFirst they wanted councils [and community orgs and charities] to be run and thought about as if they were private companiesThen they wanted to control those private businesses like Russian oligarchstwitter.com |
| California Investigating Oil Companies For Alleged Plastic Recycling Deception : NPRCaliforniaās attorney general is investigating oil and gas companies for allegedly deceiving the public that most plastic can be recycled, citing NPR and PBS Frontlineās investigation of the industry.www.npr.org |
| the funnies |
| Benjamin P. Taylor on TwitterAh, so Outlook online allows you to attach files as proper attachments from OneDrive, but not from SharePoint. Yup, right, totally logical, OK, thanks. 1:30 PM Ā· May 13, 2022Ā·Buffer View Tweet analytics 3 LikesTweet your replyReplyAdrian Reed @UKAdrianReed Ā· 1h Replying to @antlerboytwitter.com |
| Benjamin P. Taylor on Twitter: “THIS is how scientific progress happens! Hurrah!!ā¦ “THIS is how scientific progress happens! Hurrah!!Quote Tweet Rob Worth complexity & systems @Rob_Worth Ā· May 11Last human to use two spaces after a full stop dies https://thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/last-human-to-use-two-spaces-after-a-full-stop-dies-20180312145785twitter.com |
| mind expansion |
| The Wyrd of the Early EarthCellular Pre-sense in the Primordial Soup @ The NightshirtYour description for this linkā¦thenightshirt.com |
| How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate – Scientific AmericanScientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.www.scientificamerican.com |
| The Mysterious Disappearance of a Revolutionary Mathematician | The New YorkerAlexander Grothendieck was revered for revealing connections between seemingly unrelated realms. Then he dropped out of society.www.newyorker.com |
| Teacher Tom: If Compliance Is The Goal, Carry OnReflections on teaching and learning from preschoolersteachertomsblog.blogspot.com |
| Sorting Things Out, pre-school style: Teacher Tom: Understanding StuffReflections on teaching and learning from preschoolersteachertomsblog.blogspot.com |
| About those kill-switched Ukrainian tractors | by Cory Doctorow | May, 2022 | MediumHereās a delicious story: CNN reports that Russian looters, collaborating with the Russian military, stole 27 pieces of John Deere farm equipment from a dealership in Melitopol, Ukraine, collectivelyā¦doctorow.medium.com |
| The Abs-Tract Organization on TwitterWas so proud to host @NordicSecret ās Tomas Bjorkman, a colleague in the metamodern space, and @andresintheory a representative of the leftist #MMT movement in an introductory convo. I mediate only slightly, and hint at the prospects and pitfalls of collabtwitter.com |
| Remembrance DayGus Hales Recites his poem at the Remembrance Day Service at Stanley in 2007www.youtube.com |
| Jack Shaw on TwitterHow many historians does Whitehall employ? Fewer than 40, according to the departments that responded to my Freedom of Information request.[Thread on policy-making and the expertise thatās valued in Westminster]twitter.com |
| Benjamin P. Taylor on Twitter: “Interesting story. Good for them!ā¦ “Interesting story. Good for them! Quote TweetThe Sunday Times @thesundaytimes Ā· May 8 Forty years after the war, the bleak outcrop has transformed into one of the most affluent places to live on the planet.@joshglancy pays the Falkland Islands a visittwitter.com |
| How Queer Was Ludwig Wittgenstein? | The New YorkerHis work transformed the nature of philosophy and pushed followers toward the edge of comprehension. But his own nature, too, has long challenged comprehension.www.newyorker.com |
| The Great Hanoi Rat Massacre of 1902 Did Not Go as Planned – Atlas ObscuraInstead of disappearing, the pesky rodents proliferated.www.atlasobscura.com |
| Metacognition as a Consequence of Competing Evolutionary Time Scales | Kuchling et al (2022) | Systems Community of InquiryMetacognition as a Consequence of Competing Evolutionary Time ScalesEntropy | Free Full-Text | Metacognition as a Consequence of Competing Evolutionary Time Scales | HTML Abstract Evolution is full of coevolving systems characterized by complex spatio-temporal interactions that lead to intertwined processes of adaptation. Yet, how adaptation across multiple levels of temporal scales and biological complexityā¦stream.syscoi.com |
| How Art Creates Parallel Universes ā indi.caEvery artist paints a window to another worldindi.ca |
| Jeff Tang (Lisbon) šš on TwitterThere is no GTD, PARA, or Zettlkasten for collaboration yetCollaborative creativity and productivity is far less discovered than personaltwitter.com |
| How Bend It Like Beckham went from benchwarmer to blockbusterTo mark the 20th anniversary of this British classic, we tracked down the cast and crew to tell us how it all came together.gal-dem.com |
| Experiments with LIVING SLIME have jaw dropping results! – BBCSubscribe and š to the BBC š https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer š https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Deep in our forests, living slime isā¦www.youtube.com |
| The midlife crisis isn’t real, so middle-aged men should relax if they want a sports carHaving busted the myths about middle-aged women and their sex lives, Dr Kate Lister finds out what history has to say about men of a certain age and what they get up to in ā and out of ā bedinews.co.uk |
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