Tag Archives: Politics

Brit compares life in China vs. the UK; You’d be shocked by his answers!

Posted on May 6, 2025 by agogo22

This episode’s guest is ‪@doug_rooney‬, a Scottish man who decided to move to China five years ago as a new adventure for his life, and just like many other foreigners who came to China for the first time, he came … Continue reading →

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How Musk and Zuckerberg cooked Australia’s election | If You’re Listening

Posted on May 5, 2025 by agogo22

To scroll through social media during an election campaign in 2025 is to experience some of the worst misinformation. But an online soup of bots spouting partisan talking points wasn’t inevitable, even in recent years. After the 2016 election of … Continue reading →

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I wrote a book! (we’re so back/it’s so over)

Posted on May 4, 2025 by agogo22

Tibees tagged products below. Learn more A Guide to Making Friends in the Fourth Dimension Paperback £17.00 tibees.com/products/a-guide-to-making-friends-in-the-fourth-dimension?variant=42870750412911&country=GB&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOoocKi72LR_HX5-wEgL_kN9m9wDlr1mtJRoDoQ_Sk4Lb1-ARo71FcwA Pre-order my book! https://tibees.com/ A Guide to Making Friends in the Fourth Dimension is available as paperback or ebook. Both will be … Continue reading →

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The Netherlands and Belgium share a 450 km border that pass through people’s houses and streets.

Posted on May 2, 2025 by agogo22
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The fourth largest economy in the world

Posted on April 30, 2025 by agogo22
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The UK’s Stunning Grid Flip From Coal Giant to Clean Energy Leader (feat. @JustHaveaThink)

Posted on April 28, 2025 by agogo22

This autumn, for the first time ever, the UK is expecting to run entirely on zero-emissions electricity for a few hours. That doesn’t just mean a sunny day with loads of solar and wind and some exports to the neighbours—that’s … Continue reading →

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Slavoj Žižek: ‘Trump is an obscenity, Elon Musk lives like a communist’ | Prospect Podcast

Posted on April 26, 2025 by agogo22

This week on the Prospect Podcast, philosopher and public intellectual Slavoj Žižek joins Ellen Halliday and Alona Ferber. Žižek gives a harsh verdict on Donald Trump, calling him a “postmodern obscenity”. Žižek criticises the US president’s treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky … Continue reading →

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A photo (1864) showing a Japanese samurai delegation sent by the Tokugawa Shogunate for the second Japanese embassy to Europe, posing before the Sphinx in Egypt in between their journey to France.

Posted on April 25, 2025 by agogo22
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Unnýðnes 🍁 (@unnydhnes.bsky.social)

Posted on April 22, 2025 by agogo22
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“A new age of shamelessness” | Slavoj Žižek on Trump, authoritarians and “the new left”

Posted on April 18, 2025 by agogo22

Paddy O’Connell speaks to so-called ‘rock star’ philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek, who argues the case for a more “authoritarian” left-leaning leader on the global stage. Newsnight is the BBC’s flagship news and current affairs TV programme – with … Continue reading →

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