Tag: politics
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Dyslexia, Stigma, and the Things We Call Disqualifying
Some days the news feels like someone shaking a snow globe just to watch the flakes fall wrong. A man with a microphone says that dyslexia should disqualify someone from being president, and suddenly the air is full of old dust again, the kind that settles in children’s lungs before they even know the word…
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A Quick Look at Humble Bundle’s “No Kings” Book Bundle
Humble Bundle has a new collection out called the No Kings Library, and it’s basically a crash course in how power works. It’s all about who gets it, who keeps it, and what it does to the rest of us. The books come from Berrett‑Koehler, a publisher that focuses on leadership, equity, and civic responsibility.…
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Not On Our Street
They’re all for housing…in principle.They’ll clap for nurses,in theory.They’ll nod at the telly when someone says“we need more homes.”But not here.Not on our street.Not where the bins go. They’ll say:It’s not the flats, it’s the traffic.It’s not the families, it’s the parking.It’s not the poor, it’s the planning.It’s not the change, it’s the character. They’ll…
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Inheritance Without a Future
Some days it feels like the countryhas been left in the airing cupboard too long.It’s all starch and mothballs and ruleswritten in handwriting no one under forty can read. Every policy arrives pre‑creased,smelling faintly of “back in my day,”designed for people who bought houseswhen houses still cost the price of a decent sofa. We queue…
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Book Review: A Pox on Fools by Thomas Levenson
A Pox on Fools is a book by science writer Thomas Levenson in which he explores the anti-vax movement, both historically and contemporarily. It is due to be published by Head of Zeus on the 7th of May, 2026. I was provided with a review copy by the publishers. Blurb: Scientific truth, and the vast benefits…
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The Chair
It started when someone brought a new chairto the kitchen table.Nothing unusual, just a spare seatpulled in from the shed,a little wobbly,one leg shorter than the others.We joked about it.We made do.It was only a chair. But over time, people began sitting differentlywhen they ended up in it;backs straighter,voices tighter,sentences trimmed downto the safe parts.No…
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The Parade of Polished Shoes
They polished the shoes and bent down to praise,they hung clever posters and learned all the plays.A drum got louder, a march found a beat,and neighbours began nodding in tidy, clean rows in the street. They offered neat answers with ribbons and bows,promised order, clean lists, and fewer of those.But maps made of rules leave…
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A Field Of Zebras
People kept gathering at the fence,not because anything unusual was happening,but because the horses were doingwhat horses always do;standing there, undeniable. Then the officials arrivedwith clipboards and confident smiles.They pointed at the herdand announced that the animalshad grown stripes overnight. A murmur went through the crowd.Someone laughed.Someone squinted.Someone said they’d been here yesterdayand the horses…