Julia Laite
Teller of small stories. Professor of history at Birkbeck. Rider of bikes, grower of vegetables, Brook custodian & friend to three ducks. Townie Cantabrigian. Eternally homesick Newfoundlander; researching the island's history & the legacies of empire.
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- christ, what a day to be an immigrant cursed with the ability to read
- Immigration is good. Immigration makes Britain better. Immigration is the lifeblood of any and every successful society. Without Immigration Britain cannot prosper. Without Immigration you cannot have the economy and society you want. That is all.
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- I have cut down A LOT of sycamore trees.
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- "Woke" -- changing norms through social pressure -- is not, contra the reactionary centrists, another form of tyranny. It's the *alternative* to tyranny. It's new norms winning through the marketplace of ideas. The alternative is what we see now: enforcing norms via the threat of state violence.
- Through all my childhood, icebergs visited my island. To see them--even if you've seen them every year before--is an incredible thing. Cathedrals of blue-cold ice that crackle with an ancient energy. It's been years now since I've been home in spring so now I gaze longingly at the photos of others.
- That's an amazing view!
- Wow!
- Beautiful description
- I look forward to it every year… this one is a beauty !
- But, who among us can say they *haven't* eaten the foil of their Leon chicken wrap?
- Sadly the branch of Leon near my office closed last year, so my chance of having an extra dose of aluminium is less likely.
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- It is so unnoticeable that one could say, eat a bit of it without knowing...
- In which case, I may perhaps have already benefited from the added minerals available in Leon wrappers. I gobble my food greedily and am rarely aware of what goes in.
- Not yet: is it tasty and/or nutritious? I’m up for anything!
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- I thought my first post on Bluesky should be something positive and motivational
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