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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 Our Autumn 2025 issue is out today! It's all about the battle over space, and how it affects us all.

Let's take a look inside... 🧵

Look up! New Humanist's Autumn 2025 issue on the battle for space is out now

How the battle over space affects all of us

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 8h

Several killings have been linked to a movement that calls itself “rationalist”.

But what do they really believe?

The rationalist murders

Several killings have been linked to a movement that calls itself “rationalist”. But what do they really believe?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 8h

The stories of two ordinary men who find themselves pulled into war

Life on the frontlines

Two memoirs, from Basra and Ukraine, chronicle the lives of ordinary men pulled into war

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 8h

"Behind every grim headline, there are poets scribbling in cafés, kids giggling in schoolyards, and grandmothers cracking bawdy jokes" newhumanist.org.uk/articles/645...

My boho, muffin-making Iranian dad

What you might be misunderstanding about Iranians

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 1d

What if you're wrong about everything? Are you prepared to change your mind?

Book review: Changing My Mind

Julian Barnes reminds us to keep asking ourselves: What if I'm wrong?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 1d

At 8:15am on the morning of 6 August 1945, 600 metres above what is now a 7-Eleven convenience store in central Hiroshima, the world changed forever

Nuclear choices

In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 1d

Who owns space? The battle for it is just getting started

Five voices on space and society

How can we protect space so that it benefits all of humanity? We asked five experts for their perspectives

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 1d

A new book reminds us that progress on abortion rights has never been simple or linear

Book review: Abortion, a history

A new book reminds us that progress on abortion rights has never been linear

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 1d

"For too long, the story of the Labour movement’s organisational, intellectual and ethical origins has over-emphasised the religious contribution, sidelining a powerful and persistent current of secular, rationalist and humanist thought"

The secular soul of the Labour Party

Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock is calling on the party to reclaim its humanist principles

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 7d

For @newhumanist.bsky.social, reviewed two superb - if very different - war memoirs: Artem Chapeye's "Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns" and Owain Mulligan's "The Accidental Soldier". Both absolutely recommended. newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6465

Life on the frontlines

Two memoirs, from Basra and Ukraine, chronicle the lives of ordinary men pulled into war

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 12d

Most of us have a memory of a food that takes us back to childhood. Why?

Granny’s secret sauce

Netflix's "Nonnas" celebrates grandmothers’ cooking. Why do these dishes have such unique power to comfort us?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 12d

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 12d

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about the rise of space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

'Most nations are starting to talk about space as a domain of warfare'

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 12d

In an age of conflict and climate change, we face complex choices around nuclear

Nuclear choices

In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 12d

"It’s refreshing to see a blockbuster film that is so ready to take a stand against racist garbage"

American alien

The new Superman movie offers the vision of a kinder, more tolerant United States. But should we really pin our hopes on a superhero?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 12d

We need to act to protect space from becoming a site of warfare and commercial competition.

Five experts share their thoughts on how we can do that:

Five voices on space and society

How can we protect space so that it benefits all of humanity? We asked five experts for their perspectives

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 12d

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A new history from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social reminds us that progress on abortion rights has never been linear

Book review: Abortion, a history

A new book reminds us that progress on abortion rights has never been linear

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 14d

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@andrewcopson.bsky.social speaks to Neil Kinnock about how the Labour Party can reclaim its humanist principles

The secular soul of the Labour Party

Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock is calling on the party to reclaim its humanist principles

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 14d

What is it about grandmothers' cooking that gives it such unique power to comfort us?

#food #cuisine #Nonnas

Granny’s secret sauce

Netflix's "Nonnas" celebrates grandmothers’ cooking. Why do these dishes have such unique power to comfort us?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 14d

As the number of atomic bomb survivors dwindles, their descendants have begun to assume the responsibility of showing the horrors of nuclear warfare.

We need to listen to their voices

Nuclear choices

In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 14d

Several killings have been linked to a movement that calls itself “rationalist”. But what do they really believe?

The rationalist murders

Several killings have been linked to a movement that calls itself “rationalist”. But what do they really believe?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 14d

Nadeem Akbar was at home when the mortar struck - tearing a hole through the business he had poured two million rupees into

Kashmir’s ghost villages

The borderlands between India and Pakistan were a tourist paradise – but then the Pahalgam terror attack shattered the peace

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Niki Seth-Smith @nikisethsmith.bsky.social · 18d

A fascinating piece of reportage from Japan on the nuclear choices all countries must make

New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 19d

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@dominicmhinde.bsky.social travels to Japan to uncover what its experience of two very different nuclear disasters can teach us in an age of conflict and climate change

Nuclear choices

In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima

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Niki Seth-Smith @nikisethsmith.bsky.social · 18d

I interviewed an expert on space warfare. We need more public awareness he says, “it’s a democratic issue”

New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 19d

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about the rise of space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

'Most nations are starting to talk about space as a domain of warfare'

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 19d

✨ New online:

@dominicmhinde.bsky.social travels to Japan to uncover what its experience of two very different nuclear disasters can teach us in an age of conflict and climate change

Nuclear choices

In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima

newhumanist.org.uk

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 19d

How can we protect space so that it benefits all of humanity?

We asked five experts for their perspectives

Five voices on space and society

How can we protect space so that it benefits all of humanity? We asked five experts for their perspectives

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