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Soaked in the bathtub The last thing I did for play or fun was to have a long soak in the bath, listen to music and read some of Iris Murdoch's The Message to the Planet. Murdoch said that we shouldn't think that her noesls are based on her philosophy but that, since she was a professional philosopher, there are some elements of being a philosopher in some of her characters, as that is one thing she knows. That was two days ago. #biography #philosophy
Soaked in the bathtub – Making a Better World
British cops break the law to support genocide. "Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts"
the Guardian
Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts
Lawyers argue ‘cumulative disruption’ regulations were quashed in May and should therefore not be used
 > Lawyers argue ‘cumulative disruption’ regulations were quashed in May and should therefore not be used #ACAB
Trump signs executive order labelling fentanyl ‘weapon of mass destruction’ So he's going to destroy the US's nuclear arsenal?
Al Jazeera
Trump signs executive order labelling fentanyl ‘weapon of mass destruction’
Label is the latest instance of Trump using militarised language to justify US operations against drug smuggling.
 > Label is the latest instance of Trump using militarised language to justify US operations against drug smuggling. #Trump #war
My BiL was complaining that he couldn't get home in BC because the floods had washed out the road. I reminded him that he used to lead wilderness canoe trips and wrote a book on canoeing. I realized his canoe was probably at home but he has access to a kayak. It's not even a thousand km. He's not quite 60 yet, the young folk today are so lazy! 🤣🤣
The race to mine the Moon is on, and it urgently needs some clear international rules "International" is pointless. No country with corporations approaching Moon mining capacity has signed the last treaty. We need a *global* democracy to make decisions affecting everyone, not "sovereign states" controlled by oligarchs. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-moon-urgently-international.html Since the 1979 Moon Agreement attempted to designate lunar resources as the "common heritage of mankind" but failed, it will become the property of colonial powers #space #colonialism.
‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
the Guardian
‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that
 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as 4,000,000,000 people. This is what they have designed the economy to do. This is the purpose of capitalism. #inequality #capitalism #democracy #ethics