Discussing the effects we have on the environment as well as how the environment affects us. Join me as I try to make sense of the entanglements between soci...
Border security forces have always used bodies of water as a way to deter migrants but it is often more sinister than that. I have been debating whether it’s worth writing this because I keep thinking that this is common knowledge but then again it might not be. Migration is a topic that I care about very deeply so I am one of those people who actually goes and reads the reports from organisations…
I was recently staring out my window just daydreaming about a simpler time. That time being my childhood when flip phones were the “in thing” and Myspace was the best way to keep up with what was cool. So sometime during the mid 2000s. It was at that moment that I felt I understood how someone like my mom can’t really relate to the world we currently find ourselves in. While she isn’t a boomer by…
It's day 2 of the UK heatwave and I have a few issues on my mind that I need to discuss. In the run up to this I was monitoring the discourse online about it because I am a masochist who wants to combat climate change disinformation. So against my better judgement I started actually reading social media comments. I'm not sure if I have recovered from the psychic damage I took from this but I think…
I’d like to start this edition of the newsletter with a thought experiment. Imagine if you will that you are just married and you are on your honeymoon to the wonderful island of Tuvalu. You spend a few glorious weeks there living your best life before coming home and being subjected to the current realities of life. After some time you have children and as they grow up hearing about the wonderful…
Recently I saw the argument made that the UK government needs to address the mass migration that is impacting the country. This is something left wingers need to come to terms with in an effort to understand the plight of the right wing voters and patriots of the UK. Well dear reader like a moth to the flame I was hooked. What is ‘Mass migration’ I asked? Firstly mass migration is a scary phrase…
Another wee essay I wrote for uni. This is from my criminology module and discusses genocide at the end. Critical evaluation the role of the state in preventing and/ producing harm This essay will critically evaluate the role of the state in producing harm as well as preventing harm. To better understand this question the concept of the state needs to be defined so that its role in producing and…
It has been a while since I posted here and this is because of uni just consuming all my time. Not to worry because I have some actual assignments that I can post here for you to see that I am in fact an average human with a moderate amount of brain function. Here is a environmental policy I was tasked with writing. Enjoy if this is your kinda thing . An approach to improving the British food…
I think I have bitten of more than I can chew with this months topic. I wanted to talk about food policy, something that is actually really interesting and important and that I will come back to later. Instead this month I am going to discuss the food industry or more specifically. Food monopolies! Yea this is the real meat and potatoes when it comes to international food security and policy. You…
In my first post I spoke about the manager where I work who didn’t believe that billionaires were bad. In our discussion I covered a lot of points about how billionaires actually have a negative impact on our society. I also mentioned at the end of that piece I had discovered a report by Oxfam that went in depth on the ways billionaires make their money. I also mused on why it is that some people…
The discussion was about development (tech,economy,infrastructure) mitigating climate change. I took the stance of less development in those areas and more social development. We already have plenty of solutions to help with climate change. Garth took the techno-positivism side. We had a decent discourse but I couldn’t help but notice that Garth was hitting the usual talking points that fit into…