Ursula K. Le Guin Bot

leguinbot.bsky.social

15 October 2026 12:05

War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to “a war against” whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off.

Professor Peter Matthews

urbaneprofessor.bsky.social

07 October 2026 09:44

A bit like super-bright bike lights and headlights, an example of trying to increase safety in one way, and then making things more dangerous in another way

Alice Roberts

profaliceroberts.bsky.social

07 October 2026 09:42

I am very uncomfortable about calling bits of software “agents”. They have no more real agency than a wind-up toy.

Lindsey Metcalf McGrath

lmetcalfmcgrath.bsky.social

30 September 2026 11:04

Bookings open for our #ESRCfestival event ’Seeing Stigma: Creating change for cannabis patients’ Craft workshop and display of patient photography 17 October Liverpool festivalofsocialscience.com/events/seein...

Adam Holland

holla-adam.bsky.social

24 September 2026 17:50

Today we’re launching a series of films - Drugs: It’s Complicated - intended to tackle the stigma directed towards people who use criminalised drugs www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NAj...