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Mark Carney as new liberal hero – “the capacity to stop pretending” Er, climate change?I’d recommend a close listen to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s barn-storming speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos just now. (Video with adverts here). Transcript here. On …marchudson.net

Read a gruesome bit of ovid’s metamorphoses today. Plague is no fun whatsoever

The warnings came so thick and fast Our ears were blocked; the die was cast. Some decades more, of false increase We made a desert, and called it peace.

Thirsty hedgehogs and heartbreak in the Anthropocene/Fafocene marchudson.net/2026/07/28/t...

Thirsty hedgehogs and heartbreak in the Anthropocene/FafoceneI am in the library. There is someone from a wildlife charity doing a presentation – with live creatures – to a bunch of young boys and girls their mothers, in attendance. We have, over…marchudson.net

The doggerel that didn't bark in the night time.

"I know the names of every woman and child murdered in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years without even having to look them up. Not a single one was caused by a trans woman — I checked the list twice just to be sure." archive.ph/oQ2Cs

Metaphors we live (and die) by marchudson.net/2026/07/27/m...

Metaphors we live (and die) byA friend wrote the following on Bluesky All the metaphors we use to describe heedlessly pursuing one’s own destruction – lemmings, cargo cults, Easter island, etc. – are actually …marchudson.net

Tereus is just awful. That's quite the take, I know... marchudson.net/2026/07/26/o...

Ovid’s Metamorphoses #041/111: “Tereus, Procne, and Philomela”What this project is about.   This one is from Book 6. How long it took to read this (aloud): 18 mins 56s What it’s “about”: Tereus wins a war and this, well – explanation would add up to exc…marchudson.net

We binged The Pitt, of course . Top notch stuff. My prediction for season 3 is that there will be at least on plot line involving malnourished ppl, probably pregnant women, after SNAP benefits withdrawn

From the LinkedIn of an academic I have a lot of respect for.

The doggerel it was that died...

Today's chapter from Ovid's Metamorphoses was an absolute banger - Pallas Athena (goddess) being a spoilt and vengeful a-hole towards the human (but not for long) Arachne, after the latter wins a loom-off... marchudson.net/2026/07/24/o...

Ovid’s Metamorphoses #037/111: “Arachne”What this project is about.   This one is from Book 6. Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby Rubens! How long it took to read this (aloud): 9 mins 18s What it’s “about”: This one is a banger!  Up ther…marchudson.net

Just read this one over. Not bad, if I do say so myself. marchudson.net/2024/03/29/o...

Of Braudel, Boeing and asset-stripping: crucial tools for understanding what’s going on.Items discussed Doctorow, C. 2024. We may not know what’s in the box: but we can tell if it’s been damaged in transit. March 25 Tkacik, M. 2024. Suicide Mission. The American Prospect, March 28 Dav…marchudson.net

"And as they tried to beat their breasts, their wings  Were black, their bodies swung midair. They were  Gossips in trees yet all had human voices —  A fearful noise, they talk, talk, talk forever." marchudson.net/2026/07/23/o...

Ovid’s Metamorphoses #036/111: “Metamorphosis of the Pierides”What this project is about.   This one is from Book 5. How long it took to read this (aloud): 1 mins 17s What it’s “about”: You lose a singing contest, you are getting turned into crows W…marchudson.net

Ovid’s Metamorphoses #035/111: “Triptolemus” marchudson.net/2026/07/23/o...

Ovid’s Metamorphoses #035/111: “Triptolemus”What this project is about.   This one is from Book 5. How long it took to read this (aloud): 1 mins 56s What it’s “about”: Ceres sends Triptolemus with nice seeds. The ungrateful wretch of a king …marchudson.net