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Psycho

Christopher Owens 🔖 “We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be.” And it is that thin veneer between our public persona, and our private one that drives Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel. Although a prime example of an adaptation surpassing its source material (certainly in the public conscience), a retrospective perusal reveals a tightly written, highly gripping and creepy read. One that is

A Morning Thought @ 1523

An Bata Scóir ✑ A First-Hand Account Of Beating The Language Out Of People

Matt Treacy ✒ One of the things that intrigues me more as I grow older is what lay behind the conscious abandonment of our language – something that represents the most profound psychological defeat of the Gaelic nation.There have been numerous theories. De Fréine in The Great Silence seeks to avoid the element of personal agency, on a mass collective scale, and chooses instead to:acknowledge the

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Ninety Eight

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousTexas patient loses 'multiple liters of blood' during miscarriage due to abortion restrictions'Crushing News': Appeals Court Greenlights

Feminism Through The Ages

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ The word feminism is a comparatively new word and concept believed first to have been coined by, it is thought, the French Philosopher Charles Fourier in 1837.Basically, it is about “all genders having equal rights and opportunities”. A belief in and advocacy of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes expressed especially through organised activity on behalf

A Morning Thought @ 1522

Joy And Fun Are Fucking Killing Me ✑ Act Ⅲ

Michael Praetorius ✒ with the third act in his satirical series.  HolyDay of ObligationTraditionalFeast of the Assumption Eve celebrations here the other night. Bonfire in thesmall meadow after dinner. I danced around it, chanting the ancient rebelmantra: For we'll not be masteredby no Proddy bastards . . . Jean, being Protestant, stayed indoors with Miss Lotte Lenya to watch some Brit

War And Climate Justice ✑ A Discussion

Simon Pirani ✒ OpenDemocracy yesterday hosted a useful, and sobering, discussion about the war in Ukraine and the fight for climate justice, with Oleh Savitsky (Stand with Ukraine and Ukraine Climate Network), Angelina Davydova (a prominent commentator on Russian climate policy) and me.22-July-2022To open, I made three points about the policy response by the governments of rich western countries

A Morning Thought @ 1521

Sighing Kop

Anthony McIntyre ⚽ Only two games into the new EPL championship race and Liverpool are already on the ropes. Not quite on the floor like Manchester United but closer to it than they are to the ceiling. United have an excuse. They are an incompetent lot who few quality players want to join. They won't run, they won't compete. They just want their pay checks and have the fans boo the