ResearchBuzz: Firehose4d ago

Vietnam.vn: Vietnamese intellectuals in the UK are building the first database of experts.. “For the first time, more than 200 Vietnamese experts in the UK are connected in a specialized database, creating a bridge between overseas knowledge resources and the needs of domestic science and technology development.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/07/vietnam-vn-vietnamese-intellectuals-in-the-uk-are-building-the-first-database-of-experts/
Vietnam.vn: Vietnamese intellectuals in the UK are building the first database of experts.

Vietnam.vn: Vietnamese intellectuals in the UK are building the first database of experts.. “For the first time, more than 200 Vietnamese experts in the UK are connected in a specialized data…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Wisdom in SpaceJun 1

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.
-- Aldous Huxley

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AldousHuxley #Intellectuals #Sex

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

NYT > WorldMay 30

Edgar Morin, 'Grandfather' of French Intellectuals, Dies at 104

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/world/europe/edgar-morin-dead.html

#Obituary #France #Intellectuals

Edgar Morin, ‘Grandfather’ of French Intellectuals, Dies at 104

A former member of the Resistance, he went on to a career spanning eras and disciplines. His books and pronouncements carried moral authority.

The New York Times
Wisdom in SpaceMay 16

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.
-- Aldous Huxley

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AldousHuxley #Intellectuals #Sex

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #GreatSandDunes #Colorado

[ πɑ@S950 ~ ]$  May 13

Critique Is Over, Morality Is Dead, and Surreal Utopias Are Where It’s At

An article by #LuceDeLire in #eflux journal.

Intellectuals used to publicly critique the powerful on moral grounds. Today, both critique and morality have become dysfunctional—for perfectly political and material reasons. I argue that, for political gains, we should now craft surreal utopias—hospitable, euphoric, lesbian.

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/163/6776891/critique-is-over-morality-is-dead-and-surreal-utopias-are-where-it-s-at

#humanities #philosophy #intellectuals #socialmedia #queer #queerart #theory #queertheory

Critique Is Over, Morality Is Dead, and Surreal Utopias Are Where It’s At - Journal #163

Luce deLire argues that “most moralistic influencers unintentionally become professionals in algorithmic bootlicking.”

Headlines AfricaApr 23
Africa: 6 African Thinkers Who Help Us Understand the World - New Book: [The Conversation Africa] Who counts as an intellectual? In many traditions, the figure of the intellectual is tied to the search for truth, social critique and public engagement. From the Dreyfus Affair (a political scandal in 1894 in France that mobilised writers and thinkers to defend justice) to postcolonial… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TS9vC2 #AfricanThinkers #Intellectuals #SocialCritique #PostcolonialDebate #TruthSeeking
Jonathan EmmesediMar 31

John Ganz skewers Trumpist intellectuals:

https://open.substack.com/pub/johnganz/p/grand-delusion?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

#USPolitics #DonaldTrump #SohrabAhmari #ChristopherCaldwell #JohnGanz #Intellectuals

Grand Delusion

The Trumpist Intellectuals Wake Up

Unpopular Front
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Feb 21
“ #Working-class #intellectuals have vanished in recent years. Instead we have witnessed the rise of #millionaire—or #billionaire - intellectuals.” open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...

How Jeffrey Epstein Became a P...
How Jeffrey Epstein Became a Public Intellectual

It's amazing what money can buy nowadays

The Honest Broker
Show threadearthlingJan 26

"There is little that the ordinary man of today learns about events or ideas except through the medium of this class."

"It is the intellectuals in this sense who decide what views and opinions are to reach us, which facts are important enough to be told to us, and in what form and from what angle they are to be presented."

Hayek

#quotes
#intellectuals

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Dec 28
#Ironic that a country created in large part by an assemblage of #Enlightenment #intellectuals has its #institutions and #publiclife so thoroughly degraded by an especially virulent expression of #anti-intellectualism. #US