The Afghanistan issue was on Dominic Raab’s desk for years. If he’d paid it more attention, he might have realised what was about to unfold
Scientists in some ways similar to the public intellectuals of decades past, pursue the translation of epistemological progress into progressive policy, through work in advisory committees and campaigns from Fridays for Future to Extinction Rebellion
'According to Hancock, “Every time you try to flex the rules that could be fatal …”... he was right. A mere hug, just one fond kiss, can be deadly.'
Part three in a phantasmagoric journey for regular readers of Splinters.
The phantasmagoria continues, in pursuit of Duns Scotus
A continuation of the author's Splinters phantasmagoria
What does it take to make packed public transport, bars and football stadiums, perfectly compatible with clean air and climate catastrophe avoidance?
'We might hope that some absences audible to us now (that of heavy traffic) anticipate future human life.'
Nothing, certainly not language, escapes the bug.
" To throw off the burden of a present evil is no cure unless the general condition is improved." Michel de Montaigne.
"Now here is the extraordinary, indeed the seemingly paradoxical thing: Franzl opted for noise (and conviviality) over peace. "
"To cut a long story short, the Amitée brand caught on..."