In virtue of my heretically archaic views about biology and the importance of women’s rights, I’m the target of quite a lot of rude online behaviour. The other day, for instance, I learnt I was lucky I hadn’t been hanged …
Stop calling yourself a dog parent
Was Lord Byron the first “dog dad”? At Newstead Abbey, the Romantic poet’s former home, there is a stone monument topped with an urn: perhaps the most famous pet memorial in the world. It was erected in honour of Byron’s …
The empathy of Joseph Stalin
Once a book-hoarder, always one. In 1899, a promising young poet and would-be revolutionary dropped out of the theological seminary in Tbilisi, Georgia. He took with him 18 library books, for which the monks demanded payment of 18 roubles and …
The dangerous side of Munchausen’s
People are nicer to you when you’re ill; they pay you more attention. Most of us appreciate this special treatment, but what if you begin to crave it? What if you craved it so much that you started to embellish …
Interview 1694 – Declare Your Independence from Mass Formation Psychosis
James joins Ernest Hancock for his regular weekly appearance on the Declare Your Independence radio show. This week James and Ernie discuss the growth of anarchism, the Canadian trucker convoy, the DOJO chip and Musk’s FSD takeover, the mass formation…
Acceptance of and Commitment To Freedom – #SolutionsWatch
Iain Davis of In-This-Together joins us once again, this time to discuss his latest article, “Acceptance of and Commitment to Freedom.” In this conversation, James and Iain move from an examination of the feelings of hope and despair that have …
The Bystander Effect – #SolutionsWatch (video)
The bystander effect describes a seeming paradox: the more people who are around to help in a given emergency, the less likely that any one individual will actually stop to help. Today James dives into the psychology underlying the bystander …
The Bystander Effect – #SolutionsWatch
The bystander effect describes a seeming paradox: the more people who are around to help in a given emergency, the less likely that any one individual will actually stop to help. Today James dives into the psychology underlying the bystander …
The Impact Of The Pandemic From a Psychological Point Of View – Prof. Franz Ruppert
ACU – The COVID-19 Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee Human beings have basic needs. A feeling of security or protection is as important to us as freedom, connection or development. If people are deprived of these basic needs, especially chron…
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Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) – IMDb
Directed by Alan Parker. With Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David. A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Source: Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) – …
