Will Buckingham | 白忠修 / is on Nostr

Writer & Philosopher. Based in #Tainan, with a foot somewhere in Scotland. Faculty at Parami University, #Myanmar. Semi-recovering academic. Latest book, "HELLO, STRANGER: Stories of Connection in a Divided World" (Granta 2021). BBC Radio4 Book of the Week. Co-director Wind&Bones CIC. Pronouns he/him.

Last Notes

2024-09-02 09:17:34

I received an email reading “Inheritance tax — your legacy’s biggest threat.”
I've always imagined that moral failure is a bigger threat, but that may be just me.

2024-03-13 00:41:52

Had a WhatsApp call last night from my mum (aged 87) and my niece (aged 18), who are travelling together by train through Thailand and Malaysia. They're having a blast, getting in and out of trouble, and it's just brilliant how much fun they are having.

2024-02-22 02:35:06

Teaching Plato's Theaetetus by getting my students to listen to this, and then write in response to the prompt: "If there's a little birdhouse in your soul, what birds are flying around in there…?"
#Philosophy
https://youtu.be/vn_or9gEB6g

2023-09-11 13:53:25

I always thought it'd be good to have a jackdaw as a friend. But if this is all the thanks you get, I'm thinking I'm just not going to bother.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/11/jackdaws-ditch-friends-to-gain-food-but-stick-with-family-study-finds

2023-08-14 02:38:32

Registering for YouBike here in #Taiwan, and particularly pleased about the whirling bell, and the down tube that will enable my petite body to be easily controlled.
https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/110/885/638/611/587/210/original/fee32038660fb2c5.jpg