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Strato Musk? I smell sulphur! And well you might …

Laurie I’m trying not to be overwhelmed with doom and gloom. I admire you for trying, Laurie. You absolutely do have to cling to hope for as long as possible, but it must be unbearably hard. What really h […]

Michael I’m sitting on pins and needles waiting for Tuesday to come. You and 8 billion others, though of course you and your fellow American Democrats will be even more directly affected than the rest of u […]

Strato Thanks for that, and for bringing Richard Wolff to my attention. He sounds like someone worth listening to, along with George Monbiot, Robert Reich and of course Bernie Sanders. The neoliberal order is […]

Last week I mentioned this documentary by the BBC Panorama team about Trump and his supporters and promised to share some of the notes I jotted down while watching it. First off, this is the BBC’s own d […]

Strato The Republican candidate embodies all the worst aspects of capitalism, condensed into human form’ George Monbiot Tue 29 Oct 2024 Excellent article, Strato – as always, from George Monbiot. […]

Tony I’m not sure I disagree but I would have to understand how you view the system’s design to have a clear opinion. That would require a longer reply than I have time for right now. But this, from a recent Eco […]

Hello Tony, and welcome! In defense of the willfully ignorant Americans supporting politicians that are eviscerating the institutions of American democracy, it’s an okay thing to be afraid of the unknown. I […]

Strato, Climate Crisis thread, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:29 pm I myself have no aversion for what exactly this undefined term, “wokeness” is deemed to refer to, as worthy of traducement at every opportunity, as DeS […]

Zeug, we’ve been discussing this topic for months – years, actually. I think we’re all aware of the various explanations. As I said before, it’s not that they’re not valid; it’s that being able to explain it d […]

Zeuglodon If you’re looking at Trump through a moral lens, he doesn’t work. You’re right, of course. I was just venting my own disgust. Psychiatry, psychology, sociology, criminology and politology can dou […]

And to add to the grotesqueness, Elon Musk – whom most of us thought must surely have already reached ethical rock bottom – is now basically offering bribes to increase the Trump vote: Some guy, eh?

Strato, Michael Every time I look at Trump, I am struck again by how utterly shallow he is, how cheap, how tawdry. And every time I think he can’t prove me any more right about this, he goes right ahead and d […]

Strato I am confident that absolutely no-one needed that clarification, but thank you so much for giving it anyway – best laugh I’ve had in ages 😄

Wow, Michael, what a lovely surprise to find a review of one of my favourite novels here! It’s a simply extraordinary work: Graeme Macrae Burnet makes it sound so incredibly realistic that when I was reading it […]

Strato Those Empire podcasts are just excellent. The one on the Mediterranean sea battle between the Ottomans and the Christians. Blimey! Anita Anand is a delight. I’m so pleased. There’s something very […]

Strato, Oct 11, 2024 at 1:06 pm Reading the alarming Worldwide Wildlife Fund report tonight, I heard through the open window a masked lapwing, or ‘spur-wing plover’ nearby. Its cry is an alarm. And I almost did […]

Strato, Oct 13, 2024 at 8:37 am Bomphiologia, also known as verborum bombus, is a rhetorical technique wherein the speaker brags excessively. Now, who can you possibly be thinking of? 😂

Michael and Strato, #various Sorry, guys, haven’t had chance to respond these last few days. Michael, you ask whether there’s a way to stop or even undo the damage we’re doing, and I’m with Strato that th […]

Nick Oct 10, 2024 at 11:15 am Marco, thanks for highlighting the terrible loss of so much wildlife and irreplaceable natural habitats that has happened in only a few decades. I’ve been a member of WWF for 35 y […]