Anne ApplebaumHow, and why, successive US administrations pressured the Ukrainians to give up their nuclear weapons in return for meaningless security guarantees. From George Bogden, who will soon publish a book on this subject: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/deceit-dread-and-disbelief-story-how-ukraine-lost-its-nuclear-arsenal-207076
Venetia Strangwayes-Booth
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Owner of Venetia’s Yarn Shop, former childbirth educator and lawyer, keen gardener, obsessed with current politics #GeorgetteHeyer #knitting #crochet #gardens
Joshua RozenbergHale’s view of Raab’s bill
Former Supreme Court president says it’s part of a wider picture
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Icelandic Vision LabHello world! Elon Musk picking a twitter fight with Icelandic philanthropist and man of the year 2022 Haraldur Thorleifsson ended up being the final push that we needed, so now we are here on Mastodon. We don't know how any of this works, but follow us for posts on vision science, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, and stupid memes #VisionScience #CognitivePsychology #CognitiveScience #CognitiveNeuroscience #StupidMemes #ThanksForPointingOutHashtagsInComments
Sigrid EllisI am reading The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History, by Kassia St. Clair. I'm on page 21. I am already incensed at the perception of history I was taught for 35 years of my life.
Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age.
Those are the tools that survived, yes. But what those tools were for was the Twisted Fiber Age. The Linen Age. The Wool Age.
We then entered the Cotton Age, riding the backs of global colonization and industry. Now we are in the Petrochemical Age.
Brian Bilston
Sue Walker WhiteOn this night 70 years ago my father Billy Bishop was one of the brave men that risked their own lives to rescue others during the 1953 flood. Sadly many others died on that night. #Norfolk #Cley #1953 #northsea #1953floods
Rachel WhitechurchBad economics at the BBC enabled Tory austerity and its aftermath – and it knows as much
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/31/bad-economics-bbc-tory-austerity-uk-politics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/31/bad-economics-bbc-tory-austerity-uk-politics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Good Law Project£14,900,000,000 was wasted on unused PPE.
This money could've paid for 89,000 extra nurses for 5 years.
https://glplive.org/ua3
Colin the MathmoOK, language weirdness question.
Someone recently said:
"I just about caught the train."
Did they catch it or not? Perhaps it depends whether you think of English as (one of) your first language(s).
As always, if you're happy to do so I'd be grateful if you'd boost for reach, and to get beyond my circle of followers.
Thank you!
They caught the train (EN)
They missed the train (EN)
They caught the train (other)
They missed the train (other))
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Omg The Dark is Rising on @bbcsounds is absolutely brilliant. I note it was adapted by Robert Macfarlane. It was his Readalong of The Dark is Rising on the bird site that introduced me to the concept of readalongs in that medium and led me to the #GeorgetteHeyerReadalong which was what saved my soul during lockdown. Such a pleasure to listen. Radio drama at its best #TheDarkisRising #RoberMacfarlane