@MR3402 Ok, that last argument interests me. So the wider movement’s vision of why Indy Scotland would be different would lack credibility (and vigour) if the First Minister appeared to offer some version of more of the same? I’m not sure though. People know that leaders come and go.
Watched Sky debate. If it’s true that Kate Forbes gains Conservative & Labour & No-voter support, but loses SNP support it’s bad for the SNP, *but it is probably good for the Indy movement*. The voters who leave SNP are most likely to go to the Green Party (who support Indy).
Watched Sky debate. If it’s true that Kate Forbes gains Conservative … Read More »
To my chess mind, Kate Forbes looks like a good positional sacrifice. What am I missing here? Commentators are conflating the aims of the SNP and the independence movement. Will people who don’t like/trust Kate Forbes stop supporting independence? Or merely go off the SNP? https://t.co/TbkBMfrsSG Quoted tweet from @Jonathan_Rowson: Watched Sky debate. If it’s
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There’s something deeply wrong about combining the new “show more” function for long tweets with the threading function.
Are we living to the rhythm of the wrong clock? Jenny Odell (@the_jennitaur)’s Long Now Talk explores our relationship with time and how we can move away from the rigid structures of “clock time.” https://www.youtube.com/live/1x0IOcFp94s?feature=share
Phaedra at the National Theatre is something special. Runs to 8th April and is worth a special effort to attend
Phaedra at the National Theatre is something special. Runs to 8th April and is … Read More »
New archaeological methods are helping researchers re-conceptualize the roles that children played in Paleolithic society. https://aeon.co/essays/what-was-it-like-to-grow-up-in-the-last-ice-age
Mike Gilliland | Archetypes NFT retweeted: Make Art Embody Wisdom Build Resilience
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Mike Gilliland | Archetypes NFT retweeted: Make Art Embody Wisdom Build Resilience
Mike Gilliland | Archetypes NFT retweeted: … Read More »
@mehdirhasan @intelligence2 @Freedland Mehdi, as someone who generally likes and admires your work, I found your book title really disappointing and off-putting. You are clearly good at winning arguments(!) but ‘winning every argument’ implies winning for the sake of winning, wrongly putting prestige ahead of truth.
