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Jennifer Churchill

@redjen.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in Economics UWE Bristol; macro, finance (especially pensions) and also philosophy. Previously dabbled in politics, policy, public affairs

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last wk.

WELP I WAS ANNOYED AND HAD THE TIME: “When men say she should be grateful for the attention, they’re saying a woman’s scholarship only gains true meaning when a famous man shines a light on it.” news.chanda.science/archive/an-o...

An Odyssey Through Testimonial Injustice

On reading Dr. Emily Wilson, properly

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last wk.

Don’t make me write a newsletter about how Emily Wilson is allowed to be an expert, you guys

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Isn’t that a slippery slope?” “I hope so, as that’s where I’m at my most agile.” Heard this in a Q&A. I thought the quip was from Jeremy Waldron but he denied it. Could have been Bernard Williams, Ronnie Dworkin or several others I suppose.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism? AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2w ago

France plans to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050. “France announced a ‘first of its kind’ plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 & gas by 2050…The roadmap was published as dozens of nations gather for the first-ever international talks on how to transition away from planet-heating fossil fuels.”

France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050

France on Tuesday announced a “first of its kind” plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.

ctvnews.ca

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 3w ago

A reminder that a University of California study found that 80% of mass shootings/spree killings perpetrated by men were preceded by violence against women. Either their mothers, wives, girlfriends, or another female relative

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3w ago

"According to Ashley Brouillette, he once threw boiling water at her while she was holding their child — an incident her mother Avis Collins also recounted."

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 3w ago

The closure of the University of Essex Southend campus will devastate a community. As Pam Cox, MP for Colchester, told Parliament, the loss is already being felt by residents, staff and students. The government must step in before more communities lose their universities.

Yusuf@yusufimaadkhan.com · 3w ago

“Our world is increasingly moving towards extreme values: Damages from climate change, deaths due to genocide, wealth that knows no bounds. And we can't tackle them if we can't wrap our heads around the numbers.”

July 15, 2026 Understanding large values: It's our ethical duty Amanda Shendruk
Amanda Shendruk@ashendruk.com · 3w ago

What's your favourite technique for trying to understand big numbers? I like turning them into time! In my newsletter this week I look at ways to wrap our heads around large values. What did I miss? www.not-ship.com/large-numbers/

This is a table showing how large numbers convert to time. 1 million seconds is 11.6 days, about as long as a vacation. 1 billion seconds is 31.7 years. About the length of a career. 1 trillion seconds is 31,700 years, which is longer than human civilization.