Gwilym David Blunt
@GDBlunt
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Lecturer, University of Sydney; Author of Global Poverty, Injustice and Resistance (CUP, 2020); Youtube: https://t.co/zVzWNgUz23
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined May 2012
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Me: This article is explicitly not about X; lots of people right about X. I’m writing about Y. Reviewer 2: Cool, Y is really interesting and important, but you have you thought about writing about X… I write about X. Me:
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Here's a piece of literature by me, suitable for seventeen-year-olds in Alberta schools, unlike -- we are told -- The Handmaid's Tale. (Sorry, kids; your Minister of Education thinks you are stupid babies.) John and Mary were both very, very good children. They never picked
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Having to produce two entirely new courses with only 1 month to prep is making me crave nicotine for the first time in 5 years.
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After 3 years of education focussed part-time work and full-time parenting, I finally submitted a substantial new bit of research. I look forward to the desk rejection.
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The girls are fighting
Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.
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“I’m going to cut this 8500 word draft to 8000 words.” Two hours later: 9000 words
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"Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic, if you can keep it." This exchange between Elizabeth Willing Powell and Benjamin Franklin underpins this analysis of democratic backsliding that I've written for @ethics_centre
https://t.co/LPHEz5d98f
ethics.org.au
The recent LA riots has seen democratic norms slowly eroding. Our institutions require people to unite to support common ways of life.
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I for one am looking forward to Pierre Poilievre and Liz Truss doing a joint presentation at CPAC on how to ruin your political reputation in 42 days or less!
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The hardest cover you have ever seen in your life is on a Jazz album
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But he can’t be rolled by a no confidence vote
Donald Trump is Liz Truss
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“You will make enemies of states who are at present neutral and they will naturally conclude that in course of time you will attack them too…you are forcing others to become your enemies even against their intentions, and their inclinations.” Thucydides 5:98
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This is a point I was stressing to my students this week. Russia has strengths (lots of ☢️ weapons and ⛽️) but it is not at the same level as China or America. It is remarkable that Russia has managed to project superpower status from what is effectively a middle power+ position
1/ Trump has been conned by Putin. Russia isn’t a global superpower—its GDP (~$2 trillion) is smaller than Italy’s and about 1/15 the size of the US. 🧵
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An astounding press conference from Justin Trudeau. Cites Trump wanting the Canadian economy to collapse to make it easier for the US to annex his country.
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This is the new normal ultra wealthy ‘sovereign individuals’ exercising arbitrary power over us little folks and if you don’t say “Hell yeah” you get canned.
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too
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You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.
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