Research Fellow, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey. Wombles. Yes, and armchair Spurs. Go Thorns. Commanders. Trying to see the positives. https://cusp.ac.uk/about/fellowship/r_douglas/https://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mwkrcrywh22bThis by @will-davies.bsky.social is a treat - flowing between musical criticism, sociology, and politics - but above all I enjoyed the appreciation of creative genius that is beyond the conscious control or explicit views of those it runs through for a time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkrcrywh22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mvuvdleps22mWhat, isn’t that the plot to Alien Earth? [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvuvdleps22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mvstgpgqz22gNo, Nicholas Harris - you can’t describe a working class cockney as a “bounder”. They can be a geezer. They can be dodgy. They can be a bit whirr. They can be a bad’un. They can be a lad, a boy. They can be a bit much. They can be a wanker. But they can’t be a bounder. Might as well call him a cad.18 Sep 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvstgpgqz22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mvoxadamfs2hThis looks like a great opportunity for those interested in researching ecological and heterodox economics. Some great people at Greenwich: "Applications for scholarships for our PhD in the Economics of Social and Ecological Sustainability are now open." https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/bus/ubel-economics-of-social-and-ecological-sustainability17 Sep 2026 05:46 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoxadamfs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mvisqhjnlc2rA great idea. About 15 years ago the NAO came up with a figure of about £15mn per organisational merger or renaming in the UK. They all come with a cost. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvisqhjnlc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mvacvzqrpc2zListening to some fabulous music composed by Dobrinka Tabakova. Thinking: I tried to tell my old man about it after I discovered her, as I thought he would love it. But he wasn’t really able to grasp it by then.11 Sep 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvacvzqrpc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mva5fdtr4k2xGoing through a file of old notes, I see that in the margins of a journal article I had printed out (on attempts to answer the question ‘why something rather than nothing?’), I had scribbled: ‘All this stuff about the Intellect, and the Good, and Love is all bollocks’. Oh dear! That’s a shame.11 Sep 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mva5fdtr4k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mv4ftpyckc2bA delight and a privilege yesterday to attend the birthday celebrations of @solaraid.bsky.social - some 20 years after its launch in the old City Hall. Lovely to meet some of the staff and hear from those who make it happen on the ground. It does great work. If you’re not familiar, do check it out.09 Sep 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ftpyckc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3muxfi7a6us2rWhat kind of chemist was he going to?07 Sep 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxfi7a6us2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3muned4tt6s2pAn ashen faced Chris Mason on the 10 o’clock news there.03 Sep 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muned4tt6s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mumxvg6yek2xApropos nothing, Stefan Zweig:03 Sep 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumxvg6yek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mum3yu4xn22zJust remembered I dreamt last night I was Gazza, and I tricked an ice cream van into giving everyone on a big estate a free diet coke. I was basically starring in my own Beano strip, as Gazza. More high jinks next time, I hope.03 Sep 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum3yu4xn22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3muhcprdxws2mThinking - there ought to be a classification of job roles by how much it matters and how quickly it would be noticed if you were crap at your job.01 Sep 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhcprdxws2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mugxsfprkk26https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/01/bbc-fully-committed-to-womens-football-despite-cancelling-flagship-highlights-show?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other01 Sep 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugxsfprkk26https://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mufdjl44wc2hSomeone’s stolen my idea. I was going to call my version ‘A Pint of Wine’. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgy49v095eo?app-referrer=deep-link31 Aug 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufdjl44wc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mueht6ywzs2hWatching a programme with Cat Croxford talking through how she constructs a painting - it’s compelling watching because she’s a great teacher. It’s the best kind of teaching, too, in that it’s not at all concerned with accreditation, but is all about the love of a subject or art in its own right.31 Aug 2026 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueht6ywzs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mu4uhba3sk2bI’m not usually surprised by the things @allouryesterdays.bsky.social digs out - depressed, yes; aghast, yes - but not surprised. But this surprised me - the *Daily Mail* reporting factually on climate change *in 1959*. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4uhba3sk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mtqgdmjrpk2vA faultless analysis. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqgdmjrpk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mtqa5lsqwk2vThis shows what this Cofnas character is about. It’s not just disgusting prejudice, it’s intellectually utter trash. Anyone who signed a letter defending his work, and saying his empirical claims deserve to be treated with academic respect, has tainted themselves. The shit’s rubbed off onto them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqa5lsqwk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mtovauc6mc2jAll I ask is that Thomas Frank isn’t on Match of the Day tonight, that’s all I ask22 Aug 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtovauc6mc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maitrereynard.bsky.social/post/3mtcqbhp4bk2wThis is a joy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:5ye523fps3n6ignty3dwhsuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcqbhp4bk2w