Troy Tyler
@troytyler2000.bsky.social
Jimmy Carter Conservatism. Rawlsian —
believing better worlds worthwhile!
I’m interested in utopias, post-liberalism, distributism, municipalities, Neo-Luddism, wellbeing, virtue, fairness & justice. Pro-Unions, cooperatives & mutuals. #NoFarmersNoFood 🏴
believing better worlds worthwhile!
I’m interested in utopias, post-liberalism, distributism, municipalities, Neo-Luddism, wellbeing, virtue, fairness & justice. Pro-Unions, cooperatives & mutuals. #NoFarmersNoFood 🏴
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Unless DWP improves the clarity of its UC statistics by splitting out claimants who migrate from legacy benefits to UC vs those who make new claims, we're going to keep getting misleading headlines like this for the foreseeable future...
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Unless DWP improves the clarity of its UC statistics by splitting out claimants who migrate from legacy benefits to UC vs those who make new claims, we're going to keep getting misleading headlines like this for the foreseeable future...
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Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes
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"Email has become a crucible. I can no longer say 'Attached is the draft.' I must instead write, 'Enclosed—though, of course, enclosure itself is a problematic modality—please locate a text-in-process, emergent rather than concluded.'”
I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences
When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a ...
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October 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Email has become a crucible. I can no longer say 'Attached is the draft.' I must instead write, 'Enclosed—though, of course, enclosure itself is a problematic modality—please locate a text-in-process, emergent rather than concluded.'”
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I am very far from choosing my favorite 2028 presidential candidate. I think Dems have lots of good folks who may run. But I've long been a big fan of Andy Beshear.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/03/a...
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Why Andy Beshear Is a First-Tier Presidential Contender
Andy Beshear has a proven ability to win red-state voters in the general and a populist streak that can prevail in Democratic primaries.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I am very far from choosing my favorite 2028 presidential candidate. I think Dems have lots of good folks who may run. But I've long been a big fan of Andy Beshear.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/03/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/03/a...
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Keeping our commitment to recognize the outstanding book on the history of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, we are delighted to announce The Driver’s Story by historian @randybrowne.bsky.social as the Winner of the #Slaveryarchive Book Prize 2024 www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...
October 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Keeping our commitment to recognize the outstanding book on the history of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, we are delighted to announce The Driver’s Story by historian @randybrowne.bsky.social as the Winner of the #Slaveryarchive Book Prize 2024 www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...
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Recent Resolution Foundation research found an increase in savings among low and middle income households.
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social explains why that could (in part) be a cause for concern...
Catch up on the full discussion here 👉 buff.ly/0iIyRVV
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social explains why that could (in part) be a cause for concern...
Catch up on the full discussion here 👉 buff.ly/0iIyRVV
October 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Recent Resolution Foundation research found an increase in savings among low and middle income households.
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social explains why that could (in part) be a cause for concern...
Catch up on the full discussion here 👉 buff.ly/0iIyRVV
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social explains why that could (in part) be a cause for concern...
Catch up on the full discussion here 👉 buff.ly/0iIyRVV
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For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM
Watch (or Rewatch) the excellent, and sadly timely, film: "Good Night, and Good Luck" (2005) - Dir. George Clooney
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv4s...
Watch (or Rewatch) the excellent, and sadly timely, film: "Good Night, and Good Luck" (2005) - Dir. George Clooney
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv4s...
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) Official Trailer - George Clooney, David Strathairn Movie HD
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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October 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM
Watch (or Rewatch) the excellent, and sadly timely, film: "Good Night, and Good Luck" (2005) - Dir. George Clooney
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv4s...
Watch (or Rewatch) the excellent, and sadly timely, film: "Good Night, and Good Luck" (2005) - Dir. George Clooney
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv4s...
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Excellent essay about a strong new book by @marcusrediker.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors | Eric Foner
The web of Atlantic trading routes and solidarity among maritime workers, many of them Black, meant fugitive slaves’ chances of reaching freedom below deck were better than over land.
www.nybooks.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Excellent essay about a strong new book by @marcusrediker.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Eeee the cover for the UK edition of How to Win a Trade War is out!
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
October 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Eeee the cover for the UK edition of How to Win a Trade War is out!
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
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Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
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Autonomous speedboat designer Saronic aims to use its fat warchest to build America’s largest shipyard and help the US to dominate commercial and military shipbuilding.
A Gonzo Plan To Beat China With Giant Robot Boats
Autonomous speedboat designer Saronic aims to use its fat warchest to build America’s largest shipyard and help the US to dominate commercial and military shipbuilding.
www.forbes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Autonomous speedboat designer Saronic aims to use its fat warchest to build America’s largest shipyard and help the US to dominate commercial and military shipbuilding.
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From Frederick Douglass’s Narrative. It’s full of passages like this. I’m thinking increasingly about the joy in which some take in inflicting pain and misery on others as a sense of domination. And I fear it explains so much.
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
From Frederick Douglass’s Narrative. It’s full of passages like this. I’m thinking increasingly about the joy in which some take in inflicting pain and misery on others as a sense of domination. And I fear it explains so much.
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The geopolitics of international development (after foreign aid): www.africanistperspective.com/p/the-geopol...
The geopolitics of international development (after foreign aid)
You can't have nice things without strategic independence and policy autonomy
www.africanistperspective.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The geopolitics of international development (after foreign aid): www.africanistperspective.com/p/the-geopol...
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New Substack post on the deaths of Jonathan Main and Terry Farrell, and the notion of creating places that bring people together johngrindrod.substack.com/p/sharing-co...
Sharing common interests
Farewell to Terry Farrell and Jonathan Main, and introducing three fascinating new books
johngrindrod.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
New Substack post on the deaths of Jonathan Main and Terry Farrell, and the notion of creating places that bring people together johngrindrod.substack.com/p/sharing-co...
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“Since the levy was introduced, the number of apprenticeship starts has fallen by a third.”
If the PM’s apprenticeship plan is to work, it must reform the failed levy argues @joedromey.bsky.social for @politicshome.bsky.social.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
If the PM’s apprenticeship plan is to work, it must reform the failed levy argues @joedromey.bsky.social for @politicshome.bsky.social.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
October 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Since the levy was introduced, the number of apprenticeship starts has fallen by a third.”
If the PM’s apprenticeship plan is to work, it must reform the failed levy argues @joedromey.bsky.social for @politicshome.bsky.social.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
If the PM’s apprenticeship plan is to work, it must reform the failed levy argues @joedromey.bsky.social for @politicshome.bsky.social.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Last word about the massacre to American Horse (Lakota): "The women as they were fleeing with their babes were killed together, shot right through, and the women who were heavy with child were also killed." /fin
September 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Last word about the massacre to American Horse (Lakota): "The women as they were fleeing with their babes were killed together, shot right through, and the women who were heavy with child were also killed." /fin
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p.p.s. It is important to connect Hegseth et al's effort to rewrite history to erase the genocide of Native Americans to the Trump Administration's recent attack on the Smithsonian, including the National Museum of the American Indian
nativenewsonline.net/currents/nat...
nativenewsonline.net/currents/nat...
National Museum of the American Indian Among Smithsonian Museums Under Trump-Era Review
The National Museum of the American Indian—with locations in New York City and Washington, D.C.—is one of eight Smithsonian Institution museums currently undergoing a “comprehensive internal review” t...
nativenewsonline.net
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
p.p.s. It is important to connect Hegseth et al's effort to rewrite history to erase the genocide of Native Americans to the Trump Administration's recent attack on the Smithsonian, including the National Museum of the American Indian
nativenewsonline.net/currents/nat...
nativenewsonline.net/currents/nat...
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The great Dakota artist Oscar Howe's 1959 painting of Wounded Knee. No matter what Whiskey Pete says, it was a massacre not a battle.
September 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The great Dakota artist Oscar Howe's 1959 painting of Wounded Knee. No matter what Whiskey Pete says, it was a massacre not a battle.
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There was no "battle" at Wounded Knee.
It was a massacre.
Over 300 Sioux people, many women and children, were butchered.
Hegseth is praising and rewarding the murderers.
How is this Christian, MAGA?
It was a massacre.
Over 300 Sioux people, many women and children, were butchered.
Hegseth is praising and rewarding the murderers.
How is this Christian, MAGA?
September 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
There was no "battle" at Wounded Knee.
It was a massacre.
Over 300 Sioux people, many women and children, were butchered.
Hegseth is praising and rewarding the murderers.
How is this Christian, MAGA?
It was a massacre.
Over 300 Sioux people, many women and children, were butchered.
Hegseth is praising and rewarding the murderers.
How is this Christian, MAGA?
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“Planning for artificial general intelligence is not an indulgence in science fiction or a distraction from existing problems and opportunities. It is a responsible way to prepare for the very real possibility of a new set of national security challenges in a radically transformed world.”
America Should Assume the Worst About AI
How to plan for a tech-driven geopolitical crisis.
www.foreignaffairs.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“Planning for artificial general intelligence is not an indulgence in science fiction or a distraction from existing problems and opportunities. It is a responsible way to prepare for the very real possibility of a new set of national security challenges in a radically transformed world.”
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His work blended classic design with a loose ’60s-style energy, giving publications like Rolling Stone an identity that radiated with gravitas and personality. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/a...
Jim Parkinson, Logo Artist in Print’s Glory Days, Dies at 83
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
His work blended classic design with a loose ’60s-style energy, giving publications like Rolling Stone an identity that radiated with gravitas and personality. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/a...
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Pursued relentlessly by the government of Vladimir Putin, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison. He left behind an account of his final years—and an admonition to his country and the world.
Alexei Navalny’s Prison Diaries
The Russian opposition leader’s account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world.
www.newyorker.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Pursued relentlessly by the government of Vladimir Putin, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison. He left behind an account of his final years—and an admonition to his country and the world.
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St Martin’s Church, Brampton, 1878; architect Philip Webb. The stained-glass windows were designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and manufactured by William Morris. A ‘remarkable building, windows glowing with gem-stone colours’ according to Pevsner.
June 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
St Martin’s Church, Brampton, 1878; architect Philip Webb. The stained-glass windows were designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and manufactured by William Morris. A ‘remarkable building, windows glowing with gem-stone colours’ according to Pevsner.
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Who's up for helping to create the ultimate walking, running, wheeling, cycling & horse riding network for Britain and Ireland?
Please check out, back and share our new #SlowWays crowdfunding campaign 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways ⭐
June 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Want more people to enjoy active travel and time outdoors?
Want easier and better active routes that match your interests?
Want to empower charities and groups to share the best local routes?
Please add your voice and power to our ambitious campaign!
Want easier and better active routes that match your interests?
Want to empower charities and groups to share the best local routes?
Please add your voice and power to our ambitious campaign!