Instead the most important ideological foundations of mass killing are radicalized versions of what are nevertheless quite familiar, ordinary ideas about security: revolving around notions of self-defence, loyalty to the group, duties to superiors, masculine valour etc. 15/

Excerpt: The CDC says the number of LGBTQ students went from 11 percent in 2015 to 26 percent in 2021. thehill.com/homenews/educa…

Luck rigged the game—and I can’t unsee it Wealth addiction isn’t some new concept - it’s what Plato called pleonexia in The Republic, written way back in ancient Greece. He saw it as this endless hunger for more, unlike eating or drinking where your body eventually says

"The book also includes a discussion guide that asserts that “at any point in our lives, we can choose to identify with one gender, multiple genders, or neither gender” and asks children “What pronouns fit you best?” Id., at 350a (boldface in original)" Sex Matters J.K. Rowling

Twenty U.S. bishops join interfaith leaders to oppose a bill they call a moral failure, saying it harms the poor, immigrants, and the vulnerable in society. ucanews.com/news/20-us-bis…

Peter Twinklage 1. Watching the WWE Championship; it's more prestigious than JD Vance vs. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. 2. Jack Poso 🇺🇸 is an intellectual lightweight—tout court. (Here's Kagan, who's white and magna cum laude: "The 'best system' full stop—no ifs, ands, or buts of any kind relevant here.")

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“We are proof,” she says, “that being same-sex attracted doesn’t come with a political party membership.” Julie Bindel meets a gang of gender dissidents👇buff.ly/cZZaGZC

"But you, Mr. #Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately you didn’t blame Little John or Meatloaf. You fired Gary Busey. And these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night. Trump sat stone-faced." #BigBeautifulBill #OTD 🇺🇸

With great sorrow I share that Prof. Brian Fagan died on 1 July. A prolific and brilliant author within archaeology, he leaves a remarkable legacy. For my part, we wrote many books together, & I’ll miss his wit, wisdom and warmth beyond words. #archaeology

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is a spectacular jurist and a deeply patriotic American. We are fortunate to have her on our Supreme Court.

*Erratum: Intellectually rigorous Islam, a permanent variant (ideology and purism being an indivisible set), is theocratic. But Mehdi Hasan is indeed a "peaceful Muslim," just as Andrew Sullivan is a "virtuous homosexual." Both groups, despite their inconsistency, deserve tolerance.

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He would have loved #agnotology, i.e., the study of wokeism and political capitalism as manifested in science. Rayner, Steve. 2012. “Uncomfortable Knowledge: The Social Construction of Ignorance in Science and Environmental Policy Discourses.” Economy and Society 41 (1): 107–25.

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The only thing that's changed since Umma-Lagash is the United Nations Geneva Conventions. 🤷🏽‍♂️ "Truly to speak, and with no addition, We go to gain a little patch of ground, That hath in it no profit but the name" (Hamlet 4.4.18-20) From #כיסוח_דשא → Greater Israel ישראל → rogue state pariah 🥂

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New entry on CReaTE: The virtue of vice: a defence of hypocrisy in democratic politics: Tillyris, D. (2015) ... bit.ly/2dsg6Ry