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Canada Cannot Fail: Why the Warsaw Pact Must Stay the Course
A thought experiment, this scenario inverts the Russo-Ukrainian conflict to examine how narratives and moral frameworks function when perspectives are reversed. It inverts a familiar contemporary conflict to disrupt comfortable certainties. By reversing the actors whilst preserving the rhetorical structures—moral binaries, humanitarian appeals, historical analogies, atrocity claims, calls for advanced weapons—we can examine how persuasion… — read more
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Golden shower…
The Terrible Small Kitten is obsessed with peeing on my bed. I thought she might have grown out of it by now, but no. A whole night’s bladderful in about 3 seconds, before I could catch her. Good thing I bought a hairdryer for when the girls visit. Grrr. — read more
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Empire podcast chicanery
William Dalyrymple has written some decent books on the Indian sub-continent, notably “The Return of a King” and “The Anarchy”. But… Of late, he has been collaborating with Anita Anand (I’d never heard of her, but here’s her Wikipedia entry) on the Empire podcast. Although they’ve had some good material, I’ve always found it slightly… — read more
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Stan and Uhtred
Lying in the sunshine. — read more
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The Failed Dream
Images from the packing up of our home of 20 years. A doctor referred to our experience, poignantly, as “the failed dream of a family”. — read more
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Cat in a basket
Uhtred finds the oddest places to curl up. Picturesque, though. ‘ ‘ — read more
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Beautiful Graeco-Indian head of the #Buddha, from 1st to 4th century AD. #gandhara
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An instagram picture: Good to see the Japanese motor industry flying the retro flag. #unintendedconsequences
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An instagram picture: The most tasteful hotel lobby in the world. #okada #okadamanila Wow. Just wow. Speechless.
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Stan, Prince of Dogs sits guarding his birthday biscuits #borderterrier
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