@simonport.bsky.social

A note on the profound ambivalence in worldview and style in the essays of Walter Benjamin - astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/w...

Always Returning

@alwaysreturning.bsky.social

https://archive.ph/P9qBh

My Dad participated in early-stage trials for tofersen before he died. It's exciting to see progress here, but--of course--heartbreaking.

I'll also always have a certain ambivalence about the money and energy spent on curing ALS--there are very few things I'd want more. BUT

Robert Saunders

@robertsaunders.bsky.social

Part of a discussion with @igmansfield.bsky.social on why history teaching should *not* aim to inculcate "pride" (or, indeed, "shame"). And why citizenship is better served by recognising complexity and moral ambivalence, even in people and societies we might admire.
bsky.app/profile/robe...