Jonathan Pearce

Fareham

Author, columnist for OnlySky (@onlyskymedia), philosopher, public speaker, dealing mainly with philosophy of religion. A Tippling Philosopher ATP Geopolitics

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Articles

The future of murder

2 months ago | onlys.ky | Jonathan Pearce |Brendan Kelley

Murder is an age-old trait of the human condition, though how we do it is always evolving. The future of murder is science fiction becoming fact, right now. We fondly remember the times when the drone was an exciting new toy that enabled beautiful aerial shots we could share on social media, ways for film crews to get exceptional footage without recourse to a cumbersome helicopter.
The triumph of the feels

Nov 8, 2024 | onlys.ky | Jonathan Pearce

The triumph of the feelsOur UK contributor looks at the American disaster with recently acquired humility.
Case Study: Lacuna began building a company, ended up building an industry of low-power satcomms

Oct 28, 2024 | techuk.org | Jonathan Pearce

Lacuna formed in 2016 when the only satcoms service available were the options of last resort and therefore high-cost, high-power and proprietary. The concept of founding Lacuna was to take existing low-power protocols and build battery powered satcom devices that would work in remote places for many years from a single charge. More than that, it was also about breaking away from restrictive traditional practices previously used in the Space industry.
Apra 2024: Stan Walker leads way on Silver Scroll and Maioha awards shortlists

Jul 3, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Emma Gleason |Joe Locke |Katie Everingham |Jonathan Pearce

The finalists for this year's Apra Silver Scroll and Maioha awards have been revealed today. The finalists for this year’s Silver Scroll and Maioha awards have been released this morning. Past winners of these prestigious prizes for the New Zealand music industry include The Beths (2023), Rob Ruha and Ka Hao (2022) and Troy Kingi (2021).
Off the edge of the map

Mar 7, 2024 | onlysky.media | Jonathan Pearce

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley, said the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1785. Burns, as the plowman, destroys the nest of a mouse who then has no resources or wherewithal to rebuild it over the winter. Burns, as the plowman, rues his own plans that have often gone awry. The mouse is the lucky one as it has no concept of the past or the future and lives only in the present. The man, on the other hand, understands past predicaments and future dreads.
IVF ruling: When courts skip critical thinking

Mar 1, 2024 | onlysky.media | Jonathan Pearce

Overview: The recent IVF ruling shows scant regard for some rudimentary philosophizing we can do. The Justice needs some critical thinking lessons. Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Alabama Supreme Court has recently classified frozen embryos as people—or as they put it, “extrauterine children”.
Moses Johnson delivers sermon tantamount to theocracy

Feb 25, 2024 | onlysky.media | Jonathan Pearce

Overview: Secularism seems a distant memory to the modern Republican Party, whose Speaker recently regaled members with a lengthy sermon. Reading Time: 2 minutesMike Johnson, Speaker for the House of Representatives where the Republicans are hanging tenuously onto a slim majority, recently remained true to his label as a Christian nationalist.
Crosshairs: A Christian fighter in Ukraine, and the question of God in war

Feb 22, 2024 | onlysky.media | Jonathan Pearce

Overview: War is not uncommon in the Bible but it's still interesting to see how religious soldiers justify their actions on the frontlines. Reading Time: 10 minutesIt has commonly been argued that there are no atheists in foxholes facing an oncoming enemy assault. Equally interesting is who is behind the machine gun, driving the tank, flying the drone—or looking through the scope of a sniper rifle?
Kherson by night: On the frontlines in two worlds

Feb 16, 2024 | onlysky.media | Jonathan Pearce

Overview: Kherson is a frontline city that has borne the brunt of Russian aggression, and is now suffering the consequences. Hope is in short supply. Reading Time: 16 minutesThe deep bass whoomph of outgoing artillery is enough to keep me on the edge of my guesthouse seat—a place that gets no business outside of NGOs and the like visiting Kherson. The crackle, fizz, and loud thump of incoming munitions, on the other hand, can make you jump.
Crowdfunding a war against autocracy

Feb 10, 2024 | onlysky.media | Jonathan Pearce

Overview: War in the 21st century can look very different to how it might once have looked. Now, people can come together to crowdfund equipment needs. Image by Pierre Depont. Reading Time: 8 minutesThe four-wheel drive bounces around the potholes in the road on a dark Ukrainian night. With the last checkpoint of the evening behind us, documents again stored away, we are following the truck ahead as it weaves and wends its way around the road damage.