Paracelsian
@paracelsian.bsky.social
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Pagan, RE Teacher, Letter-carver, Metalhead, Dog-walker, wanna-be runner, post-Cancer. "The only proof, of who you are is in the way you hear the truth. Don't be scared, live to win, although they're always gonna tell you it's a sin".
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paracelsian.bsky.social
Metric or imperial fuckton, it's more than a department budget would cover...
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Great name for a band...
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It's appalling, but based on 30 years teaching experience, I would be sceptical that anything was printed out in colour for a homework assignment...
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No University Challenge? WTAF.
paracelsian.bsky.social
Think only of yourself! Do not Panic.
paracelsian.bsky.social
Other pdf readers are available...
paracelsian.bsky.social
As opposed to all those made from mechanically recovered meat, presumably...
paracelsian.bsky.social
Oh yes. The first mince pies were in Lidl (along with their 'Back to school' stuff) before the summer holidays.
paracelsian.bsky.social
Maybe, but you are amazing!
paracelsian.bsky.social
Hinduism (KS4) here... What do you need?
paracelsian.bsky.social
Oh man, you should check out the academic writing in "Rammstein on Fire" where the authors integrate postmodern bricolage and theory to make their interest in German Heavy Metal seem relevant to their academic roles... ("Why shouldn't I get paid for being in this moshpit - it's research!")
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Super impressed with the fact that Mrs J's college friend actually had three questions about her on tonight's University Challenge!
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conradhackett.bsky.social
Religion is declining worldwide in a predictable sequence - across generations, participation drops, then importance of religion, and later belonging.

This is a broad model for understanding religious change around the world.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Religion is declining worldwide in a predictable sequence, study argues
(RNS) — The study maps secularization and religious change across more than 100 countries and major religious traditions.
religionnews.com
paracelsian.bsky.social
Sacrifice, Motörhead.
Some absolute bangers on this... "Out of the Sun" is criminally under-rated, one of my all time favourites.
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Medical publication or Album title? Who knows?
biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social
ESX-5 Deletions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Alter Macrophage Cytokine Signaling and Bacterial Heavy Metal Response https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679525v1
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
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petersagal.bsky.social
It’s remarkable. You can assign current names to her 90 year old pseudonyms.
kenwhite.bsky.social
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org