Monthly Archives: November 2024

C.S. Lewis quote about Bureaucracy 1950’s

D.O.G.E The words of wisdom of C.S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters 1950’s. “I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of “Admin.” The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid “dens of crime” that Dickens loved to paint. … Continue reading

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RIA: Dame Louise Richardson and Richard English “Britishness and Irishness”.

4,387 views Nov 4, 2024 The Royal Irish Academy and the University of Notre Dame launched the Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South (ARINS) initiative with a view to generating authoritative, independent and non-partisan research and analysis on a … Continue reading

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Sir Niall Ferguson: How The Nazis Conquered German Universities. The Treason of the Intellectuals. Pharos Lectures. “An influencer”…

7th November 2024 61,327 views Nov 7, 2024 #freespeech#ww2#history Listen to Sir Niall Ferguson about how academia can be perverted so that it incubates and legitimises extremist political groups. Discussing academia from the decades preceding WWII, debating Marxists during the … Continue reading

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Elon Musk says Interesting and it sure is. Quote: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

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Fast Company: Can AI therapists save us from the global mental health crisis?

11-11-2024 SMALL TO FAST Can AI therapists save us from the global mental health crisis? As the global mental health crisis deepens, AI is stepping in to fill the gap. [Images: alex83m/Adobe Stock; Sylverarts/Adobe Stock] BY Kolawole Samuel Adebayo3 minute read … Continue reading

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The Guardian: COP29 and Azerbaijan???

A ‘Cop of peace’? How can authoritarian, human rights-trashing Azerbaijan possibly host that? Greta Thunberg The ‘theme’ chosen for Cop29 must be some kind of dark joke. This summit, like those before it, is a mere act of greenwashing Mon … Continue reading

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Quote from X: Today would have been Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday.He wrote this in 1995.  “The Demon Haunted World”

Martin Davies   (@martindvz) posted at 9:56 am on Sun, Nov 10, 2024: Today would have been Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday.He wrote this in 1995.  https://t.co/0lDHAnpqcB(https://x.com/martindvz/status/1855549998873645498?t=v4_w9t-N6im1UVNxgAkd8A&s=03) 

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Astrocytes’ Role in Memory Storage and Recall Uncovered

Astrocytes’ Role in Memory Storage and Recall Uncovered FeaturedNeuroscience November 6, 2024 Summary: Astrocytes, non-neuronal brain cells, have been shown to work alongside neurons to store and recall memories, reshaping our understanding of memory mechanisms. Researchers found that specific astrocytes express … Continue reading

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ALJAZEERA: Germany’s Bundestag has passed a controversial motion equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism. Dozens of Jewish academics opposed the resolution, saying it will endanger Jewish Germans by associating them with the actions of the Israeli government. Comment: Germany in decline economically but what does this mean?

Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) posted at 7:45 am on Sat, Nov 09, 2024: Germany’s Bundestag has passed a controversial motion equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism. Dozens of Jewish academics opposed the resolution, saying it will endanger Jewish Germans by … Continue reading

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Elections Ireland 29th November 2024. Spare a thought! Also a clip of Elon Musk and having a sense of purpose in life

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