James Connelly

@jamescon.bsky.social

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Emeritus Prof. Writing Collingwood bio / philosophy, environment, electoral systems / Notts County. [email protected] / https://hull.academia.edu/JamesConnelly / rail campaigner https://www.minstersrail.com

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James Connelly @jamescon.bsky.social · 1h

"By barbarism I mean hostility towards civilization; the effort, conscious or unconscious, to become less civilized than you are" R.G. Collingwood, The New Leviathan, §41.12. Never has this seemed truer or more apposite.

James Connelly @jamescon.bsky.social · 21h

I think: what the hell is Matt Goodwin banging on about.

James Connelly @jamescon.bsky.social · 21h

I gave an old girl lecture a couple of times. No wonder the audience looked confused!

James Connelly @jamescon.bsky.social · 21h

Seen in Abe.com today. This is what happens when AI intervenes in academic book descriptions:
www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Book...

DUTY AND INTEREST: AND AN OLD GIRL LECTURE DELIVERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD ON 29 OCTOBER 1928 BY H. A. PRICHARD WHITE'S PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY by PRICHARD, H. A.: Very Good Paperback ...

1st Edition - Paperback - The Clarendon Press, Oxford, - 1928 - Condition: Very Good - First Edition. Wraps. Slim 8vo.pp. 44. Original publisher’s wraps in grey, lettered black. / Harold Arthur Pricha...

www.abebooks.co.uk

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23h

Coal miners had the sense to take urgent action when their birds died

They knew that an environment that couldn't support birds ultimately couldn't support them either

‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say

www.theguardian.com

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 1d

Note the sheer cowardice of framing this as “what do you think about this?”. Allowing his Facebook frothers to run rampant with the tiniest figleaf of deniability.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Reform's policy of blaming illegal migration for everything, and claiming that dealing with it will fix everything is ripped apart beautifully, in just 1 minute.

It's the same scam Hitler and Mussolini were selling 100 years ago.

Reposted by James Connelly, Steven H. Seggie

Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 1d

Why the Kremlin was pro-Brexit and why it still matters even if 2016 meddling didn’t swing the result www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brexiters can’t cope with the fact that Putin was cheering them on | Rafael Behr

Russian meddling probably didn’t affect the referendum result – but the Kremlin’s motives for wanting to undermine the EU still matter, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 1d

Then there’s the fact that “after time in nature, we are more likely to act in ways that are pro-social, or are kind to other humans, and pro-environmental, or are kind to the planet.” Which just makes sense: after all, our lives and our health depends on the health of our home!

Spend Time in Nature: It’s Good for You, Your Community, and the Planet | Sustainability | Colorado State University

sustainability.colostate.edu

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 1d

Spending time in nature - both blue and green! - offers tremendous benefits for our physical and mental health, from calming anxiety to decreasing inflammation in our bodies.

Biggest-Ever Scientific Review Shines Fresh Light on the Health Benefits of Nature-Rich Cities

Biggest scientific review to date on health co-benefits of urban biodiversity confirms growing importance—and tradeoffs—of making space for nature in our fast-growing cities.

www.nature.org

James Connelly @jamescon.bsky.social · 1d

I noticed this at the time and had an extended argument about it with a colleague. I now feel vindicated.

Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 1d

In Titanic, Billy Zane refers to someone as a moron, a word that was only coined that
year, and was very unlikely to be in widespread use, even by posh villains.

Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 2d

Prompts a fun question: whats the most niche historical inaccuracy in a piece of work that annoys you

Not like 'oh they were referring to the wrong king' , more 'they had the wrong king on a banknote in one scene'

Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 2d

Why do book characters consistently have wildly anachronistic names.

Anne Hathaway is currently playing a Colleen Hoover character who is a women in her early 40s in the 2020s named *Verity Crawford*

Other media does not do this, if this was an original film she’d be called Lucy

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Baby octopus @mancalled.horse · 1d

I think we should confiscate Paul Marshall's wealth specifically, as reparations for inflicting the worst people on us for the last quarter century

Eerily 🎃 🔮 @millyrose.bsky.social · 1d

‘Wokery is a Christian hersey‘

I don’t think we’ll find a Biggar dickhead than this guy.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Lobbying, lawyers and a media blitz: the fight to kill the Church of England’s £100m slavery compensation fund

Some of Britain’s wealthiest financiers, including Sir Paul Marshall, have given a platform to critical coverage or are linked to its leading opponent

www.theguardian.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

This is an excellent and important investigation - joining the dots and inevitably and once again the same names are involved including Paul Marshall and Biggar.

It's complicated and that's the point always.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

Good to see some light finally shone on Pharos Foundation funding.

'Biggar founded Pharos with another academic, Prof David Abulafia, and the fund manager and Conservative party donor Neil Record.'

Lobbying, lawyers and a media blitz: the fight to kill the Church of England’s £100m slavery compensation fund

Some of Britain’s wealthiest financiers, including Sir Paul Marshall, have given a platform to critical coverage or are linked to its leading opponent

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

God. Since @carolecadwalla.bsky.social left it, even the @theguardian.com gets it wrong. There weren’t just four meetings between Banks/Leave EU and Kremlin officials during Brexit: the judge in the libel case concluded at least a dozen

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Man who enobled a KGB agent's son... despite SIS raising concerns... says what?

This is just not true. As soon as I became
foreign secretary I asked the security
services the same question and they
replied that there was no evidence of any
successful interference in the 2016
referendum, by Russia or any other power

Either the security services have changed
their view - which would be very odd - or
Burnham is lying about what he has been
told. After all Starmer was in power for two
years and had access to exactly the same
information.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Leigh Sparks, James Connelly

Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmm… who to believe… Andy Burnham or the compulsive liar who got sacked twice for lying, lied to Parliament, lied to The Queen, cheated on two wives and ignored the Ministerial Code. Tricky one.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 2d

British Conservatives:
"Russia has disgracefully interfered in politics in France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and invaded Ukraine. They even meddled in the US elections."

Also British Conservatives:
"What? Russia! Interfere in Brexit? Ridiculous! Just a tired old conspiracy theory."

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, if the last few years has taught us anything, it's that we're not reliant enough on oil and gas from genocidal dictators.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending

Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say Ministers are preparing to slash the amount of money available to subsidise heat pumps as they look for ways to fund higher defence spending, sources have told the Guardian. Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, has been tasked with finding more than £2bn in savings from her budget to help pay for defence investment under a plan drawn up by the previous government. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 2d

Farage announces that Reform would stop protecting refugees for an entire parliamentary term:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our @sundersays.bsky.social below looks at the data on how this lack of compassion leaves most of the UK public cold

James Connelly @jamescon.bsky.social · 2d

Trump pondering sacking Kimberley Guilfoyle for corruption .... my ironyometer just expoloded!

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