Further suspect the best outcome from Ed’s perspective is through the king of the north returning to parliament.

I think (a). Suspect he doesn’t want to go back to electorate in 2029 as someone they’ve previously rejected. Only Wilson did that successfully for Labour and he had won previously as well as lost previously.

Excellent title!

“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more”
- Jeremiah 25:27

(and, yes, I know it doesn’t end there)

If AI was genuinely useful your employees would choose to use it, you wouldn't have to mandate its use.

Pro-tobacco writer admits he should have declared an interest

I do especially like this little kerfuffle, though, especially RS’s comment about “good value for money in a business largely conducted by shysters and sharks” ::

The politics of the Pet Shop Boys | Alexander Larman Amidst the coverage of Roger Scruton’s death earlier in January, one detail was not given enough attention. In his book…

I don’t know about other academics but here’s the basics of the pet shop boys tale …

Went to the Gwen John exhibition at the National Museum in Cardiff yesterday and it was wonderful

I heard about them only moments ago

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

"Switzerland still has a stockpile sufficient to feed its entire population for three months and is increasing it to a year. The UK government’s advice to households is to have three days’ worth of food in their cupboards."

‘Like an electrical gong bath!’ The Sheffield supermarket going viral for the symphonic sound of its freezers Redditors are thrilled by the Co-op on Ecclesall Road, where a magnificent drone is reminiscent of Brian Eno’s ambient music. We take a visit to the back aisles

“Can someone with skills clean this up and make a 10-hour YouTube version?”
#sheffield

Fraggle Rock

Here you go —

open.spotify.com/track/0uHLLU...

I’m currently reading this too! Thoroughly enjoying it so far.

redactio ad absurdum

The Best Philosophy Books of the Decade - Five Books Expert Recommendations It’s a golden age for popular books about philosophy, as the challenges of modern life encourage people to seek wisdom from those whose job—at least in principle—is to seek it. Whether it’s new…

Every year for the past decade, our philosophy editor, Nigel Warburton, has picked his best five philosophy books of the year. Here are all his choices -- from Buddhism to utilitarianism and Hannah Arendt to Zhuangzi:
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“Existential phenomenology, far from being an esoteric philosophical discipline, has crucial political importance in helping people collectively see themselves as agents of change.”

Excellent short article from Tris Hedges —

Almost as though an edit was hastily made at the last minute to the original title of More Lethality, Less Legality

#philsky

30-minute interview with me on Dublin City FM

about The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy

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The difference between them.

How they relate to 'if, then', 'only if', 'if and only if', 'all', and 'only'.

Fallacies of confusing them (and relation to affirming the consequent, denying the antecedent).

On the right side: image of the cover of The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy, edited by me. On the left side, the following text: Bad Faith, Bullshit, and Belonging 22 November, 10 - 11.30am Exploring existentialist views on bullshit, from Kierkegaard's ‘chatter’ and Heidegger's ‘idle talk’ to Beauvoir's ‘popular wisdom’ and Sartre's development of these ideas to critique societal divisions. Online talk given by Jonathan Webber, editor of THE PENGUIN BOOK OF EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHY Tickets: bit.ly/SAPCbfbb Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling

I'm giving an online talk on Saturday morning with the
Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling

:: Bad Faith, Bullshit, and Belonging ::

mainly Beauvoir and Sartre
with some Kierkegaard and Heidegger

Everyone is welcome!

Booking is here: bit.ly/SAPCbfbb

Photo of The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy, edited by Jonathan Webber

“When faced with greed, envy, calumny, perfidy, or lies, people […] say indulgently, ‘That's human!’ With an excuse like that, they clearly show that they are renouncing any expectations of generosity or greatness from man.”

—Simone de Beauvoir

In this new 🐧 📕 ed. @jonathanwebber.bsky.social 👏 👇

The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy 'Superb ... I can't imagine a better way of meeting the existentialists in all their variety' - Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Café ‘We are thrown into the world at every moment, an...

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The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy

edited by me

is published today in the UK!

(Australia and North America publication is next February.)

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The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy 'Superb ... I can't imagine a better way of meeting the existentialists in all their variety' - Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Café ‘We are thrown into the world at every moment, an...

✨✨

The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy

edited by me

is published today in the UK!

(Australia and North America publication is next February.)

✨✨

Detail from the book's cover art.

🎈Book launch!

The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by Jonathan Webber

Wednesday 12 November 2025 : 18:00 - 19:30
Oat & Bean, 26 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA

Everyone is welcome! No need to register. Just turn up!

Also: congratulations!

Suspect that’ll be surprising news to both @jonathanbirch.bsky.social and @birchlse.bsky.social

Superb! Congratulations!

Books. No cookie preferences. No cookies. No GDPR. No pop ups. No bots. No floating videos. No AI. No ads. No trackers. No misinformation. No fascist techbros. No distracting animations. No paywalls. No influencers. How good are these things? Books are frickin awesome

Nationalise

Police officer, running up to me: "Stop, what's that brown liquid you're pouring into the drain?"

Me: "It's 1,000 gallons of untreated sewage"

PO: "Phew, I thought for a minute it was a few dregs of coffee"