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The belief that the Pope is God's ambassador is not fully reconciled with modern democratic and geopolitical views.Their words
I think what it actually highlights is the incomplete reconciliation of a belief system in which the Pope is God's ambassador with modern democratic and geopolitical perceptions.
Nick Harkaway
Pen name of Nicholas Cornwell, British novelist; author of The Gone-Away World (2008), Angelmaker, Gnomon (2017) and Karla's Choice (2024), a George Smiley novel.
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The belief that the Pope is God's ambassador is not fully reconciled with modern democratic and geopolitical views.
I think what it actually highlights is the incomplete reconciliation of a belief system in which the Pope is God's ambassador with modern democratic and geopolitical perceptions.
bsky.appSaid 31 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Adapting old buildings radically to the new climate must take priority over preserving their historic fabric.
Insuring (in many cases, permitting) radical adaptation of old buildings to new climate is going to be a necessary struggle, starting now. The mindset which protects dodgy Victorian brickwork slapped over an older structure as vital architectural history must yield to livability.
bsky.appSaid 11 Jul 2026This on korrents
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Adapting old buildings radically to the new climate must take priority over preserving their historic fabric.Their words
Insuring (in many cases, permitting) radical adaptation of old buildings to new climate is going to be a necessary struggle, starting now. The mindset which protects dodgy Victorian brickwork slapped over an older structure as vital architectural history must yield to livability.
24 June
From one piece @nickharkaway.com on Bluesky 2 beliefs · bsky.app
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A representative government has to actually govern.Their words
If we have representative government rather than direct democracy, it has to govern.
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it always annoys me when we change PM without an election. It feels like a swizz.
5 June
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the idea that we should, in a global climate of rising Fascism, panic about the illiberal left, just seems a bit like Indiana Jones in sitting a snake pit fretting about nettles.
4 June
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But it was a hope that tarnished, and he is partly responsible for where we are. He is emphatically the man for 1997, and that’s where he should stay.
1 June
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If you are doing a human authorship certification - and god knows, in practice, how you’ll make that work - then do it.
8 May
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I’m increasingly sure we underestimate both how important interactions like that are and how toxic some layers of social life have become.
7 May
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Seriously starting to think this whole AI bullshit cycle exists because a combination of (cross-)cultural factors have made a huge portion of the world so fucking lonely they will literally talk to a lolly stick and too ashamed to acknowledge their own pain.
23 May 2012
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The belief that the Pope is God's ambassador is not fully reconciled with modern democratic and geopolitical views.
I think what it actually highlights is the incomplete reconciliation of a belief system in which the Pope is God's ambassador with modern democratic and geopolitical perceptions.
@nickharkaway.com on Bluesky Said 31 Oct 2026
Adapting old buildings radically to the new climate must take priority over preserving their historic fabric.
Insuring (in many cases, permitting) radical adaptation of old buildings to new climate is going to be a necessary struggle, starting now. The mindset which protects dodgy Victorian brickwork slapped over an older structure as vital architectural history must yield to livability.
@nickharkaway.com on Bluesky Said 11 Jul 2026
Changing the UK prime minister without an election is a swizz.
it always annoys me when we change PM without an election. It feels like a swizz.
@nickharkaway.com on Bluesky Said 24 Jun 2026
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A representative government has to actually govern.
If we have representative government rather than direct democracy, it has to govern.
@nickharkaway.com on Bluesky Said 24 Jun 2026
Panicking about the illiberal left during a global rise of fascism is misplaced.
the idea that we should, in a global climate of rising Fascism, panic about the illiberal left, just seems a bit like Indiana Jones in sitting a snake pit fretting about nettles.
@nickharkaway.com on Bluesky Said 5 Jun 2026
Tony Blair is partly responsible for where Britain is now and belongs to 1997.
But it was a hope that tarnished, and he is partly responsible for where we are. He is emphatically the man for 1997, and that’s where he should stay.
@nickharkaway.com on Bluesky Said 4 Jun 2026
A human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use.
If you are doing a human authorship certification - and god knows, in practice, how you’ll make that work - then do it.
@nickharkaway.com on Bluesky Said 1 Jun 2026
We underestimate how important small, positive everyday social encounters are.
I’m increasingly sure we underestimate both how important interactions like that are and how toxic some layers of social life have become.
@nickharkaway.com on Bluesky Said 8 May 2026
The AI hype cycle is driven by widespread loneliness.
Seriously starting to think this whole AI bullshit cycle exists because a combination of (cross-)cultural factors have made a huge portion of the world so fucking lonely they will literally talk to a lolly stick and too ashamed to acknowledge their own pain.
@nickharkaway.com on Bluesky Said 7 May 2026
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