Mastodawn

How about my colleague's umbrella concept analysis of #loneliness identifying one necessary and sufficient characteristic:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17437199.2025.2528822

Brief comment from me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416424211079995394/

Press release from #DundeeUni
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/press-release/loneliness-definition-could-transform-support-millions

#Psychometrics @philosophy

Ekimellnea Dec 20

Tomsen shows the war's cruel math: For every fighter killed, two more joined. Their brothers. Their cousins. Their friends. You can't kill your way out of tribal revenge.
#CounterInsurgency #WarReality #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/wars-of-afghanistan/

Ekimellnea Dec 15

Before the wall, 3.5 million East Germans walked to freedom. One-fifth of a country emptied itself. The bleeding had to stop. Communist leaders built their prison from concrete.
#HistoricalNonFiction #EuropeanHistory #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/berlin-wall/

Ekimellnea Dec 4

Afghanistan isn't one war. It's many wars stacked on top of each other like old bones. Soviets. Warlords. Taliban. Americans. The names change. The graves fill the same.
#WarHistory #CentralAsia #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/wars-of-afghanistan/

The Wars of Afghanistan by Peter Tomsen

"The Wars of Afghanistan is a book that provides an in-depth analysis of the complex history of Afghanistan.

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Ekimellnea Dec 1

The book tells how Israel's early spies tracked Nazi war criminals across continents. They did not forget. They did not forgive. Adolf Eichmann learned this truth the hard way.
#WorldHistory #Mossad #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/spymasters-of-israel/

The Spymasters of Israel by Stewart Steven

Discover The Spymasters of Israel, an essential read for anyone intrigued by Israeli intelligence history and espionage tactics,.

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penpencilbrush🇨🇦Nov 30

This weekend's read is Elizabeth George's A Banquet of Consequences, pub 2015 by Penguin, 608 pg. It's the 19th in a series of 22 Inspector Lynley novels.

Almost finished, 90%ish. Having fun arguing with the characters about the significance of the clues and the directions they're taking among all the twists and turns presented.
Of course, I think I know who dun it. I'll find out soon.

https://elizabethgeorgeonline.com/books/banquet_of_consequences.htm

#Books #WeekendRead #Mysteries #InspectorLynley

Daniel Pomarède Nov 23

Tardi's robot eating Hergé's rocket: an iconoclast cover for the issue N°9 of Métal Hurlant, published September 1976⚡

#MétalHurlant #JacquesTardi #Hergé #Tardi #Tintin #robot #rocket #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #iconoclast #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Ekimellnea Nov 17

When Storm's cover finally blew, intelligence agencies disowned him. The warrior became a liability. The hero became a problem. This is how spy stories really end.
#RealEspionage #TrueTale #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/agent-storm/

Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA by Morten Storm

Agent Storm is a memoir of a former Danish biker-turned-Islamic extremist who became an undercover agent for Western intelligence agencies.

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Daniel Pomarède Nov 16

Weekend read: Métal Hurlant n°44

September 1979. Cover art by Gir (Mœbius). Includes awesome works by Serge Clerc, Denis Sire, Jeronaton, Michel Crespin, Lob+Pichard, Daniel Ceppi. And the first adventure of Jim Cutlass, by the creators of Blueberry, Gir and Charlier.

#MétalHurlant #Moebius #Mœbius #SergeClerc #DenisSire #Jeronaton #MichelCrespin #DanielCeppi #western #fantasy #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #JimCutlass #Humanos #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Daniel Pomarède Oct 12

Weekend read: Métal Hurlant n°2

April 1975. Cover Art by Philippe Druillet. Includes: Harzak by Mœbius, Gail and AAARRRZZZ by Ph. Druillet, Going Home by Richard Corben, Les armées du conquérant by Jean-Pierre Dionnet and Jean-Claude Gal. Absolute legends!

#MétalHurlant #PhilippeDruillet #Moebius #Mœbius #RichardCorben #JeanPierreDionnet #JeanClaudeGal #fantasy #scifi #RichardCorben #art #MetalHurlant #Gail #AAARRRZZZ #Humanos #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics