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Michael Larkin
@ipanalysis.bsky.social
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Researcher, phenomenologist, parent to various creatures, some sort of musician, baker, reader, breaker of stuff, liker of seas and hills, sufferer of Boro.

https://collaborativeresearch.co.uk/

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 1h
On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we must commit to funding trauma-informed services, making the criminal justice system fit for purpose, and driving systemic change to end male violence.

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 1h
Excited to see that this is on the way. The two preview tracks have had a lot of play.
jon.wprb.com Jon Solomon @jon.wprb.com · 18h
The last of the Mint Mile pre-orders have shipped!

Hope you'll join us at the "andwhichstray" listening party tonight on Bandcamp at 9:00 pm ET.

mintmile.bandcamp.com/merch/mint-m...
A bunch of Mint Mile orders that were until recently on my porch.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 3h
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.

I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com

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Jon Solomon @jon.wprb.com · 18h
The last of the Mint Mile pre-orders have shipped!

Hope you'll join us at the "andwhichstray" listening party tonight on Bandcamp at 9:00 pm ET.

mintmile.bandcamp.com/merch/mint-m...
A bunch of Mint Mile orders that were until recently on my porch.

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Countrymile @countrymile.bsky.social · 1d
That was fun! the (mini) Mekons and Jon Langfords Men of Gwent playing on a ship motored on the Thames! Susie from The Mekons joined Men of Gwent for one number and they returned the favour by joking The Mekons for a few too! Good fun (even if everyone bumped their heads on low beams!).

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 2d
"The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark"
from @casmudde.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 2d
Grant Hart - 2541 [USA, alternative rock] (1988) - Former Hüsker Dü drummer drops this solo gem on his way to illustrious obscurity
https://redd.it/1p1nhfx
https://youtu.be/lCsYUIQ3sZo
Grant Hart - 2541 [USA, alternative rock] (1988) - Former Hüsker Dü drummer drops this solo gem on his way to illustrious obscurity
youtu.be

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 2d
Sometimes when the football and cricket go disastrously wrong and the news is hide behind the sofa horrible the only answer is to bake a Cholla…

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 3d
😆

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 3d
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.

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Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 3d
I just want to look away from news like this but I think we must not

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3d
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 3d
Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry
Submit work that examines how Hacking’s historical and pragmatic approach to philosophy has reshaped inquiries into psychiatry.
think.taylorandfrancis.com

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 3d
It's so grim

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 3d
Take what comes!

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 3d
Most of the denialists don't actually disbelieve - they just disagree on how to respond, and denial buys more time for resource-hoarding and border enforcement

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Bill Orcutt @billorcutt.bsky.social · 4d
I'm doing 2 nights in March at Roulette in Brooklyn with EVERYTHING — Guitar Quartet, Louies, How to Rescue Things, Corsano/Orcutt PLUS sets by everyone whose records I've released.

Get details and tickets now!

FRIDAY 3/20: roulette.org/event/bill-o...

SATURDAY 3/21: roulette.org/event/bill-o...

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SQIP @qualpsy.bsky.social · 4d
Proposal Deadline: November 23 — 2025 RUTHELLEN JOSSELSON STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS — SQIP is offering 5 awards up to $500 each to support graduate students currently enrolled in programs in psychology or related fields to complete projects based in #qualitative approaches www.sqip.org/post/2025-ru...

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 4d
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 4d
We should be grateful for the diversity of ways of being that are opened up for us by the former, and the opportunities for extending our living existence on this planet that are opened up for us by the latter.

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 5d
I work in science, and can reassure you that the most plausible relationship between these two largely independent phenomena is that autism has made a causal contribution to the development of vaccines.
themountaingoats.bsky.social the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 5d
This is so embarrassing and bad
sherylnyt.bsky.social Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5d
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.

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Genie Lauren @handle.invalid · 5d
Good job, Comrade Pupper.

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Listening Habit @listeninghabit.bsky.social · 5d
Fugazi played "Reclamation" early in a set performed in front of the Supreme Court in protest of its rightward shift in 1992 (Clarence Thomas, state challenges to abortion laws). Themes of autonomy (bodily and otherwise) abound in this tune.

youtu.be/uHTMKAFiZxc?...
Reclamation
YouTube video by Fugazi - Topic
youtu.be

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d
Entitled to lower bills.

Entitled to a liveable planet.

Entitled to make hope normal again.

Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
The revenge of the entitled. From Zack Polanski to Zohran Mamdani, the angry bourgeoisie is in revolt against populism

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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5d
trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
With no options for therapy, she started her son on the Adderall dose he was prescribed, she said. The medication has generally helped her 8-year-old's impulse control, but he still struggles with emotional ups and downs at times.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 5d
This is so embarrassing and bad
sherylnyt.bsky.social Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5d
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 5d
I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
An image of an old post of mine. It reads: "lastpositivist.bsky.social ‪@lastpositivist.bsky.social‬ So one thing I'm pretty convinced of is you can't legislate or policy your way out of culture war stuff. We'll see how that holds up! The tech world is indeed changing its dei policies in all the ways right wingers want. My prediction: they'll still find themselves angry and upset with the culture. January 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM"

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 5d
How can you deny that face?

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 5d
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…

I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 5d
One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser.

This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.