Mark Jago
European philosopher, writing on the world, truth & how we reason about it. Occasional musician & photographer.
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White extremists form largest proportion of terror arrests seen in 15 years
Overall number of arrests for terror offences drops by 40 per cent but white suspects at highest number since 2004
Transwomen and Adoptive Parents: An Analogy
The following is a guest post by Sophie Grace Chappell, who is a Professor of Philosophy at the Open University Maybe we should thinking of it like this: Transwomen are to women as adoptive parents…
Mark Jago
This is very interesting:
Transwomen and Adoptive Parents: An Analogy
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World Cup 2019 - Points Table | ESPNcricinfo.com
Check out complete points table of World Cup 2019. Get latest Team standings, rankings, net run rate, matches won & lost only on ESPNcricinfo.com
Mark Jago
Looks like current top-4 will be in the semi finals, IF England don’t lose to WI tomorrow
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Add your name: A tragedy like Grenfell should never happen again >>
Watch, share & join us. Never forget Grenfell.
Britain's family-friendly policies are amongst the worst in the OECD, Unicef reveals
The UK has some of the least family-friendly policies in the OECD, outranked by countries from Estonia and Bulgaria to Lithuania and Latvia, a Unicef analysis reveals today.
Scots want more education on causes of climate change, survey suggests
The research by Censuswide Scotland found almost a third (31%) were not aware of the impact flying had on the environment.
Eat seasonally and recycle more to cut emissions, says Shell
Royal Dutch Shell has issued a plea to companies across different sectors of the economy to work with it on plans to reduce their carbon emissions to “net zero”. Ben van Beurden, chief executive of...
Mark Jago
One of worlds biggest polluters blames you for not eating seasonally. Yes, that’s clearly the problem here.
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Climate SOS
We're facing a climate emergency, and European leaders could announce the END of carbon pollution! But the plan could be derailed -- click to show EU leaders people everywhere back 100% clean energy! ...
Mark Jago
We're facing a #ClimateEmergency! The EU is considering a plan to END carbon pollution -- but dirty energy blockers are in the way. Add your voice to back 100% Clean energy -- sign & RT
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Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
A podcast about ideas. Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, and Sony Award-winning radio host Geoff Lloyd talk to smart thinkers from around the world.
Trinity College must not withdraw from USS
As staff and students in higher education, and in many cases members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), we condemn the decision of the Council of Trinity College, Cambridge, to withdraw from USS. USS is a mutual scheme with more than...
Mark Jago
Please sign & RT this petition: Trinity, Cambridge must not withdraw from USS you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/trin… via @38_degrees
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Real Climate Leadership
The next President and Congress must adopt policies to phase out domestic fossil fuel production as part of any comprehensive climate policy effort like a Green New Deal. This fossil fuel phase out should occur in tandem with policies to boost...
Turns out there's more plastic pollution in the deep ocean than the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The problem of plastic in the ocean is worse than feared. There’s actually more microplastic 1,000 feet down than there is in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Angela Rayner: Social justice, not merely social mobility, is Labour’s priority
“When it comes to opportunity, we won’t entrench the advantages of the fortunate few,” promised Theresa May in her now-infamous “burning injustices” speech in July 2016. But although the Tories like to talk about social mobility, this government’s...
Impossible Worlds
We need to understand the impossible. Francesco Berto and Mark Jago start by considering what the concepts of meaning, information, knowledge, belief, fiction, conditionality, and counterfactual supposition have in common. They are all concepts...
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Mark Jago
Out today!!! Congrats @Franz_Berto, absolute please writing this with you. @OUPPhilosophy @OUPAcademic did a fantastic production job.
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2. Making Land Visible: unlocking information
This independent report commissioned by the Labour Party aims to put land where it belongs: at the heart of political debate.
Mark Jago
Land Registry has an online tool which is, in principle, great. Using a map, you click some land & see who owns. But (a) its buggy & hard to use & (b) each title costs £3 to access.
Proposals to do better in the #LandForTheMany report
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Land for the Many: A report to Labour
This independent report commissioned by the Labour Party aims to put land where it belongs: at the heart of political debate.