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Thinking About Dogs For Grown Ups from Emma at Lighten Up Dog Training: culture, media, sociology, psychology, law, politics, animal behaviour, animal emotions, welfare science and learning theory. You know... all the BIG thinking!
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Giving it a shot (with all the prep) (opens the original)
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I’ve always thought that if I can do a thing, anybody can. I’m no smarter, no better equipped, no more talented, no more privileged. In fact, I often use the idea that I do things backwards and in high heels. This apocryphal line, often attributed to Ginger Rogers, was apparently her response to being asked how it was to dance with Fred Astaire. ‘Darling,’ she reportedly said, ‘I did everything he did, just backwards and in high heels.’ Way to make a point. I think this is probably the best line
The Animals of the Third Reich (opens the original)
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I’ve not got much GCSE teaching left other than one small class of students I’ve been teaching since they were seven years old (I know!). We’re approaching GCSEs in 2028 and most of them have opted for Macbeth in the time-honoured tradition of most kids in England. Last night, we were exploring Macbeth & violence. In the famed banquet scene where Macbet… Read more
Showing up with growth loops (opens the original)
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The last six weeks have been significant in reducing my screen time in many ways. I’ve not even been getting through as many books as normal. I have been reading Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s book Tiny Experiments bit by bit. It’s a thought-provoking book if you haven’t read it, asking us to think about just doing things without a specific goal in mind, without measurability other than ‘I did it!’ I do a lot of this, to be honest. At one point, she says she just set out on her own article journey by say
The culture of behaviour euthanasia groups (opens the original)
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You know I love the big topics! I’ve posted tangentially about euthanasia a lot when I did a small substack series on religion. What I haven’t done is talked about online behavioural euthanasia groups, the kind of values they espouse and the kind of language they use, as well as some of the potentially mucky and murky undercurrents. Of course, such grou… Read more
Analysis Paralysis (opens the original)
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I have a confession to make. Please sit down before I say it. I feel like you might want a stiff drink by your side too. Gird yourself. Last month, I spent £147 on a textbook about the amygdala. Don’t you judge me.Don’t you dare. I figure if other people can spend £147 on stuff that pleases them like clothes and wine, then I should be able to spend £147 on stuff that pleases me, like a big book about a VERY small bit of the brain. I will read it, joyously, cover to cover. Don’t you judge me for
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