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@somesheep

No straight paths, many fires/Constraint regimes/The Present of Work / Change Mapping #socialpracticetheory #pluralism & Croissant-maker

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I use it a lot. Just checked my Saved list and it looks correct for at least 6 months back.

07.03.2026 10:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Bafta slur incident really turned out to be a great litmus test for people/groups where the moral compass is stuck (broken). It's still right once every rotation. ;-)

And for the really clever observer: note any correlation with any other subject of popular outrage?

05.03.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time you go away

28.02.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Life Works by Philip Ball review – the magic of biology An essential primer on humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life

It’s also absolutely not how evolution works.

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/j...

25.02.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow.

17.02.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 35904 πŸ” 16636 πŸ’¬ 1297 πŸ“Œ 2469

i love the kinds of illusions that completely disappear as soon as you squint your eyes. they're like a tiny little light-hearted prank rather than complete destruction of everything you thought was real.

21.02.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Management fallacy to believe you can actually measure an individual’s performance. Someone recently won a Nobel prize proving that. Performance is always to a much much bigger extent the propensity of the local social system than down to the ability of an individual.

20.02.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why organisms are more than machines Sixty years ago, a little-known philosopher challenged how science understands life. His perspective is finding new relevance in the age of AI.

bigthink.com/13-8/nature-... by @adamfrank4.bsky.social

19.02.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

#NihilismAndTechnology

19.02.2026 07:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. Always new reasons for thinking badly of beamers. πŸ˜†

12.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, that is a reasonable argument. As was pointed out to me: we have seen the owner of the hellscape promoting hellish ideas, we have not seen that from substackers and that difference matters.

12.02.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was sorry to see it. All the exhausting curve balls modern life has in store for us.

12.02.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very good points. Some apply to me too, e.g. 3. Some I agree with. Let me ponder. Might change my mind. :-) thank you for taking the time.

12.02.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Survey looks designed to produce the result it did?

12.02.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was a genuine question, so yes, I would like your answer.

12.02.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

FYI, I have bought three of your books (so far), recommended your work to my social and professional circles. I am not telling you you are wrong, but I find your use of substack puzzling.

12.02.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you left Twitter for moral reasons, how can you stay on substack? Why i never will pay for a substack. @iandunt.bsky.social @naomialderman.bsky.social

12.02.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s an idealistic dream and not how social reality works. And that misunderstanding is a core reason why Brexit happened.

11.02.2026 11:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I believe, journalists had a major role to play in why it became unsafe for politicians to say it. And while @iandunt.bsky.social wasn’t one of them, blaming the politicians is pointing the finger in the wrong direction.

11.02.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, the article is paywalled and he’s oblivious to the irony.

06.02.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As if normal people buy iPhones every day. Brought to you from the PoV where privilege is like water to a fish.

06.02.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How did you validate your theory that non-privileged people would not suffer when unsubscribing? (You did, right?)

05.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kid Rock is exclusively for people who clap on the 1 and 3

04.02.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I've been working on this one for a while. It's about how we got here, and where we're going. I hope you'll read it to the end. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

04.02.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 406 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 8

I have wondered before if Grounded Theory has opened up the flood gates, so to speak, for this kind of unscientific practice. I am not sure one can draw a clear boundary between the two?

05.02.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Although the confidence that they can anticipate what we need for parliamentary democracy in 60 years is adorable.

05.02.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Parliament revamp could cost Β£40bn and take 61 years MPs and peers are presented with two renovation options and told to make a decision by the mid-2030s.

Headline shows that decision making in this process is dominated by people who are either incompetent (there for the wrong reasons) or focused on maximising their benefit. Example for @iandunt.bsky.social next edition of www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/ian-d...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.02.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I am delighted that you do.

04.02.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

s/shouldn’t/cannot

And trying to do so will amputate the knowledge.

04.02.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This should be reported as a bribe that makes Amazon money, not as a movie that loses Amazon money...

01.02.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0