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Tag Archives: muppetry of the highest order

Event Report: A game of one half – witnessed

Posted on June 23, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Attention Conservation Notice: MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson makes it half-way through a day-long academic seminar about climate change and social movements before finally losing his rag and invoking the law of two feet. Not of interest to casual readers. Or … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, Democratic deficit, Event reports | Tagged academics can't help it – or us, climate camp, death by powerpoint, Dunning-Kruger, ego-fodder, ESRC, for the record – the fossil record, get your bloody gameface on, I hate it how often my wife is right and I am wrong, I loved the smell of burning bridges in the morning, internal muppetry, Irony Police, Ivory Towerers, jumps the shark, law of two feet, muppetry of the highest order, not good enough, old enough to leave when it jumps the shark, sage on the stage, screw politeness, sunk costs, there's no there there, Transitions, zuhanden, Zygmunt Bauman | 1 Comment
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