Walter Benjamin’s Fragments from the Deep: An Interview with Peter E. Gordon by Lilia Endter

On the JHI Blog, Lilia Endter interviewed Peter Gordon about his new book, Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver, discussing Benjamin's idiosyncratic methodology, the role of identity categories in writing a biography, and Benjamin's "aberrant" use of Marxist concepts. @yalepress.bsky.social

An armed Paddington Bear stages a shootout in post-apocalyptic ‘80s New York, but afterwards he offers the survivors marmalade.

Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed The vast majority of data centers scheduled for completion over the next few years have yet to even break ground.

It's indeed possible to beat bad things backed by big money

Everybody read this Sam Coates Sky @SamCoates... . 23m 00The Electoral Commission give Democracy Volunteers access to polling stations at election time. Only they and the police can go inside. They've just issued this report about "family voting" in Gorton and

Zahawi Deeply Concerning Same quote tweet

Sensing Reform think they might have lost and are latching on to a post about "family voting" from Sam Coates

I'm tempted to say liberals are the masters of Sealioning in online arguments; just endlessly demanding proof, then moving the goal post and demanding more the second you provide it

But by definition, Sealioning has an air of feigned civility to it and these people are fucking goblins

Also 👂🎧👂 when you have a few mins! Oral history is a powerful means for learning from emotions & experiences, critical for building bridges and collaborating beyond disciplines. Drawing on lived memories of RELU, Valuing Nature, STEPS research & beyond #HistSTM #envhums #STS #sustainability #scipol

Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’ Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy

I CANAE BREATHE!!!

Lots of people listened to her and pumped her up because they liked her message that people they considered unworthy of life (or care) would die.

so fucking fed up with being told what they think is what we all think. With media types begging the talent to create and amplify conflicting views for traction while lecturing us on social cohesion. Stop doing conflict journalism and adversarial politics and get back to me, clowns.

Whenever conservatives in power talk about 'social cohesion' and 'coming together' I get flashbacks to Billy Birmingham (as Richie Benaud) saying "Let's be a team, and do it my way."

Yorkshire flagstones ? Worn by feet to show ripples and rivulets of the original muddy surface.

Love the way these flagstones have weathered showing the original surface. @pavementgeology.bsky.social
Close to Shepherds Bush Tube.

✨ 🏛️ Museums are more than spaces of memory – they are platforms for dialogue, learning, and social change. Follow @towchedeu.bsky.social as they explore how heritage can shape education for a more sustainable future.

🚫 MYTH: Only specific museum collections can be used for ESD.
✅ REALITY: Every artifact tells a story about sustainability.

There are no limits. History already holds the lessons—we just need to know where to look.

#TOWCHED #ESD #SustainableEducation

'disgraced quilter" is a great insult

Treasury figures reveal $18 billion capital gains windfall for Australia’s richest 10 per cent The latest tax expenditure figures released on Friday by the Treasury department show this financial year the richest 10 percent of Australians will receive $18bn worth of tax breaks from the capital ...

The richest 10% of Australian households get more money from the capital gains tax discount than the government spends on Jobseeker, the childcare subsidy, government schools or higher education - nearly $4.5bn more than it would cost to include dental in Medicare.

No protection in place for the women (and the Indian security guard) killed in Bondi Junction after a man very obviously targeted females.

People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch England

Tory legacy

People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, taking unprescribed antibiotics

Some forced to travel up to 110 miles, spend hundreds of pounds going private or travel abroad to get care, and borrow money.

This is how privatisation is enforced.

A selection of hardback titles by Longbarrow Press, arranged on perspex stands.

"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."

longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log

Odd and incompetent: Reform hits a ceiling Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority

Reform said they were ready to lead. Then their own flagship council collapsed under them. The story only gets worse… ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social

Give me *that* old time religion!
He is some pup that man

BOO! happy out of touch thursday 🎃

Reading as therapy: medicalising books in an era of mental health austerity - PubMed In the UK, a range of everyday activities are being re-framed as interventions to promote public mental health. Drivers of this include the rising burden of mental ill-health and constrained funding for community-based arts and educational provision, in the context of austerity. A consequent interes …

Here's a paper we wrote about how it's actually very bad that a "context of constrained funding has incentivised... providers of adult education, sports, arts and community services to demonstrate ancillary wellbeing benefits." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40447986/

Picture of health: going to art galleries can improve wellbeing, study reveals Viewing original works of art can relieve stress, cut heart disease risk and boost immune system, first study of its kind finds

Unpopular maybe, but we should firmly resist this kind of banal medicalization of cultural and aesthetic experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.

The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.

Why Do Highways Run Through Black Neighborhoods? The documentary “Interstate” exposes how highway routes are by design.

“From the 1950s to the 1970s, federal contractors building the system deliberately mapped routes that rammed through and dismantled Black neighborhoods — payback, some say, for gains made during the Civil Rights Movement.”

“Barn Owl” & “Hare” - Walnut ink & gold sumi inks on 8x8 handmade, recycled paper (very thick). Both are available at name your own price (please DM)! Happy to frame. I’ve got to sell at least 11 framed pieces to have rent! Lots of other work available at www.sol-exposure.com/shop/

Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand

Just as an aside: tell EVERYONE you know about this.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

Everything is a distraction from this.

Births mark conservation success for rare Queensland wombat Three wild-born northern hairy-nosed wombats born in Powrunna State Forest mark a new chapter in the species' recovery from near extinction.

This is so wonderful, I'm old enough to remember when there were fewer than 40 individuals left in the wild! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...